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, diversity, and inclusion of vulnerable groups to ensure access to women and youth; Whereas annual Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriation bills fund the sole domestic program dedicated to cooperative development to improve the economic condition of rural areas within the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Services under the Rural Cooperative Development Grant program, and grantee organizations use funding to provide technical assistance to cooperatively owned businesses