Leading the Way: 40 Square Begins Fifth Open Enrollment Season 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is first in its class. The organization is proud to be Minnesota’s only agricultural co-op focusing exclusively on providing farm families, agribusinesses, businesses who provide direct support to production agriculture – and their employees – access to self-funded health plan options.…
Throughout October, 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is celebrating National Co-op month. We are proud of our unique status as the first – and only! – Minnesota agricultural co-op focusing exclusively on health plans for farm families, agribusinesses and their employees through access to self-funded health insurance options. Minnesota is home to more co-ops than any…
Agriculture is known as one of the most dangerous industries in America and abroad. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), approximately two million full-time workers were employed in production agriculture in the US in 2018. About 100 agricultural workers suffer a lost-work-time injury every day. National Farm Safety and Health…
40 Square’s Number Cruncher Paul Fallisi really loves numbers. Like, a lot. How much? Well, in the middle of a phone conversation, he can easily recall the number of days he’s been alive. “I’ll tell you how much of a geek I am,” he says, laughing. “Today is my 21,738th day.” Who’s counting, right? “That’s…
Taking ownership: 40 Square begins fourth health plan enrollment season 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is truly one-of-a kind. The organization is first among equals, the lone independent Minnesota agricultural health plan co-op providing health plans to farm families, agribusinesses and their employees access to self-funded health insurance options. The co-op is now gearing up for…
Every farmer counts: This week to bring awareness to farm safety The 2018 data for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the agricultural sector is still the most dangerous in America with 574 fatalities, or an equivalent of 23.4 deaths per 100,000 workers. Fall harvest time can be one of the busiest and…
40 Square advocacy leads to Executive Order allowing mail-in ballots for cooperatives; annual meeting remains postponed Following advocacy efforts from 40 Square Cooperative Solutions’ leadership, Gov. Walz in late August employed his peacetime emergency powers by issuing Executive Order 20-86 (EO). The order allows all Minnesota cooperatives, including 40 Square, the flexibility during the COVID-19…