U.S. Co-ops receives its first grant from the Starbucks Foundation in April to support the livelihoods of coffee farmers in Indonesia.
The first meeting of the Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development is held in October, a provision U.S. Co-ops worked hard to ensure the inclusion of in the Farm Bill.
U.S. Co-ops works with legislators to create the long-awaited bipartisan Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus in December, co-chaired by Rep Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI).
