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In Nepal, people are reviving traditional farming. Producer cooperatives help farmers retain more profits on traditional and local food crops, while also protecting biodiversity and the health of their families.<\/p>\n

I was thinking how cooperatives are the wave of the future in farming, so plugged in that phrase and sure enough – Value-added cooperatives: Wave of the Future?<\/a> was at the top of the list. Here in the United States, Organic Valley Cooperative<\/a> is an example of a large, successful producer cooperative that continues to grow and diversify. Then of course, there is the worker-owned cooperative of Equal Exchange<\/a>, our partner in the Presbyterian Coffee Project.<\/p>\n

Co-ops rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Nepal, people are reviving traditional farming. Producer cooperatives help farmers retain more profits on traditional and local food crops, while also protecting biodiversity and the health of their families.\r\n\r\nI was thinking how cooperatives are the wave of the future in farming, so plugged in that phrase and sure enough – Value-added cooperatives: Wave of the Future? was at the top of the list. Here in the United States, Organic Valley Cooperative is a example of a large, successful producer cooperative that continues to grow and diversity. 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