Cooperatives

Author

Abigail Becker

Metrics

Community
Dane County
Community Size
44,411
University
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Program
UniverCity Year
Case Type
Project Stories
Focus Areas
Equity
Discipline
Agriculture Economics, Applied Economics
Region
EPA Region 5, USA
University Department Code
Economics
Sustainable Development Goals
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Population Type
Business Owners and Consumers

Students in UW-Madison’s Agriculture and Applied Economics 323 studied different cooperative models across the country to spur ideas in Dane County about how this particular business model could address the concerns of access to affordable housing, child care, and food. The report is broken up into three sections: (1) affordable housing cooperatives, (2) child care cooperatives, and (3) food cooperatives. In each section, we offer case study examples of how communities across the United States are using these models to address these particular social concerns.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

UniverCity Year Contact Info
Gavin Luter
Managing Director
gavin@cows.org
608-261-1141

University Faculty Contact
Anne Reynolds
Agricultural and Applied Economics

anne.reynolds@wisc.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
Ela Kakde

Executive Director, PAIDC
elaska75@gmail.com

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