Topic: patron-members

• Organize a worker cooperative under chapter 308B guides

  Chapter 308B has no separate worker-cooperative type; you build one by defining patronage as labor and the workers as patron members in your articles and bylaws.

• Organize a consumer cooperative under chapter 308B guides

  Chapter 308B has no separate consumer-cooperative type; you build one by defining patronage as purchases and the customers as patron members in your bylaws.

• Organize a producer or marketing cooperative under chapter 308B guides

  Chapter 308B expressly allows cooperatives that market or process members' products, including agricultural products, with producers as patron members.