headquarters united states key people deb trocha chair website cooperationworks.coop cooperationworks is a network of organizations promoting rural development through the formation of cooperatives in the united states . cooperationworks is organized as a cooperative of 21 member development centers . the co op facilitates the coordination of cooperative development efforts and provides business expertise to its member organizations . cooperationworks is partnered with the national cooperative business association and the cooperative development foundation . 1 contents 1 history 2 members 3 references 4 external links history edit legislation was signed into law in 1990 authorizing grants to establish a network of rural cooperative development centers throughout the united states . the development centers worked together on an informal basis for nine years . the madison principles a set of standards for cooperative development were developed in 1995 in madison wisconsin . 2 in february 1999 representatives from nine cooperative development centers on the u.s. met in denver to found cooperationworks in september 2009 the usda awarded 2.9 million in grants to 15 members of cooperationworks to create jobs and foster economic development in rural communities . 3 members edit arkansas rural enterprise center california center for cooperative development common enterprise development corporation cooperative development institute cooperative development services democracy collaborative food cooperative initiative fund for democratic communities indiana cooperative development center iowa alliance for cooperative business development kentucky center for agriculture and rural development keystone development center latino economic development center mississippi center for cooperative development montana cooperative development center nasco development services national cooperative development association national network of forest practitioners nebraska cooperative development center north dakota rural electric and telecommunications development center northwest cooperative development center ohio cooperative development center rocky mountain farmers union cooperative and economic development center south dakota value added agriculture development center references edit purchasing co ops give small businesses an edge . natural products marketplace . 22 may 2009 . livingston jane . revised co op development curriculum gets test drive in madison workshops . rural cooperatives . 1 january 2006 . agriculture deputy secretary merrigan awards 4.8 million in rural economic development grants . usda . 15 september 2009 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cooperationworks & oldid 724763052 categories agricultural cooperativeshidden categories use dmy dates from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 june 2016 at 09 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view