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INFRA Co-op Profile: Prairie Food Co-op

The National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a business services cooperative with over 160 member co-ops that it supports. Not every co-op however is a member of NCG. The Independent Natural Foods Retailers Association (INFRA) is also a cooperative that supports 300 independent grocers with over 520 storefronts. Co-ops such

The Next Generation of Cooperators

The Next Generation of Cooperators

Ty Patillo, Board President of the start-up Aliquippa Food Co-op, reached out to East End Food Co-op in early 2025 to organize a “field trip” for his fellow board members, to tour the co-op and see first-hand the day-to-day retail operations of Pittsburgh’s only food co-op. Hoping to share

Maryland Food Co-ops Born from Cooperative Movements: A Brief History

Maryland Food Co-ops Born from Cooperative Movements: A Brief History

"It seems doubtful to me whether in the United States distributive cooperation will ever succeed. The prevalence of the evil credit system, the mixed nationalities of our citizens, and the excited, everlasting rush in industrial life, tend to render our people impatient and indifferent to the results obtainable in

A Dose of Hope

A Dose of Hope

The pinpoints of a dozen CCD spaces across a half-mile radius laid out a vision for the possible future of CCD in this historic West Baltimore community.