INTERVIEW WITH MS. WILHELM SCUSTER, MEMBER OF BIOCOOP SIBIU
INTERVIEW WITH MS. WILHELM SCUSTER, MEMBER OF BIOCOOP SIBIU

Summary/Abstract: This interview was taken at the Conference on Social economy – innovative model for promoting the active inclusion of disadvantaged groups organized during 12-14 October 2012 in Bucharest and attended by initiators and promoters of social economy activities in Romania and other European states. Mr. Wilhelm Schuster is a member of BIOCOOP and works in Moşna commune, Sibiu district. He owns an organic farm where he works together with his family and trades regional organic produce. His experience in the business is extensive due to his frequent participation in farmers’ meetings and exchanges of know-how organized in Europe and in the US. In the interview below, Mr. Schuster made a brief presentation of the BIOCOOP commercial cooperative and highlighted the following issues: why he set up the cooperative, what were his main achievements, what kind of chal¬lenges he came across in this business, and how to promote coope-ratives in general. Mr. Schuster believes BIOCOOP can be seen as a best practice of the Romanian social economy and urges consumers to have confidence in the regional organic products they buy.

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