Join ASQ Winnebago Section 1206 for a tour of the Agropur - Little Chute manufacturing plant. Dinner will be included. If you have safety glasses and hearing protection, please bring it with you, otherwise it will be provided. Please note that Agropur does not allow competitors to tour their facility.
Agropur is a cooperative
Owned by 2,700 dairy farmers who have joined forces to process and market the high-quality milk they produce on their farms.
Agropur uses this milk to create the wide range of dairy products and the strong brands that their customers and consumers love.
When you purchase an Agropur product, you are helping to build a better world. You are choosing a natural product that meets the highest quality standards, makes a difference in rural communities throughout North America and is good for both you and your community.
They are proud of their unique business model, based on solidarity, democracy and the pooling of resources. This model is a powerful tool for generating and sharing wealth.
Every year, they return a patronage dividend to their members, based on their annual milk production and on the surpluses that the Cooperative has generated. This payment helps their members create value in their communities. As their members put it, “We’re just as much a business as any other, but we’re not just a business like any other.”
Agropur is the largest dairy cooperative in Canada and one of the leading suppliers of dairy products in the retail, food service, and industrial sectors in North America. At a time of stiff competition in the worldwide dairy industry, they intend to remain a significant player and to differentiate themselves by their values.
Being a cooperative means helping to build a fairer, more equitable world. The more of us there are who share these values, the more we will participate in building a better world.