Agricultural cooperation stands as one of the organizational forms of rural labor. It serves as the foundation for supporting small-scale agricultural producers amidst competition with large agricultural holdings. Society needs to fill agricultural and food markets with environmentally clean products and foster the development and stability of rural territories. Practice demonstrates that labor productivity in small farms is often higher than in agricultural holdings, especially when utilizing advanced eco-friendly agricultural technologies. Simultaneously, compared to other economic processes, agricultural production emerges as the most active interface between society and nature, transforming all natural systems. Consequently, this results in the most pronounced manifestation of environmental issues. The necessity to find qualitatively new approaches to production activities arises due to the conflicts between agricultural producers and the surrounding environment. In this regard, the research justifies the significance of environmentally sustainable development for agricultural cooperatives in the Russian economy. The authors highlight that this process has its peculiarities and is complex and multifaceted. Furthermore, the authors reveal that agricultural environmental entrepreneurship is an integral part of entrepreneurship; its management is a component of state policy. Therefore, every agricultural entity must operate in accordance with the existing environmental legislation, meaning it should be environmentally oriented, leading to its sustainability.