Principles of Cooperatives

Cooperation Among Cooperatives: Not Just Helping During Harvest

By: Co-op Advantage / December 13, 2017

Over the course of the last year, many have made the decision to invest in local co-op gins and other regional cooperatives – including the…

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Fiscal Year-End: Reaping the Benefits of True Cooperation

By: Co-op Advantage / November 28, 2017

As this year’s harvest season is in full gear, The Co-op Advantage® regional co-sponsors recently released their 2016-17 fiscal year-end financials as well as cash…

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7 Benefits of Joining A Co-op

By: Co-op Advantage / November 2, 2017

Real Ownership The cooperative system provides you with true ownership of the business you participate in, whether the local gin or the regional marketing, warehousing,…

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National Co-op Month: Cooperatives Commit

By: Co-op Advantage / October 3, 2017

October celebrates National Cooperative Month, along with 40,000 other cooperative businesses serving more than 120 million people nationwide. “Cooperatives Commit” is the theme of this…

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The Waiting Season

By: Co-op Advantage / September 19, 2017

Just as every nurturing parent enters September with yet another year of watching their children return to school – the “waiting season” begins in hopes…

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Invest In Their Community

By: Co-op Advantage / August 15, 2017

As we take a look at the seventh co-op principle, concern for community is high-priority for grower-owners. From supporting their grower-owners to local schools, cooperatives…

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Assist Other Co-ops

By: Co-op Advantage / August 8, 2017

Just as there is cooperation within a co-op; there is cooperation among co-ops. After all, just as grower-owners achieve more together through each co-op, each…

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Help Each Other Improve

By: Co-op Advantage / August 1, 2017

As a grower-owner, you can rest assured you have the added value of education, training and information within a co-op. Grower-owners also inform the general…

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Make It Grow and Control Your Own Destiny

By: Co-op Advantage / July 29, 2017

Last blog, we began taking a closer look at the Seven Cooperative Principles that make up the core foundation in which grower-owners live. Our first…

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Building Together and Making the Decisions

By: Co-op Advantage / July 22, 2017

Just as any solid relationship is built on core values – so, too, is the foundation of cooperatives. Originally called the “Rochdale Principles,” this set…

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