Nea Vyssa

A successful co-operative, that of the asparagus growers of Nea Vyssa, exports its entire output and generates a turnover that many medium-sized businesses would envy.Nea Vyssa, a border village of 500 inhabitants in Thrace, offers lessons in cooperation and the rural economy. Its residents have managed to come to an agreement and work together towards a common goal. They set up an asparagus growers’ co-operative, joined its ranks en masse, and embarked on the difficult and labour-intensive task of growing asparagus. From the outset, their focus was on exports, as asparagus is not a product widely consumed in the Greek ... Read more

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