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Home and Garden

Fedco Seeds
Maine-based co-op with national catalog sales
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/

Neighborhood Gardens Association
Land trust that holds deeds for community gardens in Philadelphia.
http://www.ngalandtrust.org/

West Philadelphia Tool Library
http://www.westphillytools.org/

Transportation

Bike Share Philadelphia
Network of organizations working to set up a bike share program in Philadelphia
bikesharephiladelphia.org/home

Divine Bicycle Church
Informal co-op workshop hosted by Neighborhood Bike Works, an educational non-profit educational organization.
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org

Firehouse Bicycles
Worker co-op bicycle sales and repairs.
http://firehousebicycles.com

Philly Car Share
Nonprofit organization. Not a co-op.
http://www.phillycarshare.org

Healthcare

Home Care Associates
Worker cooperative providing home care in Philadelphia.
http://homecareassociatespa.com

PhilaHealthia
Consumer co-op healthcare association. In formation.
http://www.healthdemocracy.org/philahealthia.html

Banks and credit unions

National Cooperative Bank
http://www.ncb.coop

Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
Open to all West Philadelphia residents.
http://www.pfcu.com

University of Pennsylvania Federal Credit Union
Open to all Penn employees.
http://www.uofpfcu.com

University of Pennsylvania Student Federal Credit Union
Open to Penn students and alumni
http://www.sfcu.upenn.edu

Education and childcare

Project Learn
Cooperative K-8 school in Mount Airy
http://www.plschool.org

St. Mary’s Cooperative Nursery School
Located at St. Mary’s (40th and Locust) but an independent organization.
http://www.stmarysatpenn.org/nursery.asp

West Philadelphia Cooperative Preschool
4625 Baltimore Avenue, West Philly
No webpage – for more information, call 215.514.5578 or 215.386.3933

Books

Seminary Co-op Bookstore
Co-op bookstore in Chicago with online catalog.
http://www.semcoop.com

Wooden Shoe Books
Collectively run anarchist bookstore.
http://www.woodenshoebooks.com

Grocery buying clubs

SHARE Food Program
Nonprofit (not a co-op) that coordinates grocery buying clubs for community organizations throughout the Philadelphia region.
http://www.sharefoodprogram.org

Community supported agriculture

Farm to City
Coordinates several CSA and farmers markets in Philadelphia.
http://www.farmtocity.org

Greensgrow Farm
Farm in Kensington, Philadelphia with a CSA program.
http://www.greensgrow.org

Food Co-ops

Chester Community Grocery Co-op
Group organizing a new co-op in Chesterhttp://www.chestercoop.com

Co-op Directory Service
National directory of food co-ops
http://www.coopdirectory.org

In Good Taste Discount Natural Food Store
In Vineland, NJ, no website, phone is 609-794-4856

Newark (Delaware) Natural Foods Co-op
http://www.newarknaturalfoods.com

Selene Whole Foods Co-op
In Media, PA.
http://www/selenecoop.org

Swarthmore Co-op
http://www.swarthmore.coop

Weavers’ Way Co-op
In Mount Airy, Philadelphia
http://www.weaversway.org

Cooperative development services

Cooperative Development Foundation
Grants and loans for co-ops.
http://www.cdf.coop/

Keystone Development Center
Cooperative development in Pennsylvania
http://www.kdc.coop

Information about cooperatives

Cooperative Grocer Magazine
http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop

GEO Newsletter
http://www.geo.coop

University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
http://wisc.edu/uwcc

Associations of cooperatives

Cooperative Grocers Association
http://www.ncga.coop

International Co-operative Association
http://www.ica.coop

National Cooperative Business Association
http://www.ncba.coop

US Federation of Worker Co-ops
http://www.usworker.coop/

The Energy Co-op

The Energy Co-op
Consumer co-op for electricity, heating oil, and biodiesel.
http://www.theenergy.coop

Camping supplies

REI
National consumer co-op with a store in Conshohocken.
http://www.rei.com

Housing

Life Center Association
Land trust for co-op houses in West Philadelphia.
http://www.vortexhouse.org/LCA/index.shtml