The Attala County Self‐Help Cooperative, based in Mississippi, United States, formed with the intention of helping rural African American farmers utilize their land resources and enhance their farm productivity. Productivity is central to the activities of the cooperative. Yet, its members emphasize other forms of wealth that farming sustains, including self‐reliance, the maintenance of a Black agrarian lifestyle, the support and development of a local community, and the social valuation of Black farmers. From this perspective, the cooperative is more than a means to resist or compete within an exploitative system. The cooperative generates wealth‐in‐people as an alternative value system formed around farming, community, and the Black farmer.

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农业的价值：通过合作发展产生多方面的财富

位于美国密西西比州的阿塔拉县自助合作社的成立旨在帮助非洲裔美国农村农民利用土地资源并提高农场生产力。生产力对于合作社的活动至关重要。然而，其成员强调农业维持的其他形式的财富，包括自力更生，黑人农业生活方式的维持，当地社区的支持和发展以及黑人农民的社会价值。从这个角度看，合作社不仅仅是在剥削系统中抵抗或竞争的手段。合作社产生了财富，作为围绕农业，社区和黑人农民形成的替代价值体系。