Available Now: Newsbriefs from Calif. Center for Cooperative Development
The California Center for Cooperative Development presents Cooperative Solutions: Stories of Rural Economic Development – two newsbriefs, each under 5 minutes telling how cooperative businesses address critical needs in rural communities, and how listeners can start their own co-op to do the same.
Each of these audio newsbriefs are suitable as news features or PSA’s, and available for download as high-quality MP3s or on CD by request.
Knights Landing Children’s Center
A preschool cooperative that provides high-quality, affordable child care to its parent members.
Northern California Meat Goat Association
A group of small-scale meat goat ranchers who form a cooperative in order to compete with large foreign importers and to provide a domestic source for consumers.
Both segments are educational and demonstrate how the cooperative business form is a viable and innovative vehicle for economic development.
Both stories also refer to a companion website that functions as a tutorial for developing a cooperative business, complete with technical documents, contacts, and other resources.
Contact:
Radio stations interested in airing the segments are encouraged to download them from the links above in this email. For more information, contact the California Center for Cooperative Development at (530) 297-1032 or write us at info@cccd.coop. To learn more about cooperative development services offered by CCCD, visit our website at www.cccd.coop.
About CCCD:
The California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that promotes and supports the myriad of cooperatives in California (housing, childcare, agricultural, arts and crafts, agriculture and energy) with start-up, management, and other technical assistance.
