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Case Studies (ALT TXT decorative)

Case studies capture intricate relationships that impact a variety of outcomes. 

Agriculture

  • Cooperative Conversions, Failures and Restructurings: Case Studies and Lessons from U.S. and Canadian Agriculture, 2009
  • CROPP Cooperative: The Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer Pools, 2003
  • Producer Co-op Case Study, 2022
  • Case Studies on Local Food Supply Chains: Pilot Case Study, Lake Country Cooperative, 2014
  • New Generation Cooperatives and the Future of Agriculture: An Introduction, 2014
  • Growth and Corporate Identity: The Case of Ocean Spray, 2011
  • Home Grown Wisconsin: The Story of a New Producer Cooperative
  • Romance vs. Reality: Hard Lessons Learned in a Grassfed Beef Marketing Cooperative, 2010

Food cooperatives

  • Keys to Success for Food Co-op Start Ups in Rural Areas: Four Case Studies, 2005.

Worker cooperatives

  • Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale (2014)

Rural communities

  • Cooperatives in Rural Community Development: A New Framework for Analysis, 2004
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