OPINION During the course of their shared history, cooperatives have adhered to Seven Cooperative Principles that guide governance, business management and engagement. Those principles have served the cooperative system well through good times and bad, across multiple sectors and through changing economic, social and cultural environments.
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Dan Smith
Daniel Smith is the president and CEO of the Cooperative Network, an association of cooperatives based in Madison, Wisconsin, and St. Paul, serving cooperatives with government affairs, advocacy, communications and support. Prior to joining the Cooperative Network, Smith served as the administrator for the Division of Agricultural Development at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, as well as CEO of Midwestern BioAg, a national farm-supply company based in Wisconsin. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Smith owned and operated a dairy farm in northwestern Illinois for 30 years.
