18 November 2021
Renewed interest in farming co-operatives across Australia has led the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) to launch a second season of its successful podcast series Meet the Co-op Farmers.
Melina Morrison, CEO of the co-op apex body, said the interest in co-operative business models had continued to trend upward since the BCCM finished a previous two-year co-operative farming education programme, funded by the government.
Read the full article, Second outing for BCCM podcast on Australian agri co-ops, in Coop News, 17 November 2021.
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