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Co-Ops 101: More than Brown Rice, Granola, & Honey

When they think of cooperatives, Americans may think of hippies and brown rice, granola, and food co-ops like the Brattleboro Food Co-op, in Vermont, and the Flatbush Food Coop, in Brooklyn, New York. Israelis tend to think first of Kibbutzim and Moshavim, the collective farms of the early days of the Yishuv and the State of Israel that have evolved into corporations.  Eastern Europeans may think of the Kolhoz, the collective farms of the failed Soviet state.

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