There is no one model for “cooperative farming.” You can form separate businesses or one business. You can share land, or farm as neighbors, or farm together in a community or a region. We need a whole range of models and solutions for working together. We are learning to design our own tools and methods to match our scale and soil. In the same way, we need the knowledge to design our own business structures and agreements, to fit our unique circumstances of person and place.
The intention of this guidebook is to introduce that knowledge. It was made possible by funding from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NESARE) and through the generous support of all those that provided their time, expertise, and experience