Cooperative Farming: Frameworks for Farming Together

Project Type: Sustainable Community Innovation
Funds awarded in 2013: $14,996.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2013
Region: Northeast
State: Massachusetts
Project Leader:
Severine Fleming
The Greenhorns
Description:
A cooperative is both a type of business and an attitude, and this guide covers both--the cooperative farm as a shared enterprise for profit and a model for mutual support, not competition.
Type:
Book/Handbook
Authors:
Faith Gilbert
Kathy Ruhf, Land for Good
Lynda Brushett, Cooperative Development Institute
This product is associated with the project "Helping farmers create group-owned farm businesses"
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.