- Colorado Renewable Resources Cooperative, located in Park County, Colorado, is our newest co-op. It targets the use of woody biomass for use as heat or electricity, and other forestry products that support healthy stewardship of our forests.
- Raw Milk Association of Colorado started in 2006 to promote safe, healthy practices and producer assistance through networking.
- High Plains Food Cooperative, begun in 2007, is looking for opportunities to access and develop fresh local food markets and population centers on the Front Range.
- 26 Landowner Wind Associations have been established in 3 states with assistance from the Co-op Center since 2007. The LWAs involve more than 700 landowners and more than 2,000,000 acres of high-quality wind resource. They are currently marketing their wind resources to developers they will partner with.
- Los Alamos Food Cooperative and Espanola Community Food Market in New Mexico are currently receiving technical services for the formation of a cooperative to serve the two communities.
- The center is assisting a group of citizens in Trinidad to form the Trinidad Energy Cooperative. These community members are interested in starting a self-serve member-only fuel station to provide a competitive fuel market in their community.
- The Colorado Farm and Art Market is a member-owned co-op that started in 2005. It continues to grow and thrive.
- Buy Fresh Buy Local is a national marketing campaign promoting and supporting local agriculture economies through the purchase of local foods. The Co-op Center has the contract to coordinate the campaign in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.
- Farm to Table is a workgroup of partner organizations with the common goal of supplying healthy, local foods to schools and institutions, including through the Farm-to-School program.
- American Grassfed Association began in 2003, based in Kiowa, Colorado. The association protects and promotes grassfed producers and products through national communication, education, research and marketing efforts.
- The La Montanita Food Cooperative Distribution Center began in 2007 in northern New Mexico.
- Mountain States Lamb Cooperative is based in Casper, Wyoming, and began in 2003.
- Phillips County Biodiesel, near Holyoke, Colorado, was established in 2006, they have begun a feasibility study to determine opportunities for biodiesel processing from locally grown crops.
- Stateline Bean Cooperative, serving Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado, continues to operate since its startup in 1999.
- New Mexico Farmers Market Association began in 2000 and served as a model for the start of Wyoming Farmers Market Association in 2006.
- San Juan Basin Biodiesel Cooperative was started in 2005.
- Valley Organic Growers Association in Delta County, Colorado, began in 2005.
- Ogallala Commons has provided leadership training and community development assistance to communities over the Ogallala Aquifer since 2001.
- Peak to Plains Alliance was formed to showcase some of the most notable locally owned food and agricultural businesses in El Paso County, Colorado. They include not only fresh food outlets but agritourism businesses.
