Ginder, Roger G.; Hueth, Brent; Marcoul, Philippe - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2005
The West Liberty Foods turkey cooperative was formed in 1996 to purchase the assets and assume operations of Louis Rich … Foods (an investor-owned processing firm), which, at the time, announced the imminent shutdown of its West Liberty, Iowa …, processing facility. We study the creation and performance of this "new generation" cooperative using field interviews with …