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    1. Considerably more than vegetables, a lot less than community: the dilemma of consumer supported agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    DeLind, L.B. (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2003
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19613
    Notes:
    Pages 192-206 in Jane Adams, Fighting for the farm: rural America transformed. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 338 pages.

    7. Tips for selling to: aggregators /grower marketing coops

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Corshen, Bob (author), Sutton, Karl (author), Alcorta, Marisa (author), Dufour, Rex (author), and Hinman, Tammy (author)
    Format:
    Online article
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    United States: National Center for Appropriate Technology
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12665
    Journal Title:
    ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Notes:
    2pgs, Aggregators are agricultural businesses or cooperatives of growers that consolidate and distribute agricultural products. They typically support regional growers of diverse sizes and experience, and sell products to local or regional markets. The consolidation of multiple farms’ products can help supply fresh product for distributors and other wholesale customers and is not limited by grower size.

    8. Tips for selling to: produce packing houses

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Corshen, Bob (author), Alcorta, Marisa (author), Dufour, Rex (author), and Hinman, Tammy (author)
    Format:
    Online article
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    United States: National Center for Appropriate Technology
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12668
    Journal Title:
    ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Notes:
    2pgs, Produce packing houses are large-scale businesses that buy produce from growers through a contract and then re-sell it on the open market. They sell very large quantities. Packing houses can also own land, renting plots to farmers to grow specifically for them, and sometimes supplying seed, inputs and packaging. They have invested in equipment such as coolers and fumigators, so they have the ability to store large amounts of product. Packing houses never own the product once they receive it, therefore the price the farmer receives is based on what it sells for at the end of the chain. Some packing houses are cooperatively owned by farmers