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SuperMarket Organizations in the United States
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Northeastern Coops
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Homeworkers Organized for More Employment (HOME), Orland, ME.
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Southern Coops
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C.A.M. Cabin Crafts, Townsend, TN.
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Farmworker Association of Florida (FAF), Apopka, FL.
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The Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Epes, AL.
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The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC), Epes, AL.
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Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP), Durham, NC.
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Mississippi Association of Cooperatives (MAC), Jackson, MS.
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Operation Spring Plant, (OSP), Oxford, NC.
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Rural Advancement Fund (RAF), Orangeburg, SC.
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Sleepy Hollow Farm, Dalton, GA.
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Midwestern Coops
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Family Farm Defenders, Plain, WI.
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Growing Power, Milwaukee, WI.
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Patchwork Family Farms, Columbia, MO.
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Western Coops
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Amo Organics, Salinas, CA.
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Hmong American Community , Fresno, CA.
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Intertribal Agricultural Council (IAC), Billings, MT.
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Rural Community Development Resources, Yakima, WA.
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Rural Development Center/Association for Community Based Education (ACBE),
Washington, DC and Salinas, CA.
SuperMarket Organizations in Mexico
Alborada (Twilight) de San Luis Potosi S.S.S.
(en español), is dedicated to education and training
for agricultural production, works to build links between communities and the land, and to assure
that the voices of the people and strength of the groups at the base level will be heard.
Red de Artesanos de Tarahumara (Network of Artisans of the Tarahumara region), is an
organization of 8 small artesans groups from different communities of the Tarahumara region in
Chihuahua, intent on building social and economic justice together.
Oaxaca is an integration of 3 different groups, working with the indigenous people.
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Kiee Lu U S.S.S.
(Flor Viva) (Live Flower) (en español) an
organization of indigenous people from Oaxaca who grow organic jamaica (hibiscus) flowers for tea.
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Intercambio and comercialización,
TRUEQUE, an organization that sells and markets the products of the artesans, such as textiles,
coffee, pottery, and honey.
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Promotores de salud,
PROSA(en español), promotes the use of alternative
agents of healing, such as natural medicines in the communities.
Organizacion Regional Nahuatl Independiente S.S.S. (en español) (Nahuatl Independent Regional Organization), was formed to fight inequality, hunger, and injustice, as well as to revive and to reevaluate the Nahuatl culture.
T.C.O. de Tehuantepec, is an association of base community groups working together with the support
of the Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec on a wide range of economic and social issues, with special attention
to health and self-reliance.
Comunidades Campesinas de Camino S.S.S.
(en español), from Santa Maria Totolapilla Oaxaca, is an organization
of sesame seeds and chile organic producers.
Centro de Desarrollo de la Medicina Maya (CEDEMM), an organization of indigenous doctors of the
state of Chiapas (OMIECH) which began primarily to rescue, defend, develop, and promote the traditional
indigenous medicine.
Productores del Ejido Benito Juárez, an organization of chile and cotton producers, seeking
to bring economic vitality to their community.
Frente Democrático Campesino, an organization formed as a result of the limited-resource
farmer's movement in Mexico for better prices of corn and beans. Based in Chihuahua, they represent more
than 117 rural and farming communities.
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