08/07/2026
Please join the RMFU Co-op Center team in welcoming Rosalind May to the RMFU Cooperative Development Center team!
We are excited to have Rosalind join our network of cooperative development specialists working across Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming to strengthen rural communities through cooperation.
Rosalind brings a deep commitment to community development, relationship-building, and creating opportunities that help people work together to meet shared needs. Her passion for cooperative values and community-centered solutions aligns closely with our mission to support resilient local economies, strengthen food and agricultural systems, and expand community ownership.
As our work continues to grow, we're thrilled to welcome Rosalind's experience, perspective, and energy to the team. We look forward to the contributions she will make in supporting cooperatives, rural entrepreneurs, and community-led development initiatives throughout the region.
Please join us in welcoming the newest member of the RMFU team!
We’re excited to introduce Rosalind May, who joins RMFU as our Cooperative Development Specialist.
Rosalind grew up in the Denver area with her family’s vegetable garden and fruit trees, connected to agriculture through the rural Boulder County community where her mom grew up. Co-ops are part of the fabric of her family: her father’s parents met while working at the Co-op in their small mining town in Northern England.
Rosalind brings over two decades of experience in agriculture and local/regional food systems, first in education, community outreach, fundraising, and farm and market support, and for the past ten years, in local and regional food systems coordination. She served for seven years as Executive Director of the Colorado Farmers Market Association and has also coordinated local food sourcing, sales and distribution, including as a Regional Food Coordinator with Hunger Free Colorado.
Rosalind is a herbalist experienced in working with common herbs to support wellness and in September she will complete a year-long program with the Nutritional Therapy Association, becoming a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.
She joined RMFU as a member in 2017, became a chapter leader, and was a 2019 Fellow.
We're are so happy to have Rosalind join us!
