Where Are New Co-ops Emerging? The Changing Map of Co-op Development

Why have cooperatives been more successful in some areas than others? What are the most important ingredients for creating new co-ops? And how does the newest generation of co-ops differ from previous ones?

These were some of the questions that the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives sought to address in a recent report titled Collective Action in Rural Communities. In that report, we identified 945 cooperatives that were formed between 2011 and 2019, including 195 in rural communities and 750 in urban areas.

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