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Green Business Models
Building a Cooperative Future
Michael HenryMembership & Outreach Manager
Open Harvest Co-op Grocery
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What is a Cooperative?
A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.
Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity.
Cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.
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The Seven Principles
• Voluntary and Open Membership
• Democratic Member Control
• Member Economic Participation
• Autonomy and Independence
• Education, Training and Information
• Cooperation among Cooperatives
• Concern for Community
InternationalCooperative
Alliancewww.ica.coop
Founded in 1895Statement adopted in 1995
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Early Modern Co-op History
• 1769 – Fenwick Weavers’ Society; the first documented consumer cooperative
• 1831 – Cooperative Congress organized in Manchester
• 1832 – Rochdale Friendly Society; handloom weavers
• 1844 – Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers
• 1845 – Boston Mechanics’ and Laborers’ Mutual Benefit Association
• 1863 – North of England Cooperative Society
• 1872 – Cooperative Wholesale Society (formerly NECS)
• Early 1900s – Consumer cooperatives organized under “Rochdale plan”
• 1920 – Number of consumer co-ops in the United States reaches 2,600
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Recent Co-op History
• Great Depression– Berkeley and Palo Alto, CA– Eau Claire, WI– Hanover, NH– Hyde Park / Chicago, IL– Greenbelt, MD
• 1930s – establishment of credit unions throughout the United States
• 1971 – Hoedads Reforestation Cooperative, named for a hand tool used to plant bare-root trees on steep slopes
• 1971 – Buying club forms in Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1975 – Open Harvest opens first storefront near 27th & Randolph Streets
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Cooperative Structure
Worker-Owned• Indirect
– Board of Directors– Hierarchical structure
• Direct– Flat structure– All members vote
Consumer-Owned
• Board of Directors• Hierarchical structure
— Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse
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Board ofDirectors
GeneralManager
Member-Owners
Staff &Volunteers
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Open Harvest — Community
• 54¢ of every dollar spent returned to community
• 60+ local suppliers– Vegetable farmers– Ranchers– Pasta makers– Dairy (cheese, eggs
and milk)
• Weekly food donations– F Street Rec Center– Food Net
• Community Investment– Donations
• Direct funds• Food• Gift Cards
– Education
• Recycling / reuse– Composting– Product packaging
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Center for Cooperatives
Project Objectives
• Build comprehensive list of cooperatives
• Establish Cooperative Research Council (CRC)
• Gather economic data
• Develop approaches for measuring impacts of cooperatives
Funding SourcesUnited States Department of
Agriculture National Cooperative Business
AssociationState of Wisconsin’s Department of
Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
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Cooperative ImpactType
Assets (M)
Revenue (M)
Wages (M)
# of Firms
% of Firms
Empl.(T)
Mem.(T)
Worker 128.02 219.24 55.41 223 1 2.38 55.14
Producer 23,632 65,426 2,970 1,494 5 72.93 714.65
Purchasing
1,126,848
157,892 2,902 724 2 130.35 6,133
Consumer
1,975,805
291.086 19,085 26,844 92 650.65 343,969
Total 3,126,414
514,624 25,013 29,285 100 856.31 350,872
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The Future• Studies
– Collaborate with US Census Bureau– Spur research on improving performance– Examine unique impacts
• Resources– Consumer Cooperative Management
Assn.– International Cooperative Alliance– USDA Cooperative Services Program– UW Center for Cooperatives
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