Consumers own 60% of this cooperative and worker members own 40%.
Industry: Farming
Location: Clinton, Maine
Number of employees: 60
Became employee owned: 1978
From the company
- https://www.fedcoseeds.com/
- https://www.fedcoseeds.com/about_fedco.htm
- Fedco – Fedco Seeds – A 60%:40% Consumer/Worker Cooperative (2009)
Learn more
- Lancaster Farming – Seed Company Founded During Maine’s ‘Back-to-the-Land Movement’ (2019)
- University of Maine – Fedco Seeds is next featured work by UMF New Commons Project (2019)
- Bangor Daily News – As more Mainers covet local food, a longtime seed seller grows (2017)
- Runamuk Acres – Fedco’s Tree Sale: a Maine Adventure (2017)
- Neighboring Food Co-ops – FEDCO Seeds: Growing Co-operation (2012)
- HuffPost – Fedco Seeds: The David To Monsanto’s Goliath (2009)
- Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association – Fedco: Thirty Years Old and Still Growing (2008)
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