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As the issues outlined above became apparent, groups have sprung up across the country attempting to innovate on the cooperative model. One of these efforts took the form of the New Generation Cooperative (NGC), which evolved the cooperative model in a number of key ways. Spurred on by low commodity prices during the Farm Crisis, NGCs worked to establish enterprises higher up on the value chain, including meatpacking, sugar refining, pasta manufacturing, and even ethanol production.

The Olympia City Council unanimously proclaimed 2025 as the Year of Cooperatives, recognizing the vital role cooperatives play in fostering a resilient and inclusive local economy.

Modernity is dying within and around us, and we need to face that death with courage and compassion. Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, author of Hospicing Modernity, joins us. Highlights include:

• How her mixed Indigenous and German heritage in Brazil exposed her to a complex mix of love and violence, deepening her understanding of how socialization and education can perpetuate harmful relationships;

The Boston Ujima Project has made 10 investments so far. Most recently, in June, the group’s voting membership approved a $300,000 loan as part of a construction financing package for the Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust to build a new six-unit affordable condominium on what is currently city-owned land adjacent to one of the land trust’s existing buildings. 

In a supermarket world where Amazon owns Whole Foods, and private equity investors own Safeway and Albertsons, Rainbow Grocery Cooperative in San Francisco has succeeded by sticking to what its founders envisioned 50 years ago.

In a time when so many systems are failing us, cooperatives are showing the world what’s possible. That’s why Co-op Cincy and 1worker1vote are thrilled to present a powerful, in-person edition of the Union Co-op Symposium—a not-to-be-missed event for anyone committed to building a more just, democratic economy.

Home care cooperatives offer a transformative model for health caregivers— by providing better wages, benefits, and workplace dignity through worker ownership. This webinar explores how home care co-ops are creating sustainable jobs, improving care quality, and addressing the systemic inequities in the caregiving industry. Learn from frontline workers and co-op developers about starting, sustaining, and scaling this vital sector of community care.

Learn how Riverdale Co-operative Houses worked with the city and a developer to build new accessible homes.

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