State Recipient Project Purpose Amount AR Winrock International To provide technical assistance $172,000 For Agriculture and management training to Development strengthen existing cooperative networks; and to establish new cooperatives. CA The Regents of The To provide cooperative research, $179,000 University of education and developmental California support to California cooperatives. CO Rocky Mountain To provide assistance to a $193,000 Farmers Union wide variety of new and existing cooperative throughout the 3-state study area. KS Kansas State To enhance the cooperative $132,000 University development education programs and the value-added technical assistance program at the Kansas State University Center. KY Center for Sustainable To conduct research, training $193,000 Systems and educational programs and to recommend improved policies to support cooperative development. MA Cooperative Development To design, implement and $193,000 Institute, Inc. incorporate new energy and value-added cooperatives in the Northeast. MT Lake County Community To promote economic $193,000 Development Corporation development by establishing cooperative development as an integral part of a community-based, shared-use food processing and enterprise development center. ND North Dakota Provide technical assistance $193,000 Association of Rural for the development for new Electric Cooperatives generation cooperatives in North Dakota and the surrounding region. SC South Carolina State To create a center that would $109,000 University help establish cooperatives and generate employment opportunities in Rural areas of SC and GA. WI Cooperative Development To assist existing cooperatives $193,000 Services Fund, Inc. to serve as catalysts for local economic development through investments in value-added processing, championing new-cooperative developments and providing leadership. TOTAL: $1,750,000 Return to Cooperative Development Grant Press Release USDA 1999 COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS