{"id":126,"date":"2025-07-01T14:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/blog\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:07:56","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-287c9433 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1493 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-19T15:14:42-05:00\">2025-12-19<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/grace-good-will-and-collective-action\/\" target=\"_self\" >Grace, Good Will, and Collective Action<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Cooperation, particularly in hard times, requires good will and patience to balance our toughness and resolve. Writer Margaret Killjoy expresses this well: &#8220;In order to take collective action, we need to act in solidarity with one another. In order to act in solidarity with one another, we need to offer each other grace. We need&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/grace-good-will-and-collective-action\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1489 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure style=\"width:100%;height:16em\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/in-retrospect-a-really-awful-year\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:16em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-150728.jpg?resize=776%2C596&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"In Retrospect, A Really Awful Year\" style=\"height:16em;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-150728.jpg?w=776&amp;ssl=1 776w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-150728.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-150728.jpg?resize=768%2C590&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" data-attachment-id=\"1490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/in-retrospect-a-really-awful-year\/screenshot-2025-12-19-150728\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-150728.jpg?fit=776%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"776,596\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-19 150728\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-150728.jpg?fit=776%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-19T15:08:55-05:00\">2025-12-19<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/in-retrospect-a-really-awful-year\/\" target=\"_self\" >In Retrospect, A Really Awful Year<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It would take many pages just to summarize the shocks and debacles that 2025 brought to Carolina Common Enterprise, as with all of the United States. In particular, the newly-inaugurated regime gutted USDA Rural Development without Congressional authorization. Our friends and colleagues at Rural Development were laid off or forced into retirement. Our bread-and-butter&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/in-retrospect-a-really-awful-year\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure style=\"width:100%;height:16em\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/changes-at-the-cooperative-council-of-the-carolinas\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:16em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1498\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536-1.jpg?resize=1498%2C1536&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Changes at the Cooperative Council of the Carolinas\" style=\"height:16em;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536-1.jpg?w=1498&amp;ssl=1 1498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536-1.jpg?resize=293%2C300&amp;ssl=1 293w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536-1.jpg?resize=999%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536-1.jpg?resize=768%2C787&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-attachment-id=\"1495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/changes-at-the-cooperative-council-of-the-carolinas\/sara-highres-headshot-executive-director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536-1.jpg?fit=1498%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1498,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498&amp;#215;1536\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sara.HighRes-Headshot-Executive-Director-scaled-e1727189237887-1498x1536-1.jpg?fit=999%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-19T14:49:56-05:00\">2025-12-19<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/changes-at-the-cooperative-council-of-the-carolinas\/\" target=\"_self\" >Changes at the Cooperative Council of the Carolinas<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Sara Coats has been Executive Director of the Cooperative Council for several years. Under her leadership, the Cooperative Council of North Carolina extended itself to South Carolina and changed its name to fit. Sara worked tirelessly to broaden the Council\u2019s membership and programs. Sara has been a key board member and partner for CCE in&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/changes-at-the-cooperative-council-of-the-carolinas\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1482 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure style=\"width:100%;height:16em\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/rochdale-day-where-cooperation-began\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:16em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"903\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-142445.jpg?resize=903%2C748&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rochdale Day: Where Cooperation Began\" style=\"height:16em;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-142445.jpg?w=903&amp;ssl=1 903w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-142445.jpg?resize=300%2C249&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-142445.jpg?resize=768%2C636&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" data-attachment-id=\"1484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/rochdale-day-where-cooperation-began\/screenshot-2025-12-19-142445\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-142445.jpg?fit=903%2C748&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"903,748\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-12-19 142445\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-19-142445.jpg?fit=903%2C748&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-19T14:26:17-05:00\">2025-12-19<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/rochdale-day-where-cooperation-began\/\" target=\"_self\" >Rochdale Day: Where Cooperation Began<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 181 years ago this Sunday, the 21st, the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers opened their store on Toad Lane in Rochdale, England. While not, as widely regarded, the \u201cfirst cooperative,\u201d the Rochdale Pioneers were a signal effort that led to a global cooperative movement. Similar mutual enterprises sprang up in other nations in the&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/12\/19\/rochdale-day-where-cooperation-began\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1249 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-07T13:08:23-05:00\">2025-11-07<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/our-co-op-fundraiser-is-still-going-strong-and-getting-more-magical-by-the-day\/\" target=\"_self\" >Our Co-op Fundraiser Is Still Going Strong \u2014 and Getting More Magical by the Day!<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Thanks to your incredible support, our cooperative fundraiser is still very much in action \u2014 and we\u2019re thrilled to share that we\u2019ve already raised almost $5,000! Every gift so far has helped keep our work moving forward, strengthening the cooperative movement and empowering communities across our region. But we\u2019re not done yet.As we approach the&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/our-co-op-fundraiser-is-still-going-strong-and-getting-more-magical-by-the-day\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1244 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-07T12:37:34-05:00\">2025-11-07<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/board-governance-without-the-heartburn\/\" target=\"_self\" >Board Governance Without the Heartburn<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Kelly Liddington Many of the folks reading this newsletter serve on boards\u2014sometimes several at once. Most of us volunteer because we want to help an organization meet a goal or address a real community need. And if that\u2019s not the motivation, we can usually come up with a respectable reason for joining when someone&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/board-governance-without-the-heartburn\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1240 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-07T12:23:52-05:00\">2025-11-07<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/why-cooperatives-hold-the-key-to-future-food-security\/\" target=\"_self\" >Why cooperatives hold the key to future food security<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">From farm to table, food production and distribution is the foundation of health and wellbeing, worldwide. International Cooperative Alliance Director General Jeroen Douglas outlines that cooperatives can ensure food security globally. \u201cThe cooperative movement has its roots in a group of disgruntled consumers in Rochdale, UK, who in the mid-19th century were frustrated at how&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/why-cooperatives-hold-the-key-to-future-food-security\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1234 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-07T11:57:31-05:00\">2025-11-07<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/when-the-going-gets-tough-cooperatives-get-going\/\" target=\"_self\" >When The Going Gets Tough, Cooperatives Get Going<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Thomas Beckett Economic cooperation, whether informally or through organized cooperatives, has always been a human response to scarcity. We look to the example of the Rochdale Pioneers in industrial England, poor millworkers combining their resources to open a small cooperative grocery, to show that co-ops are a response to economic deprivation. However, Rochdale was&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/11\/07\/when-the-going-gets-tough-cooperatives-get-going\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-986 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure style=\"width:100%;height:16em\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/cooperatives-putting-in-the-work\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:16em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FarmersExchange_NE_1930-2.jpg?resize=970%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cooperatives: putting in the work\" style=\"height:16em;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FarmersExchange_NE_1930-2.jpg?w=970&amp;ssl=1 970w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FarmersExchange_NE_1930-2.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FarmersExchange_NE_1930-2.jpg?resize=768%2C584&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" data-attachment-id=\"988\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/cooperatives-putting-in-the-work\/farmersexchange_ne_1930-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FarmersExchange_NE_1930-2.jpg?fit=970%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"970,738\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FarmersExchange_NE_1930 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FarmersExchange_NE_1930-2.jpg?fit=970%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-30T17:33:07-04:00\">2025-09-30<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/cooperatives-putting-in-the-work\/\" target=\"_self\" >Cooperatives: putting in the work<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">[Featured image: The Durham Farmers Exchange cooperative grew to 900 members, helping farm families make it through the Great Depression. Photo courtesy of the Durham County Library.] Written by Tom Beckett &#8220;Nothing will change until we change &#8211; until we throw off our dependence and act for ourselves.&#8221; &#8211; Myles Horton Cooperatives: Putting in the&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/cooperatives-putting-in-the-work\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-980 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure style=\"width:100%;height:16em\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/up-coming-2025\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:16em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/F4ED2D2A-9AEE-4774-B8B3-CDCF42DFD5C8_1_201_a-2-e1759265378118.jpeg?resize=509%2C518&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Up &amp; Coming 2025\" style=\"height:16em;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/F4ED2D2A-9AEE-4774-B8B3-CDCF42DFD5C8_1_201_a-2-e1759265378118.jpeg?w=509&amp;ssl=1 509w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/F4ED2D2A-9AEE-4774-B8B3-CDCF42DFD5C8_1_201_a-2-e1759265378118.jpeg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" data-attachment-id=\"982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/up-coming-2025\/f4ed2d2a-9aee-4774-b8b3-cdcf42dfd5c8_1_201_a-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/F4ED2D2A-9AEE-4774-B8B3-CDCF42DFD5C8_1_201_a-2-e1759265378118.jpeg?fit=509%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"509,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"F4ED2D2A-9AEE-4774-B8B3-CDCF42DFD5C8_1_201_a (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cooperative Development Director, Korita Steverson and CCE Board Member Allanah Hines stopped for pictures at Up &amp;#038; Coming 2025&amp;#8217;s Black Led Day hosted by the National Black Food &amp;#038; Justice Alliance.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/F4ED2D2A-9AEE-4774-B8B3-CDCF42DFD5C8_1_201_a-2-e1759265378118.jpeg?fit=509%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-30T16:48:38-04:00\">2025-09-30<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/up-coming-2025\/\" target=\"_self\" >Up &amp; Coming 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">[Featured image: Cooperative Development Director, Korita Steverson and CCE Board Member Allanah Hines stopped for pictures at Up &amp; Coming 2025&#8217;s Black Led Day hosted by the National Black Food &amp; Justice Alliance.] Written by Korita Steverson, CCE Cooperative Development Director The Up &amp; Coming 2025 Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan, last month offered a dynamic&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/up-coming-2025\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-971 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure style=\"width:100%;height:16em\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/october-is-national-co-op-month\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:16em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=1080%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"October is national co-op month!\" style=\"height:16em;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-attachment-id=\"963\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-30T16:11:50-04:00\">2025-09-30<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/october-is-national-co-op-month\/\" target=\"_self\" >October is national co-op month!<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Carolina Common Enterprise 3.0: Co-Owning the Future Carolina Common Enterprise is evolving. For years, we have been a nonprofit dedicated to helping communities explore the cooperative business model. Much of our work was made possible through grant funding, allowing us to provide services at little to no cost. But times have changed. Today, as Carolina&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/09\/30\/october-is-national-co-op-month\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-150 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure style=\"width:100%;height:16em\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/07\/01\/our-latest-client-project\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:16em\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?resize=1600%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Our Latest Client Project\" style=\"height:16em;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-attachment-id=\"156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/07\/01\/our-latest-client-project\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-21711160.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-01T14:33:37-04:00\">2025-07-01<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h3 style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-7cb51c9a74c68a9cc614b2d48e330b5a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-theme-3-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/07\/01\/our-latest-client-project\/\" target=\"_self\" >Our Latest Client Project<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In the heart of Warren County, a bold new cooperative initiative is taking root. The Sandy Creek Processing Cooperative is an emerging producer-led project that aims to transform how small and mid-sized farms across Eastern North Carolina access markets, preserve crops, and grow together. With support from Carolina Common Enterprise and the guidance of food&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/2025\/07\/01\/our-latest-client-project\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-query-pagination is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-query-pagination-is-layout-6bf85b35 wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\n\n<a href=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126?query-0-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next\">Next Page<span class='wp-block-query-pagination-next-arrow is-arrow-arrow' aria-hidden='true'>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":234645836,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PgAzOV-22","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234645836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonenterprise.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}