Job Announcement for Alternative Food Co-op General Manager position The Alternative Food Cooperative of Wakefield, RI, is looking for a full-time General Manager and invites applications from the greater food co-op and sustainable living business community. Please see the job description below. The Co-op, in business for 43 years, is located in downtown Wakefield, a
CDI’s Lynda Brushett and Noemi Giszpenc teamed up to report on the new multi-stakeholder co-op in New Hampshire, NH Community Seafood, owned by fishermen and consumers. Using the community-supported agriculture marketing model, they are shoring up the basis for viable local fisheries. See http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_Coop_RurCoopMag.html, Sept/Oct issue, pages 24-25. photo Sarah VanHorn
Craig Saddlemire, film-maker and founder-member of Faire Bande A Part in Lewiston, ME, writes: October is Co-Op Month and the perfect time to release the first episode in a short web series I’m producing called My So-Called Housing Cooperative. Episode 1: The New Member(s) will be released Monday, October 28th on Vimeo , Youtube , and Facebook. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3NP20XgIvg
JOB POSTING: October 5, 2013 General Manager (GM) for the Old Creamery Co-op in Cummington, Massachusetts. After a three-year start-up period, we are off and running! We took ownership of the Old Creamery business and building on November 6, 2012 and are now operating as a member-owned community supported cooperative. We are seeking a GM
(español abajo) Hi all – A Yard & A Half Landscaping Cooperative, Inc. is a 1-year old, 12-person worker-cooperative buying our 25-year old organic landscaping company (design/build/maintain) from the retiring founder/owner. Most of us are from El Salvador, and we have an average of 10 years working in the company, from the ground up (pun
There’s updated information on our Manufactured Housing Program page. Find it here: https://cdi.coop/resident-owned-communities/. Also, get up-to-date information on the program on Twitter: @NewEnglandRocs.
Registration for the New York Cooperative Summit is now openwww.newyorkcooperative.net The New York Cooperative Network will hold the second annual New York Cooperative Summit in Syracuse on Saturday, September 28th. The event will feature expert speakers and presentations that will educate and inspire members of the cooperative movement, from experienced practitioner to new enthusiasts. Connect with
Call for Co-op Academy Mentors! Experienced Co-operators Needed! This fall, Worcester Roots Project, in collaboration with Solidarity And Green Economy Alliance (SAGE), CDI and Boston Center for Community Ownership is holding the very first Co-op Academy: “Concept to Co-op (CtC)“! CtC is a comprehensive training and mentorship program that gives present and prospective member-owners the
From Stacey Cordeiro, founder of Boston Center for Community Ownership: Hi my co-op community, I wanted to let you know about a new worker co-op forming in Boston. It will be a full-service recycling and disposal service for neighborhood restaurants, closing local food loops by composting food scraps for local farmers and collecting waste vegetable
Many thanks to Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) for re-introducing a bill to foster cooperative development throughout the country, H.R. 2437, the Creating Jobs Through Cooperatives Act. See http://fattah.house.gov/news2/new-legislation-helps-drive-the-national-cooperative-movement/.
