News and updates

The latest from our network for non-extractive finance.

Updates

New members of Seed Commons

New members of Seed Commons

The newest members of Seed Commons

Seed Commons is growing! We are thrilled to announce that we have accepted five new organizations for membership in our financial cooperative.

Seed Commons members gather at the 2026 All Network Gathering

Seed Commons members gather at the 2026 All Network Gathering

What a portfolio review can look like at Seed Commons

Flipping the script on financial reporting

The team—and a small child—peer under the partially removed sheathing of a trailer home.

The team—and a small child—peer under the partially removed sheathing of a trailer home.

Giving communities the tools they need to build their own future—one mobile home at a time

Seed Commons member PODER Emma in Asheville, NC is spearheading an ambitious, community-led research and development program for a green transition in affordable housing.

Code overlaid on a screenshot

Code overlaid on a screenshot

Digital infrastructure for a non-extractive economy: The story of Madeline

At Seed Commons our goal is to distribute economic and financial power to communities—so we built a software system that mirrors that social logic in code.

Cincinnati Public Radio

Cincinnati Public Radio

"Northgate Greenhouses transitions to worker-owned model"

In the media

Creating democratic financial infrastructure for local communities

In the media

Voice of OC

Voice of OC

"Santa Ana’s First Community Land Trust Opens Its Doors"

In the media

Welcome to Boyfriend Co-op, Brooklyn’s New Queer Coffee Shop and Cocktail Bar

In the media

Philadelphia Citizen

Philadelphia Citizen

Can Worker Co-ops Fix Our Busted Democracy?

In the media

Fund managers line up strategies for shared ownership and community resilience

In the media

Fresh Cup

Fresh Cup

The Worker-Owned Coffee Cooperatives of Baltimore

In the media

People gathered outside a factory, listening to a worker-owner talk about their business

People gathered outside a factory, listening to a worker-owner talk about their business

Video from our 2024 All Network Gathering

This is what networked power for a worker and community-controlled economy looks like.

Waging Nonviolence

Waging Nonviolence

The humanizing power of worker-owned cooperatives

In the media

The Journal of Public and International Affairs

The Journal of Public and International Affairs

“It’s about changing the world. It’s about changing the way that we relate to work and to money.”

In the media

Chronogram

Chronogram

The Hudson Valley’s Cooperative Ownership Movement

In the media

The Guardian

The Guardian

"They went from rehab and jail to owning a real estate portfolio"

In the media

A man and child in front of a modest but incredibly vibrant home

A man and child in front of a modest but incredibly vibrant home

Seed Commons 2023 Impact Report

Flier for "Works for All"

Flier for "Works for All"

Cooperation Cincy to premiere new documentary film highlighting their work

"Worker co-op turns distressed homes in West Baltimore into affordable housing and shared equity"

In the media

Wes Moore at his desk as Maryland governor, eating a pint of Taharka Brothers Ice Cream

Wes Moore at his desk as Maryland governor, eating a pint of Taharka Brothers Ice Cream

Maryland Governor Wes Moore praises Baltimore's Taharka Brothers worker cooperative

Appalachian Field Services/WaterBottle cooperative featured in the Baltimore Banner

In the media

Red Emma's worker cooperative featured in the New York Times

In the media

An illustration of diverse people standing on stacks of money in front of a highway sign that says "Detroit" (via ILSR)

An illustration of diverse people standing on stacks of money in front of a highway sign that says "Detroit" (via ILSR)

ILSR's Building Local Power podcast talks with The Detroit Community Wealth Fund, a Seed Commons peer

If the Workers Take a Notion: ‘Works for All’ Showcases Union Coops

In the media

Repaired Nations flier

Repaired Nations flier

Repaired Nations Funding Germinator applications now open

Five Seed Commons member organizations featured in NPQ series on "Solidarity Economies: Building Community Power"

In the media

"Cooperative Ways to Weather the Silver Tsunami"

In the media

"Nonprofit awarded half-million to train, organize workers for green jobs"

In the media