Cooperative from southern Brazil provides incentives to organic food
A group of 71 small farmers from the city of Três de Maio, in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, are going to harvest their seventh crop of organic products this year. They produce soy, maize, rye, wheat, vegetables, fruit, milk and brown sugar, controlled by Cotrimaio. The cooperative was a pioneer in incentives to organic production in the country and exports to France, Germany and the United States.
By Mark Ament
