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Article: Federation of Southern Cooperatives' Disaster Relief Program
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- Dollars & Sense
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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COOPERATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES: FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES' DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM
Hurricane Katrma presented rural communities in the South with an enormous challenge. The storm destroyed thousands of acres of cropland and demolished already inadequate rural infrastructure. Farmers saw their most reliable markets disappear as millions fled from urban centers. City dwellers escaped to rural communities where they found themselves displaced not only from their homes and communities, but also from their careers.
Within three days of the storm, staff from the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund were on the ground, making assessments and distributing relief ...