Community Investment in the Local Food System: Real Pickles Case Study

CNE13-102 (project overview)

Project Type: Sustainable Community Innovation

Funds awarded in 2013: $15,000.00

Projected End Date: 12/31/2014

Region: Northeast

State: Massachusetts

Project Leader:

Margaret Christie

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)

Description:

How a small local food business in western Massachusetts preserved its social mission through transitioning to a worker-owned cooperative and using an innovative financing strategy.

Type:

Article/Newsletter/Blog

File:

Download file (PDF)

Authors:

Jonathon Ward, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture; Margaret Christie, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture

Target audiences:

Farmers/Ranchers; Educators; Researchers; Consumers

This product is associated with the project "Community INVESTED in Sustaining Agriculture: Building the Network for Investment in a Local Food System"

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.