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Australia Dairy Farmers is one of the largest and oldest dairy manufacturers in Australia, established in 1900, supplying products to local and international markets such as eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Kirin Holdings Company, Limited of Japan, via its subsidiary National Foods, acquired the company on 27 November 2008.[2][3] Community Healthfulness Cooperative is a cooperative formed by a group of people from Melbourne, Victoria in 2009. The cooperative are working to provide a community where people struggling to cope can find support and work to regain their health. CBH Group and Wesfarmers Limited both started as co-operative groups in Western Australia in the early twentieth century. Bangladesh co-operative has been playing an important role in socio-economic development of Bangladesh for more than a century. Acknowledging it’s importance the Constitution of Bangladesh mandates co-operative as one of the three modes of ownership i.e., State, co-operative and Private.[4] Starting it’s journey in 1904, to raise agricultural production and rural economic advancement through production and processing services, the co-operative movement has expanded in other economic sectors like fishery, dairy, housing, micro finance and service sectors. In Bangladesh, co-operative has great opportunities in social awareness building, entrepreneurship development and community based programmes and activities. Here is a list of notable co-operative enterprises : Bangladesh National Co-operative Union (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় সমবায় ইউনিয়ন), that is the apex unity of co-operatives in Bangladesh and is committed to promote and support to the co-operative ventures where it has comparative advantages and is a member of International Co-operative Alliance. Bangladesh Co-operative Bank Limited (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সমবায় ব্যাংক লিমিটেড), the oldest co-operative Bank in the country which operates commercial banking as a Commercial Bank with its members and unmembers. Progoti Co-operative Land Development Bank Limited (Bengali: প্রগতি কো-অপারেটিভ ল্যান্ড ডেভেলপমেন্ট ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the largest Land Development Bank in Bangladesh, established in 2009 in Kapasia under Gazipur District, what specializes in originating and/or servicing mortgage loans. This bank is also known as Progoti Bank (Bengali: প্রগতি ব্যাংক). The name Progoti is derived from the word progoti which means "progress" or "advancement" in the Bengali language i.e, starting it’s journey to advance the socio-economic growth of the country; it's appearance to build a better Bangladesh. Canada Arctic Co-operatives Limited (retail co-operative in the Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Northern Manitoba. Blocks Recording Club (record label) The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is a national cooperative federation for Canadian co-operatives headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian Press (newswire) Canadian University Press (newswire for student newspapers) The Co-operators, founded in 1945, is a Canadian insurance co-operative owned by 40 members. Farmers of North America, Farmers buying co-operative. Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), is a co-operative federation, established in 1955, providing procurement and distribution to member co-operatives in Western Canada. Home Hardware is a privately held Canadian home improvement, construction materials, and furniture retailer. Co-founded in 1964 by Walter Hachborn and headquartered in St. Jacobs, Ontario, the chain is cooperatively owned by over 1000 independently owned member stores. Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) is a Canadian consumers' cooperative, which sells outdoor recreation gear and clothing. Alberta Alberta Wheat Pool Calgary Co-op (retail co-op) United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. British Columbia Aaron Webster Housing Cooperative (formerly Cityview Co-op) is a housing cooperative located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. CJLY-FM, radio station in Nelson, British Columbia. CFRO-FM, licensed and owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, is a non-commercial community radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Coast Salish territory. EcoReality Sustainable Land Use and Education Cooperative on Saltspring Island is developing an ecovillage based on sustainable agriculture. Otter Co-op is a consumers' cooperative in Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada. Manitoba Manitoba Cooperative Association (MCA) is the provincial association of cooperative organizations, created by its members to enhance and support the development of a united, growing and influential cooperative movement in Manitoba. Old Market Autonomous Zone Marketing Co-op (formed in 2010) comprises the cooperatives and activist groups located in the heritage building at 91 Albert St in Winnipeg's Exchange District. It houses the following cooperatives: Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse is a political bookstore, vegan cafe and organic grocery store located in The Old Market Autonomous Zone at 91 Albert Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. New Brunswick Co-op Atlantic (Moncton)[5] Ontario Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 90 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited is a dairy products in Canada producing butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, whipped cream and lactose free milk for retail, foodservice, industrial and export markets. Guelph Campus Cooperative is located in Guelph, Ontario. It is a student run cooperative offering the University of Guelph community a bookstore and student housing. Karma Co-operative is a food co-op located in Toronto. Karma specializes in organic, local, non-GMO, and fair trade products.[6] Ontario Co-operative Association or On Co-op is a co-operative association serving co-operatives and co-op member organizations in Ontario, Canada. Organic Meadow Cooperative is an agricultural cooperative in Ontario. The cooperative originated in 1989 after local farmers sitting around a kitchen table realized that commercialized farming practices were not sustainable for them. Rochdale College, Toronto (defunct) Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative[7] Waterloo Co-operative Residence Incorporated, also known as WCRI, is a non-profit student housing co-operative located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Wireless Nomad was a non-profit cooperative based in Toronto, Canada providing subscriber-owned home and business internet along with free Wi-Fi wireless Internet access the 70+ nodes, making it one of the largest free Wi-Fi networks in the country at the time. Quebec Agropur is a Canadian Agricultural cooperative headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. La Coop du Grand Orme in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada. Desjardins Group Saskatchewan CCRL Refinery Complex is an oil refinery spread over 544 acres (2.20 km2) located in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada owned by Consumers' Co-operative Refineries Limited (CCRL) that is in turn owned by Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL). CFCR-FM - Community Radio Station (Saskatoon) Concentra Financial Saskatoon Co-op (Saskatoon) Saskatoon Farmers' Market (Saskatoon) Sherwood Co-op (Regina) Southern Rails Cooperative (railway) Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) has over 120,000 members and with 2007 revenues of over $1.8 billion, UFA is ranked as the 37th largest business in Alberta by revenue according to Alberta Venture magazine. [1] Alberta's credit unions are also large operations. Denmark Arla Foods is a Swedish-Danish cooperative based in Aarhus, Denmark, and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. Danish Crown AmbA is Denmark's largest meat packer cooperative based in Aarhus, Denmark. It processes meat from pig and cattle, but not from chicken and other poultry. It is the world's largest exporter of pig meat products with subsidiaries in other countries. FDB (Danish: Fællesforeningen for Danmarks Brugsforeninger), or The Danish Consumers Co-operative Society is a consumer co-operative based in Denmark. Finland Metsäliitto OP-Pohjola Group S-Group Valio France Crédit Agricole Enercoop is a French electricity supplier. It is the only one in France in the form of a cooperative. India Aavin Aavin(Tamil:ஆவின்) is the trademark of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited, Adarsh Co-operative Bank Amul Anyonya Co-operative Bank Limited Indian Coffee House Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited KRIBHCO Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Mother Dairy Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad Vasudhara Dairy Mulkanoor Cooperatives Viveka Janani MACTCS Fed Limited Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu state level cooperative Federations: TNCUI - Tamil Nadu Cooperative Union TANFED - "Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited" - TANFED is the apex body of taluk level cooperative marketing societies, it is also acts as the nodal agency for fertilizer distributions in the state along woth usual agricultural marketing activities (http://www.tanfed.tn.gov.in) TNCCF - "Tamilnadu Cooperative Consumer Federation": TNCCF is the apex body of the 34 district cooperative wholesales stores, coordinating consumer business activities TCHF - "Tamil Nadu Cooperative Housing Federation" - TCHF is the federation of cooperative housing institutions. It extends housing credit to its member socieites TNFUCB - "Tamilnadu Federation of Cooperative Urban Banks" - it is the apex body for the 121 urban cooperative banks in the state. TAFCOFED - "Tamil Nadu State Apex Fisheries Cooperative Federation" - it is the apex body for the 375 fishermen cooperative societies. AAVIN - "Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited" - is an apex body of 17 District Cooperative Milk Producers' Unions (http://www.aavinmilk.com/) TNSCB - "Tamilnadu State Apex Co-operative Bank" - it is the apex bank for all the agricultural credit in the state, it has 23 district cooperative banks as it members. (http://www.tnscbank.com) Agriculture: TANFED is The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited Thanjavur Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu TNSC Bank - "Tamilnadu State Apex Co-operative Bank" TNSCARD Bank - "Tamilnadu State Cooperative state Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (TNSCARDB)" TAICO Bank - "Tamilnadu Industrial Cooperative Bank Limited" District Co-operative Banks: CCC Bank - Chennai Central Cooperative Bank (CCCB) TCC Bank - Thanjavur Central Co-operative Bank (TCCB) Urban Cooperative Societies in Tamil Nadu TUCS - "Triplicane Urban Cooperative Society Limited(TUCS)" Employees Cooperative Societies in Tamil Nadu Indian Institute of Technology Madras Employees Cooperative Thrift & Credit Society Ltd. Sugar Co-operative in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Co-operative Federation Limited Ambur Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Vadapudupet, Vellore District. - (http://www.ambursugars.net.in/) NPKRR Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Thalainayar, Illanthope, Mayiladuthurai Taluk. Nagapatnam District Amaravathy Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Krishnapuram, Udumalaipettai Taluk, Coimbatore District. - (http://www.amaravathisugars.net.in) Kallakurichi - II Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Kachirayapalam Road, Kallakurichi, Villupuram District. (Gomuki Sugars) Kallakurichi -I Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Moongilthuraipattu, Villupuram District. Subramaniya Siva Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Alapuram Post, Gopalapuram, Dharmapuri District. Dharmapuri District Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited,Palacode, Dharmapuri District. Cheyyar Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Anakkavoor, Thenthandalam, Tiruvannamalai District. Madurantakam Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Padalam, Kancheepuram District. M.R. Krishnamurthy Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Sethiathope, Chidambaram TK, Cuddalore Dist National Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Mettupatti Village, Alanganallur Taluk, Madurai Dist., Gummidipoondi Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Puduvayal, Gummidipoondi TK, Tiruvalluvar District. Tirupattur Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Kethandapatti, Vellore District. Chengalrayan Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Periyasevalai, Villupuram District. Vellore Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Ammundi Village, Vellore District. Salem Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Mohanur,Namakkal District. Tiruttani Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Tiruvalangadu, Thiruvallur District. Dairy Co-operative in Tamil Nadu Aavin Aavin(Tamil:ஆவின்) is the trademark of the TCMPF Limited. TCMPF Limited - Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited Textile Co-operatives in Tamil Nadu Co-optex is the trademark of The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Limited (Co-optex) Tamil Nadu Co-operative Textile Processing Mills Limited, Erode Tamil Nadu Co-operative Spinning Mills Federation Limited (TANSPIN) Ireland Dublin Food Co-op is a vegetarian food co-operative located in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland, which deals primarily in organic wholefood produce. Israel Dan Bus Company Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd Granot central cooperative Kibbutz Tnuva Central Cooperative for the Marketing of Agricultural Produce in Israel Ltd. Japan Co-op Kobe (Japanese: コープこうべ), officially known as Consumer Co-operative Kobe, is a Kobe, Japan-based consumers' cooperative. It is the largest retail cooperative in Japan and, with over 1.2 million members, is one of the largest cooperatives in the world. Nepal Guita Saving and Cooperative Ltd., Guitole, Lalitpur-8, Nepal website Gurkha Millennium Multi-Purpose Cooperative Ltd. website IME Cooperative Service Limited. website Pashupati Saving and Credit Co-Operative Limited. website New Zealand Alliance Group [1] Berryfruit Export NZ Limited [8] Combined Rural Traders (CRT) Society [2] Electricity Ashburton Farmers' Mutual Group Fonterra Co-operative Group – A New Zealand multinational dairy cooperative owned by more than 10,500 New Zealand farmers. Foodstuffs (Auckland) Cooperative Foodstuffs South Island Cooperative Foodstuffs (Wellington) Cooperative Mitre 10 Nelson Building Society Paper Plus Group Silver Fern Farms [3] SBS Bank Southern Cross Medical Care Society Tatua Cooperative Dairy Company The Co-operative Bank The New Zealand Hop Company[9] TradeZone Industrial Group [4] Westland Cooperative Dairy Company Philippines St.Jude Multi Purpose Cooperative [5] a multi-purpose cooperative in Lucena City, Cagayan, Philippines established in 1967. First Community Cooperative, the first cooperative in Mindanao. BOAZ Transport Service Cooperative Lighthouse Cooperative, a multi-purpose cooperative in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines established in 1998. Kabayanihan Multi-Purpose Cooperative - A cooperative owned and organized by Employees of Al Othman Group Tagum Cooperative- a cooperative from Tagum City with 9 Branches and 1 Business Center in Region XI United Sugar Planters in Davao del Sur Multi-Purpose Cooperative Digos Market Vendors Multi-Purpose Cooperative Cooperative of Agrarian Reform Employees Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative CKOM - Cebu Kawayan Osmeña Manalili Multipurpose Cooperative in Cebu CLIMBS Life & General Insurance Cooperative - The only life and nonlife Insurance cooperative based in Cagayan de Oro City, www.climbs.coop Scandinavia Coop Norden (Coop Nordic) is a joint Scandinavian purchasing company.[10] Spain The Mondragón Cooperative Corporation is a federation of worker cooperatives based in the Basque region of Spain. Switzerland Migros Coop (Switzerland) Raiffeisen Bank Switzerland United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man Main article: British co-operative movement The Co-operative Group is a United Kingdom consumers' co-operative, and, after the acquisition of Somerfield supermarkets, is the world's largest consumer-owned business, with over 4.5 million members and 123,000 employees across all its businesses. Regional and local retail co-operative societies are corporate members of the Group. Includes: The Co-operative Bank Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Baywind Energy Co-operative Bristol Wood Recycling Project Channel Islands Co-operative Society Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society Colchester and East Essex Co-operative Society Co-operative Press Daily Bread Co-operative[6] East of England Co-operative Society Heart of England Co-operative Society Highburton Co-operative Society Highland Wholefoods Workers Co-operative Ilkeston Co-operative Society John Lewis Partnership (employee-owned business, not formal co-op) Lincolnshire Co-operative Magpie Recycling Midcounties Co-operative Midlands Co-operative Society New Internationalist Penrith Co-operative Society People's Press Printing Society Phone Co-op Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society Radstock Co-operative Society Ruskin House Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Seeds for Change Lancaster[7] Seeds for Change Oxford Collective[8] Shared Interest Shepley Co-operative Society Southern Co-operatives Suma Wholefoods (Triangle Wholefoods Collective Ltd)[11] Swann Morton worker co-op Unicorn Grocery Veggies of Nottingham Wooldale Co-operative Society Football and rugby union supporters' trusts are incorporated as co-operatives of supporters. Several own the football club outright and many hold equity in the club. United States Ace Hardware is a hardware cooperative based in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States. Ace Hardware was founded in 1924 by Richard Hesse, E. Gunnard Lindquist, Frank Burke and Oscar Fisher in Chicago, Illinois. Affiliated Foods Inc. Affiliated Foods Midwest Co-op Inc. Affiliated Foods Southwest AgFirst Farm Credit Bank Agribank, FCB Ant Hill Cooperative Ashland Food Co-op[12] Associated Food Stores Associated Grocers of Florida, Inc Associated Grocers of the South, Inc. Associated Grocers, Inc. Associated Press Associated Wholesale Grocers Associated Wholesalers, Inc. Astoria Cooperative[13] Audubon Mutual Housing Corporation Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage Basin Electric Power Cooperative Black Star Co-op A brewpub located in Austin, TX BloomingFoods[14] Blue Diamond Growers Bob's Red Mill Brown Association for Cooperative Housing Cabot Creamery, Vermont-based dairy marketing Central Grocers Cooperative Certified Grocers Midwest Choptank Electric Cooperative CHS Inc. CoBank Cooperative Development Foundation Cuties Cooperative (California clementines) Dairy Farmers of America Dairylea Cooperative Inc. Delta and Providence Cooperative Farms Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc. Do It Best Equal Exchange Farm Credit Bank of Texas First Tech Credit Union Florida's Natural Growers (formerly Citrus World Inc.) Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD) Full Sail Brewing George Street Co-op Great River Energy Greenbelt Homes, Inc.[15] Greenbelt News Review[16] Group Health Cooperative GROWMARK, Inc. Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI)[17] Johnstone Supply, Inc. (Portland, OR) [18] Keweenaw Co-op, Inc. (Hancock, MI) [19] Land O'Lakes Madison Community Co-op Mariposa Food Co-op[20] MFA Incorporated Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative Morning Glory Cooperative National Cooperative Bank (now NCB) National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) National Grape Cooperative Association, Inc. National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation[21] Navy Federal Credit Union New Deal Cafe[22] New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union[23] Nebraska Rural Radio Association NonProfits' United Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund Oberlin Student Cooperative Association Ocean Spray (cooperative) Oglethorpe Power Corporation Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Olympia Food Co-op Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Park Slope Food Coop Pentagon Federal Credit Union People's Food Co-op (Portland) Piggly Wiggly Alabama Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oklahoma) Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oregon) Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics (Massachusetts) Princeton Cooperative R.E.I. (Recreational Equipment Inc.)[24] Rapidan Camps[25] Riceland Foods Scary Cow Productions Snake River Sugar Company Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Southern States Cooperative Sunkist Growers, Inc. Tennessee Farmers Cooperative The Union Credit Union[26] Tillamook County Creamery Association TOPCO Associates True Value Corporation U.S. AgBank, FCB U.S. Central Credit Union Unified Western Grocers USA Federal Credit Union (San Diego, Ca)[27] United Hardware Distributing Company (Hardware Hank) Universal Cooperatives University Students Cooperative Association URM Stores VHA, Inc. Wakefern Food (ShopRite) Weaver's Way Co-op Weaver Street Market Wedge Community Co-op Welch's (Welch Foods Inc.) Western Family Holding Company Western Sugar Cooperative WestFarm Foods Wheatsville Co-op Whole Foods Cooperative Winfield Park Mutual Housing Corporation WSIPC Kenya Kenya has the strongest Co-operative movement in the world. In Africa its ranked number 1. Many Kenyan Co-operatives were started in the early 1960s and mainly because of Farming the was being embraced after the British left the newly independent country. Kenyans formed co-operatives so that they could buy large chunks of land from the British farmers as well as market their produce. Below are some of the largest co-operatives in Kenya. The Co-operative Insurance Company of Kenya Limited[28] - 2nd largest insurance in Kenya. Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited[29] - New Kenya Co-operative Creameries Limited[30] Co-operative Insurance College Kenya Medical Association Githunguri Dairy Farmers Cooperative Limited National Housing Co-operative |
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