Salinas Cooperative - Ecuador

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= ambitious cooperative effort in the Ecuadorian Andes, combining commons and market logics


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Massimo de Angelis has a very detailed description of the Salinas experience at http://www.commoner.org.uk/blog/?p=239:

Excerpt:

"There are about 6000 people living in this area. A middle aged man working in the youth co-operative that manages the hostel where I am staying with my family tells me with some pride that 95% of the population is part of the “organisation” (the other 5% apparently choose not the be in it, but they are benefited by the organisation nevertheless, since they sell their produce to it). The “organization” is in reality a quick name for several associations, foundations, consortia and cooperatives, ranging from cheese producers to textile, ceramic and chocolate making, herbal medicine and trash collection, a radio station an hotel, a hostel, and a “office of community tourism”." (http://www.commoner.org.uk/blog/?p=239)