The history of the powerful cooperative in Italy VOG begins in the 19th century with 22 farmers.

A powerful cooperative, such as the thousands in Europe, is not created overnight. It is a long-term goal that will be achieved not by its creators, but by several generations after them. A wise thought states that if a person walks alone towards the goal, they will move faster, but their path will be short. Conversely, if a group with a common goal sets out together, their speed will be slower, but they will go further. An example of such a group is the Italian cooperative consortium of apple producers - VOG. In August of this year, it celebrated its 80th anniversary. Background The background of VOG begins at the end of the 19th century. On August 20, 1893, 22 fruit growers from Burgraviato gathered at the "Andreas Hofer" hostel in Merano to create the first fruit cooperative in Alto Adige. Eight days later, they held a founding meeting and the cooperative was named OPG (Obstproduzenten-Genossenschaft Meran-Burggrafenamt). In the following years, the cooperative grew and by 1909 ...