Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS)
Business profile
SAOS was established in 1905 as a Society to further co-operation in Scottish agricultural organisations. SAOS is a co-op, owned by 55 member co-operatives, representing 24,000 farmer members, with a collective turnover of £1.5 billion.
Co-ops remain key to SAOS’s work, but this remit has expanded to explore and convert wider opportunities in food and drink supply chains, technology, innovation, data, quality assurance and climate change response.
SAOS’s C2Network explores innovative collaborations to help benefit members and their supply chains. One current work stream, in partnership with the financial services sector, is interrogating the multiple possibilities around earth exploration for our member co-ops.