Indiana Guide to Cooperative Development Resources
(pdf, 49 pages, 1.4mb)
Indiana Cooperative codes
Indiana Wood Pelleting Feasibility Study
(pdf, 51 pages, 800 kb)
Case Study Series, University of Wisconsin: Non-agricultural Cooperatives in Rural Areas
(pdf, 49 pages, 363 kb)
Cooperative Business Principles – USDA
(pdf, 4 pages, 239 kb)
Cooperative Feasibility Study Guide – USDA
(pdf, 24 pages, 505 kb)
Cooperative History – Understanding Capper Volstead
(pdf, 11 pages, 122 kb)
Cooperative Principles and Practices
(pdf, 96 pages, 1024 kb)
Co-op Case Study: Organic Valley CROPP Cooperative
(pdf, 13 pages, 520 kb)
Current Law and Economic Debates
(pdf, 36 pages, 174 kb)
Directory of Closed Membership Producer Cooperatives: New Generation Cooperatives and Limited Liability Companies in the U.S. and Canada
(pdf, 140 pages, 665 kb)
How to Start a Cooperative – USDA
(pdf, 4 pages, 136 kb)
How to Start a Food Co-op
(pdf, 74 pages, 929 kb)
“We began working as a multifarm agricultural cooperative in 2006 with assistance from ICDC and a grant for legal expenses. Without that support, our co-op growers wouldn’t have been able to confidently create its FarmFreshCSA project to direct market our naturally grown fresh produce.”
—Claire Whalen, Laughery Valley Growers