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rochdale pioneers

Share Values and Grow Communities

By |2023-05-05T20:30:05-04:00May 13th, 2014|

Kevin Edberg, Executive Director Cooperative Development Services St. Paul, MN   The cooperative principles gives us a competitive advantage and a raison d'etre. Mr. Edberg challenges the viewers to think about applying our deep comitment to the co-op values to the wider society we live in.

How We Got Here: A Co-op History

By |2023-09-04T17:15:15-04:00April 14th, 2013|

Marilyn Scholl, of Columinate, (and not too proud to call herself the "designated co-op old fart") provides a succinct recap of the food co-op movement in the United States through history in order to glean lessons and learnings from the past.  Scholl addresses the questions relevant to food cooperators in this new era of competition:  How did we get here?  Will we survive?  The [...]

Governance Considerations for New Retail Food Cooperatives

By |2023-05-05T20:21:29-04:00November 16th, 2010|

By Thane Joyal 151 November - December 2010 The Uniform Limited Cooperation Association Act (UCLAA) and a variety of state statutes have provided new financing flexibility for organizers of food cooperatives. In addition, these business forms present governance considerations. Organizers of retail food cooperatives considering using the LCA form of organization should carefully consider and clearly articulate their decisions on the appropriate distribution of [...]

Case Study: Rochdale Pioneers at Toad Lane — Change You Can Believe in

By |2023-05-05T20:22:07-04:00January 30th, 2009|

Rochdale Pioneers Toad Lane Store Founded: 1844 Number of members: 28 founding members Equity investment:Two weeks wages down, with 10 weeks total investment Retail square footage: Tiny On the longest night of the year, the founders of the consumer cooperative movement opened their grocery store in 1844 in Rochdale, England with little fanfare and five items for sale. Their store was lit with candles, [...]

The Rochdale Pioneers’ Message to the Future

By |2023-05-05T20:22:08-04:00January 30th, 2009|

We hear a lot about “hope” and “change” these days, but how does our vision compare with the kind of lasting change brought about by the humble men and women of Rochdale, England, a century and a half ago? For the Rochdale Pioneers, the founders of our modern cooperative movement, cooperation gave them real tools to change a dire economic situation. Beset by indebtedness, [...]

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