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The 'Go-Local' movement: how will your co-op be affected? What is your role?
Michael Pollan, a University of California-Berkley journalism professor, recently wrote an open letter to the incoming secretary of agriculture, in...
Rural Cooperatives, 03/01/09 by Randall E. Torgerson · More from publication -
Negotiating the crossroads of a new century - Excerpt - Industry Overview
Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from a speech Torgerson gave at the 57th annual meeting of Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, Nashville,...
Rural Cooperatives, 01/01/03 by Randall E. Torgerson · More from publication -
Attention to member, market needs is key to cooperative success - Commentary
As member-driven businesses, cooperatives are constantly required to assess members' needs and to stay in tune with those needs. This requirement...
Rural Cooperatives, 09/01/02 by Randall E. Torgerson · More from publication -
States need to carefully consider new "cooperative" laws - Commentary - Brief Article
On July 1, 2001, a new state statute, the Wyoming Processing Cooperative Law, became effective. This law authorizes a limited liability...
Rural Cooperatives, 07/01/02 by Randall E. Torgerson · More from publication -
USDA marks 75th anniversary of service to cooperatives
When Congress enacted the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926, it spelled out a federal program of services to associations of agricultural producers...
Rural Cooperatives, 07/01/01 by Randall E. Torgerson · More from publication -
Significance of the Cooperative Marketing Act's other key provisions
It is natural that the anniversary marking 75 years since passage of the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926 should focus on services that USDA...
Rural Cooperatives, 07/01/01 by Randall E. Torgerson · More from publication
