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The California Center for Cooperative Development provides direct education and networking opportunities to cooperatives and the general public through several annual trainings. 

The Agricultural Cooperatives Directors and Managers training provides governance and financial training to agricultural cooperatives. The conference will be held March 14-15, 2012 in Visalia, CA.  New tracks have been added. 



The theme for the upcoming 2012 California Co-op Conference is Co-ops and Communities. This exciting two-day conference will be held May 4th and 5th, 2012 in Oakland, CA.  Over 130 co-op enthusiasts attended the 2011 conference!

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Housing trains affordable housing developers, community organizers, and funders how to implement the Limited Equity Housing Cooperative model to create permanent affordable housing with ownership. The 2012 conference will be held in September in the San Diego region.

The Western Worker Co-op Conference is organized by CCCD staff on behalf of the Western Worker Cooperative Conference Planning Board. This conference is held every other year; the 2011 conference was September 5-7 at Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon.  The next Western Worker Co-op Conference will be in 2013. In 2012 a national worker co-op conference will be convened by the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.

CCCD is currently working with our partners to create new educational events, including a “Grow Your Own Food Co-op” program for California’s underserved communities and a university-level co-op training course for Co-op Camp Sierra. Help make these events a reality by donating to CCCD. We welcome funders to contact us about underwriting any of our events at: info@cccd.coop. 

Members of CCCD may receive a discount on conference fees. Join CCCD today!