Share 'Bean to Bar Maker Co-operatives'

There was a discussion a while ago where (I think) Sebastian suggested buyers for fine flavoured cocoa beans should consider pooling their buying resources to enable container load purchases to be made. Ie., Bar Maker A can't afford a full container, but partnering up with B, C & D, together they can buy a container load of beans from a growers co-op. What about extending this a bit further:…