Upcoming Events
- Farm Market Cooperative Information Session
February 09, 2012 (8:00 am - 10:00 am) - Management Leadership Series February 2012
February 16, 2012 (8:00 am - 11:00 am) - caffeinated ideas February 2012
February 23, 2012 (10:00 am - 11:00 am) - Agribusiness Forum Breakfast February 2012
February 24, 2012 (7:30 am - 9:00 am)
Featured Events
Farm Market Cooperative Information Session
In response to the interest of forming a year round farm market cooperative, Braintree is hosting an informational session on cooperative development. This information session will discuss;
1) What is a cooperative?
2) Why are cooperatives established?
3) What is the legal structure of a cooperative?
4) Who may join a cooperative?
5) When is a cooperative not the best answer?
This informational session will be held at:
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 am
Location: Braintree Business Development Center
201 E 5th Street
Mansfield, OH 44902
| Heather Schofield, Dairy Farmers of America provides insight to the dairy industry to Agribusiness Breakfast |
 |
 |
| Heather Schofield, Communications Manager of Dairy Farmers of America, one of the largest cooperatives in the nation, presented "DFA's Role in Today's Dairy Industry" to the 40 attendees of this month's Agribusiness Forum. DFA has members from 48 states, with numbers of members nearing 18,000. Members are guaranteed a market; meaning that DFA will purchase dairy farmers milk and sell it using economies of scale. This enables DFA to sell large quantities of milk to milk retailers and to dairy product companies who produces items such as cheese, yogurt and butter. They have also endeavored to increase the demand for milk by using some for their own production of Border's cheese, powdered milk for brands such as Starbuck's, creating Sport Shake-a milkshake energy drink, and joining together with Keller's creamery to make butter. Heather described to her audience the many ventures that Dairy Farmers of America have taken to help in repairing a falling economy. |
Braintree News
- What If Universities Recruited Entrepreneurs Like They Recruited Athletes?
- TiE Ohio Brings TiEQuest Business Plan Competition to Ohio
- Hyperlocal funds help boost Ohio entrepreneurship
- Northeast Ohio shows well at SSTI Conference
- Launch of Appleseed Microfinance Loan Fund Held
- Local Business Group Making Funds Available
- Critical Capital: Loan Fund Offering Money Entrepreneurs Need, When They Need it
- Mansfield's Braintree Developmenmt Center broadens loan fund's reach
- "Braintree ITAC client lands large order to Abu Dhabi"
- SBA Resource Training program
