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Case Studies from the Center for Cooperatives
- Worker Cooperative Case Study: Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing
Michael Billeaux, Anne Reynolds, Trevor Young-Hyman, and Ayca Zayim, October 2011
- An Assessment
of Loan Regulations for Rural Housing Cooperatives
The report includes four case studies of rural housing co-ops. Accompanying
photos are
included.
Anne Reynolds and Hugh Jeffers, 1999
- A Case Study of the Fifth Season Cooperative:
From Conception to Incorporation, Now What?
Courtney Berner, September 2010
- Benefiting from the Board: A Case Study
Anne Reynolds, November 2008.
- Case Study: Willy Street Grocery Cooperative
Courtney Berner, September 2011
- Co-operative Conversions, Failures and Restructurings: Case Studies and
Lessons from U.S. and Canadian Agriculture
Murray Fulton and Brent Hueth, Editors, September 2009.
- CROPP Cooperative: The Cooperative Regions of Organic Produce Pools
Prepared for the North Central Initiative for Small Farm Profitability by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. Funded by the Initiative for Future Agriculture & Food Systems, A program of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Maria Powell and Greg Lawless, January 2003
- Dakota Growers
Pasta Company and the City of Carrington, North Dakota: A Case Study
Funded by a USDA Fund for Rural America Planning Grant, 1997-98.
Project Participants: Kim Zeuli (University of Minnesota-St. Paul), Gary
Goreham (North Dakota State University), Robert King (University of
Minnesota - St. Paul), Evert van der Sluis (South Dakota State University).
- Keys to Success for Food Co-op Start Ups in Rural Areas:
Four Case Studies
A study of four grocery cooperatives, located in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
USDA-funded report prepared for Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund, USDA Rural Development Cooperative Programs, Research
Report 208.
Greg Lawless and Anne Reynolds, October 2005
- New Generation Cooperatives Case Study: HomeGrown
Wisconsin: The Story of a New Producer Cooperative
New Generation Cooperatives: Case Studies; Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University.
Greg Lawless, 2002.
- Non-agricultural Cooperatives in Rural Areas:
14 Case Studies
Kimberly Zeuli , David Freshwater, Deborah Markley, and David Barkley, June 2003
- Walton Bean Growers' Cooperative
Prepared for the North Central Initiative for Small Farm Profitability by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives.
Funded by the Initiative for Future Agriculture & Food Systems, a program of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Nalinee Thongchua, Greg Lawless, and Maria Powell, January 2003
- Western Areas Cities and Counties Cooperative Case Study
Funded and prepared for USDA's Fund for Rural America.
Beth Honadle, Gary Goreham, Frayne Olson, Anne Reynolds, David Trechter, and
Linda Jacobson, March 1998
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