Agriculture & Food Co-op Conference - February 24 & 25, 2022

Why get involved? Reconnecting with the roots of cooperatives, this inaugural conference for BC agriculture and food co-ops will convene speakers, sector leaders, agents throughout the value chain, academics, and community members in a way that will impact best practices for co-operative governance, financing, and public policy. [...] Your decision will positively impact the experience of our conference-goers and will influence how the BCCA team will share out your brand and co-operative spirit with the agricultural co-operative community, supporters in Western Canada, and beyond. [...] Co-operative Facts 1,069 85 3.4% 2M 186K Number of Number of Co-operatives GDP Number of British Number of co-op co-operatives agriculture and food contribution to the Columbians who sector jobs across in BC co-operatives in BC Canadian economy belong to a co- Canada (72 producer co-ops) operative or credit union About the BCCA We are conveners. [...] The BCCA is the knowledge and resource centre for co-ops in British Columbia, where co-ops and credit unions come together to collaborate, network, get support, learn, and contribute knowledge to shape BC’s co-op movement. [...] The BCCA has a strong and growing online presence, and an engaged membership of senior leaders in the co-operative sector who are empowered to make purchasing decisions for their organizations, making them the ideal audience to get in front of with your business.