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Elias Crim

Social Cooperative Program Director

Erika Iacono

Research Director

Mother blackbird feeding nest of hungry chicks on tree branch

How US Social Cooperative Laws Could Accelerate Co-op Development

Cluster of oyster mushrooms growing on substrate at Sand Dunes Mushroom Cooperative

A workers’ co-op rises from the remains of a Colorado mushroom farm

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New state funding could help struggling rural businesses achieve employee ownership

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Mother blackbird feeding nest of hungry chicks on tree branch

How US Social Cooperative Laws Could Accelerate Co-op Development

The US worker cooperative movement is surging. According to the 2021 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector report, there were 612 worker co-ops in the United States and hundreds more startups underway. Less noticed is that nonprofits have helped to make much of this rapid growth possible.

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