Global InformationHoedads Reforestation Cooperative information
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| Company type | Worker-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Reforestation |
| Founded | Eugene, Oregon 1971 |
| Founder | Jerry Rust, John Sundquist |
| Defunct | 1994 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
Number of locations | Western United States |
| Website | www |
The Hoedads Reforestation Cooperative (formally, Hoedads Cooperative Inc.) was a worker-owned tree planting and forestry labor cooperative based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was active throughout the American West from 1971 to 1994. For several years they were country's largest worker-owned cooperative.[citation needed] They were noted for their success in applying the cooperative model successfully to treeplanting. They were also known for their experimentation with and early embrace of concepts such as environmentalism, feminism and alternative economics.[1]
The Hoedads took their name from their use of the "hoedad" (or "hoedag"),[2] a hand implement similar to a hoe used to plant bare-root trees on steep slopes (Hartzell 1987: 29, 45-46).
- ^ Roscoe Caron (2001). "Hoedads Celebrate Reforestation History". www.westbynorthwest.org. West by Northwest Online Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ Steve Nix (28 May 2008). "Hoedads: The Tool, The Cooperative". About.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.