The cooperative - CERO which stands for Cooperative Energy Recycling and Organics - helps local restaurants and other area businesses save money and improve the environment by helping them sort a substantial amount of their waste, and then partnering with CERO to collect and sell it. CERO is zero in Spanish - meaning zero waste. Loan for start-up funding.
Earth Designs, Inc. , a landscaping & gardening worker cooperative in Rosendale, NY
Catamount Solar, a worker owned solar cooperative in Montpelier, VT
Portland Food Coop, a retail food cooperative in Portland, ME
Turnpike Park Cooperative, a manufactured housing cooperative in Westborough, MA
Port Clyde Fresh Catch, a fishermen cooperative in Port Clyde, ME
The New School of Montpelier, an employee owned independent school for general and special education in Montpelier, VT
Cultivating Community, a non-profit whose mission is to strengthen communities by preparing New American farmers to grow food in new places. Portland, ME
Boston Tech Collective, a worker owned cooperative providing tech services in Somerville, MA
Vermont Computing Cooperative, a worker owned IT services business in Randolph, VT
Raise-Op, a housing cooperative in Lewiston, MEClick here for a compilation of resources to support co-op resiliency during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Cooperative Fund of New England
We work for economic, social, and racial justice by advancing community based, cooperative, and democratically owned or managed enterprises with a preference to assisting cooperatives in low-income communities by:
- Providing financial products at reasonable rates
- Developing business skills
- Offering an investment opportunity that promotes socially conscious enterprise
A socially responsible lending organization and investment option.
Supporting Coops since 1975
