4pm - 7pm Eastern Time
$10 - $20
The price of this course is reduced thanks to a grant from the CHS Foundation.
Explore cooperative business models and their various forms of democratic ownership in this course. Students will develop a course-long project to create and develop a local co-op enterprise. The projects will focus on strengthening food security, sustainability, community ownership, and/or food access.
Throughout this process, students will receive mentorship from TESA teachers, co-op professionals working in the food economy, and their fellow students. Interactive classes, online tools, and guest speakers will inform students’ understanding of the local food economy and help them develop a cooperative enterprise that makes sense for their region or focus
You will receive a certificate upon completion of this course.
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Highlights:
- Work with cooperative experts and cooperative educators
- Learn hands on skills in cooperative business development
- Cultivate democratic meeting and management skills
- Learn about and participate in the burgeoning cooperative movement
- Develop your own cooperative and create a plan to move it forward
- Shape the class to fit your needs and interests
TESA has developed a wide range of educational resources and programs that have been implemented on local, regional, national, and even international levels. Our cooperative work includes creating Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives; fostering nearly 100 workshops around the country in 2012; coordinating Cultivate.Coop; working with four different organizations on cooperative incubation programs; leading cooperative courses at Greenfield Community College; and much more.
This course is adapted from the Farm & Food Cooperatives course developed for Greenfield Community College.
