Our friends at the National Cooperative Grocers Association commissioned this study that quantifies many of the ways that co-ops express their values.
Check out how co-ops change our world!

August 2012
by Hannah Aleshnick

Tucked away from major throughways, between native oaks and juvenile Japanese maples, in a complex with Omega Optical, a branch of the Austine School, and a residential community, Commonwealth Dairy is subtle and unassuming. Its LEED-compliant facility emits modernity from every pore – clear, open corridors connecting pressurized rooms with clean stainless steel vats and piping, and everything pneumatically controlled by neon computer screens every step of the way: the temperature of the raw milk; the pH of the product during fermentation; and the balance of cream, whey, and milk protein in the vat.