A few righteous co-ops in Minnesota have espeptd up to pay membership dues to the (LFTN), and some of them have joined a few other co-ops in other regions to join the (DFTA) the National Cooperative Grocery Association is also a member. Seward Co-op and the Wedge Co-op's memberships have also given grants to LFTN in the past. It's a few thousand bucks to take on a multi-billion dollar issue, but it's an important start I hope we can build on. In this economy, the co-ops must feel strapped, but compared to the farmers and farmworkers, they're still doing pretty good. Of course, it's the co-op members, and ethical consumers in general, who have the most resources in the system. They can join in the push for social justice in food production by joining the above organizations (, ). Now, if we could only get our retirement money out of Wall Street and into co-ops