Recorded: USDA Interagency Working Group Webinars on Cooperative Development- The Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development, spearheaded by USDA Rural Development's Rural Business-Cooperative Service, held several virtual committee meetings designed to share information on cooperative conversions, the environment, the care economy, and the food supply chain.

Recorded: Cooperatives are Everywhere! Take Ownership- Cooperative Network provides an overview of how coops get started, who uses them and the benefits of being a member of a cooperative.

Recorded: USDA Presents: Steps in Starting a Cooperative- New cooperative businesses can be started by eventual member-owners or be incubated by a development group. Existing businesses can be converted to member-ownership. Regardless of who organizes a co-op, this webinar identifies the key steps in the development process.

11/2 | Virtual: Rural Placemaking: What Works Fast, Now, and on a Shoestring - Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group

11/8-11 | US Virgin Islands: National Association of Housing Cooperatives (NAHC) Annual Conference

11/16 | Virtual: 2024 National 4-H Conference Information Session-Plan now for this conference to make an impact on attendees later!

11/28-29 | Washington, DC: SBIR/STTR Fall Innovation Conference- Seeding America's Future Innovations - Connect directly with over $4 billion in early-stage funding. Learn how to compete for funding, while networking with global industry scouts, investors, and key federal leadership representing the nation's largest seed fund.