2009 Winners

Large Cooperatives

Winner:

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, a fertilizer production and distribution cooperative based in India

Honorable Mention:

Cabot Creamery Cooperative (United States)

Crédit Coopératif (France)

Medium Cooperatives

Winner:

National Cooperative Grocers Association, a cooperatively owned trade association for U.S. food co-ops.

Honorable Mention:

The Phone Co-op (United Kingdom)

Wedge Community Co-op (United States)

Small Cooperatives

Winner:

Pachamama Coffee Cooperative, a cooperative based in the United States and owned by 150,000 coffee farmers worldwide.

Honorable Mention:

CAC Santa Maria Magdalena (Peru)

FESAN (Federacion Nacional de Cooperativas de Servicios Sanitarios, Ltda) (Chile)

Special Recognition:

Co-operative Press Limited, for its overall contributions to the cooperative movement in the United Kingdom and the world as the oldest cooperatively-owned newspaper.

Photos from the awards presentation now available here

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