Federal funding cuts a slap in the face to co-operative farming and rural business innovation

By Jamie Brown
Updated May 25 2018 - 6:49am, first published 5:00am
Michael Taylor,“The Hill” via Kentucky, produces ethical Merino wool and markets part of it through a start-up co-operative nursed by the Farming Together program. Now, with no further pilot funding, infant agricultural co-operatives will be left to sink, or swim.
Michael Taylor,“The Hill” via Kentucky, produces ethical Merino wool and markets part of it through a start-up co-operative nursed by the Farming Together program. Now, with no further pilot funding, infant agricultural co-operatives will be left to sink, or swim.

The highly successful Farm Co-operatives and Collaboration pilot project has lost future federal funding, with the two year program winding up after June 30.

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