Energy & Conservation

FUMPA BioFuels

Redwood Falls, MN
A project of: Cooperative Development Services
Contact:

Kevin Edberg, kedberg@cdsus.coop

Minnesota is the first state to require the use of biodiesel fuels and Farmer’s Union Marketing and Processing Association (FUMPA) BioFuels, located in Redwood Falls, Minnesota in the southwestern area of the state, is the first refinery to come online producing biodiesel fuel to meet the state mandate. Farmers Union Industries is the parent company of FUMPA BioFuels, the producers of Northland Choice biodiesel fuel. MORE >>

Colorado Renewable Resources Cooperative, Inc.

Hartsel, Colorado
A project of: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Cooperative and Economic Development Center
Contact:

Ben Rainbolt, center.director@co-ops.org

Headquartered in Hartsel, Colorado, Colorado Renewable Resources Cooperative, Inc. will use the principles of co-op development to recycle wood waste. MORE >>

Connecticut Agricultural Plastics Recycling Cooperative

Connecticut
A project of: Cooperative Development Institute
Contact:

Erbin Crowell, ecrowell@cdi.coop

CDI, the Connecticut Green Industry Association, Connecticut Department of Agriculture and USDA’s Rural Development office are working together on a plastics recycling cooperative to serve farmers, green house growers, and nursery owners. MORE >>

Energy Feedstock

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San Joaquin Valley, California
A project of: California Center for Cooperative Development
Contact:

E. Kim Coontz, ekcoontz@cccd.coop

California almond growers, facing a June 2010 deadline to stop burning orchard prunings in the field, came up with a potential solution with the assistance of a USDA grant and California Center for Cooperative Development. The deadline affects growers in 13 rural counties in California’s Central Valley. MORE >>

Landowner Wind Associations

Colorado
A project of: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Cooperative and Economic Development Center
Contact:

Ben Rainbolt, center.director@co-ops.org

Twenty-six Landowner Wind Associations have been established in 3 states with assistance from the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union since 2007. MORE >>

Sustainable Woods Cooperative

Lone Rock, Wisconsin
A project of: Cooperative Development Services
Contact:

Kevin Edberg, kedberg@aol.com

Headquartered in Lone Rock, Wisconsin, the cooperative provides a range of services to its member-owners, including land stewardship education, development of certified sustainable forest management plans, and harvesting, processing, and marketing services for forest products. MORE >>

Trinidad Energy Cooperative

Trinidad, Colorado
A project of: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Cooperative and Economic Development Center
Contact:

Ben Rainbolt, center.director@co-ops.org

The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union is assisting a group of citizens in Trinidad, Colorado, to form the Trinidad Energy Cooperative. These community members are interested in starting a self-serve member-only fuel station to provide a competitively-priced fuel market in their community.