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Re: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible?
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Posted by bruce ohnstad on April 10, 2006 at 10:15:27 from (148.150.136.182):
In Reply to: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible? posted by Dave from MN on April 10, 2006 at 09:44:47:
Co-ops can be effective especially in tough times. They were a big part of rural improvement in the earlier 20th century. Vibrant and effective management can be hard to sustain and there are good ones out there. Some modern co-ops examples are food co-ops. With their pioneering of organic farming they are on top of a rising tide of sucess. There are also land co-ops. Members buy into it over a five year period. There is one near Winona MN finding success growing prairie grasses for seed. Interesting that some of the sucesses are from recultivating old know-how. Organic farming mostly "old fashioned" non-industrial farming methods, using your smarts, not chemicals. Our political and social climate needs to promote co-ops, not corporate farming, for families to be able to stay on the land.
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