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February 2018

To End A Food Desert, These Community Members Opened Their Own Grocery

Posted on February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

A decade ago, there were more than 50 liquor stores in West Oakland and zero full-service grocery stores. But in 2009, community members launched Mandela Foods Cooperative, a health food […]

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218 Cooperative Takes Next Step To Grow the Arts in San Marcos

Posted on February 27, 2018February 27, 2018

Worker-owned agricultural cooperatives played a large role in creating a vibrant San Marcos economy throughout the last century. 218 Cooperative members were inspired to revive the tradition… San Marcos, TX […]

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Nonprofits Shift Baby Boomer Businesses to Worker Ownership in Bid for Community Sustainability

Posted on February 27, 2018February 27, 2018

“If you’re a boomer business owner planning for succession, you can’t afford to overlook the employee ownership option,” writes Lori Shepherd in Entrepreneur. At NPQ, we have written about the […]

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Watch this video celebrating 10 Years of the Union Co-op Council

Posted on February 22, 2018April 27, 2018

  We’re so excited to announce that the Union Co-op Council is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with the release of some videos produced by Future Focus Media Cooperative, a […]

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Dan Kinney of Catamount Solar honored by peers with Distinguished Jim Grundy Award

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

Montpelier, VT – At a reception overflowing the Vermont State House’s Cedar Creek Room, Renewable Energy Vermont presented co-founder of Catamount Solar, Dan Kinney with the 2017 Jim Grundy Award […]

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Artisan Beverage Cooperative’s new Tasting Room puts craft libations on tap

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

GREENFIELD – The tasting room at the Artisan Beverage Cooperative is a place to spend time with friends in a relaxed environment and try new Katalyst Kombucha, Green River Ambrosiamead and […]

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Greenfield worker-owned PV Squared Solar Firm Earns National Kudos

Posted on February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

“Solar (energy) is worth looking into for everyone,” Josh Hilsdon says with certainty. He is the commercial design and sales consultant for Pioneer Valley PhotoVoltaics Cooperative Inc., also known as […]

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PV Squared Welcomes Five New Worker-owners

Posted on February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

GREENFIELD — PV Squared, a worker-owned cooperative and certified B Corp solar-installation company located in Greenfield, recently welcomed five new worker-owners to the ownership team. Each of the new worker-owners […]

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2017 Was a Good Year for Worker Cooperatives

Posted on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018

Promising as the worker cooperative model is, on-the-ground businesses tend to have a difficult time growing, as Next City has covered. In 2014, the city of New York announced a […]

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Finding Success the Cooperative Way

Posted on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018

Chuck Turner’s grandfather was a member of the Cowiche Growers cooperative. So was his father. The family has tried other places over the years but the 39-year-old grower plans to […]

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