October is National Co-op month

A little history

Minnesota was the first state to declare an official Co-op Month proclamation in 1948.

Co-op Month has been a nationally recognized celebration since 1964, when U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, a former Minnesota governor, proclaimed October Co-op Month.

The first national theme in 1964 was “Cooperatives: USDA Helps Build a Better America.”

The U.S. government sponso...