Tag: Cooperatives
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Co-ops Help Lift People Out of Poverty
Laura Flanders is a big proponent of co-operatives. In her recent article in Yes! magazine, she demonstrates how Cooperative Home Care Associates, the nation’s largest cooperative lifts people out of poverty: When Arroyo convened a first-of-its-kind hearing on co-ops this February, New Yorkers packed not one but two hearing rooms at City Hall. Among the co-op…
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UN Praises Role of Cooperatives in Sustainable Development
United Nations officials are highlighting the role cooperative enterprises can play in economic development, social justice and environmental protection. In his message for International Day of Cooperatives, marked annually on 5 July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that this year’s Day falls at a “critical time” with the UN working to reach the 2015 deadline for the…
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Profiteers Prosecuted in Malaysia
What a quaint idea – prosecuting profiteers! In the United States we would celebrate these guys as shrewd businessmen. Complain Against Traders Profiteering From KR1M Goods Being Investigated RAUB, Dec 31 (Bernama) — The Pahang Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Office (PPDNKK) is investigating a complaint that unscrupulous traders have been profiteering from Kedai Rakyat…
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VEGGIE cooperative established to mitigate effects of BP oil spill on Vietnamese community in New Orleans
VEGGI Farmer’s Cooperative is comprised of local farmers and fisherfolk dedicated to providing the highest quality local produce and seafood to the Greater New Orleans area and beyond. VEGGI Farmers Cooperative was established following the effects of the BP oil spill on the Vietnamese community in New Orleans. With many community members losing their jobs…
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Marketing Co-op Seen as Last Defense Against Free Trade
Why do governments sign these trade agreements that negatively impact their local producers? This article by Jimmy Laking, in the Phillipine Baguia Midland Courier, underscores the need to strengthen farmers marketing cooperatives to cope with the onslaught of vegetable products from China, that will flood the market, when the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement comes into…
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