How Co-ops Spur Organic Farming in the Global South
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Rodney North, Equal Exchange spokesperson for 15 years and former Board Director presents on how co-ops spur organic farming in the global south. In many places around the world, farming organically requires a collective effort. Equal Exchange (a worker co-op) works directly with 55 co-ops of organic farmers in 23 countries. This covers how the co-operative business model, both in the US and abroad, makes organic farming both feasible and attractive.
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- 1. How Co-ops Spur Organic Farming in the Global South NOFA Summer Conference 2014 Rodney North worker-owner www.EqualExchange.coop
- 2. • !cellphones! • !evalua-ons! • !literature!
- 3. • !WARNING:!Not!an!expert!! • Who!here!is/has!been:! • An!organic!farmer?! • Gone!through!cer-fica-on?! • Member!of!a!farmer!coBop?! • Member!of!a!food!coBop?! • Worked!with!small!farmers!in!the!Majority! World?! • …with!organic!farmers!in!the!….?! • With!farmer!coBops!in!the!…?! PLEASE!DIVE!IN!/!SPEAK!UP!
- 4. • !Why!does!this!maRer?! • !Why!does!this!maRer!to!you?! • !Why!do!YOU!maRer!to!it?!
- 9. What%makes%a%co,opera/ve?% • Voluntary!&!Open!Membership! • Democra-c!Member!Control! • Member!Economic!Par-cipa-on! • Autonomy!&!Independence! • Educa-on,!Training,!&!Informa-on! • CoBopera-on!Among!CoBopera-ves! • Concern!for!Community!
- 12. What!does!it!take!to!farm!successfully?! ! (a!very!rough,!incomplete!summa5on)! Seasonal%work%(for!coffee!farmers)! ! Select!crops/varietals!! !prepare!soil/orchards! ! !fer-lize!! ! ! !weed!! ! ! ! !harvest!! ! ! ! ! !gather/sort!harvest!! ! ! ! ! ! !wet!processing! dry!coffee! !collect,!usually!with!vehicles!! ! !warehouse!! ! ! !more!milling/maybe!drying/more!sor-ng!! ! ! ! !quality!control!work! ! ! ! ! !export!sales!work!! ! ! ! ! ! !arranging!transporta-on! follow!through!on!contracts/dealing!w/postBdelivery!problems!
- 14. What!does!it!take!to!farm!successfully?! ! ! Seasonal%work%(for!coffee!farmers)! ! Select!organic!crops/varietals!! !organically!prepare!soil/orchards! ! !fer-lize!w/organic!inputs! ! ! !weed!without!pes-cides! ! ! ! !harvest!separately! ! ! ! ! !gather/sort!harvest!&!segregate! ! ! ! ! ! !wet!processing!separately! dry!coffee!separately! !collect,!usually!with!vehicles!separately! ! !warehouse!separately! ! ! !more!milling/maybe!drying/more!sor-ng!separately! ! ! ! !quality!control!work!separately! ! ! ! ! !export!sales!work!separately! ! ! ! ! ! !arranging!transporta-on!separately! follow!through!on!contracts/dealing!w/postBdelivery!problems!separately! !!organically! ! !!!!!!!!!!!˄%