{"id":322,"date":"2006-11-17T09:33:33","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T16:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=322"},"modified":"2006-11-17T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2006-11-17T18:52:50","slug":"the-best-practices-in-agribusiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"The Best Practices In Agribusiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"North Central Members\" alt=\"North Central Members\" hspace=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/caroct1.jpg\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"6\" \/>Several members of the Carolinas\/Virginia NAMA Chapter gathered together on October 17 in Mount Airy, North Carolina for a tour of <a title=\"Gerards Bakery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gerardsbakery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gerard&#8217;s Bakery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gerard&#8217;s Bakery\u00c2\u00a0is\u00c2\u00a0owned by <a title=\"Mountain View Harvest Coop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mvhcoop.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mountain View Harvest Cooperative<\/a>, a value-added cooperative\u00c2\u00a0formed as an alternative investment choice for its members <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gerard's Bakery\" alt=\"Gerard's Bakery\" hspace=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/caroct2.jpg\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"6\" \/>that provides higher returns than production agriculture. A portion of the flour used by Gerard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s is made from identity-preserved wheat supplied by its members.\u00c2\u00a0Headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, Gerard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sells unique breads and rolls to restaurant chains and food service sections of grocery and convenience store chains.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plant manager, Joe McGowan, conducted the tour. Following the tour, Robin Rhyne, president of the Surry County Economic Development Partnership, told members about how Gerard&#8217;s Bakery markets their products and\u00c2\u00a0about its impact on\u00c2\u00a0the local economy.\u00c2\u00a0Joanna Radford, a local farmer and shareholder in Mountain View Harvest Cooperative, also spoke\u00c2\u00a0about the agricultural production side of the business.<font size=\"3\"><\/font><font size=\"3\"> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several members of the Carolinas\/Virginia NAMA Chapter gathered together on October 17 in Mount Airy, North Carolina for a tour of Gerard&#8217;s Bakery. Gerard&#8217;s Bakery\u00c2\u00a0is\u00c2\u00a0owned by Mountain View Harvest Cooperative, a value-added cooperative\u00c2\u00a0formed as an alternative investment choice for its members that provides higher returns than production agriculture. A portion of the flour used by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-activities","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}