I had knowledge of one co-operative in my town. WinCo supermarkets. A friend of my son did quite well there as a butcher and socked a lot away for retirement because their programof shared profits. I was reading "The Ministry of the Future" when I came across the Mondragon cooperatives. I had no idea there were so many. "The Ministry of the Future" is a factual based novel about the possible effects of Climate Change and the uphill battle to move away from business as usual to combat it. It's written by Kim Stanley Robinson. Thans for the read and reply.