Can trust be 'normalized'?

The model bases its effectiveness on trust and mutual respect: can a similar model exist between subjects who are not previously united by a relationship of friendship and mutual esteem? The 'agricultural network contract' could represent a valid tool to overcome this limit.

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Replicability vs. scalability?

The model works because it is strongly linked to the territorial proximity of the members (maximum 8 km of distance between companies): its potential therefore exists in replicability, not in scalability.

Benefits of the model

Social:

• model that generates and strengthens relationships of trust, while generating concrete economic repercussions;

• the associative dynamic allows the circulation of ideas and comparisons that animate a healthy way of experiencing work as a space for even human fulfillment;

• the model requires great attention to the internal organization of the work process: it is necessary to study a very precise and flexible calendar, so that the need for the use of goods and labor does not overlap during the most intense working seasons.

Cheap:

• savings on the purchase (otherwise individual) of agricultural machinery and equipment;

• the group has a commercial and promotional strength comparable to that of the individual company;

• the association, active and up and running for more than 10 years, demonstrates the economic futurisability of production models based on use and not on possession.

Environmental:

• protection and enhancement of the identity of typical territorial features;

• enhancement of biodiversity;

• reduction of emissions due to the purchase of material and machinery for individual use.

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