Pioneer Growers Cooperative

the sweet corn cooperative

Founded

1950

Evidence class

publicly verified operating

Place

Belle Glade, Palm Beach County

District

The Glades

Status as of 12 September 2026

Operating; manages over 20,000 acres of sweet corn a year plus beans, radishes, celery and cabbage.

Connections

2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.005 (rank 111 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 115) · outside share 0.00

Confidence

High · sources: [PIONEER] (register)

Local farmers found the marketing cooperative in the summer of 1950; it shifts to supersweet corn in the late 1980s and describes running one of the world's largest sweet corn distribution networks, a claim of its own [PIONEER].

Connections

Location and lineage

• tied venture or seatBelle Gladethe sweet corn cooperative's town1950 to present

Collaboration

• collaborationHundley Farmsfacility expansion partnership2012