Whereas cooperatives are member-owned businesses, owned and governed by the people that use the business, create its products, or manage its operations, and operate under the 7 agreed upon principles of— (1) voluntary open membership; (2) democratic control; (3) owner economic participation; (4) autonomy and independence; (5) education, training, and information; (6) cooperation among cooperatives; and (7) concern for community; Whereas cooperative entrepreneurs are often categorized into 4 variations of the business model—consumer, producer, purchasing, and worker cooperatives—and can be found in almost every economic sector in the United States, throughout all 50 States and territories, and every congressional district in the United States; Whereas internationally the principles of cooperation and the cooperative business model help smallholder farmers organize themselves and gain access to local and global markets, training, improved inputs, and aggregated sales and marketing; Whereas this provides farmers ownership over their economic decisions, a focus on learning, and a broader understanding of environmental and social concerns; Whereas cooperatives help farmers increase incomes and become more resilient to shocks and stresses by working together to plan and prepare for the future; Whereas cooperative values stress self-help and inclusion of vulnerable groups to ensure access to women and youth; Whereas the Global Food Security Act identified cooperatives among key stakeholders who are actors engaged in efforts to advance global food security programs and objectives and listed cooperatives as part of a comprehensive whole of Government strategy where the President would leverage the resources and expertise of cooperatives as part of our national security interests to promote global food security, resilience, and nutrition consistent with national food security investment plans which are reinforced through programs, activities, and initiatives that lead to— (1) self-sufficiency