10 New Groups Cultivate Community Farming

Cultivating Community Farming Induction day An induction day brought together 10 early-stage community-farming projects who between them are the recipients of a new innovative community farming Cultivating Community Farming (CCF)… Read more


Meet Tebibu Solomon – Co-op Alternative’s new Intern from University College Cork

  I’m from Ethiopia. In 2016, I earned a BSc in Information Science from the University of Gondar. I worked for nearly five years in Ethiopia in an Investment and… Read more


Take Part in the 1-Metre Feedbank Challenge!

  Good to Grow, NI’s only horticultural co-op will launch the 1 metre feedbank challenge on Saturday 16 April at the monthly Urban Market in CS Lewis Square, Belfast. The… Read more


New Webinar – Businesses in Community and Co-operative Ownership

Date: 27 April 2022 – 12.00 to 13.30 Title: ‘Businesses in Community and Co-operative Ownership’ Facilitator: Mark Simmonds This webinar is part of Co-operative Skills Series 2022 funded by the… Read more


New Webinar – ‘Learning to Disagree with Each Others and still Make Good Decisions’

Date: 11 May 2022 – 12.00 to 13.30 Title: ‘Learning to Disagree with Each Others and still Make Good Decisions’ Facilitator: Abbie Kempson This webinar is part of the Co-operative… Read more


New Webinar – ‘Raising Money the Co-operative Way’

Date: 25 May 2022 from 12.00 Title: ‘Raising Money the Co-operative Way’ Facilitator: Andy Cocktaildress Co-operative Skills 2022 is a series of webinars aimed to further our understanding of co-operatives… Read more


New Webinar – ‘Managing your Finance Demystified’

Date: 1 June 2022 from 12.00 Title: ‘Managing your Finance Demystified’ Facilitator: Andy Cocktaildress Co-operative Skills 2022 is a series of webinars aimed to further our understanding of co-operatives in… Read more


Cultivating Community Farming Project (CCF) Launches at Science Festival!

Launching the Cultivating Community Farming Programme at the NI Science Festival’s Sustainability Fair in Belfast were front: Tiziana O’Hara, Director, Co-Operative Alternatives and Jonny Hanson, Jubilee Farm, Glynn, Larne. Back… Read more