NCBA CLUSA formally launches its U.S. – Cuba Cooperative Working Group in March, positioning the organization to better support Cuban economic progress.
NCBA CLUSA receives its first grant from the Starbucks Foundation in April to support the livelihoods of coffee farmers in Indonesia.
October sees the first meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Cooperative Development, a provision that NCBA CLUSA worked hard to ensure inclusion in the Farm Bill.
NCBA CLUSA is working with lawmakers to create the long-awaited bipartisan Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus in December, co-chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI).
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