Cal-Bean & Grain Cooperative

Why Pawpaws Are the Ideal Fruit Trees for Your Garden

Sometimes called Indian Bananas, these trees are a great option for your garden, as they grow easily, have a tropical appearance, and bear tasty fruit. So, the next time you see a pawpaw, dig in.

Want to Increase Yield Potential In Double Crop Beans?

Double cropping leaves farmers with a shorter time frame to reach the full potential of…

Let cover crop grow ahead of planting beans

On-farm research shows benefits of planting “green” with soybeans into a cereal rye cover crop.

Snap beans hard to grow in cover crop residue

More no-till farmers are using cover crops to conserve soil and suppress weeds, but many vegetable producers are reluctant to get on board. That's because many small-seeded vegetable crops struggle to emerge through thick cover crop residues. However, the potential benefits of no-till cover crop systems compelled researchers to give it a try with snap bean.

Why we love cooperatives!

Why we at Empower Projects are advocates for cooperative models for sustainable development.

Financial Benefits of Cooperative Home Ownership

Financially speaking, owning a home within a housing cooperative makes a lot of sense. There are exclusive benefits afforded to co-op members that single-

What is a Worker Cooperative

Should We Form a Cooperative?

On occasion, I am approached by a group of producers who have a business idea that is too big for any one producer to achieve. Their first thought is “we need a cooperative.” Their second thought is often “what is a cooperative, and how does it work?” Simply put, a cooperative is a business that […]

What About Cooperative Transition Rule

We appear to have our “guidance” on the cooperative transition deduction under Section 199A. It is not very detailed and we provide one method of calculating this deduction.

What Are the Functions of the Board of Directors in a Cooperative?

A cooperative is an organization formed and owned by its members to serve a specific purpose. Cooperatives in business are usually strategic partnerships consisting of businesses and influential ...

Why Be a Member of a Cooperative?

Why become a member of a cooperative? We'll give you five reasons...

What is a Cooperative?

A cooperative is a people-centered business driven by values of reciprocity and solidarity — and they're central to Heifer's work helping people overcome hunger and poverty.

What makes a Cooperative different

Unlike a traditional company, a cooperative isn’t all about profit.

What Bean Are You?

How to Build a Successful Babysitting Cooperative

Find out the biggest issues and advantages in setting up a free community of babysitters.

For Cooperatives Is Big Always Bad?

Some members believe their co-ops have gotten too big. They contend that the cooperative system is gobbling up the competition and becoming a beast too large to control. They yearn for the old days when small farmers patronized small local co-ops.

Is It Genre or Is It Literary?

Language Learning Cooperative

The Language Learning Cooperative is a worker cooperative, co-owned and operated by its employees. Our mission is to provide student-centered language lessons using communicative, cooperative, and …

Do you like pork n beans/franks and beans/beans and weenies?

I just randomly started craving it. It was a regular dinner for my family when I was growing up.<br>My mom never did anything fancy, just cut up some hot dogs, fried them, and then added a couple cans of Van Camp.<br>Actually, are beans and weenies and pork n beans even the same thing? When I...