Resources

This section of the website has extremely valuable resources about cooperatives for your organization. Please feel free to browse these resources and use them for your benefit. In addition, please see the links section.

Georgia Cooperative Development Center Brochure

General Cooperative Information

• What is a Cooperative?
• USDA’s Cooperative Information Reports

Cooperative Start Up Information

• USDA’s How to Start a Cooperative
  
• Small Business Adminsitration: Starting Your Business
  
• Georgia Secretary of State: Corporations Page

University of Georgia

• The Center for Agribusiness and Econ. Development: Annual Reports
• The Center for Agribusiness and Econ. Development: Center Special Reports
• The Center for Agribusiness and Econ. Development: Hot New Business Topics
• The Center for Agribusiness and Econ. Development: Annual Reports

Specialized Cooperative Information

• National Cooperative Bank
• CoBank
• Farm Credit Services
• Dr. Carter McNamara, Co-founder of Authenticity Consulting, Free Toolkit on Boards
• Univ. of Wisconsin Center for Cooperative’s Articles of Incorporation for Cooperatives
• Univ. of Wisconsin Center for Cooperative’s Cooperative Bylaws and Sample Outline
• Univ. of Wisconsin Center for Cooperative’s Guidelines for Cooperative Bylaws
• Georgia Cooperative Council - Cooperative Information
• Cooperation Works - National Cooperative Business Council
• Georgia RC&D Council