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About
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What
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a Co-op?
Starting
a Co-op
The center’s mission is to provide research, education, extension and outreach to California’s rural cooperative community.
Organization:
We are an Outreach Resource Center providing public information, cooperative
education, and research and development. The Rural Cooperatives Center,
within the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University
of California, Davis, supports the development of new rural cooperatives
in California, as well as addressing issues related to established rural
cooperatives. Our research and outreach programs are directed at various
aspects of rural cooperatives, including economic issues, cooperative
business principles, cooperative financing, cooperative management, leadership
and governance. It is directed by Dr. Shermain Hardesty, and supported
by a half-time program assistant and graduate research assistants.
Staff:
Director, Shermain Hardesty shermain@primal.ucdavis.edu
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Communications Assistant, Jonathan Barker
jbarker@ucdavis.edu
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Rural Cooperatives Center, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA
Tel: (530) 752-2408 Fax. (530) 752-5451 Email: ruralcoops@ucdavis.edu