I know startups these days are tech focused, anyone interested in something more physical?

I am looking at an agricultural co-op based on Italian models, where farmers pool capital and own the entire value chain. Either small specialty dairy or meat farms where output is process in a co-op facility and then sold either DTC or wholesale. This means no middleman squeezing the farmers and much higher margins for them. can still have same corporate style benefits like insurance, PTO, etc..

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“Physical” ? Tech also includes building anything from cars to satellites.

You are describing a union and not a startup

They also all require software, but I take your point. Was just alluding to it being a more physical focus. That would be almost 90% of the work, where as physical work is low even in cars and satellites because manufacturing is highly automated.


Its also not a union. Each farmer would be starting their business and those businesses would be shareholders of the co-op allowing them more direct access to consumers

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Have you confirmed that this is what farmers in your area actually want? We have co-ops by us and CSAs, but they're all run by farmers for farmers. Based in this, I'd assume that they've got it mostly figured out. This may not be something they'd want a consultant for.

I'd also be concerned about the financial model. For small family farms, I'm not sure that farming is lucrative enough for them to be able to fund a robust benefits package, like the one you've described.

My Wife in an MBA in Cultural Resource Management and the farmers, soil and products here are high quality and a plenty[PR island]. Shes been involved with many coffe producers as well as cacao and pineapple farms here. I myself am an IT professional with 15+ years of experience and can help out on the automation side(tech, software, apps].

Send me your professional contact info directly if you're interested. We can discuss it over email or phone for a bit. I think we will at the very least learn a lot from it.

Hope everyone has a great day.

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