Small Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Cooperative Operations

Download or read book Small Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Cooperative Operations written by Fred Elbert Hulse and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extract: Thirty-four small fruit and vegetable cooperatives using different sales methods - auctions, sales agencies, and their own sales staffs - varied importantly in number and type of services provided, production and marketing supplies handled, grower payment methods, grower marketing agreements, and financing methods used. Their operating problems and causes for the demise of four cooperative operations are reviewed and a set of guidelines is outlined for this type of cooperative.