An excellent day out was had with the Cultivating Community Farming groups attending a workshop on Marketing and Tourism by Portia Woods. The Cultivating Community Farming is a programme of… Read more
Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Bank have extended their partnership through the Business Support for Co-ops programme to help new and existing co-ops. Created to help build better co-operative businesses,… Read more
The Landworkers’ Alliance is a grassroots union of farmers, foresters and land-based workers. They are launching a new branch in NI on Wednesday 3 May online. If you want… Read more
The financial sector of the economy claims that it provides financial services. But there is a question which is never asked which we ask in this second webinar on ethical… Read more
The results of the latest Belfast Business Survey, carried out in partnership with Belfast Chamber, have now been released. Interesting reading for anyone involved in economic and community development. Belfast… Read more
Tiziana O’Hara attended the Cloughjordan Annual Gathering in-person for agroecological farmers and workers, community food and environmental advocates, and people interested in cooperatives, local resilience, food sovereignty and rural regeneration…. Read more
Co-op Alternatives attended the Green Party conference on Sat the 25 March. The conference ‘A Cleaner, Greener and Fairer Northern Ireland’ discussed the future of green activism and diversity in… Read more
Image Freepik Open Food Network webinar – Recording https://youtu.be/odkz6UGGlkc This best practice webinar introduced small retail community shops and co-operatives to the Open Food Network, a community-owned software platform that… Read more