全世界成百上千万人选择了合作社这种商业企业模式使其达到自身及社区的发展目标。合作社创造和保持着提供收入的就业机会;它们负责为其成员和经营的社区生产和提供安全、优质的食品和服务。通过奉行合作社的原则和理念,它们促进了团结和宽容,而作为“民主的课堂”,它们又提高了每一个个体——女人和男人的权 Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world have chosen the mode of commercial enterprises as cooperatives to meet their own and community development goals. Cooperatives create and maintain income-generating employment opportunities; they are responsible for the production and delivery of safe, good-quality food and services for the members and the communities in which they operate. By adhering to the principles and philosophy of cooperatives, they promote solidarity and tolerance, and as a “classroom of democracy,” they raise the weight of every individual, women and men