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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP
Established 1973
Volume HH, Number 1 January 10, 2013 Yogurt Beats Ice Cream December General Meeting Report: As America’s Dairy Favorite Coop Provides Lots of Choices for the Yogurt Aficionado
By Danielle Uchitelle here’s a horse race in the dairy Tcase, and it’s being driven by changing consumer habits that look to make yogurt the final winner. This past year, the once-unthinkable hap- pened: for the first time, Americans consumed more yogurt per capita than ice cream. Globally, nationally, and right here in our own Food Coop,
variations on the theme of yogurt, that COHEN BY MICHAEL JAY ILLUSTRATION formerly humble niche product, have been steadily encroaching on the other denizens of the dairy world. Protecting the Old Have you had your yogurt today? Case study: my own love affair with the creamy comestible. I first became And the Vulnerable aware of this thing called yogurt in my By Tom Matthews Tim Platt of the Chair Com- childhood. As a youngster, I often he December General mittee gaveled the meeting heard advertisements on the radio for TMeeting was held at Mid- to order promptly at 7:00 something called “Doctor Gaymont’s dle School 51, on Fifth Ave. at p.m., with more than 100 Yogourt.” Pitched as a health food, the Fourth St., the second time at people in attendance. The
good doctor’s Mitteleuropa accent and BY INGSU LIU PHOTOGRAPH this venue. Perhaps pre- first order of business was the bouncy enthusiasm for this weirdly dictably, it opened with a Open Forum, and the first named concoction was enough to keep me far added jam and a snazzy advertising campaign complaint. Reassuringly, it speaker was Bruce, who away from his product. I had to wait patiently before I commenced my life-long relationship continued with an affirmative objected to the new venue. for 40 years in order for with cultured milk. And since no discussion of vote and positive discussion, He said he found the wooden Wikipedia to be yogurt can take place without mentioning Dan- and ended in cooperation. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 invented so I could non (or Danone, as the parent company is look up Dr. Gaymont called), it is worth noting that this market behe- Next General Meeting on January 29 and discover that he moth is currently projecting double-digit The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on the was a real person who growth for its products, which already account last Tuesday of each month. The January General Meeting will helped introduce yogurt for over $1 billion in annual revenue in the U.S. be on Tuesday, January 29, at 7:00 p.m. at MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., to America. Alas, as with alone. between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. so much else, his wise While the young me shied away from Dr. Gay- The Fourth St. entrance is handicap-accessible. message was wasted on mont’s healthy living ethos, as a teenager I The agenda is in this Gazette, on the Coop website at me. Like most of my gen- became intrigued with the idea of making www.foodcoop.com and available as a flier in the entryway of eration, I had to wait until yogurt, and eventually began producing my own the Coop. For more information about the GM and about Coop Dannon came along and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 governance, please see the center of this issue.
Fri, Jan 11 • Wordsprouts: IN THIS ISSUE Poetry and Prose: A Group Reading 7:00 p.m. Feeling the Fermentation Love at the Coop ...... 4 Sat, Jan 12• Auditions for Our Puzzle ...... 5 Coop Kids’ Variety Show 2:00-5:00 p.m. Coop Environmental Committee Report ...... 6 Sun, Jan 20• Auditions for Our Safe Food Committee Report ...... 7 Event Coop Kids’ Variety Show 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement . 9 Calendar of Events ...... 10 Highlights Fri, Feb 1 • Film Night: George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Part II) 7:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor ...... 12 Classifieds ...... 14 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Exciting Workslot Opportunities ...... 16 From the Archives ...... 16 Coop will close at 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 3. See page 5 for details. 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 2
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Yogurt brewing, an easy decision to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 make once I was introduced to Dannon coffee yogurt, a from a recipe I found in the secret addiction I carry with A Yogurt for Every Taste Whole Earth Catalog. That was me to this day. I guess I’m not ne way that yogurt was has been able back when stovetops had pilot alone in this, since coffee is Oto dominate its consumer category is lights and I could easily incu- about the only flavor of Dan- through product differentiation: there’s a bate my scalded milk for the non yogurt you can regularly style and flavor for every taste. It would proper length of time. For find in the Coop dairy sec- be hard to count all the flavor, size and those who wish to replicate tion. But Dannon could only specialty variants of yogurt on offer in my pioneer experience, you take me so far, and soon I, the Coop’s dairy case, and I’ve tried. can pick up a package of along with the other Ameri- Instead, here’s a brief rundown of some of Yogourmet freeze-dried yogurt can consumers, began the tempting takes on yogurt you can find on starter in the Coop dairy case branching out. And when I most shopping days. Unless otherwise noted, and follow the instructions was ready to expand my taste sizes are 6 oz. included in the package. horizons, the Coop dairy case Eventually I gave up home was there to help. ■ Maple Hill Creamery Flavor: Lemon Claim to fame: 100% grass fed cows The fine print: 16 grams sugar, 7 grams fat Health-conscious shoppers should definitely check the sugar and fat content of yogurt before wolfing down a bowl full. Maple Hill has quite modest sugar numbers but is rather high in fat; some of the others below pack an even more sugary punch. Ronnybrook Farm Flavor: Coconut Claim to fame: Local favorite produced “in the bucolic fields of the Hudson Valley” The fine print: With 24 grams per serving, this yogurt has almost as much sugar as a pack- age of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I guess it’s better for you, though. Old Chatham Sheepherding Company Sheep’s Milk Yogurt Flavor: Ginger Claim to fame: Another local producer; for those who prefer sheep’s milk rather than the standard cow’s milk The fine print: At 12 grams of sugar and 9 grams of fat, one of the smallest caloric foot- prints of any brand we carry. Liberté Yogurt Mediterranée Flavor: French Vanilla Claim to fame: If this brand tastes improbably creamy and rich, it’s because it’s made with not just milk, but cream. At 29 grams per serving, it has about the same amount of sugar as a 2%452. 0/,)#9 Snickers bar, plus 12 grams of fat, about the same as a small order of McDonald’s fries. But as with all food, fat equals flavor. Enjoy! I]Z 8dde hig^kZh id 2%15)2%$ &/2 !.9 2%452. `ZZeeg^XZhadl[dgdjg &#I]ZEV^Y">c";jaagZXZ^eiBJHI Stonyfield Farms O’Soy Organic Soy Yogurt bZbWZgh]^e# B^c^" WZegZhZciZY# Claim to fame: One of a number of soy-based yogurts carried by the Coop. b^o^c\ i]Z Vbdjci d[ '#GZijgchbjhiWZ]VcYaZY gZijgcZY bZgX]VcY^hZ The fine print: While the popular O’Soy line is soy-based, it is not dairy-free; lactose- l^i]^c(%YVnhd[ejgX]VhZ# ^h dcZ lVn lZ Yd i]^h# aware shoppers should take note. >[ ndj cZZY id bV`Z V gZijgc! eaZVhZ \d id i]Z #!. ) %8#(!.'% -9 )4%- Whole Soy & Company Yogurt 'cY;addgHZgk^XZ9Zh`# Cd!lZYdcdiÆZmX]Vc\ZÇ^iZbh# Flavor: Cherry NdjbjhigZijgci]ZbZgX]VcY^hZ The fine print: This brand of soy yogurt truly is dairy-free; in addition, its 19 grams of sugar VcYgZ"ejgX]VhZl]VindjcZZY# and 3.5 grams of fat make it a sensible option for the calorie-conscious. Stonyfield Farms Yo Baby Organic 4-pack #!. ) 2%452. -9 )4%- Claim to fame: I always wondered about this brand, since I felt that “Yo Baby” was objecti-
EgdYjXZ 7ja` ^cXa#8dde"WV\\ZYWja` fying. But I guess they mean it to be for real babies. After you’ve hooked your infant on this 8]ZZhZ HZVhdcVa=da^YVn>iZbh widely available brand, you can graduate to “Yo Tod- 7dd`h HeZX^VaDgYZgh .%6%2 dler” and “Yo Kids,” both of which the Coop carries. 8VaZcYVgh GZ[g^\ZgViZYHjeeaZbZcih 2%452.!",% In addition, a planned product extension will soon ?j^XZgh D^ah add “Yo Dude,” specifically targeting young men in the Hjh]^ 6WjnZg^hVkV^aVWaZYjg^c\i]ZlZZ`" YVnhidY^hXjhhndjgXdcXZgch# 21-29–year age group, as well as a version designed for mothers, “Yo Mama.” OK, I made the last two up myself, 2%452.!",% but it’s a good idea, right? GZ[g^\ZgViZY
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December GM amendment to the pension “I’m just trying to get the play the devil’s advocate. He CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 plan covering Coop employees. Coop involved,” she said. noted that the Coop already “In 1993,” Joe recount- In a lively question- offered 40 workers to help the seats in the middle school ed, “the Coop creat- and-answer session, Toby Park Slope Civic Council with auditorium uncomfortable, ed a pension plan for demonstrated a their twice-annual civic the location inconvenient, the paid employees. It broad mastery of sweep days. He cautioned and regretted the lack of the is a defined-benefit the subject. that requiring workers to snack table. plan—the only kind She pointed cross the street raised risks of “The Coordinators should that could cleanly go out that young injuries. And he inquired not be making the decision back in time and recog- trees were vulnerable about who would be liable for about the meeting location,” nize the services of the and that tree pits the tree pits and guards and Bruce said. “I’d like to pro- staff, some of whom had could help pro- any injuries that might result pose that the venue for the been in place since tect and nurture from them. General Meeting be voted on 1975. The plan them. All street “I’m the insurance buyer by the membership.” has been restated trees belong to for the Coop and I’m worried There were murmurs of and amended a few the city, and particularly about liability agreement from the crowd, but times over the years, in anyone can “adopt” issues,” Joe said. General Coordinator Allen order to remain compliant a tree. However, Toby responded to each Zimmerman offered an alter- with the law. Now, the gov- she has contacted owners and question. She specified that native point of view. “The ernment requires us to file residents in the buildings the current idea concerned Garfield Temple also had draw- another amendment, and nearest the “Coop’s” trees, and only the trees on the Coop’s backs,” he said. “This is the first that amendment must be “we have support from all of side of the street. She noted alternative we’ve tried. A vote voted on by the General them.” She has also been that she was currently work- might be less helpful than an Meeting. So here we are.” promised support from Mil- ing with the Civic Council on investigation of other possibil- Joe noted that Emily lionTreesNYC and Brooklyn their clean-up days, but that ities. Or some patience.” Drucker, a Coop member and Forestry for garden supplies, these efforts alone weren’t
attorney who reviews our COHEN BY MICHAEL JAY ILLUSTRATION including tools and mulch; the sufficient to ensure the health Finances Are Stable pension documents, Brooklyn Botanic of the trees. And concerning We moved on to the Coor- attested that Garden, liability, “it’s an important dinator Reports. General issue, and of course one we Coordinator Mike Eakin would have to explore.” reported that net sales were Raymond, a member, said $39,502,767 in the 44 weeks that he lived in Vinegar Hill preceding Dec. 2, 2012, up and was part of a group there more than 5% from the same that had put up tree guards period in the prior year. with cooperation from the Mike said that our gross city. “We are not liable,” he margin was 16.76%. Since we said. “Our group paid $1,500 aim for 17.0% (perfect would for the tree guards, but they be 17.7%), this means that are still owned by the city, shrinkage (loss of goods via and the city is liable.” theft, spoilage or other caus- The discussion wound es) represents about 1% of down around 8:10; in this sales. However, the gross mar- reporter’s unofficial estima- gin at typical extra-large the amend- which tion, the response seemed coops, or Whole Foods, is ment will not will donate bulbs; generally positive. Tim Platt about 38%. With those mark- result in any material and the Fire Depart- explained that the item must ups, the Coop would have changes to the plan, or any ment, which has now go back to the Agenda counted gross sales of about additional expenses to the approved access to fire Committee, which can sched- $53 million. “In other words,” Coop. Joe said, “The actuary hydrants for water. ule it for a vote at a subse- Mike said, “that $13 million says this is what we have to between Sixth and Seventh The squad would comprise quent General Meeting. “I difference is our reward for do. The attorney agrees with Avenues and create a tree FTOP workers; passing a Tree look forward to that,” he said. our members’ hard work and the actuary. I hope the Gener- stewardship and gardening Steward certificate program our efficient operation.” al Meeting will vote to accept squad to be called the Union might be a prerequisite for Wrapping Up Mike also reported that the the resolutions.” Street Green Squad to care membership, and providing At 8:15, the Board of Direc- program of loans to the Coop There was a second from for the trees and cultivate this training might be part of tors voted to accept the Gen- from members is “winding the crowd, and a vote by a bed gardens.” the squad’s activities. Other eral Meeting’s guidance to down,” and that as they fall show of hands. “The resolu- Toby, a Coop member for work could include design approve the amended pen- due, all loans will be repaid. tion to accept the amend- almost 30 years, is the direc- and construction of tree sion plan. “We don’t need to borrow ment passes unanimously,” tor of TreePEP, which she guards, regular maintenance Tim Platt asked if anyone money at this time.” announced Tim Platt. founded in 2011 to consult on of the tree pit gardens and present could offer rides to Member Bill Penner rose to and construct tree pit expan- semi-annual gardening days other attendees, and offers ask about the line item under Protecting the sions. TreePEP works with the that might use more people were made to the South Long Term Liabilities called Vulnerable: Adopting NYC Parks Department and to take on bigger projects. If Slope, East Flatbush and Pension Plan Liability, which Union Street’s Trees MillionTreesNYC, and is cur- the effort on the south side of Long Island City, a good indi- increased from $965,412 on The second agenda item rently working with the Pitkin the block was successful, per- cation of the Coop’s range Dec. 4, 2011, to $2,162,590 on was a discussion to create a Avenue BID to improve tree haps the squad could expand and diversity. At 8:20, with Dec. 2, 2012. Mike replied that new work slot: the “Union pits along Pitkin Avenue. its activities across the street, about 100 people still in “Our position has improved Street Green Squad.” Pro- Toby explained that cur- or beyond. attendance, the meeting was remarkably and we expect to posed by Toby (Talia) Willner, rently four trees were planted Joe Holtz came forward to gaveled to a close. ■ have a very different number the new squad would be on the Coop side of the block, next year.” staffed by FTOP workers and and six more have been There were no Committee would care for the street trees requested. She said that Mil- Reports. near the Coop. lionTreesNYC, a citywide, Toby presented her item in public-private program, Protecting the Old: the form of a PowerPoint pre- already has training pro- Amending the Pension sentation. Formally, it read: grams and other forms of Plan “The Park Slope Food Coop assistance in place and they General Coordinator Joe shall adopt, through Million are eager to help residents Holtz introduced the first item Trees NY, the trees on the and business owners “adopt” on the meeting agenda: an Coop side of Union Street trees in their neighborhoods.
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4 January 10, 2013 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY Feeling the Fermentation Love at the Coop By Brian Dentz bottles of kefir starter. Now or many years there have living in Sunset Park, Ben Fbeen small notices posted works in information technol- in the Coop stairwell leading ogy for a mutual fund compa- to the second floor asking for ny while Sarah takes care of or offering kombucha starters their nine-month-old baby or water kefir grains, not as and works part-time catering. part of a commercial transac- Ben has been brewing beer tion but as free offers and for three years now. This requests. These signs are just started when he was part of the small bubbles on the top an informal group of friends of a deep and complex fer- and family in Virginia which ment—the passion of Coop became a de-facto brewing members who make food club. When asked why he with fermentation. According brews beer, he answered, to Sandor Katz, author of the ”because I love beer, it’s a new The Art of Fermentation, by great hobby…when you tell some estimates, as much as people ‘I make beer’ “ [they one-third of all food eaten by respond[ “Wow, that’s cool!” human beings worldwide is Ben reports that you can fermented.” make “really good beer” at A list of foods that are home, but how complicated made with fermentation reads is it? “You can make it as hard like a Coop member’s shop- or easy as you want,” he says. ping list; bread, cheese, wine, After enough experience, he beer, mead, cider, chocolate, explained, one develops the coffee, tea, pickles, sauer- confidence to experiment kraut, kimchi, salami, miso, and to no longer follow tempeh, soy sauce, vinegar, recipes by the book, although yogurt, kefir, kombucha. he still consults How to Brew Coop members Ben and by John J. Palmer, which he Sarah Crowder moved from uses as a reference for pro- Virginia to Brooklyn about a portional calculations nearly year ago, bringing with them every time he brews.
ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL BUCKLEY BY PAUL ILLUSTRATION beer-brewing equipment and Katz explains in The Art of
Help the Queens Harvest Food Co-op Join the Committee and bring sustainable and affordable help set the monthly food options to Queens and earn General Meeting agenda. FTOP hours at the same time. Requirements: The Queens Harvest Buying Club is looking for ◆ volunteers to help during our monthly distributions. Attend monthly Committee meetings If you love farmers, fresh foods, conversation, and arithmetic, on the first Tuesday of the month at then spend a couple hours with the crew and get to know us 8:00 p.m. (and Queens!) a little better. ◆ Attend at least five General Meetings We are a monthly buying club and per year ◆ need volunteers each month. Have a cooperative spirit and willingness Our next distribution will be in late January. to work in a collaborative committee E-mail [email protected] for the date. environment ◆ Be interested in the ongoing business of We need extra hands for: the Coop • Morning Shifts—Setup, Data Entry, Receiving, Inventory ◆ • Afternoon Shifts—Receiving, Data Entry, Kitchen Prep, Packing Have a good attendance record • Evening Shifts—Packing, Data Entry, Cleaning, Breakdown If interested, contact Ann Herpel at 718-622-0560 or [email protected]. Our distribution site is St. Jacobus Lutheran Church, in The Committee will interview applicants before Woodside, which is just three blocks from the Roosevelt Ave. submitting candidates to the GM for election. stop (E/F/R/M/7 trains) in the heart of Jackson Heights. We are seeking an applicant pool that reflects Interested in volunteering? E-mail us: [email protected] the diversity of the Coop’s membership.
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Fermentation that every cul- Ancestors and Coevolution- She later studied in culinary ture on earth has its own ary Partners,” among other school, moved on to help cre- versions of preserving food things discusses how all life ate a pickling station in a through fermentation. has evolved from bacteria. well-known New York restau- These ancient methods and But much of the book, which rant and now also works with tastes are an important and has gone onto its fourth Just Food, a local nonprofit integral part of every soci- printing since its release in which seeks to educate and ety, its culinary tastes and early in 2012, provides prac- connect people to locally culture. Fermentation has tical advice and recipes on grown food. Michaela says also greatly increased the fermentation. that preserving locally grown variety of food flavors in the Coop member Michaela food helps you to eat locally world. “Ferments are huge Hayes is an avid food fer- all year round. sources of flavor complexi- menter. She makes ginger Asked why she is drawn to ty,” Katz told The New York beer, kefir, preserved cher- the world of food fermenta- Times. “That’s why people ries, nasturtium (which she tion, she responds, “It’s so find cheese so compelling. describes as similar to a science-based; for me it’s the That’s why soy sauce has Kimchi is one caper) among a variety of intersection of art, science become a universally loved of the many kimchi, which she flavors and food. It’s the perfect condiment.” fermented with an assortment of fruits, storm of passion.” ■ Ben’s wife Sarah’s focus is foods that are popular vegetables, on water kefir and milk kefir. with Coop members. spices and herbs. In her kitchen one recent She started a night, she pulls out a mason to make kimchi. She started bacteria.” Katz notes in his company called jar with the metal top learning how to ferment cab- book that, “the earliest tri- Crock and Barrel, replaced with cheesecloth. bage and gets excited when umphs of microbiology which produces Inside it’s filled with tea on she reports how good the involved identifying bacterial and sells these top and about an inch and a results were. pathogens and developing specialized kim- half of what she describes as Sometimes while chatting effective weapons against chi to numerous “brains.” Sarah explains that with friends, she will mention, them.” As a result, Katz told local stores and this is the grain, also referred “I gotta take care of the the Gazette, “[in the USA] we restaurants. Her to as the starter. It’s capable starter,” which yields curious are indoctrinated with the professional title of making an almost infinite and surprised looks. Asked idea that all bacteria are is Chief Food amount of water kefir. She why they make food with fer- bad…all bacteria are danger- Preservationist scoops up some of the mentation, Sarah says, “There ous.” His book explains that, (CFP). brains, places it into another are two reasons, one, the “The problem with killing 99.9 Michaela wasn’t container, adds water and health benefits, the pro-biotic percent of bacteria is that always the expert brown sugar, then in time has kick, two, getting in touch with most of them protect us from in all that is fer- more water kefir to drink. the way people used to do the few that can make us mented. While liv- Sarah first started to fer- things” then she changes the sick.” Regarding fermenting ing in the South ment while apprenticing on a count to three, “three…I love food, Katz said, “People think Bronx and pursu- 15-acre organic family farm in the yeasty and tangy flavors.” it’s best left to professionals.” ing work in graphic Virginia, inspired by all of the Ben says he makes ferment- But in his book, Katz design and photog- “field seconds” she saw. ed food because, ”it’s nice to explains why this fear of fer- raphy, she heard Fermenters practice their craft with These are vegetables she do things for yourself. You mentation is without merit. about fermentation sauerkraut. describes as imperfect look- know where it came from.” To The very organic process of from a few friends ing, not up to par for the mar- be able to say, ”I made this, I fermentation will make the she describes as “foodie-farmie ket place, but good enough can make this, this is most food safe to eat. Katz quotes people.” Alphawords important for me.” a microbiologist from the During her first venture in Katz has become a well- U.S. Department of Agricul- fermentation, she decided to “Aegilops” (an eye condition, or known educator, writer, ture who says, regarding veg- make a cabbage–collard a kind of wild grass) is the longest explorer and general advo- etable fermentation, “It is greens sauerkraut. A week word in the English language with cate for all fermented food. one of the oldest and safest later, when she opened the its letters in alphabetical order and with no repeating letters. He originally comes from technologies we have.” container with the vegeta- Below are 20 more words with the Upper West Side of The Art of Fermentation bles, it was “bubbling over their letters in alphabetical order, Manhattan. Twenty years explores many of the benefits with black stuff and smelled all of them much less obscure. ago, after learning he had of fermented foods. Aside so foul.” She didn’t know that contracted HIV, he moved to from the great flavors they the veggies needed to be A_ _ Best of the best a rural commune in Ten- create, fermented foods pro- pressed down to remain sub- F_ _ Reynard or vixen nessee. There the former mote microbial diversity—or merged in the liquid. G_ _ Plymouth et.al. urbanite planted a garden gut flora—in our digestive Her background in pho- I_ _ Common climber and soon experienced the systems, as well as enrich tography helped her with the A_ _ _ Sailor’s saying age-old problem of an abun- foods with protein, essential transition to the kitchen. B_ _ _ Ink stain dant crop and what to do acids and vitamins. “Being in the darkroom is with all the vegetables that There are also cerebral similar to being in a kitchen; C_ _ _ Bit of a block ripen at once. “All the cab- parts of the Katz book. One it’s science and art.” Michaela D_ _ _ Resist bage was ready at the same section titled, “Bacteria: Our took it as a lesson learned. E_ _ _ To turn green time,” Katz said, “I was such a F_ _ _ Changing state naïve city kid.” He started to The Coop will be closing early for shopping at G_ _ _ Embellished make sauerkraut and has 5:00 pm on Sunday, February 3, H_ _ _ The end of a blade been experimenting with so that we can conduct our annual I_ _ _ Leisurely many forms of fermentation J_ _ _ Takes down ever since. Coop-wide inventory. A_ _ _ _ Take up Many methods of ferment- Some shifts will be affected, others will not. B_ _ _ _ Embark ing food, which run so deep D_ _ _ _ Ganeesha, for one in all cultures, have been for- Please help inform our membership E_ _ _ _ Half a glass gotten by most people today. about this early closing by telling your F_ _ _ _ The top of the hill? This is partly due to our mod- Coop housemates and friends. ern age of industrial food A_ _ _ _ _ Not quite “When you tell people ‘I production and con- Members whose shifts are affected by the closing PuzzlePuzzle author:author: Stuart Stuart Marquis. Marquis. make beer’ [they respond] sumerism and also what Katz will be contacted by the Membership Office. ForFor answers, see see pa pagege 14.. ‘Wow, that’s cool!’” calls in his book, “the war on
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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE REPORT
The Dirty Weather Report and Its Tireless Town Crier climaterealityproject.org to learn what the Coop com- By Ilyana Kadushin In their discussion the and we need human action top cities around the world munity can do to face this attended an event on panelists covered topics such now. The Climate Reality Pro- that are most at risk due to climate reality head on. INovember 15, 2012, called as food and climate and the ject is looking at weather pat- climate crisis. New York Sign the pledge and spread “The 24-Hour Climate Pro- powerful interrelationships terns, population growth, City is #3 on this list. Visit the word. ■ ject,” a 24-hour internet between climate crisis, crops, sustainable energy ideas, and broadcast with Al Gore and a drought, famine, failing how to appeal to us series of other panelists that farms, vulnerable water humans and our pur- included Alliance for Climate systems, fire and plant chasing power. Their Education, Me to We Organi- disease. They also dis- main statement is that zation, Music Relief, Energy cussed social media and carbon-based fossil- Action Coalition, Young Evan- its power to dissemi- fuel energy, released gelists for Climate Action, The nate information about into our atmosphere, Solutions Project, and more. climate crisis to traps heat and lays an For 30 years, former Vice Pres- younger genera- “ambush” of global ident Al Gore has been the tions. Gore said the warming, and tireless town crier for the “Spirit of Democra- that other coun- growing climate crisis. He is cy is happening tries are already raising consciousness again, right now on the using a “cap and because of the extreme internet, a two-way trade system” and weather events now unfold- conversation that have replaced this ing. He asks companies to be can promote posi- option with solar more sustainable in their tive change…Scientific and wind power. practices, knowing that we are findings rarely reach the Gore says that the all up against the machine of community for public under- claim there is “clean coal” is mistruths about this climate standing and without policy- simply not true. He said, crisis. makers’ action, collective “There is no such thing as action won’t hap- CLEAN COAL. CLEAN COAL pen...today’s is like HEALTHY cigarettes.” youth needs a Gore also said, “We need the purpose, moral courage to make something changes, although it is diffi- larger cult, and more importantly than just suffuse our attitude about it com- with JOY.” He underscored mercial very seriously that “We culture.” humans are vulnerable to Gore the illusion that we have spoke lots of time to WAIT before about the we take action about this cli- irrefutable mate crisis, but we must connection quicken our pace. Just this between dirty year alone, there have been energy and dirty 10 weather disasters across weather—that the the country.” evidence is there Gore showed a list of the Hearing Administration Committee is seeking new members ecokvetch The HAC performs administrative functions necessary to arrange and i]ZZck^gdcbZciVa Xdbb^iiZZWad\ facilitate disciplinary hearings, coordinating with the Coop’s Disciplinary Committee and the Hearing Officers Committee. Applicants should be detail-oriented, 8ddeBZbWZghjhZ comfortable working by e-mail and telephone; (-(EA6HI>876 Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 7 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY January 10, 2013 7 SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT An Update on the Fight Against Fracking; More Info from Up North By Jerry Wintrob stops companies from using it is not allowed to be done ing on our wellbeing. The ello fellow Coop-ers. I our land for the fracking of gas within the city limits of Pitts- problem is he is not doing a Hwrote an article in the and oil and any hauling of it burgh. We have not been suc- comprehensive study and it is Gazette a few months back and its waste products within cessful as yet in getting it just a smoke screen to say that about the goings on in our borders. Sounds good? passed, but we did just get our he has done something when upstate New York regarding Well, it is. It is a good win, but town supervisor to support it. his intention is to allow it any- hydrofracking (Linewaiters’ as far as we are concerned, it Now we have to get the rest of way. Don’t be fooled. Stay Gazette, February 23, 2012, is not good enough. There is the board as well. alert. Send your comments “Greetings from the North something called “home rule” Governor Cuomo figured and concerns to his office and Country—How Fracking is which allows individual towns that if he didn’t allow fracking the DEC. The time for com- Affecting Those Who Don’t to decide what happens with- within areas near the reser- ments ends on January 11. But Live in NYC”). You remember in their towns. Pennsylvania voirs that supply NYC, he if this article is printed after hydrofracking don’t you? It tried it and a Republican gov- could get the residents of the that, you can still contact the TREEHUGGER BY OPTION G AT ILLUSTRATION seems the Governor doesn’t ernor and legislature came in city to stop paying attention to Governor with your com- entire country of France. We think that NYC’s water and eliminated home rule and the issue. In case you are think- ments. Unfortunately, his need to keep the pressure on, should be exposed to it all of those zoning bans were ing that this issue won’t affect popularity in the state is going otherwise our most precious because of the inherent dan- rescinded. So we have been NYC drinking water, guess to plummet if he allows this to resources will be gone forever. gers in the process, but he working on a second type of again. Water travels more than go through. The people of the Stay connected. ■ has no qualms about expos- ban that transcends that. It is 1,000 miles. That means that if state won’t allow it, consider- ing people who live in the called a “community bill of parts of upstate NY are fracked, ing polls show that the major- If you would like to know more more rural parts of NYS to it. rights ordinance” (CBRO). It is the water that is fracked from ity of the state is against it. about the issue and to get involved, Now, unfortunately for the an ordinance that says that we those wells will pollute NYC Vermont has already banned do not hesitate to contact me. My denizens of the city, you may as citizens of these United water. There are also many it completely. So has the e-mail is [email protected]. be exposed to pipelines and States have the unalienable farms located all over NYS that such hauling the fracked gas right to clean air, clean water supply products to the Coop. If and other toxic waste and a clean environment. We fracking is allowed in the state, through NYC. But we will say that fracking violates our then these farms will be pollut- Board of Directors save that for another article. civil rights and we are banning ed by the contamination of its So what has been going it within our town for that rea- water and soil. Election on? Well, to put it mildly, a lot. son. The city of Pittsburgh The issue is very hot right A little background on me. I passed such an ordinance and now. Cuomo has ordered a The General Meeting & The Board of Directors con- have been a Coop member for although fracking is done all health assessment to suppos- the Board of Directors ducts votes at the end of more than 30 years, who con- over the state of Pennsylvania, edly study the effects of frack- every GM whether to accept tinues to work in Park Slope From our inception in 1973 to the present, the monthly the advice of the members but has moved to the Hudson that night. Members of the Valley. I have immersed myself General Meeting has been the decision-making body Board are required to act in the struggle to stop If you are interested in the history of the Coop or in legally and responsibly. hydraulic fracking in NYS. We when and how particular subjects have been of the Coop. Since the have been organizing up here discussed in the Gazette... Coop incorporated in 1977, we have been legally Openings to ban fracking in each of our Send an e-mail to Len Neufeld, Gazette indexer, at towns. We have been getting required to have a Board of There are two openings on [email protected], to request PDF files of Directors. the Board. Each position is petitions signed for a local either or both of the following indexes: for a term of three years. ban and on a statewide basis. ◆ An alphabetized list of the titles of all articles published in the The Bylaws of the Park We have been organizing ral- Gazette from 1995 to the present, with issue dates. Slope Food Coop state: lies and forums. We have been Candidate Deadline ◆ An alphabetized list of all subjects (including people’s names) “The portion of the Board If you wish to place your showing up at town board Gazette discussed in articles from 1995–99 and 2001 to the present, of Directors meeting that is name into nomination, you meetings to voice our opin- with article titles, issue dates, and page numbers devoted to receiving the ions. In our township, we have (subjects for the year 2000 are being added). must declare your candidacy advice of the members by Friday, March 1, 2013. had some success. We have Gazette Many of the issues referenced in these indexes shall be known as the Gen- Please submit a statement succeeded in getting our town are available as PDFs on the Coop’s website. eral Meeting…. The mem- of up to 750 words to to pass a zoning ban which bers who gather to give GazetteSubmissions@ advice to the directors may psfc.coop. Please include choose to vote in order to a small photo for publica- To receive workslot credit for attending the express their support or tion in the Linewaiters’ monthly General Meeting, members must sign up in opposition for any of the Gazette and the member issues that have come proxy mailing. advance in one of the following three ways: before the meeting.” Deciding and ◆ Duties of the Voting On the Coop’s website Directors Candidates will (www.foodcoop.com) The Board of have the opportunity Directors is com- to present their plat- prised of five form at the March 26, elected Coop 2013, General Meeting. ◆ Add your name to members and the the sign-up sheet senior General Every member will Coordinator pres- receive a proxy package in the ground-floor ent. Members in the mail in late May. elevator lobby serve three-year Members may vote by terms. Members of returning their ballot by the Board are expected mail or by bringing it to the to attend GMs monthly. Coop. Members may also ◆ Call the Membership Office They receive Coop work vote at the Annual Meeting credit for their attendance. on June 25, 2013. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 8 8 January 10, 2013 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY COOP HOURS Friday, Jan 18, 8:00 p.m. Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shopping Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Sunday 6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m. *Shoppers must be on a checkout line 15 minutes after closing time. Childcare Hours: David Roche is a talented singer/songwriter who hails Monday through Sunday from an artistic family of musicians and writers. He’s been writing songs slowly but steadily for damn near 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. half a century. He is a long-time Food Coop member Telephone: and New York Giants fan. You can hear the songs from 718-622-0560 his last album Harp Trouble In Heaven at Web address: www.davidroche.net. www.foodcoop.com Professor Louie and Fast Eddie, the Poets of the Street, were both born, bred and buttered in Brooklyn. They have played more rallies, benefits, meetings, demonstra- tions, street fairs, community gardens, block parties, The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope occupations and Food Coop anniversaries than they, Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. or anyone else, can remember. Louie’s mother, Rose, Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The philosophized: “That boy always has something to say.” Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or oth- erwise discriminatory. They have four CDs out on the Free Brooklyn Now label and you have to hurry, there are only a billion left. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES www.ProspectConcerts.tumblr.com All submissions must include author’s name and phone number and conform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters and 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doors open at 7:45] articles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appear Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. in the Coop Calendar opposite. Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be printed if they conform to the guidelines above. The Anonymity and Fairness PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP 782 Union St., Brooklyn, NY 11215 (btwn 6th & 7th Av.) • (718) 622-0560 policies appear on the letters page in most issues. Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Editors will reject articles This Issue Prepared By: that are essentially just advertisements for member businesses and Monthly on the... Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden services. 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Classified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, #2 or #4 type plastics. business card ads at $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” Puzzle Master: Stuart Marquis PLASTIC MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAN & DRY G category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form Final Proofreader: Nancy Rosenberg (available in a wallpocket on the first floor near the elevator). Classi- We close up promptly. fied ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads must Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the Index: Len Neufeld be camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5"). collection end time to allow for inspection and sorting of your plastic. Advertising: Peter Benton Printed by: Tri-Star Offset, Maspeth, NY. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 9 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY January 10, 2013 9 WELCOME! A warm welcome to these new Coop members who have joined us in the last two weeks. We’re glad you’ve decided to be a part of our community. Lantz Arroyo Thisanjali T. Gangoda Caroline Larose Vasudha Talla Julia Barlow James Goward Elizabeth Leeds Marie Thomas Lauryl Berger-Chun Alex Green Rachel Anne Libon Emily Warner Giulia Calenda Allison Grossman Rene Lipsch Katalin Weinhoffer Iryna Chernykh Valentin Gvozdev Reem Makhoul Peter Winkler Sergey Chernykh Ruby Hlivko Lin-Fong Man Eriq Wities Violeta Dishkova Joylynn Holder Lee Mays Allison Wohl Sarah Duncan Denise Howard Celia Maysles Sophie Wolfram Ron (Bezalel) Eichler Michelle Hughes Yulia Nikonova Rachael Wren Anton Eremenko Almin Karamehmedovic Ringo Offerman Eunji Yi Stephen Farrell Amela Karamehmedovic Erez Partush Ethan Youngerman Sam Ferguson Samantha Kelly Galia Partush Casey Fleming Sarah Konner Jill Preston Charles Foster Eric Lagdameo Elizabeth Reynolds Jackelyn Frost Meredith Lanoue Sundeep Suchdev All About the COOP CALENDAR General Meeting New Member Orientations General Meeting Info Our Governing Structure Attending an Orientation is the first step toward From our inception in 1973 to the present, the open Coop membership. Pre-registration is required for TUE, JANUARY 29 monthly General Meetings, to which all members are all of the three weekly New Member Orientations. invited, have been at the center of the Coop’s decision- To pre-register, visit foodcoop.com or contact the GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m. Membership Office. Visit in person or call 718-622- making process. Since the Coop incorporated in 1977, we 0560 during office hours. TUE, FEBRUARY 5 have been legally required to have a Board of Directors. Have questions about Orientation? Please visit AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m. The Coop continued the tradition of General Meetings by www.foodcoop.com and look at the “Join the Coop” Submissions will be considered for the Feb 26 requiring the Board to have open meetings and to receive page for answers to frequently asked questions. the advice of the members at General Meetings. The General Meeting. Board of Directors, which is required to act legally and The Coop on the Internet Gazette Deadlines responsibly, has approved almost every General Meeting www.foodcoop.com decision at the end of every General Meeting. Board members are elected at the Annual Meeting in June. LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: Copies of the Coop’s bylaws are available on the Coop The Coop on Cable TV Jan 24 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Jan 14 Web site, foodcoop.com, at the Coop Community Corner Inside the Park Slope Food Coop FRIDAYS 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Channels: 56 (Time- Feb 7 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Jan 28 and at every General Meeting. Warner), 69 (CableVision), 84 (RCN), 44 (Verizon), CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE: and live streaming on the Web: www.bricartsmedia.org/ Jan 24 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Jan 16 Next Meeting: Tuesday, community-media/bcat-tv-network. Feb 7 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Jan 30 January 29, 7:00 p.m. The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each Attend a GM Park Slope Food Coop month. and Receive Work Credit Mission Statement Location Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem- MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Meeting has been our decision-making body. At the ber-owned and operated food store—an Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. Fourth St. entrance is General Meeting (GM) members gather to make alternative to commercial profit-oriented handicap-accessible. decisions and set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for- business. As members, we contribute our workslot-credit program was created to increase labor: working together builds trust How to Place an Item participation in the Coop’s decision-making process. through cooperation and teamwork and Following is an outline of the program. For full details, see the instruction sheets by the sign-up board. enables us to keep prices as low as possi- on the Agenda ble within the context of our values and • Advance Sign-up required: If you have something you’d like discussed at a General To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your principles. Only members may shop, and Meeting, please complete a submission form for the name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby. The sign- we share responsibilities and benefits Agenda Committee. Forms are available on the Coop Web ups sheet is available all month long, except for the day of equally. We strive to be a responsible and site, foodcoop.com, in the rack near the Coop Community the meeting when you have until 5 p.m. to sign up. On the ethical employer and neighbor. We are a Corner bulletin board and at General Meetings. Instructions day of the meeting, the sign-up sheet is kept in the buying agent for our members and not a and helpful information on how to submit an item appear Membership Office. selling agent for any industry. We are a part on the submission form. The Agenda Committee meets on Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please see the first Tuesday of each month to plan the agenda for the below for details. of and support the cooperative movement. We offer a diversity of products with an GM held on the last Tuesday of the month. If you have a • Two GM attendance credits per year: question, please call Ann Herpel at the Coop. Each member may take advantage of the GM-for- emphasis on organic, minimally pro- workslot-credit program two times per calendar year. cessed and healthful foods. We seek to • Certain Squads not eligible: avoid products that depend on the Meeting Format Eligible: Shopping, Receiving/ Stocking, Food exploitation of others. We support non- Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Meet the Coordinators Processing, Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, toxic, sustainable agriculture. We respect • Submit Open Forum items • Explore meeting literature and FTOP committees. (Some Committees are omitted the environment. We strive to reduce the Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) Open Forum is a time for because covering absent members is too difficult.) impact of our lifestyles on the world we members to bring brief items to the General Meeting. If • Attend the entire GM: share with other species and future genera- an item is more than brief, it can be submitted to the In order to earn workslot credit you must be present tions. We prefer to buy from local, earth- Agenda Committee as an item for a future GM. for the entire meeting. friendly producers. We recycle. We try to Reports (7:30 p.m.) • Financial Report • Coordinators’ • Signing in at the Meeting: lead by example, educating ourselves and Report • Committee Reports 1. After the meeting the Chair will provide the others about health and nutrition, coopera- Workslot Credit Attendance Sheet. Agenda (8:00 p.m.) The agenda is posted on the 2.Please also sign in the attendance book that is tion and the environment. We are com- Coop Web site, foodcoop.com, the Coop Community passed around during the meeting. mitted to diversity and equality. We Corner and may also appear elsewhere in this issue. • Being Absent from the GM: oppose discrimination in any form. We Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) (unless there is a vote to extend It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that strive to make the Coop welcoming and the meeting) • Board of Directors’ vote • Meeting evalua- you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Please accessible to all and to respect the opin- tion • Announcements, etc. do not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations. ions, needs and concerns of every member. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 10 10 January 10, 2013 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY jan 11 Wordsprouts: Poetry and Prose: jan 18 David Roche and fri 7 pm A Group Reading fri 8 pm Professor Louie & Fast Eddie Susan O’Neill is the author of Don’t Mean Nothing David Roche is a talented singer/song- (Ballantine Books, UMass Press and, more recently, Serving writer who hails from an artistic family House Books), a fiction collection based on her hitch as an of musicians and writers. He’s been Army operating-room nurse during the Vietnam war. She’s writing songs slowly but steadily for been the co-editor of Vestal Review, an ezine/print literary journal for “flash fic- damn near half a century. He is a long-time Food Coop member tion,” since it began about 12 years ago. Richard Roundy’s recent publications and New York Giants fan. You can hear the songs from his last include a review in Rain Taxi, fiction in the current issue of Big Bridge, and poetry album Harp Trouble In Heaven at www.davidroche.net. Professor forthcoming in the English Journal. His work has been published in Shiny, Verse, Louie and Fast Eddie, the Poets of the Street, were both born, The Hat, and The Poker, among others. He lives in Windsor Terrace with his wife bred and buttered in Brooklyn. They have played more rallies, and children and has been a Coop member for about 10 years. Pat Smith received benefits, meetings, demonstrations, street fairs, community gar- his MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His play, Driving dens, block parties, occupations and Food Coop anniversaries Around the House (1985), has been produced around the U.S. and is published by than they, or anyone else, can remember. Louie’s mother, Rose, New Rivers Press. Recent poems have been published in Psychic Meatloaf, Haggard philosophized: “That boy always has something to say.” They and Halloo, Apeiron, The Bakery, Eclectica and The Brooklyner. He curates poetry have four CDs out on the Free Brooklyn Now label and you have events for the Brooklyn Reading Works at Park Slope’s Old Stone House. to hurry, there are only a billion left. To book a Wordsprouts, contact Paula Bernstein, [email protected]. Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd St.), $10, doors open at 7:45. Prospect Concerts is a monthly musical fundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. To book a Prospect Concert event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741. jan 12 Reclaiming Legal Standing sat 11 am To Ban Fracking jan 19 Concerned about fracking and the future viability of New York State's food shed and sat 11 am Detoxification eco-systems? Heard reports that fracking contaminates water and pollutes air? Worried about effects another Hurricane Sandy could have on the Rockaway A time-honored tradition, internal cleansing is an intrinsic part of getting and staying Pipeline? Concerned that Spectra, whose pipeline was prematurely installed in the healthy. And with estimates of more than 500,000 toxic chemicals and substances in densely populated West Village, has a dismal safety record? Want to learn how to our environment these days, who isn’t concerned with the possibility of toxic overload? protect your borough and the rest of NYC? The Community Environmental Legal Whether you want to lose weight, clear your skin, reduce bloat, ease pain—just about Defense Fund has guided numerous communities through the process of banning any symptom can benefit from a cleansing program. Join Diane Paxton, MS, LAc, of corporate practices by stripping corporate personhood from corporations and return- Inner Fire Integrative Health Services, as we share information on vital detoxification ing legal standing to the people where it belongs. The aim of this workshop is to protocols for everyone: colon cleansing; ion-detox foot spa; 21-day purification pro- place a Citizens' Initiative based on the work of CELDF on the ballot for the gram; elimination diets. Long-time Coop member Diane Paxton is a licensed acupunc- November 2013 election. Coop member Alice Joyce has been working to ban frack- turist, nutritionist, and colon hydrotherapist with more than 20 years of experience ing since 2013. detoxifying people in New York City. jan 19 Anti-Aging: Facial and jan 12 Auditions for Our sat 2 am Whole-Body Rejuvenation sat 2 – 5 pm Coop Kids’ Variety Show Learn how to: use natural oils and acids that promote cellular renewal and regeneration in your skin; give your face a youthful glow by stimulating collagen production; practice facial Auditions for Coop members ages 4-18, in the Coop second floor massage techniques that relax smile lines and lift sagging jowls; implement three essential meeting room. To reserve an audition spot contact: Martha Siegel, beauty routines; improve digestion and minimize inflammation, the number-one cause of 718-965-3916, [email protected]. You must audition to be aging; eradicate cellulite and minimize wrinkles; and promote longevity and awaken your in the show. Polished act not required for audition; we can help you natural beauty. To register for this event (which is open to all), call Mary Hart of Healing polish it. Singers and other musicians, poets, jugglers, stand-up Heart Acupuncture (917) 797-7445 or e-mail Rebecca Curtis at GreenGemHealth@ comics, rappers, dancers, magicians, gymnasts, etc. (no lip-syncing please). gmail.com. Rebecca Curtis, M.A., M.F.A., CHN, AADP, is a certified holistic nutritionist and Another audition date is Sunday, January 20, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. the founder of Green Gem Holistic Health. Mary Hart, M.S., L.Ac., is a nationally Performance date is Saturday, March 9, 7:00 p.m., at the Old First Church. board–certified acupuncturist and the founder of Healing Heart Acupuncture. jan 18 jan 20 Auditions for Our fri 7 pm Meet Your Mind sun 10:30 am – 1:30 pm Coop Kids’ Variety Show The fundamental nature of our mind is stable, strong and clear—yet these qualities Auditions for Coop members ages 4-18, in the Coop second floor become obscured by the stress and speed of our lives. Meditation opens and calms the meeting room. To reserve an audition spot contact: Martha Siegel, mind. This is a basic meditation class for beginners, and for anyone who would like a 718-965-3916, [email protected]. You must audition to be renewed understanding of the technique. Allan Novick has practiced meditation since in the show. Polished act not required for audition; we can help you 1975. He is a meditation instructor at the New York Shambhala Center and polish it. Singers and other musicians, poets, jugglers, stand-up comics, Nalandabodhi New York. He has been a Coop member for many years and has recently rappers, dancers, magicians, gymnasts, etc. (no lip-syncing please). retired from his position as a school psychologist. Performance date is Saturday, March 9, 7:00 p.m., at the Old First Church. For more information on these and other events, visit the Coop’s website: foodcoop.com All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted. Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 11 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY January 10, 2013 11 Discussion: Proposal for a clarification of Park Slope Food Coop’s boycott policy: the jan 20 Creating Health with the boycott must be directly related to our primary financial responsibility and reason for sun 7 pm existence—the buying and selling of groceries; it must be based on established and Foods of the Season credible information from non-violent sources; and the boycott must be passed by at least an 80% majority at a General Meeting, an 80% majority referendum, or annual Many of us strive to eat healthy, tasty and deliciously, however, to achieve optimal recertification of a previously approved boycott. health, balance with the season and our environment and lifestyle, we need to under- —submitted by Jesse Rosenfeld stand more about the nature of food. The key is the understanding of the Energetics of Subject: Moratorium on Israel Boycott Foods. The Chinese Medicine 5 Elements System, along with its underlying Yin/ Yang Discussion: Five-year moratorium on PSFC Israel Boycott Discussions and Actions. Theory, assists us in determining what food choices we should make. Join us for this —submitted by Murray Lantner discussion on the Water Element. Dan Becker is a dietary health counselor and holistic Subject: Boycott Procedures chef. He has studied with many of the leading macrobiotic teachers throughout the Discussion: No boycott proposal may come before the GM without the prior approval of the U.S. Additionally, he spent four years in China studying Traditional Chinese Medicine at General Coordinators, provided that a petition signed by 51% of the Coop membership can the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has been consulting on diet override the decision of the General Coordinators. —submitted by Eric Eisenstadt with natural foods for more than 20 years. Item 2: Special Election to Agenda Committee Election: The Agenda Committee will present one candidate to fill a vacancy on the Committee. The member will serve the balance of the two-year term, ending in jan 26 What the Tooth Fairy October 2014. —submitted by the Agenda Committee sat 12 pm V. Board of Directors Meeting Never Knew! VI. Wrap-Up. Includes member sign-in for workslot credit. This workshop on nutritional, homeopathic, preventive dentistry is geared for those who For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of want to take responsibility for improving or maintaining their dental health; and, to the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the status of pending learn about the connection between dental problems and systemic diseases. You will be agenda items are available in the Coop office. taught how to analyze oftentimes undiagnosed etiologies of dental diseases, TM joint problems, headaches and loosening teeth. Dental controversies like mercury fillings, root canals and placing nickel on your children’s teeth will be included in this sympo- feb 1 Film Night: George Harrison: sium. Dr. Stephen R. Goldberg DDS, is a Nationally Certified Clinical Nutritionist fri 7 pm (CCN), Acupuncturist and Oral Myofunctional (Swallowing) Therapist. Living in the Material World George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Part II) focuses the imaginative and inspired eye of one of cinema’s most pre- jan 27 Peeling the Onion: eminent filmmakers on one of the world’s most influential sun 12 pm men. Part I screened here in January. The film takes viewers A Workshop on Research on the musical and spiritual voyage that was George Harrison’s life, much of it told in his own words. The result is deeply Are you frustrated by how long it takes to find useful information about a given topic? moving and touches each viewer in unique and individual ways. The film’s producer Overwhelmed by the Internet and all the data out there? Unsure when to trust a source? and assistant editor, Blair Foster and Michael J. Palmer, will attend for a Q&A. Unable to translate your information needs to concrete queries? Learn about the current To book a Film Night, contact Faye Lederman, [email protected]. information environment and how to navigate its layers for more fruitful searching ses- sions. Whether you’re a student, a community activist, an independent journalist or just someone who wants to be more efficient, come for research tips and tricks (and bring feb 2 your own to share)! Arpita Bose is a medical librarian and director of a hospital library Introduction to Infant Massage in Brooklyn. She has taught numerous workshops in consumer health for librarians in sat 12 pm New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Melissa Morrone is a public librari- If you’re a parent with a newborn to year-old infant, here’s a perfect way to spend an an in Brooklyn. She has presented and conducted workshops at a variety of venues. hour that will benefit you and your child for a lifetime. Infant massages are a proven method for parents to bond with and contribute to the health and happiness of their newborn or infant child. Learn to speak infant, express through touch, soothe and calm jan 29 the baby and give the loving, nurturing attention that accelerates neural and tactile PSFC JAN General Meeting development. Coop member Deirdre Lovell is a licensed massage therapist and mas- tue 7 pm sage therapy instructor, former performing artist and mother. Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in parentheses are suggestions. More information on each item may be avail- able on the entrance table at the meeting. We ask members to feb 5 please read the materials available between 7 and 7:15 p.m. tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting Meeting location: MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. Fourth St. entrance is handicap-accessible. The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the I. Member Arrival and Meeting Warm-Up agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with II. Open Forum committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda III. Coordinator and Committee Reports Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission IV. Meeting Agenda Form, both available from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. The next General Item 1: A Discussion on Boycotts Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 26, 7 p.m., at MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., Subject: Revised boycott policy for new and renewed boycott proposals. between Fourth and Fifth Sts. feb 7 Food Class: Gluten-Free Valentine’s Day Treats feb 12 Safe Food Committee Film Night feb 8 Wordsprouts feb 15 Prospect Concerts feb 9 Valentine’s Day Card-Making Party feb 15–16 Blood Drive feb 10 Sound for Meditation and Health feb 23 Reclaiming Legal Standing to Ban Fracking Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 12 12 January 10 2013 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY ARCHIVING THE COOP ARSENIC dards. Yet isn’t this precisely what the 2. Lobby to change the laws gov- TO OUR FELLOW COOP Coop’s leaders should be doing—lob- erning arsenic testing and regulation; MEMBERS, DEAR GAZETTE: bying our elected officials, or creating 3. Create a committee to research This is in response to the Gazette’s a committee to oversee and monitor the issue and publish follow-up arti- You may have noticed a section October 4 article on a Consumer this issue? cles; headed “From the Archives” in recent Reports’ study published November Joe Holtz, while stating he takes 4. Consider an FOIA request to the issues of the Gazette. Did you know the 2012 on the high levels of inorganic this “seriously,” claims the Coop lacks FDA, to obtain the results of its Coop has an Archives Committee? arsenic levels found in all rice and rice the resources to do testing, and had arsenic over the past 30 years, and Like the computer programmers, the products, including the brand of no proposal for what the Coop can do. publish the results. vitamin workers, and the composters, organic brown rice the Coop sells, Ironically, this is the same Joe Cooperatively yours, we archivists represent a smaller Lundberg. Holtz who, in a sharp break with Coop Carol Lipton point of the constellation that is the Lundberg has been farming organi- tradition, wrote a full-page open let- Coop workforce. cally since 1937. The Gazette, while ter to the membership on March 8, LETTER IMPERFECT Among other things, we have been noting that rice grown in the South urging us to “vote Coop” and using his organizing and scanning an eclectic tested highest for arsenic, Lundberg position as General Coordinator to Non-delivery of my mail collection of Linewaiters’ Gazette photos Farm’s organic brown rice, sourced influence Coop voting on what was a Had me frazzled, grumbling, nervous in preparation for the Coop’s 40th from California tested high as well. democratic process, one used previ- To the point I had no choice anniversary celebration, and we’ve Consumer Reports makes it clear that ously in 1994, to boycott all products But to gripe to the Postal Service. started sharing a sampling in each anyone consuming more than one from the State of Colorado after it Rep from its Consumer Affairs, issue. Check out our section on page serving of brown rice per day, includ- passed an anti-gay ordinance. Boasting of the group’s advances, 16 in this issue. ing the Lundberg brand, is virtually The author suggests that we adopt Sent assurances of succor— And we want you to be part of this guaranteed to have elevated arsenic an “arsenic avoidance diet,” and the By email! Rep is taking no chances. project! Keep an eye on our regular levels in their blood. Coop has since followed up with an Leon Freilich Gazette section, and send your com- Lundberg’s plan to test for arsenic article highlighting other grains. This ments, questions, and memories to will not take effect for three years, and might be good in theory, but the reali- [email protected]. In the the FDA has failed to issue a health ty is that nothing can replace the next couple of months, we will also be advisory or publish the results of its taste, texture, or versatility of brown asking members to submit their own findings. rice. For those people for whom rice is snapshots and memorabilia to the The author seems to subscribe to a staple, a plan to avoid brown rice is Coop archives. Stay tuned for more Food & Water Watch’s approach, for simply unworkable, especially for any- information and sharing guidelines. individuals to write letters and lobby one on a gluten-free or macrobiotic Ivy, June, Lana, and Melissa for the Coop government officials to pressure the diet. Archives Committee FDA to develop clear arsenic stan- I think the Coop needs to be far more proactive. Here are some sug- gestions: 1. Dialogue with researchers at Consumer Reports and Lundberg farms, create a database for Coop members, obtain updates on their testing, and consider a Q&A forum, or workshop at the 2013 Brooklyn Food Conference; LETTERS POLICY We welcome letters from members. Submission tual coverage: deadlines appear in the Coop Calendar. All let- 1. The Gazette will not publish hearsay—that ters will be printed if they conform to the pub- is, allegations not based on the author's first- lished guidelines. We will not knowingly publish hand observation. articles which are racist, sexist or otherwise dis- 2. Nor will we publish accusations that are criminatory not specific or are not substantiated by factual The maximum length for letters is 500 assertions. words. Letters must include your name and 3. Copies of submissions that make substan- phone number and be typed or very legibly tive accusations against specific individuals will handwritten. Editors will reject letters that are be given to those persons to enable them to Are you a novelist, poet, playwright, illegible or too long. write a response, and both submissions and songwriter, essayist, journalist, or blogger? You may submit on paper, typed or very legi- response will be published simultaneously. 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Such letters will be published only where a reason is given to the Respect Do you want to meet fellow Coop writers? editor as to why public identification of the Letters must not be personally derogatory or writer would impose an unfair burden of embar- insulting, even when strongly criticizing an indi- Wordsprouts, the Park Slope Food Coop’s reading series, rassment or difficulty. Such letters must relate vidual member's actions. Letter writers must is looking for writers who are members of the Coop. to Coop issues and avoid any non-constructive, refer to other people with respect, refrain from Even if you’re not ready to commit to an upcoming event, non-cooperative language. calling someone by a nickname that the person drop us a line and let us know you’re out there! never uses himself or herself, and refrain from Fairness comparing other people to odious figures like E-mail [email protected]. In order to provide fair, comprehensive, fac- Hitler or Idi Amin. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 13 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY January 10, 2013 13 BDS TOPICS: not to attend the General Meeting including ordained clergy, laypeople, call to maintain the state of oppres- “reflect the fatigue and burn out over young people, older people, men and sion as it is and justifies keeping the drawn-out debate, the desire that women, activists and academics, silent.’ Globally there are around 16 DEFINING REJECTION the issue just go away.”(12/27/12) He produced the document after a year Kairos groups representing a wide might not call this a rejection, but it and a half. Rifat Odeh Kassis, a 54 range of organizations and churches TO THE EDITOR: is not an endorsement either. Mr. year old Lutheran, the coordinator in many different places. There have Less than 4% of the total Coop Barouh’s speculation comes close to and chief spokesperson for the group been conferences; many groups membership voted in favor of hold- my own evaluation that the BDS dis- said: ‘the Kairos Palestine Document has visit and dialog with us. ing a referendum on BDS. The fact cussion “is of no relevance, appropri- a strong support base; more than Kairos USA was launched for illustrates that support within the ateness or benefit to the Park Slope 3,000 Palestinian Christian figures American Christians, June 2011, by Coop for joining the BDS movement Food Coop community.” have signed and adopted it, as have a group of U.S. clergy, theologians is only marginal. However, David Finally, while I respect Mr. many Christian organizations.’ Most and laypersons. Kairos USA advo- Barouh and Naomi Brussel, in sepa- Barouh’s his right to disagree with Palestinian Christians support the cates for U.S. churches to support rate letters, take issue with my char- me on what constitutes an “over- BDS call. The heads of churches are the BDS movement, divesting acterizing the vote as an whelming rejection,” I have to take more hesitant in expressing public church funds from companies prof- “overwhelming rejection.”(11/29/12) exception to inclusion of the Mark support. ‘Israel blackmails them iting from Israel’s occupation of the The attendance at the General Twain quote, implying I am using sta- against participating in such West Bank, East Jerusalem and Meeting was not a statistical sample. tistics to be dishonest. To my mind, activism.’ blockade of Gaza. It was a self-selected group of 10% of this pushes the envelope of the Kairos’ first goal is to strengthen Their statement: BDS is directed the members who were highly moti- Gazette’s Letters Policy on Fairness the Palestinian Christian’s capacity at Israel’s unjust and oppressive poli- vated to vote. For every 2 who were in and Respect. to organize under repression. Kairos cies, not at the state itself or its citi- favor, there were more than 3 of us Barbara Mazor has a theological component: high- zens and not against the Jewish opposed. The remaining 90% of lighting the Palestinian understand- people. Methods to exert economic members, for whatever reasons, PALESTINIAN ing of Christianity and countering the pressure on governments and com- chose not to attend. theology that harms our rights and panies are legal, ethical and time- The BDS advocates sought to have CHRISTIANS CALL FOR our struggle. There are multiple tested ways of influencing the the Coop endorse their political pro- BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL: advocacy projects in Palestine: BDS, political process and corporate gram, imposing identification with KAIROS PALESTINE “Come and See” pilgrimages, cam- behavior. the goals of the BDS movement upon DOCUMENT, 2009 paigns for religious freedom, resid- 2012 historic actions by U.S. the entire membership. It was their ing rights in Jerusalem, outreach to churches: Methodist, Presbyterian: job to garner support for this extraor- youth, women, clergy and inclusion voted to boycott settlement prod- dinary measure. BDS failed to obtain COOP MEMBERS: in school curriculum. ucts. Quakers: divested from compa- the active support of more than 4% of December 2009: prominent Pales- Kairos’ second goal is addressed nies profiting from Israel’s the membership. tinian Christian leaders released the to Christians around the world ask- occupation. October letter to Con- Ms. Brussel calls this “flawed as a historical Kairos Palestine Document. ing them to stand against injustice gress: questioning unconditional democratic process.” Yet, no one was (Kairos is a Greek word meaning ‘the embodied in Israel’s multi-formed military aid to Israel. denied the opportunity to attend the right or opportune moment’). It oppression of Palestinians, Chris- December publications: IMEU: General Meeting and cast a vote. echoed a similar summons by South tians and Muslims. Kasis says this “Palestinian Christians in the Holy Those who cared came. While Ms. African churches in 1985, calling on calls for taking sides: ‘our occupa- Land.“ Palestine News Network: “Col- Brussel objects to 6% stopping the the world’s churches to begin ‘a sys- tion is not balanced. We are not onizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli forwarding of the referendum, she tem of economic sanctions and boy- equal sides: Israel is the strongest Occupation and Bethlehem.” seems to have no problem with 4% cott against Israel.’ party, they occupy us, and they Mary Buchwald pushing it forward. (12/13/12) Kairos Palestine, a group of oppress us. Any talk about main- Brooklyn For Peace On the other hand, Mr. Barouh around15 members representing a taining ‘balance’ in such a pro- PSFC members for BDS speculates that the 90% who chose wide range of denominations, foundly unbalanced situation is a www.psfcbds.wordpress.com THANK YOU! Thank you to the following members for referring friends who Follow the Food Coop joined the Coop in the last four weeks. on Thomas Ahern Penelope Mahot Lawson Shadburn Anna Anderson Bruce Markow Mark Snyder Caroline Bacquet-Walsh Marianne Olesen Lee Solomon Vanessa Baish Tanya Ostromogilskaya Wendy Stephenson Regina Beider Jessica P. 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Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the (Classified ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” cate- center of this issue. An asterisk (*) denotes a Coop member. gory are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form. SAT, JAN 12 3-5 p.m. Free Classes for adult 8 p.m. Hard Times and Good Classified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Dis- survivors of domestic violence Times:Old-Time Country Night play ads must be camera-ready and business card size (2" x 12:30-2:30 p.m. FREE 5-Week and sexual assault , on a sliding at Peoples’ Voice Cafe; Tickets 3.5" horizontal). Pre-Teen Self-Defense Class for scale for everyone else. Email us are $18, $10 for members. Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near the pre-teen girls and transyouth to register for our 5-week self- Nobody will be turned away. elevator in the entrance lobby. ages 10-12. Next class will take defense course at CAE 327 7th Peoples’ Voice Cafe at the Com- place at CAE 327 7th Street, Street, Bklyn, NY starting Jan. munity Church of NYUU, 40 East Bklyn, NY 11215 starting Jan 12th. [email protected] or 718- 35th St, NY NY www.peo- 12th. RSVP to [email protected]. 788-1775. plesvoicecafe.org. See website for more listings. SUN, JAN 27 4 p.m. BPL Chamber players present Alan R. Kay, clarinet Eliot Bailen, cello Margaret Kampmeier, piano; Admission is free; Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture at the Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, Bklyn, NY. ADVERTISE ON THE WEB If your ad would benefit from broader exposure, try the Coop's web page, www.foodcoop.com. The ads are FREE. Alphaword What Is That? How Do I Use It? 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Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 2013-01-10 p1-16_Layout 1 1/9/13 4:32 PM Page 16 16 January 10, 2013 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY ✮✮✮✮ EXCITING WORKSLOT OPPORTUNITIES ✮✮✮✮ interested or would Refrigerator Cleaning like more informa- Bathroom Cleaning Wednesday, 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, 12 to 2 p.m. tion, please call This position requires a desire to do Work with a partner to deep clean the Jana or Annette in physical work, enjoy cleaning, and Coop’s bathrooms. Tasks include the Membership organize refrigerators. You will thor- scrubbing floor tiles, cleaning toilets, Office. oughly clean the refrigerator, remov- mopping floors and stocking the ing all movable parts and cleaning bathrooms. You will work with only them; label food items; and discard natural cleaning products. This job is old or out-of- perfect for members date products. Office Data Entry who like to clean Please speak to Thursday, 4 to 6:45 p.m. and are consci- Adriana in the To apply for this job, you must have entious about Membership been a member for at least one year doing a thor- Office if you are with excellent attendance. Are you a ough job. interested. stickler for details and accurate on the computer? Do you like working independently? If this sounds like Store Equipment Laundry Prep & you, then Office Data Entry will be Miscellaneous your perfect shift. Please speak to Cleaning Ginger Jung in the Membership Office Monday, 6 to 8 a.m. Cleaning (or put a note in The Coop is looking for members Friday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. her mailbox) to clean the checkout area of the The Coop is looking for members to prior to the first store. It entails cleaning the collect the laundry from around the shift for more scales at each checkout and vac- building and prepare it for washing, information uuming around the base of the in-house. After starting the first load and to sched- checkout station as well as of laundry, you’ll complete the bal- ule training. sweeping and occasional- ance of the shift with miscellaneous You must make a ly mopping. You will work cleaning tasks. Instructions and six-month commit- under the supervision of checklists will be provided. If you are ment to this workslot. a staff person. FROM THE ARCHIVES New Year, New Building You call this crowded? If you can believe it, the Coop used to be less than half the size it is now. The Coop started out leasing space in the Mongoose Community Center at 782 Union Ave.—in early Linewaiters’ issues, the Coop is referred to as the Mongoose Food Coop. In 1980, it formally took over the building at 782 but quickly outgrew its small quarters. The building immediately west of the Coop was purchased on December 16, 1988, for $345,000. And even that wasn’t enough! On January 26, 1999, the Coop acquired its neighbor- ing building to the east, once home to Cline’s Rug Cleaners, for $867,500. Have you been a member long enough to remember what shopping at the Coop was like before the expansions? Tell us your story! Please send your comments, questions, and memories to [email protected]. —Archives Committee ✮ ✮New location for General Meeting: ✮ MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth & Fifth Sts. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com