A Deep, Enduring Connection With The Agricultural Community

The Co-operators is a key long-standing example of farmers working for farmers. Canadian farmers have long understood the importance of banding together. In this current economic climate, the need for farmers to work together is especially important. Farmers have a long history of interacting with co-operative organizations such as The Co-operators. Intrinsically linked to the

Co-Op Business Model Most Resilient

Excerpt from a July 3 release from the International Federation of Agricultural Producers recognizing the UN International Day of Co-operatives. This year’s theme was “Driving Global Recovery through Cooperative Enterprise.” Th e International Federation of Agricultural Producers is encouraging the adoption and strengthening of the co-operative business model as part of national financial and social


Taking Care Of Business And Social Needs Too

“A lot of times social enterprise comes out of a community looking at how to meet its business needs that can’t be met with a private-market business model.” – DAVID LEPAGE, PROGRAM MANAGER OF ENTERPRISING NON-PROFITS (ENP) IN B. C. When women in Altona proposed selling second-hand clothing back in the early 1970s, they only

Rural co-ops get better credit: survey

Co-operatives in rural Canada got loans and credit in 2007 much more readily than their urban counterparts, a new Statistics Canada survey shows. Overall, StatsCan said, the “vast majority” of co-operatives got all they asked for in new or additional loans, lines of credit or credit cards, but about 20 per cent of co-operatives surveyed