Cabot's Cooperative Heritage

Cabot Creamery is a 1,200 farm family dairy cooperative with members in New England and upstate New York. We value our roots as a cooperative ~ and as a way of doing business.

So what does it mean to be a co-op? And why are we different?

Being a co-op, we are owned and operated by our members, which for Cabot are our farmers and their families.

As a cooperative, we emulate the Rochdale Cooperative Principles. We value community, quality, democracy and local ownership. Our owners serve on school boards and select boards. They are volunteer firefighters, planning commission members and Green-Up Day participants.

As Vermont is a small, intimate state, owners are also involved in making a difference at the state level, promoting our "working landscapes," revitalizing our downtown economies and protecting our environmental resources which make Vermont, Vermont.

This is who we are and these are our strengths. Through our principles and actions we support the places where we live and do business. This is what makes us different.

So why does this matter?

Because as a co-op, Cabot doesn't work alone - we have cooperative partners throughout the country with whom we share these principles and values. Cooperatives who also believe that the work they do is making a difference both in their communities and in this world.

More than 800 million people around the world belong to cooperatives, and at least 100 million of them are employed by co-ops. And more often than you probably realize, co-ops play a vital part of your everyday life.