Celebrate cooperatives in our valley all year long and nationwide during the month of October! National Co-op Month is an annual opportunity to raise awareness of a trusted, proven way to do business and build communities. Each year a theme is determined and co-ops are encouraged to use the theme and logo in their communication and outreach activities.
Co-op Month is a chance to leverage our shared cooperative identity in the face of some of the biggest challenges we face: a global pandemic, climate emergency and systemic racism. As we continue to build an economy that works for everyone, our biggest impact comes from embracing the values and principles that make us truly unique. The Valley Co-operative Business Association was established by a group of food co-ops, worker co-ops and a credit union to make our co-ops more visible, to advance our region’s co-operative economy and to make the benefits of co-operation more available in our community. Go Co-op!
VCBA Members

- Neighboring Food Co-op Association • www.nfca.coop
- Collective Copies • www.collectivecopies.coop
- Shelburne Arts Co-operative • www.shelburneartscoop.com
- Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives • www.valleyworker.coop
- Franklin Community Co-op • www.franklincommunity.coop
Valley Co-ops
Our Connecticut River Valley is already home to a vibrant community of co-operative enterprises, many being a part of our effort to build a thriving co-operative economy in our region, including:
- Artisan Beverage Co-op • www.artbev.coop
- Brattleboro Food Co-op • www.brattleborofoodcoop.com
- Cabot Cheese • www.cabotcheese.coop
- Collective Copies • www.collectivecopies.coop
- Compost Co-op • www.thecompostcooperative.com
- Co-op Power • www.cooppower.coop
- Downtown Sounds • www.downtownsounds.com
- Franklin Community Co-op • www.franklincommunity.coop
- Franklin First Credit Union • www.franklinfirst.org
- Freedom Credit Union • www.freedom.coop
- Greenfield Farmers Co-operative Exchange • www.greenfieldfarmerscoop.com
- Green Mountain Spinnery • www.spinnery.com
- Leverett Village Co-op • www.leverettcoop.com
- Monadnock Food Co-op • www.monadnockfood.coop
- Neighboring Food Co-op Association • www.nfca.coop
- Quabbin Harvest Co-op • www.quabbinharvest.coop
- Old Creamery Co-op • www.oldcreamery.coop
- Organic Valley • www.organicvalley.coop
- Our Family Farms • www.ourfamilyfarms.com
- Oxbow Design Build • www.oxbowdesignbuild.com
- Pedal People Co-operative • www.pedalpeople.com
- Putney Food Co-op • www.putneyfoodcoop.com
- PV Squared • www.pvsquared.coop
- Real Pickles • www.realpickles.coop
- Regenerative Design Group • www.regenerativedesigngroup.com
- River Valley Co-op • www.rivervalleymarket.coop
- Shelburne Arts Co-operative • www.shelburneartscoop.com
- The Hive Makerspace • www.hivemakerspace.org
- UMassFive College Federal Credit Union • www.umassfive.coop
- Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives • www.valleyworker.coop