Cooperate

A new cooperative bank that is open to women and daughters has opened in Maine. The Salem Cooperative Bank was created in February, and it will allow women and their children to make donations and make loans to help their families afford college. “We are excited to bring a bank that will serve as a model for…

A new national study shows how much money it takes to build, run and maintain electric cooperages in the United States.Researchers from the Cooperative Extension Service at Purdue University and the Cooperative Consumer Institute calculated how much electricity cooperative owners and workers are spending per year on energy costs, including a variety of different types…