The Cooperative Difference People Working Together to Find Solutions Finding the best solution by working together that s what cooperatives are all about. As member-owned and democratically controlled enterprises, cooperatives belong to the people who use them people who have organized to provide themselves with goods and services on terms that suite their needs. This means cost-savings, less risk and more choices for America s consumers and producers. And more choices mean more innovation in the marketplace and more access to products and services. Today, more than 48,000 cooperatives exist for farming, banking, housing, child-care, health care, electric and telephone service, food retailing and other goods and services.
People trust their cooperatives to improve their quality of life and enrich their communities.
That is the Cooperative Difference.