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Article: Taking stock: rural food cooperative case studies reveal critical retail success factors.(Company Profile)
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- Rural Cooperatives
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- September 1, 2005
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Editor's note: This article is excerpted from the authors' new report: Keys to Successful Start-Ups for Rural Food Coops: Four Case Studies, CIR 63, produced by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. Hard copies of the report can be ordered by e-mail: dan.campbell@wdc.usda.gov, or by calling: (202) 720-8381. It can also be downloaded from the Internet at: www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/newpub.htm. The report was prepared for the North Country Cooperative Development Fund, with funding from USDA Rural Development.
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