FEATURES
The Natural
“Brickless” marketing co-op helps
ranchers tap market for natural beef
By Dan Campbell
Summit focuses on common
challenges facing all co-op sectors
Carving a Niche
Arctic co-ops serve as midwife to birth of Inuit art
By Kathy M’Closkey
USDA/co-op partnership aids
producer quest for market power
By James Baarda
On & Off the Top 100
25 years of tracking the largest ag co-ops
By Bruce Reynolds, David Chesnick
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On the Cover:
Mary Forman, a CPA who is equally adept at balancing books or rounding
up cattle on her family’s Oregon ranch, relaxes after a cattle drive.
The Formans are founder-members of Country Natural Beef, dedicated
to sustaining healthy rangeland and family ranches.
USDA Photo by Dan Campbell
