In Chronogram, a look at how Seed Commons member Co-op Hudson Valley is building a regional ecosystem for cooperative ownership:

According to DeeArah Wright, Project Steward at Co-op Hudson Valley, a local loan fund started in 2019 that provides financial support and technical assistance to worker-owned businesses, cooperative ownership in the Hudson Valley has developed an especially strong foothold in the agricultural sector—an industry whose low wages and poor working conditions have systemically disadvantaged Black and brown farm workers. “There's a lot bubbling in this region around developing a cooperative ecosystem that's becoming more cohesive around food distribution, food storage, production, and of course, farms,” Wright says.

Read the article now (Ashleigh Lovelace, Chronogram, September 12, 2024)