As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2003
                                             Registration Statement No. 33-62201




                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                         Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
                                   to Form S-8
                             Registration Statement
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                            PRO-FAC COOPERATIVE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    NEW YORK
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                   16-6036816
                        (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                                 90 Linden Oaks
                                 P.O. Box 30682
                            Rochester, New York 14603
          (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

             Curtice-Burns Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                Stephen R. Wright
                          General Manager and Secretary
                            Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc.
                                 90 Linden Oaks
                                 P.O. Box 30682
                            Rochester, New York 14603
                                 (585) 383-1850

(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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                          DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration  Statement on Form S-8, SEC
File No.  33-62201 (the  "Registration  Statement") is being filed to deregister
certain  shares of the Class B, Series 1 10%  Cumulative  Preferred  Stock,  par
value $1.00 per share (the "Class B Preferred Stock"),  of Pro-Fac  Cooperative,
Inc., a New York agricultural  cooperative  corporation (the "Corporation") that
were registered for issuance  pursuant to awards granted under the Curtice-Burns
Foods,  Inc.  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan  (the  "Plan").  The  Registration
Statement  registered  500,000 shares of Class B Preferred  Stock issuable under
the Plan.  Awards relating to an aggregate of 55,394 shares of Class B Preferred
Stock  registered   under  the  Registration   Statement  have  been  issued  to
participants  in the Plan. The  Corporation  has ceased issuing awards under the
Plan and no  additional  awards  will be  issued  thereunder.  Accordingly,  the
Registration  Statement is hereby  amended to deregister  the remaining  444,606
unissued shares of Class B Preferred Stock.





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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Rochester, New York, on
this 4th day of December, 2003.

       PRO-FAC COOPERATIVE, INC.


       By:         /s/   Stephen R. Wright
                -----------------------------------
                Stephen R. Wright, Secretary and General Manager(Principal
                Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal
                Accounting Officer)


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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<S>                                                               <C>                                           <C>
                   SIGNATURE                                                         TITLE                               Date
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/s/    Bruce R. Fox                                               President and Director                        December 4, 2003
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       (BRUCE R. FOX)

/s/    Steven D. Koinzan                                          Vice President and Director                   December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (STEVEN D. KOINZAN)

/s/    Tom R. Croner                                              Director and Treasurer                        December 4, 2003
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       (TOM R. CRONER)

/s/    Dale W. Burmeister                                         Director                                      December 4, 2003
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       (DALE W. BURMEISTER)

/s/    Peter R. Call                                              Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (PETER R. CALL)

/s/    Glen Lee Chase                                             Director                                      December 4, 2003
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       (GLEN LEE CHASE)

/s/    Kenneth A. Dahlstedt                                       Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (KENNETH A. DAHLSTEDT)

/s/    Robert DeBadts                                             Director                                      December 4, 2003
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       (ROBERT DeBADTS)

/s/    Cornelius D. Harrington, Jr.                               Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (CORNELIUS D. HARRINGTON, JR.)

/s/    Kenneth A. Mattingly                                       Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (KENNETH A. MATTINGLY)

/s/    Allan W. Overhiser                                         Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (ALLAN W. OVERHISER)



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/s/    James A. Pierson                                           Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (JAMES A. PIERSON)

/s/    Paul E. Roe                                                Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (PAUL E. ROE)

/s/    Darell Sarff                                               Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (DARELL SARFF)

/s/    Frank M. Stotz                                             Director                                      December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (FRANK M. STOTZ)

/s/    Stephen R. Wright                                          General Manager and Secretary                 December 4, 2003
----------------------------------------------------------                                                      --------------------
       (STEPHEN R. WRIGHT)                                        (Principal Executive Officer,
                                                                   Principal Financial Officer and
                                                                   Principal Accounting Officer)
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