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,…
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…
Just as every nurturing parent enters September with yet another year of watching their children return to school – the “waiting season” begins in hopes…
When it comes to farm policy, it’s crucial to have elected officials fighting for the cotton industry’s much-needed safety net for all those along the…
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…
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…
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…
Just as any solid relationship is built on core values – so, too, is the foundation of cooperatives. Originally called the “Rochdale Principles,” this set…
The co-op has always been about real ownership, transparency and control. Long-supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), cooperatives – and the economic…