JULY | AUGUST 2016
Almond Facts
25
The Power
of Cooperation
The Efird family have always placed
a great value in cooperatives and the
benefits that grower-ownership brings
to their operations. “We’ve always
been huge fans of cooperatives,” he
said. “What I like best about being
part of a cooperative is that it allows
you to be a grower-owner. You control
your fate through being part of a
membership that spreads fixed costs
and maximizes returns to the grower.
The cooperative works for us and that
objective is solely there to provide
a strong and stable price to us as
growers and the ability to have a say
in the direction of our cooperative.
Strength in numbers is key.”
