Co-operatives are key to increasing food security in Rwanda, helping small-farmers to cope with challenges and enabling them to gain access to markets.  Some co-operatives offer services to members

For 25 years, Organic Valley has been cultivating goodness and keeping farmers on the land.  Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organ

In countries around the world, family farmers are growing the food that supports two billion people on what is often called marginal or limited land.

Though only a few hundred kilometers from Shanghai, farmers living in the small rural township of Bihu have long struggled to find a market for their produce.

In 1998 Rwanda, the country was recovering from a brutal civil war that had badly damaged the economy.  As Africa’s most densely populated country, land is a precious resource in Rwanda, particular

United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack procaimed August 5-11, 2012 as National Farmers Market Week.  Many of you shop at farmers markets on a regular basis and enjoy a wide variety of f

At its 83^rd annual meeting last week in Naples, Florida, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) launched its celebration of the Year of Farmer Co-ops, part of the wider effor

Cooperatives are businesses that allow their members to accomplish more together than they could individually.  A recent article in the Minnesota Farm Guide discusses the success of farmer