Harvest Public Media

Harvest Public Media is a reporting collaboration focused on issues of food, fuel and ﬁeld. Based at KCUR in Kansas City, Harvest covers these agriculture-related topics through an expanding network of reporters and partner stations throughout the Midwest.Most Harvest Public Media stories begin with radio- regular reports are aired on member stations in the Midwest. But Harvest also explores issues through online analyses, television documentaries and features, podcasts, photography, video, blogs and social networking. They are committed to the highest journalistic standards. Click here to read their ethics standards.Harvest Public Media was launched in 2010 with the support of a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Today, the collaboration is supported by CPB, the partner stations, and contributions from underwriters and individuals.Tri States Public Radio is an associate partner of Harvest Public Media. You can play an important role in helping Harvest Public Media and Tri States Public Radio improve our coverage of food, field and fuel issues by joining the Harvest Network.

Redefining the Co-op in Ways Big & Small

Tri States Public Radio | By Hilary Stohs-Krause

Published June 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM CDT

One in five adults over age 15 is a member of a cooperative, according to the United Nations.

That’s 1 billion people worldwide. And the UN says co-ops will be the fastest growing business model by the year 2025.

But here in the U.S., the number of co-ops has been steadily declining, down 40% percent from 1993.

Reporting from Nebraska for Harvest Public Media, Hilary Stohs-Krause finds that the co-op model -- long a staple of Midwestern agricultural communities -- is being redefined in ways big and small.

You can read and listen to more of the story at this link to the Harvest Public Media website.