Cooperative Education

We develop and distribute cooperative educational reports and programs to promote understanding of cooperative principles and use of cooperative practices.

Our educational publications and programs are used by:

• High school teachers for classroom use
• Students for cooperative study
• Cooperatives for boards of directors use
• Educators for a variety of audiences
• Development practitioners as they help develop and advise cooperatives
• Others with an interest in cooperatives

Most requested educational publications:

• Co-ops 101
• Cooperatives in Agribusiness
• Cooperatives: What they are and the roles of members, directors, managers, and employees
• The Circle of Responsibilities of Co-op Boards
• Cooperative Directors: Asking Necessary Questions
• Understanding Capper-Volstead
• Managing Your Cooperative’s Equity
• How to Start a Cooperative
• Cooperative Feasibility Study Guide
• Rural Cooperatives bimonthly magazine
• Library of publications on Cooperatives

Cooperative Curriculum for Instructors:

• Understanding Cooperatives: CD ROM

PowerPoint Presentations:

• Organizing a Cooperative
• What Are Cooperatives? (Chapter 1 of CIR 11)
• Members Make Cooperatives Work (Chapter 2 of CIR 11)
• The Cooperative Director (Chapter 3 of CIR 11)
• What the Cooperative Manager Does (Chapter 4 of CIR 11)
• What Cooperative Employees Do (Chapter 5 CIR 11)

Videos and Podcasts:

• How to Start a Cooperative DVD
• What Co-op Directors Do DVD
  
  

To order these materials, send a request to: coopinfo@wdc.usda.gov

If you have questions, please contact us: coopinfo@wdc.usda.gov