Liz Lechleitner, National Cooperative Business Assn - Rural America has always relied on cooperation to survive and thrive. From rural electric co-op infrastructure to finance and agriculture, cooperatives have built the systems that power rural communities. Yet as economic pressures intensify and federal policy decisions loom, this essential business model is increasingly misunderstood, undervalued and at risk.
In a new op-ed for the Billings Gazette, Tracy McIntyre makes the case that cooperatives are not relics of the past, but a modern, democratic response to consolidation, disinvestment and shrinking rural representation. “What we’re seeing is not a nostalgic return to the past, but a modern resurgence grounded in democratic ownership and resilience,” McIntyre writes. More
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