A Cooperative Approach to Local Economic Development

by Christopher D. Merrett

Historically, the relationship between towns and surrounding farm families has ranged from suspicion to benign neglect. This book shows that rural America can be revived by uniting the interests of both farm and non-farm populations through value-added enterprises, especially those based on the principles of New Generation Cooperatives (NGCs). Instead of sending agricultural commodities out of the region to be processed, farmers and communities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567203957
• ISBN13: 9781567203950
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"