IN THE NEWS
The latest issue of the Harvest Times features an article about the Cooperative Fund. To read more see here: http://www.harvest.coop/learn/times.pdf
Growing the Co-operative Economy since 1975
The co-operative economy in our region is as varied and diverse as our communities:
From our own Brattleboro Food Co-op to the 14 Carrots Food Co-op in New
Hampshire; from FEDCO Seeds in Maine, to Deep Root Farmers’ Co-op in Vermont;
from Bethlehem Co-operative School in New York, to the Pigeon Cove Fishermen’s
Co-op in Rockland, Massachusetts; and from the Commonfire Foundation, a housing
co-op in Tivoli, New York, to Equal Exchange in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
All of these co-operatives grew out of people’s desire to fulfill community needs in
a democratic and participatory manner. And while each is unique, they all share the
principles of co-operation. To read more http://www.brattleborofoodcoop.com/news/newsletter.html
Turning Visions into Realities, the Adrian Dominican Sisters Portfolio Advisory Board newsletter highlights the Cooperative Fund of New England in its January issue. To read more..
Jim Schley of South Strafford is a member of seven cooperatives. He lives in a cooperative housing community. He owns his home, but the land on which it sits is owned jointly with five other households. When he needed a loan for a septic system, he secured it from the Cooperative Fund of New England, which specializes in giving loans to cooperatives to read more click here.
The Belfast Food Cooperative in Maine November-December Newlsetter features an article on CFNE. To read more click here.
As private equity firms amass billions to gobble up, restructure, and sell off big companies for quick profits, the nonprofit Cooperative Fund of New England is raising a $1.1 million "patient capital" fund to bankroll food and housing co-ops and worker-owned read more
On page 7 of the Autumn newsletter of Berkshire Co-op Market there is an article asking if you saw a group of people wandering the aisles of the co-op in awe on June 9th, the day the CFNE board met at the market.. To read more click here. Berkshire Co-op Market Autumn, 2007 newsletter.
The latest issue of the Pelham Fund for Economic Justice's annual report features the Cooperative Fund of New England and CFNE borrower Red Sun Press. Mary O'Hara, outreach coordinator for Boston and southeastern New England is pictured on the cover and CFNE borrower, Red Sun Press is featured. To view the report click here.
Past and current CFNE borrowers Equal Exchange and Collective Copies are mentioned in Boston Magazine's article about workplace democracy to read the article online click here.
The latest issue of Community Investing, the e newsletter for the Social Investment Forum and Co-op America , featured the Cooperative Fund. To download a pdf version of the issue click here.
