References

• Marketing cooperatives for fruit and vegetables and mushrooms
  • VOC NL cv – mushroom marketing cooperative - Rhenoy – the Netherlands (since 2008)
  • Oplih scrl – marketing cooperative for crude vegetables - Hannuit - Wallonia - Belgium (2009-2010)
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• Recognised European producer organisations
  • VOC cvba – marketing cooperative for mushrooms - Pittem - Belgium (recognised since 1999)
  • Green Farm cvba – marketing cooperative for crude vegetables - Kortemark - Belgium (recognised since 2011)
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• Stakeholders, from growers to the administration and the authorities
  • SBDC Vietnam: Vietnam Association of Traditional villages: training on “How to start and manage a cooperative successfully” (2014)
  • ESF-project with DLV: CO-4-Energy, project n°. 4221: Valorization of biomass into renewable energy “a template for cooperative fermentation” (2013)
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• Groups
  • Brussels Grondwitloof vzw – advocacy for growers of Brussels endives - Kampenhout - Belgium (since 2006)
  • West-Vlaamse Hoeveproducten vzw – promotion of farm produce - Rumbeke - Belgium (2010-2011)
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• Sustainable agriculture
  • Oogsthof Kleerbeek – A self-harvest farm run by APC – Tielt-Winge – Belgium (since  2013)
  • Ipso Facto Events vzw – Sustainable gastronomy with production of herbs and vegetables in the heart of Brussels – Evere  – Belgium (since 2014)
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Mrs. Phuong - representative of Vietnam Association of Traditional Villages
“APC offers useful knowledge on how to organize and manage a cooperative system successfully. Especially Community Supported Agriculture has many specific and new characteristics for Vietnam. We hope there will be further cooperative projects in the next few years”