Your note about sharing farm machinery reminds me of my youth on a dairy farm. The farmers shared their labor -- several would get together at another's farm, and do the "haying" and sometimes sharing a hay bailer to get it done faster.
I just asked that because, here in Winnipeg, the Red River Co-Op is a big thing. They own and operate a lot of the gas stations and grocery stores where I live.
Fair point. Across the border in northern Minnesota, we also have a lot of co-ops. Cenex is our farm store that also does gas and propane. Paul Bunyan is our telecom. Harmony is our food co-op. Beltrami Electric is a co-op too, I believe -- although it acts like a corporation in a lot of ways and uses its co-op status as cover.
Your note about sharing farm machinery reminds me of my youth on a dairy farm. The farmers shared their labor -- several would get together at another's farm, and do the "haying" and sometimes sharing a hay bailer to get it done faster.
I just asked that because, here in Winnipeg, the Red River Co-Op is a big thing. They own and operate a lot of the gas stations and grocery stores where I live.
Fair point. Across the border in northern Minnesota, we also have a lot of co-ops. Cenex is our farm store that also does gas and propane. Paul Bunyan is our telecom. Harmony is our food co-op. Beltrami Electric is a co-op too, I believe -- although it acts like a corporation in a lot of ways and uses its co-op status as cover.
Did you mean "Co-op"? The hyphen makes a difference.
I thought it was a bit funnier, the other way. Could also use the archaic spelling and write Coöp, I suppose.