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Volume JJ, Number 5 March 5, 2015 The Northeast Organic Farming Cooking with Wine Association: Annual Conference A wine that gives pleasure in the glass will add flavor to the dish PHOTO COURTESY OF FIELD GOODS Field Goods produce.

By Brian Dentz down shirts, a few dreadlock ach year around this time youths and a handful of aca- Ewhen the ground is snow demic types who teach and covered and the soil frozen do research in agriculture.

PHOTO BY ROBIN CAIOLA PHOTO BY MIKE RICCA solid, the Northeast Organic The January event was the Chefs Katy Sparks and John Tucker. Farming Association of New 33rd annual conference, held York holds its Annual Organic in Saratoga Springs. By Thomas Matthews Valley appellation of Chinon. those sublime sense memo- Farming and Gardening Con- The conference included eef bourguignon. Veal “Chef Peter Hoffman pre- ries of taste and smell that I ference. Hundreds of farm- dozens of workshops with titles BMarsala. Pears poached pared a regional specialty of will always remember.” ers, seed sellers, agricultural such as; “Modular Cathedral in red wine. the Western Loire—Matelote, Home cooks can share this finance people, purveyors of Tunnel Building For Four Sea- Wine’s rightful place is in a a stew of eels, mushrooms, magic by learning how to cook new farming techniques and son Vegetable Production” and glass, at the table, shared with bacon and red wine—made with wine. It’s not difficult, technologies gather to share others called, “Full on Farm friends over a good meal. But with, and served with, Joguet’s and there are many ways to ideas, catch up with old Finance: Budget and Planning a good meal can be even bet- Chinon. The preparation of live incorporate wine into a wide friends and do business. for Start Up and Growth” as well ter when wine is used in pre- eels for your Matelote is not variety of dishes, creating fla- Attendees are a mix of as a workshop called, “Negoti- paring the dishes. for the faint of heart, but we’ll vors that will please any taste. people dressed in plaid ation Skills.” Most workshops John Tucker is owner of save that story for another day. shirts and baseball hats, dealt with the nuts and bolts of Rose Water restaurant on “The finished stew was a Choosing the Wine men and women wearing running a farm. Union St., a block from the savory marvel of a feast, but So-called “cooking wines” clean jeans and blue button CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Coop, and he’s been a Coop it was the way that the wine are available on supermarket member since 1999. in the glass played off of and shelves, but I advise avoiding Next General Meeting on March 31 “My first taste of how mag- complemented the wine in them. They are generally made The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on ical cooking with wine can the stew that was a revela- from low-quality bulk wine, the last Tuesday of each month. The March General Meeting will be came in the late nineties tion for me. The deep earth- and salt is usually added as a be on Tuesday, March 31, at 7:00 p.m. at MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., when I worked at the late great iness in both the drink and preservative. “Cooking wine” between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. The Savoy in SoHo,” he recalls. the dish, and the fresh fruit is not meant for drinking, and Fourth St. entrance is handicap-accessible.. “We hosted a special wine- of the young wine in the glass any wine that doesn’t give The agenda is in this Gazette, on the Coop website at www. maker dinner with Charles at counterpoint to the cooked pleasure in the glass won’t add foodcoop.com and available as a flier in the entryway of the Joguet, the iconic master of fruit in the stew—different, pleasure to a dish. Coop. For more information about the GM and about Coop gov- Cabernet Franc in the Loire yet the same—created one of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ernance, please see the center of this issue.

Thu, Mar 5 • Food Class: Kitchen Pharmacy 7:30 p.m. IN THIS ISSUE Tue, Mar 10 • Safe Food Committee Film Night: Smells Like Green Spirit 4 Seeds of Death 7:00 p.m. Puzzle 5 Coop Coordinator’s Corner 6 Fri, Mar 13 • Wordsprouts: New Ways to Welcome Spring Committee Reports 7 Event 7:00 p.m. Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement 9 Calendar of Events 10 Highlights Fri, Mar 20 • Film Night: 1964 7:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor 12 Community Calendar 14 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Exciting Workslot Opportunities, Classifieds 15 Candidate for Board of Directors 16 2 March 5, 2015 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY

Wine it’s never wrong to choose a exposure to acidity can turn CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 wine you like to drink, then proteins mushy. use some of it in the dish. And Some marinades are dis- “We use a decent quality frugality is no vice. carded before cooking, but for Red Wine Braised Onions with wine at Rose Water,” Tucker Katy Sparks is owner of many dishes—including such Thyme, Orange Zest and Roquefort says. “But for special dish- Katy Sparks Culinary Consult- classics as beef bourguignon By Katy Sparks es where wine is a featured ing, a Brooklyn-based bou- and coq au vin—it goes into part of the flavor profile, tique consulting firm, and a the cooking pot. These are Wine suggestions: A fruity, low-tannin red works best in we’ll break out the good stuff Coop member since 2001. basically braises (where the this dish. Here are options, from lighter- to fuller-bod- because it really does make a She says “Sometimes the main ingredient is browned ied: Beaujolais, Dolcetto, Garnacha, Zinfandel, Syrah, difference—the quality and best wine choice is whatever before it is immersed in Amarone complexity of the wine can you have a bit of leftover from the liquid) and stews (with- shine through in the cooking a couple of nights ago! The out browning). Braises can Equipment: A small to medium sized, heavy-bottomed just as it can in the glass.” flavors will decline over time, include wine, stock, water, non-reactive skillet with a lid There are many ways but for a week or so most vegetables such as onions to approach the choice. It wines that had some quality and carrots, herbs like rose- Ingredients: makes a nice symmetry to to begin with will be just fine mary and bay leaf or any exot- 2 Tbsp. butter use red Burgundy in a beef for cooking.“ ic flavors you would like to 2 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced bourguignon. But structur- However, Sparks warns, “DO taste in the finished dish. 3 red onions, peeled and cut into quarters, al considerations are most taste the wine before adding to Once the meat is fully leaving the stem end attached important. the dish. It may have gone off cooked and tender, you can 1½ cups fruity, low-tannin red wine Harvey Steiman, editor at somehow or be corked. Wine is remove it from the pot, then 1 Tbsp. local or raw honey large at Wine Spectator (where a living entity and can change bring the liquid to a rapid sim- 1 bay leaf I am executive editor) has dramatically in the bottle. And mer, to thicken and concentrate 2 sprigs fresh thyme written several cookbooks. tasting while cooking is always it. Keep tasting, and adjust the 3 long strips orange peel, at least 1/2-inch thick He says, “When you apply fun as well!” flavors as the sauce thickens. ¼ tsp. lightly crushed coriander seed heat to wine, what’s left is the “I love to echo the main ¼ tsp. sea salt basic structure and dominant The Mechanics flavor notes in a wine with 1/3 cup crumbled Roquefort or an aged goat cheese flavors. If the wine tastes pri- There are three basic the garnishes that go into the Fresh thyme for garnish marily of cherries, you might cooking techniques that dish,” Sparks says. “One of my Freshly grated orange zest for garnish get a hint of cherry flavor in incorporate wine into food: favorite ways to treat beef is to Optional: Toasted sliced almonds or pine nuts the dish, depending on what marinades, where the wine is cook it in a big Barolo [an Ital- else is in the pot. But mainly, used before cooking; braising ian red] and add dried cher- Method: you get whatever sweetness, or stewing, where the ingre- ries and oil-cured black olives Heat the butter in the skillet until it begins to foam. Add acidity and tannins are there. dient is slow-cooked in wine; to the sauce at the end.” the cut onions and brown lightly on each side. Add the “Acidity is the main reason and reducing, where wine is Stews and braises general- sliced garlic and cook 1 minute over medium heat. Add we use wine in a dish. It perks added to the pan after cook- ly require hours of simmering, the wine plus 1 cup of cold water. Add the honey, bay up flavors in the same way ing to create a sauce. and the long cooking process leaf, thyme, orange peel, coriander seed and salt. Bring that a squeeze of lemon might. In a marinade, wine is helps integrate the flavors of to a simmer, cover and cook at a simmer for 30–40 min- Good cooks know that this one element in a liquid that the dish, including the wine. utes. Check periodically, adding more water if needed, changes the balance of a dish, bathes food for a period of But wine can add a quick hit of until a syrupy sauce coats the onions and the onions are and make sure there is some time before cooking. The acid flavor, too, in a process called very tender when pierced with a fork. Remove the thyme sweetness to compensate, in the wine tenderizes the reduction. If you are sautéing sprigs, bay leaf and orange peel but reserve the liquid. either in the form of onions food, while adding flavor. Fish a fish fillet or a chicken breast, and carrots or with the simple might be immersed in a white for example, a splash of wine Serving: addition of a sprinkle of sugar. wine-based marinade for as can make a quick pan sauce Serve the onions slightly warm or at room temperature. Tannins remain in the finished little as half an hour, while sparkle. Spoon the juices over them and garnish with a crumble dish, so if you don’t want the beef might rest in a red wine “I use the technique called of Roquefort (or goat cheese). Toasted nuts are a nice burr of that texture on your marinade for a day or more. de-glazing a lot,” Sparks says. option. palate, don’t use a tannic wine Use a high-acid wine (whites “This is the practice of using in cooking. Tannic wines are like Sauvignon Blanc, for wine (or another liquid) to Yields approximately 2 cups or garnish for 4–6 people. good for marinating, however. example) for brief marinades, dissolve and capture all the And if the wine is sweet, it’s just but lower-acid wines (such as delicious pan juices that get like adding sugar to the recipe.” a Zinfandel for beef) for lon- stuck to the pan after you If this seems complicated, ger marinades, as too much have roasted or sautéed an item. This ‘fond’ is something to make champagne sorbet to you use a cup in your dish, a you want to make sure to not pair with raw oysters.” reduction sauce might retain leave behind!” less than half an ounce of Remove the ingredient from Health Matters pure alcohol. Even if you pour the pan, add several ounces of Some people may want a whole bottle into your stew, wine, and turn up the heat; the wine’s flavors, but not its alco- you’ll wind up with less than wine will dissolve the “fond” hol. During cooking, much of an ounce of alcohol. Never- and capture all its flavors. the alcohol will evaporate. theless, always inform your But, Sparks warns, “Reducing According to Wikipedia, the guests if you’re cooking with the wine must be done slowly US Department of Agriculture’s alcohol, in case they have and carefully to avoid burn- Nutrient Data Laboratory cal- allergies or health problems. ing the natural sugars in the culated the percentage of alco- Wine has also been found wine which would leave a bit- hol remaining in a dish based to provide some benefits ter aftertaste. Once the wine on various cooking methods. to health, but it’s unclear has been reduced to nappe, When wine was cooked for whether these remain after which means to lightly coat a less than 15 minutes (as in a cooking. Generally, it’s best spoon, then swirling in a nob reduction sauce), nearly half to focus on good ingredients, of high quality butter or a dash the alcohol remained; after moderation and pleasure, of sweet cream is enough to two hours of cooking (as in whether the wine is in the make a delicious sauce.” stews and braises), less than dish or the glass. Or you could just skip the 10 percent remained. The accompanying reci- cooking part altogether. For Remember that these are pe for onions braised in red example, Tucker says, ”General- percentages of the alcohol wine comes from Chef Sparks. ly you want the alcohol to cook originally contained in the liq- It’s an easy and tasty way to out, but sometimes it’s fun to uid. Wine generally contains explore cooking with wine. keep it in. For example, we like 12–15 percent alcohol so if Bon appétit! n

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Organic Farming estimated that 30% of their regarding the viability of its sales now are done via the agricultural sector, she real- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 website where they list each ized that small farmers were Among the 40 tables at week what is available and lacking sufficient distribu- the tradeshow section of the clients can click and order tion channels. She also saw gathering were two players in what they want. The food is the growing interest among the organic food world who delivered direct to the client. consumers in eating local are both applying the tech- Dick explained that part of his healthy food. She just need- nology of the Internet in inno- motivation is based on what ed to connect the dots. vative ways to help connect all farmers and businesses Like a CSA, Field Goods customers who want to eat aim for: “Farmers are always delivers a bag of produce local with small farms in need looking to do things cheaper without giving the customer of a marketplace. One is a and reach more people.” the option to choose specif- long established organic farm Not all the products on ics. Whatever is being locally and the other, a four-year-old the website are produced harvested that week is in the

start-up. One puts a local spin on Grindstone Farm. Some bag. “Some of what we can do PHOTOS COURTESY OF GRINDSTONE FARM on a Fresh Direct–like model. are sourced from other local for our farmers is buy surplus Richard De Graff demonstrates his apparatus. The other has an expanded farms and other products, from a bumper crop. We also CSA–like approach. such as bananas and coco- buy ‘excess’ in the sense that dards. They grow carrots, not eliminate visual selection, farmers need to over grow to a carrot–like product.” reduce waste in distribu- make sure they have product When discussing the sub- tion, emphasize variety, and for markets, stands and CSAs. ject of imperfect looking pro- maximize distribution effi- We can pick up that overage.” duce, Donna’s passion rises, ciencies. That is what Field While they used to “We don’t care what the pro- Goods does.” primarily buy the duce looks like. We care if it Field Goods provides “extra” produce food to its subscribers year from a farmer, round, packing root vegeta- things bles, apples, beans, frozen have start- ed to Richard De Graff’s root vegetable cleaning apparatus. change with the Standing in front of a nuts, can’t be grown locally. rapid 10-foot-long spinning wood- Victoria, Dick’s wife, growth of en cylinder was Richard De helped put their business the com- Graff of Grindstone Farm, online by being part of the pany. “We better known to many at the team that built their e-com- are having conference as Dick. When merce website. In addition to more and he’s not managing his organic the desire many consumers more farmers

farm, which sits on 250 acres have to buy local, fresh and grow for us.” ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL BUCKLEY in Pulaski, NY (290 miles organic food, they want con- Donna explained. northwest of Brooklyn) he’s venience, Victoria explained. Farmers know making and selling farming “People like it fast and easy; that the rules, which apply produce, greenhouse spin- equipment, the business his they get what they want.” to selling their produce in ach or kale in its weekly bag parents were in. Behind him A short distance from Dick’s the retail/wholesale market, is fresh. How it tastes and during the winter months. was a root vegetable cleaning table at the tradeshow stood do not apply when providing how it is farmed. This allows Field Goods has grown apparatus, which he designed an energetic woman named to Field Greens. This means us to offer a huge variety of dramatically each year, now and built, and is currently Donna Williams, represent- that produce, which is often fabulous produce that peo- serving 10 times the num- selling on the tradeshow floor. ing a fast growing company discarded because of visual ple most likely wouldn’t buy ber of subscribers since He’s no stranger to the she found which provides a imperfections, can be sold to because it looked funny.” their first season in 2011. Park Slope Food Coop, where CSA–like distribution service Field Greens. When discussing large- What started as a one-wom- he sends a large quantity of in the Hudson Valley region. “We select for our cus- scale industrialized farm- an operation now has 23 his blueberries as well as Field Goods, based in Ath- tomer and effectively take ing and distribution, Donna employees. They are soon to onions, shallots and aspar- ens, NY, uses their website to him out of the decision loop, comments, “This food has no move from their 5,000-sq.- agus. The eggs sold at the help bring fresh produce from we are not forcing farmers greater relationship to real ft. warehouse in Athens, NY, Coop with the handwritten a large variety of local small to grow product for us that food than the Barbie doll into an 18,000-sq.-ft. cold expiration date on the carton farms to their network of 2200 needs to meet visual and has to a real woman. …The storage warehouse facility in also pass through his farm. customers (which they refer to other retail specific stan- solution to this system is to the same town. n Grindstone Farm acts as a as “subscribers”). Field Goods distributor, sending these purchases from 80 small local eggs produced by 12 local farms, sorts and bags the vari- Amish farms to the Coop two ety of fruits and vegetables times a week. The cartons and brings the produce to have handwritten informa- 325 weekly drop-off locations. tion on them because the These drop-off locations are As part of Principle 6, Cooperation Among Cooperatives, Amish don’t use printers, typically schools, work places Dick explained. and community centers as far the Food Coop is supporting the burgeoning Cooperative Aside from providing fruits north as Saratoga and as far Economics Alliance of NYC (CEANYC) to build and expand the and vegetables for the 125 south as Yonkers. Each sub- solidarity and cooperative economy in the five boroughs. members of Grindstone’s scriber selects from three sizes Coop members with the following skills can receive FTOP credit for CSA, Dick enthusiastically of bags at a cost of $20, $25 filling the following recurring roles: spoke about their website and $30. The subscriber picks side of the business which up his/her bag each week at a • web and graphic design • website development has been in operation since prearranged location. • outreach and community organizing 2000. It’s set up like Fresh Donna Williams holds an • project management and meeting facilitation Direct, only most of the pro- MBA from Columbia Univer- • secretary and treasurer duties duce comes from a local farm. sity and worked in the past We are seeking members who reflect the diversity of the Coop. “Our website has changed the as an executive for a natural E-mail [email protected] with a resume or portfolio way we sell and grow stuff,” food company. While doing Dick said with a smile. He research for Greene County and why you would like to support cooperation in NYC.

Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 4 March 5, 2015 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY Smells Like Green Spirit: Perfumes from Nature cross-referencing. Once she said. “Instead of doing ruses and herbs, very light out of college I became a it the usual way, where you and fleeting. When you first floral designer, and just use essential oils and break smell a natural perfume on immersed myself in plants. them down in alcohol, I’ve your skin, you predominant- I think I was trying to work in been researching and trying ly smell the top notes. They a nursery, and couldn’t find to recreate old cologne for- establish the initial impres- a job, so I got a job as a flo- mulas, but using the actual sion and disappear. Then ral designer and went down plants, rather than the oil you’re left with the middle that road for awhile.” that is derived from it. The and the bottom. The middle Her work as a massage oldest formula I’ve found is notes, which are a little lon- therapist led Julianne to Carmelite Water. I think it’s ger lasting, are also known aromatherapy; from there from the 14th century. Car- as the heart of the perfume. she got interested in per- melite nuns made it for King They’re generally flowers fumery. “It’s just a lot more Charles V, and I happened to with a smattering of herbs creative,” she said. “There find a recipe in a really old, and spices, and soon they are things you can use in old book.” will dissipate and you’re left perfumery that you can’t with the bottom. Bottom use therapeutically. Since Tastes Great, Too notes are the least volatile; I’m a natural collector, I The herb garden is a they’re the most tenacious started collecting oils and I source for another of Juli- and they’re what make the just became really fascinat- anne’s creations: cocktail perfume last on your skin. ed with the oils themselves. distillations. “I always had Without them your perfume And then I had to use them.” this angelica plant growing would be really fleeting.” there, and one day I cut off Her Nose Knows a stalk, and all I could think Aromas for All Once she started collect- was that it would make a Julianne’s products aren’t ing oils Julianne learned her very, very interesting Bloody solely directed at women. “I nose was something spe- Mary,” she said. “Angelica really like men’s fragranc- cial. “I took a lavender class has a celery flavor, but more es—they’re a little heavier

PHOTO BY SHIA LEVITT with Jeanne Rose, she’s sort sophisticated. I chopped on the bottom notes,” she Longtime Coop member Julianne Zaleta. of a grande dame of aro- up the angelica and put in said. “A lot of my perfumes matherapy, and she had 14 vodka and it was great! I’m and colognes could be uni- By Pat Smith den when I was little and different lavender oils. In fascinated by the extractive sex. My perfume Flora is he sweet smell of she pretty much let me do the beginning they all just properties of alcohol. You very floral but a lot of my Tspring, as you may have whatever I wanted there. At smelled like lavender but use the same method to other things are more cit- noticed, is not yet in the air. a very young age I was try- as the days progressed they make herbal medicine, bit- rus-y; that’s the hit you get. If, in fact, as winter drags ing to make things out of became radically different. ters, colognes, flavored I’ve got one perfume called on, you feel your life just it. I remember smashing up So from there I figured out vodkas and liqueurs. Once I Moonrise and the main plain stinks, Park Slope per- lavender with soap, floating there were distinctions in made angelica vodka, I went notes in it are jasmine and fumer and Coop member flowers in big jars of water. things, and I started, you a little nuts. I made choco- wormwood. It’s floral but Julianne Zaleta can bring And she taught me the know, smelling! Just smell- late hazelnut vodka. I tried a not sweet at all.” a new bouquet into your names—while other kids ing everything. A friend had little of everything.” Interested in a fragrance being with her aromatic were learning colors and this big bouquet of peo- that’s made just for you? Juli- array of natural perfumes, body parts, I was naming nies, and they all smelled Taking Notes anne offers consultations. “I colognes and lotions. The petunias and daffodils.” different to me—they were Julianne teaches work- have people come and sit popular fragrance blog all very distinct. I started to shops on natural perfume with me and we go through EauMG called her perfume Into the Wild realize that my sense was blending at her home and the process together. I pass a Sol de la Foret “Absolute- “In college I had this getting really refined.” at the Brooklyn Botanic lot of things in front of their ly gorgeous—a harmony of older, wiser friend who As a longtime garden- Garden. “Most perfumers nose. The client is choos- bitter and sweet.” took me foraging out in the er at the 6/15 Community use synthetic materials. I ing every note, so it’s really “My whole life has real- woods in northern Michi- Garden in Park Slope, Juli- only use oils that have been tailored to them. I’m there ly been about a love affair gan and I started learning anne is able to work with derived from plants, and to walk them through it and with plants,” said Julianne, how to identify wild plants,” plants from the herb gar- on occasion, animals, so make sure they don’t make explaining the origin of her Julianne said. “I started to den. “Some of the things everything is derived from any mistakes.” perfumery business. “My buy wildflower guides and I grow have turned up in nature,” she said. “In class Maybe you’d like to have mother had a huge gar- herb books, and began colognes I started making,” I go over a brief history of a perfume party? “It’s a big perfume; we talk about the thing for bridal showers sense of smell, and I explain and bachelorette parties,” a little bit about formula- Julianne said. “There’s a tion. Perfumes are made of new trend where brides are top notes, middle notes, having a perfume made for and bottom notes, and the their wedding day because Purchase a $5 raffle ticket in the Membership Office way you decide whether there’s such a connection something is top, middle or between scent and memory. for a chance to win one of the bikes hanging above the bottom note is by its vola- Every time they wear it will express checkouts. Proceeds will be used to support tility—its explosiveness. remind them of that day.” Inside those bottles of oil What scent evokes the start-up Coops using our member-labor model through the molecules are moving most vivid memory for Juli- the Fund for New Food Coops. around very rapidly. They’re anne? “Violets. My mother exploding off the surface wore Yardley April Violets and creating an aromat- when I was little, so violets Raffle winners will be announced at the ic atmosphere inside the always bring her memo- bottle. When you open it ry up,” she said. “And new April 28 General Meeting. the molecules explode out; car smell reminds me of my they’re airborne and that’s dad’s first new car.” how we smell them.” Ready to smell wonder- GOOD LUCK! “Top notes are the most ful? Go to Julianne’s web- volatile. They’re usually cit- site, herbalalchemy.net. n

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MEMBER SUBMISSIONS Of Plastic in Our Food By Kevin Cunneen estrogenic activity. Tritan vessel. There is no “toxic” he estrogenic compounds won a judgment against the byproduct in its manufacture. Tfound in plastic and company, in part, under the The bags are extruded with- other products described novel legal reasoning that out the need for any plasticiz- in a recent Environmental Mr. Bittner had failed to test ers. The use of polyethylene Committee Report are a very these chemicals on human bags protects the consumer’s serious problem. The scien- subjects, a practice most produce from cross contami- tist cited in the piece, George commonly associated with nation with dangerous, drug seeks members with InDesign Bittner, is a founding mem- Nazi Germany. resistant microorganisms ber of the Institute for Neu- While our Environmental that kill thousands of Amer- knowledge for the production teams. roscience at the University Committee is correct that icans every year. of Texas and a Professor of plasticizers in certain plas- Intelligent environmen- Neurobiology and Pharma- tics are harmful, particularly talism should not confabu- cology at the University of to children, it fails to distin- late the issues of estrogenic Texas at Austin. He founded guish between the various compounds recklessly used a company, CertiChem, test- kinds of plastic. The plastic in many consumer products ing plastics for hormonal roll bags used at the Coop with plastic polyethylene activity. A successful 2012 are pure polyethylene, the roll bags that are essential in “false advertising” lawsuit simplest of plastics. Polyeth- protecting the public health. was filed in federal court by ylene manufacture is a very There is absolutely no evi- Tritan, a hard, clear plastic straightforward industrial dence of any health or envi- Be one of a four-member team that that’s marketed as BPA and product involving natural ronmental harm associated works every eight weeks. You must have EA free. CertiChem had con- gas, an enzyme, for efficien- with the use of these plastic cluded that Tritan did have cy and oxygen in a pressure bags. n extensive knowledge of InDesign and feel comfortable working with it. Open Forum: Sustainable Tuna By Yello Goller rays and seabirds. These unregulated fishing tends to i, my name is Yello and unwanted animals known as rely on unfair labor condi- Please send inquiries to HI work for Greenpeace. “bycatch” are then scooped tions and high levels of cor- [email protected]. For those of you who are not up by boats and tossed over- ruption. familiar with Greenpeace, board dead or dying. Wild Planet tuna, a brand we are the world’s leading To make matters worse, sold at the Coop, is sustain- independent environmental some tuna species are clas- able but I would encourage organization. sified on the “Red List” by us to also introduce the I’m up here tonight to the IUCN (International brand Ocean Naturals and Sudoku express my concerns with Union for Conservation of totally kick Bumble Bee to the Bumble Bee tuna prod- Nature) as vulnerable spe- the curb. Sudoku is a puzzle. You are presented with a 9x9 grid of ucts that are sold at the cies “at risk of extinction in Through Greenpeace cam- squares, and that grid is divided into 3x3 zones. store. At Greenpeace we the wild”. These species of paigning we’ve had some You solve the puzzle by filling the empty squares with single-digit numbers so that every zone, column and row are currently pursuing a tuna are fished out of the sea incredible progress of major uses each of the numbers from 1 to 9. campaign against the Bum- before they are even mature retailers providing their cus- Gazette Sudoku by James Vasile ble Bee tuna company for enough to reproduce and tomers with better options. their unsustainable fishing maintain their population. These retailers include Tar- 4 2 8 practices. One of these tuna species get, Costco, Safeway and Some of Bumble Bee’s called “Yellowfin” is sold at most surprisingly—Walmart. 6 9 8 1 methods include using Fish the Coop. Walmart’s sustainable tuna Aggregating Devices (oth- Bumble Bee does their is actually 10 cents cheap- 5 4 erwise known as FADs) to fishing in the “Pacific Com- er than other store brands. catch their tuna. The trouble mons”—an unmanaged area On that note, I want to end 2 5 with FADs is that they act of the sea used to avoid reg- with—if Walmart can carry like giant fish magnets that ulations and fees. But more sustainable tuna—yes, we 7 4 8 5 attract everything in the sea, than that, on the humanitar- CAN too. including sharks, sea turtles, ian side of things, illegal and Thanks for listening. n 8 1 7 Are you a lighting designer? 8 7 9 3 7 3 4 Do you know a lighting designer? 3 2 7 Do you know someone who knows a lighting designer? Puzzle author: author: James James Vasile. Vasile. For For answers, answers, see see page page xx. 14. Do you know someone who knows someone who knows a lighting designer?

The Coop is looking for a member who is a lighting designer or an architect with lighting experience to work with the Energy Efficiency Committee to help improve the quality and energy efficiency of the lighting in the Coop.

If interested, or if you know someone who’s interested, please contact the committee by going to the Contact Us page on foodcoop.com — http://www.foodcoop.com/?page=contact — and select “Workslot Needs” from the “Person to Contact” dropdown menu.

FTOP work credit will be given.

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COORDINATOR’S CORNER Statement Urging Action to Secure New York City’s Supply of Fresh, Local Food By Joe Holtz, General Manager food is from New York’s regional Whereas, New York City’s n behalf of the Coop I have farms within 200 miles of New unmet demand for fresh, local Oadded the Coop’s name to York City; and food has been estimated at the list of the supporters of the Whereas, a substantial and nearly $1 billion per year, and statement below. I did this in growing amount of fresh food New York City local laws 50 and keeping with our mission state- from these farms makes its way 52 encourage the procurement ment as well as our 40+ year into many under-resourced by New York City agencies of support for the preservation of communities within New York fresh, local food from regional local farms. We go beyond the City through urban farmers farms to help meet the City’s talk and try very hard to maxi- markets, community supported need for nutritious food and mize our purchases of locally agriculture, meals served by city bolster the City’s “good food” produced food. institutions and other means; economy; and Whereas, New York City has and Whereas, creating a sustain- a strong interest in ensuring Whereas, 3 million New York able regional food system that water by conserving the land, 1. Adopting a finding that it secure access to nutritious food City residents do not live near offers equal access to nutritious including farmland, proximate is in the public interest of New for all of its citizens; and adequate supermarkets, and an food requires developing appro- to its reservoirs; and York City to have a secure supply Whereas, one of the most estimated 1.4 million are food priate processing and distribu- Whereas, Scenic Hudson’s of fresh, local food from regional important sources of nutritious insecure; and tion infrastructure; and Foodshed Conservation Plan New York farms. Whereas, long-term sustain- offers a regional strategy to con- 2. Budgeting sufficient capi- able access to fresh local food serve the most important farm- tal funds to be used to conserve also supports New York City’s land in New York City’s Hudson farms identified in Scenic Hud- economy, creates living wage Valley “foodshed”; and son’s NYC/Hudson Valley Food- “good food” jobs, reduces the Whereas, the City can be a shed Conservation Plan. Where city’s ”foodprint,”and builds national food policy leader, as possible, such funds shall be resilience in the wake of extreme the first major city to invest in used to leverage funding from weather events; and securing its long-term supply of other public and private sourc- Whereas, New York City’s fresh, local food by taking action es. supply of fresh local food is to conserve the farmland in its 3. Contracting with a regional not secure because 89% of the regional foodshed. not-for-profit land trust to pur- regional farmland in the Hudson Now, therefore, the under- chase development rights on Valley where much of it is pro- signed organizations and indi- said farms to ensure that the duced has not been conserved viduals hereby urge that New region’s farmland is secure and and is subject to the vagaries of York City secure its long-term available to produce food and the real estate market and devel- supply of fresh local food by fiber for New York City and the opment pressures; and partnering with other public metropolitan region. Whereas, New York City has and private entities to conserve been a national leader in pro- the regional farmland where it is Supporters (as of 2/6/2015): tecting its supply of drinking produced, by: Brooklyn-Queens Land Trust CAMBA WHAT'S BEING City Harvest NOW YOU CAN Hearty Roots Farm COLLECTED: Hunger Action Network of NYS Just Food 1) Plastic sandwich bags Karp Resources RECYCLE MORE! La Familia Verde and small plastic bulk bags Lenox Hill Neighborhood Asso- (NOT large roll or shopping bags) ciation The Environmental Committee is promoting WHEN: National Young Farmers 2) Baby food pouches & a new partnership between the PSFC and Coalition March 28th Natural Resources Defense caps (any brand) TerraCycle, an innovative recycling Council 2pm - 4pm company that transforms hard to recycle NYC Coalition Against 3) Cereal bag liners Hunger waste into new products- keeping more NYC Community Garden (plastic liners from cereal, Coalition crackers, bulk cereal bags, and waste out of landfills. NYC Food and Fitness Partner- similar liners) ship We will be presenting a proposal for NYC Food Policy Center at 4) Energy bar wrappers discussion at the January General Meeting WHERE: Hunter College (any brand) and holding preliminary collections in NY League of Conservation In front of the Coop Voters January and February. Regional Plan Association 5) Toothpaste tubes & caps or inside if the Nancy Romer, founder of the (any brand) Save up your eligible waste for upcoming Brooklyn Food Coalition weather is frigid. Scenic Hudson Inc. collection dates. Slow Food NYC 6) Brita water filters & Hans Taparia, NYU profes- components QUESTIONS: [email protected] sor of business and food entrepreneur Bill Telepan, chef NOTE: No need to clean, LEARN MORE: www.terracycle.com Park Slope Food Coop environmental Karen Washington, farmer and rinse, or remove stickers. committee community activist Wellness in the Schools Park Slope Food Coop Inc. n

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SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT Plow-to-Plate Movie Series Presents: Seeds of Death: Unveiling the Lies of GMOs By Adam Rabiner with GMOs, Seeds of Death is are bio-accumulating in our eeds of Death: Unveiling the a nice introduction because bodies. SLies of GMOs is a fight- it comprehensively surveys Environment: If we are harm- ing title that continues the all the main issues in sever- ing our land, our animals, Plow-to-Plate movie series’ in al sections: Corruption, Health and ourselves with chemi- depth examination of geneti- Dangers, Environment, Patenting cal-based, industrially reli- cally modified organisms. The DNA and Final Thoughts. ant, monoculture agriculture, film, produced by alternative Corruption deals with the naturally it follows that we are medicine proponent Gary U.S. government’s desire, also destroying nature itself Null and posted on his You- beginning in the 1990s with and our planet. By depleting Tube channel, has more than George W. Bush and continu- the ground of water and the 1.8 million views, making it ing on through Obama, to soil of nutrients while pollut- the most watched anti-GMO promote the biotech indus- ing the air, the land and our film on the Internet, by a wide try and rush to market GMOs, bodies, we’ve rapidly dimin- margin. And if there are those despite a dearth of legitimate ished biodiversity (seeds and who would call it a propagan- research and widespread con- all animal species) and are on crops became contaminated their collusion). But through da film, Null’s answer may cern at the Food and Drug the verge of the sixth mass by GMOs. The issues in this the power of the Internet we very well be that he is fighting Administration about their extinction. However, this one section go above and beyond have access to the truth and fire with fire, that his film is safety. has been brought on by our private and public health the power to make change. No an antidote to the mega lies, Health Dangers explains the own hands, unlike the five concerns to ones involving doubt, YouTube, Facebook, distortions, untruths and half- multitude of potential health that preceded it which were food and legal justice, eth- Twitter and the Internet have truths about the supposed effects that are strongly direct- caused by meteors and other ics and the regulatory power changed the world with their safety of GMOs that have ly and indirectly associated natural disasters. of large corporations versus power to share information, in been foisted on an unwilling with GMOs. Newer scientific Patenting DNA allows for smaller farmers and unas- real time, at the speed of light. and up to now ignorant pub- studies have shown GMOs some odd stuff, like crossing suming consumers. Each viewer must decide for lic. Null isn’t buying it (both to be harmful to laboratory the genes of cows with pigs, The film’s Final Thoughts him/herself whose propagan- literally and figuratively) and rats. GMOs are changing our spiders with goats, or creat- concern the conventional and da to believe. n he and his team have assem- genes and affecting our gut ing giant salmon (Franken- the unconventional media. bled a large number of Ph.D. biomes. GMO-based agricul- fish). It has also led to legal Null is convinced that peo- Seeds of Death: Unveiling the scientists and activists who ture robs soil of nutrients, squabbles over intellectual ple will never learn the truth Lies of GMOs will show on Tues- make a very convincing case leading both plants and the property rights and patent from the mainstream media day, March 10, 7 p.m. Park Slope that you should not either. animals that feed upon them infringement, pitting Mon- (or the government and the Food Coop, 782 Union St., 2nd If you have missed any to also become nutrient-defi- santo against farmers if their pharmaceutical, chemical and floor. Free and open to the public. of the earlier films dealing cient, while conversely, toxins conventional and/or organic agricultural industries—in Refreshments will be served. INTERNATIONAL TRADE EDUCATION SQUAD REPORT

essays on free trade. A used the savings are passed on to What’s Fast What’s TPP? copy can be bought on Ama- people across the globe. Track? By William Naess zon for a penny. Ralph Nader, An immediate he Trans-Pacific Partnership Margaret Atwood, Jerry Mander Why Is Free Trade controversy is the T(TPP) is a free-trade agree- and California governor Jerry Controversial? use of Fast Track ment among the United States Brown are a few of the authors In response, the essays in The procedures to move and 11 other countries that providing diverse perspec- Case Against Free Trade argue that the agreement border the Pacific Rim— Aus- tives. Published in 1993, the the quest for lower prices has through Congress. tralia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, book sometimes seems dated. devastating effects on things If Fast Track legis- Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New But many of the issues the that can’t be commodified—like lation passes Con- Zealand, Peru, Singapore and authors describe—environ- environmental health, workers’ gress, lawmakers Vietnam. It’s difficult to say mental threats, workers’ rights, rights and community identity. will not be able to exactly what this agreement the challenges of a globalized An important feature of free add amendments will accomplish because it is economy— are as relevant trade agreements is that one to the TPP, debate being drafted in secret—it has today as 20 years ago. member nation can challenge cannot exceed 20 not been released to the public the regulatory laws of another hours, and a final and even Congress members What’s Free Trade? nation if those regulations vio- yes/no vote must have limited access. Howev- The goal of free trade is to late the terms of free trade. If be taken within er, leaks of the agreement’s remove obstacles, like tariffs the challenge is successful, the 90 days after TPP provisions suggest that TPP and quotas, that limit the regulations must be scrapped legislation is sub- says Rosenthal, “sends a will expand many of the poli- movement of goods between or the offending country can mitted. Such a “perversion strong message to the feder- cies found in earlier free-trade countries. “Proponents of face trade sanctions. Challeng- of parliamentary procedure,” al government that New York agreements like the General free trade,” writes econo- es are arbitrated by a panel of in the words of Jerry Brown, City stands in opposition to Agreement on Tariffs and Trade mist Thea Lea, “argue that trade officials who hear cases would speed up the passage of this trade agreement and the (GATT), the predecessor of the it fosters growth by remov- without public hearings. The TPP but greatly limit democrat- process through which it is World Trade Organization, and ing artificial barriers, thus U.S. Marine Mammal Protec- ic participation in its drafting. being negotiated, without the North American Free Trade rewarding efficient firms. All tion Act of 1972, U.S. fuel econ- Congress is expected to vote in the scrutiny of the American Agreement (NAFTA), a 1994 nations benefit. Without tar- omy standards and European the coming months on whether people.” free-trade agreement among iffs and subsidies, countries bans on growth hormones in to Fast Track TPP legislation. To get involved, call or the U.S., Canada and Mexico. specialize in goods they make beef are a few challenges that email your congressional A good starting point for relatively cheaply. Higher effi- activist Lori Wallach cites in What Can You Do? leaders and tell them to vote understanding the TPP, and ciency means lower prices, so her essay. Wallach calls the Earlier this month, City no on Fast Track. For more free trade in general, is The workers see their purchasing pressure to dismantle regula- Council Member Helen information, attend the next Case Against “Free Trade”: GATT, power grow.” When more effi- tions a “race to the bottom” in Rosenthal introduced a res- Public Forum on Internation- NAFTA, and the Globalization of cient businesses make cheap- “environmental, consumer and olution opposing the use of al Trade on Saturday, April 25 Corporate Power, a collection of er products, the logic goes, health protection.” Fast Track. “This resolution,” at the Coop. n

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COOP HOURS Friday, March 20, 8:00 p.m. Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 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: Flying Home presents a tribute to Monday through Sunday Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa with 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. an expanded ensemble for a special Telephone: night of swing dancing! Performing 718-622-0560 swing hits of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, Web address: Flying Home carries on the hot style and www.foodcoop.com “light on their feet” approach to swing music made famous by the Goodman and Krupa Ensembles. Covering popular classics and lost gems of the early days of jazz, Flying Home explores the repertoire that made these two swing greats a musical force for more than 40 years. 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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.

Malin Abrahamsson Cate Cook Orit Gat Emily Jacobson Nabia Meghelli Laura Petrucci Kira Silverstein Arthur Vidich Alba Acevedo Sheilah Crowley Marissa Giglio Xochi John Matya Menda Oriol Poveda Parbinder Singh Eamonn Vitt Ken Alpart Madeline Cutrona Beth Given Edward Johnson Francesca Meola Joanna Pozen Bella Sinota Justine Vitt Kayoko Baba Natalie Czup Soba Grav Casiel Kaplan Dan Miller Valerie Preston Dana Ann Skallman Brady Walker Ryusuke Baba Scott Daily Timothy Griffiths Hisae Kawamori Francois Morneault Darin Quan Maria Spann Andy Watson Andrew Baird Bernard Davis Arian Halsey Paula Kift Fred Muench Josephine Quigley Jonathan Spies Karina Wegman Philip Bayer Alexis Dean Olivia Harris Tom Knowlton Ruthie Nachmany Arun Ravindran Scott Still Rhiannon Welch Horrell Maya Bennardo Ariel Derris Nikkie Hartman Darina Kozoub Tamar Nachmany James Roe Douglas Stormont Heather White Sean Bennett June Deuell Ebonique Hewing Dorna Lange Cree Nevins Cassidy Rush Gina Stormont Hannah Wilentz Amy Breglio Joseph DeVleming Georgia Hill Stephanie Larsen Bradford Nicoll Kevin Russell Serena Stucke Matt Willey Chelsea Bruck Manjyot Dhariwal Joshua Hilson Gunnar Larson Garen Nigon Aleksandra Ryshina Julia Sun Rachel Wyman Victoria Bryant Christophe Fernandez Samuel Hornblower Sara Larson Miwa Nishio Amanda Santillo Morgan Sutherland Ariela Yomtovian Irene Callegari Ignacio Fernandez Adam Horowitz Chui-lian Lee Sverrir Norland Kristin Schall Nancy Tadros Sun You Ivy Callender Martina Ferrari Nathan Horrell Jessica Lehmann Quai Nystrom Justin Schmidt Fihe Tenaya Renee Zalles Corrine Cashin Yulia Fishkin Cheryl Houghton (Baird) Jodi Levine Ope Omojola Meryl Schwartz Dan Tesene Andrew Christodoulou Cerise Fontaine Ian Hunt Michal Levinson Carlo Palisca Stefanie Schwartz Joshua Throckmorton Arnaud Cipierre Roslyn Fox Yumi Hunt Emma Lewison Lauren Paulk Dian Sentino William Town Ewa Cognie Patrick Gallagher Ijeoma Iruke Maria Macchia Solana Payne Weston Serame Johanna Vanessa Treers Benjamin Cohen Sergio Garcia Rozalen Rebecca Israel Micah May Marco Pedde Ellen Sexton Jon Treers Pat Collom Julia Gartland Iana Ivahyna Duna Mazza-May James Peel Jennifer Sgobbo Maggie Tucker

ALL ABOUT THE COOP CALENDAR GENERAL MEETING New Member Orientations General Meeting Info Our Governing Structure Attending an Orientation is the first step toward TUE, MARCH 31 From our inception in 1973 to the present, the open Coop membership. Pre-registration is required for monthly General Meetings have been at the center of all of the three weekly New Member Orientations. GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m. the Coop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop To pre-register, visit foodcoop.com or contact the incorporated in 1977, we have been legally required Membership Office. Visit in person or call 718-622- TUE, APRIL 7 to have a Board of Directors. The Coop continued the 0560 during office hours. AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m. tradition of General Meetings by requiring the Board Have questions about Orientation? Please visit Submissions will be considered for the April 28 to have open meetings and to receive the advice of the www.foodcoop.com and look at the “Join the Coop” page for answers to frequently asked questions. General Meeting. members at General Meetings. The Board of Directors, which is required to act legally and responsibly, has The Coop on the Internet Gazette Deadlines approved almost every General Meeting decision at www.foodcoop.com the end of every General Meeting. Board members are LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: elected at the Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Coop’s bylaws are available at the Coop Community The Coop on Cable TV Mar. 19 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, March 9 Corner and at every General Meeting. Inside the Park Slope Food Coop Apr. 2 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, March 23 FRIDAYS 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Channels: 56 (Time- Warner), 69 (CableVision), 84 (RCN), 44 (Verizon), and CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE: live streaming on the Web: www.bricartsmedia.org/ Mar. 19 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, March 11 Next Meeting: Tuesday, community-media/bcat-tv-network. Apr. 2 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, March 25 March 31, 7:00 p.m. The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each month. Attend a GM Park Slope Food Coop Location and Receive Work Credit Mission Statement MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General Meeting The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem- Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. Fourth St. entrance is has been our decision-making body. At the General ber-owned and operated food handicap-accessible. Meeting (GM) members gather to make decisions and store—an alternative to commercial prof- set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit it-oriented business. As members, we con- How to Place an Item program was created to increase participation in the tribute our labor: working together builds Coop’s decision-making process. trust through cooperation and teamwork Following is an outline of the program. For full details, see on the Agenda and enables us to keep prices as low as the instruction sheets by the sign-up board. If you have something you’d like discussed at a General possible within the context of our values Meeting, please complete a submission form for the • Advance Sign-up required: and principles. Only members may shop, Agenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your and we share responsibilities and bene- near the Coop Community Corner bulletin board and name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby. The fits equally. We strive to be a responsible at General Meetings. Instructions and helpful informa- sign-ups sheet is available all month long, except for the and ethical employer and neighbor. We day of the meeting when you have until 5 p.m. to sign up. tion on how to submit an item appear on the submis- are a buying agent for our members and sion form. The Agenda Committee meets on the first On the day of the meeting, the sign-up sheet is kept in the not a selling agent for any industry. We Membership Office. Tuesday of each month to plan the agenda for the GM are a part of and support the coopera- held on the last Tuesday of the month. If you have a Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please tive movement. We offer a diversity of see below for details. question, please call Ann Herpel at the coop. products with an emphasis on organ- • Two GM attendance credits per year: ic, minimally pro-cessed and healthful Each member may take advantage of the GM-for- foods. We seek to avoid products that Meeting Format workslot-credit program two times per calendar year. depend on the exploitation of others. We Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Meet the Coordinators • Squads eligible for credit: support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. • Enjoy some Coop snacks • Submit Open Forum items Shopping, Receiving/Stocking, Food Processing, We respect the environment. We strive • Explore meeting literature Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, and FTOP to reduce the impact of our lifestyles on Open Forum is a time for committees. (Some Committees are omitted because Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) the world we share with other species and members to bring brief items to the General Meeting. covering absent members is too difficult.) future generations. We prefer to buy from If an item is more than brief, it can be submitted to the • Attend the entire GM: local, earth-friendly producers. We recy- Agenda Committee as an item for a future GM. In order to earn workslot credit you must be present cle. We try to lead by example, educating • Financial Report • Coordinators’ for the entire meeting. ourselves and others about health and Reports (7:30 p.m.) Report • Committee Reports • Signing in at the Meeting: nutrition, cooperation and the environ- ment. We are committed to diversity Agenda (8:00 p.m.) The agenda is posted at the Coop After the meeting the Chair will provide the Workslot Community Corner and may also appear elsewhere in Credit Attendance Sheet. and equality. We oppose discrimination in any form. We strive to make the Coop this issue. • Being Absent from the GM: welcoming and accessible to all and to Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) (unless there is a vote to It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that respect the opinions, needs and concerns extend the meeting) • Meeting evaluation • Board of you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Please of every member. do not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations. Directors vote • Announcements, etc.

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Wood Band. Royte will read from her recent work, including a piece about col- mar 5 Food Class: lecting condoms in Prospect Park, and then will talk about her career in environ- thu 7:30 pm Kitchen Pharmacy mental journalism. She is the author of Bottlemania: How Water Went On Sale and Why We Bought It; Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash; and The Some simple ingredients in your kitchen help you treat Tapir’s Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest. Her minor ailments. In this class you will learn how some writing on science and the environment has appeared in Harper’s, National food preparations can strengthen your immune system. Geographic, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and other national publica- Chef Hideyo was born and raised in Tokyo, where she tions. KixMiller will present passages from The Protectors of the Wood, which is was trained as a sushi chef. She has also worked as a written and illustrated (by Carlos Uribe) for people of all ages, but will be best Japanese chef and a pastry chef in New York City. She graduated from the understood by readers of middle school age and older. He will be accompanied Institute of Integrative Nutrition and Natural Gourmet Institute. Currently, she by the Protectors of the Wood Band. He worked for 30 years for the Center for is working as a chef instructor at the Natural Gourmet Institute. She is also Family Life in Sunset Park. Over the past five years he developed a gardening working as a private chef and a health coach. She specializes in cooking program for children as a part of the after-school program. He is the author of A vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free food. She also specializes in cooking Schoolyard in Brooklyn (The New School, Institute for Urban Affairs), and coau- a wide variety of fish and in finding new and healthier ways to prepare seafood. thor of A Community Center Model for Current Urban Needs (included in Group Menu includes: brown rice miso porridge; simmered azuki beans and kabocha Work Practice in a Troubled Society). He is working on volume three of the squash; burdock root with ground sesame seeds; apple kuzu drink. Protectors of the Wood Book Series, The Ghost Girl. ASL interpreter may be available upon advance request. If you would like to Bookings: John Donohue, [email protected]. request an ASL interpreter, please contact Ginger Jung in the Membership Office by February 19. Materials fee: $4. Food classes are coordinated by Coop member Susan Baldassano. mar 15 And When I Die: The Musical! sun 12 pm A Funeral Planning Cabaret mar 7 Coop Kids’ Variety Show Hesitating over end-of-life decisions? You’re not alone—but don’t die won- sat 5 pm dering! Learn about advance directives, funeral consumer choices and your Event takes place at Old First Church, Carroll St. & Seventh Ave. next steps at this unique seminar-in-song. Ample time for Q&A and follow-up Types of acts include: piano, singing, guitar, drums, cello, hip- resources provided. The only requirement is the willingness to accept that hop, tap, tae kwon do, a monologue, saxophone, a jazz band, you will not live forever in your current form. Coop member, chaplain and modern dance, and rock ‘n roll. Performers in alphabetical end-of-life sustainability activist Regina Sandler-Phillips is the founder of a order: Jude Batiste, Nadia and Sabine Benjamin, Ella Sophia Park Slope–based natural burial cooperative, which includes many other Coop Daillie, Finley Dreyer, Luke Dunlavey, Maeve Fishel, James members among its 70+ volunteers. Regina’s work has been featured in The Gelman, David Gratz, Olivia Hay-Rubin, Penelope Hinchey, Malkhut Hinds- New York Times, and in the books Parting Ways (2011) and Saying Goodbye to Bernard, Ikhari Hinds, Eli Jort, Anita Mae Kahan, Ammar Khalifa, Antonia Someone You Love (2010). King, Asmara Lance, Gianluca Lance, Vaishali Lerner, Naomi Levy, Matthew Louie, Ronan Meils, Max Miller, Luc and Leila Mieville, Jordan Nass-deMause, Ana and Elan Rabiner, Julian Raheb, Sam Reiss, Eliza and Hazel Seki, Benny Sherman, Eric Stern, Margareta Stern, Krishna Venkatesh, Mia Weiss and mar 20 Film Night: 1964 Virginia Panarello. Refreshments for sale. Nonmembers welcome. fri 7 pm Event takes place at Old First Church, Carroll St. & Seventh Ave. Admission: 1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, $10 adults; $5 kids 12-18; free kids under 12. Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, Safe Food Committee Film Night: African Americans fought back against injustice in mar 10 Harlem, and Barry Goldwater’s conservative revolution tue 7 pm Seeds of Death took over the Republican Party. In myriad ways, 1964 was the year when Americans faced choices: between the liberalism of Lyndon Johnson or Barry The global launch of a second Green Revolution, spear- Goldwater’s grassroots conservatism, between support or opposition to the headed by genetic engineering corporations such as civil rights movement, between an embrace of the emerging counterculture Monsanto and DuPont, shows every sign of being as cat- or a defense of traditional values. Editor and Coop member Amy Foote will astrophic as the first revolution. Seeds of Death: be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. Foote is a freelance editor Unveiling the Lies of GMOs, by award-winning docu- based in Brooklyn. Her editing credits include Mavis! (premiering at SXSW in mentary film director Gary Null, takes on the seed cartel’s propaganda and March 2015), HBO’s A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt; the political influence to expose a fabric of lies and deceit now threatening the Emmy-nominated, HBO documentary film Finishing Heaven; The Least of safety and life of every species. The film’s message is clear: the future of food These: Family Detention In America (SXSW/Snag Films); and PBS security that relies upon GMOs will devastate the planet and create catastroph- Independent Lens’ For Once In My Life, which won the Audience Award at ic health and food crises for the world population. SXSW, Sarasota, Nashville, and Port Townsend. To book a Film Night, contact Gabriel Rhodes, [email protected]. mar 13 Wordsprouts: fri 7 pm New Ways to Welcome Spring mar 20 Flying Home and Celebrate the changing seasons with an evening of fri 8 pm enlightening and entertaining works from the journalist Friday, Oct 19, 8:00 pm Swing Dancing Elizabeth Royte and John KixMiller, the author of The Flying Home presents a tribute to Benny Goodman WORDSPROUTS Protectors of The Wood, a series of illustrated adventure and Gene Krupa with an expanded ensemble for a Celebrate Father’s Day and meet Brian Gresko, novels about a group of misfit teenagers saving the world special night of swing dancing! Performing swing hits fromthe editor climate of the just-published change. anthology on KixMiller will be joined by the four-piece Protectors of the of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, Flying Home carries on Friday evening music at the Good Coffeehouse, brewing a new beat

Wool & Grant. Two veteran singer/songwriters with fatherhood When I First Held You a mutual passion for songs, stories, harmonies and guitars. Bev Grant and Ina May Wool create a musi- cal alchemy of fire and feistiness, wisdom and wit, rocking clear- Park Slope local singer and eyed political guitarist Mamie Minch sounds songs along When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the something like a well-fleshed- with a window out 78-rpm record. She’s known on to their For more information on these and other events,around visittown for her Piedmont- the Coop’stravels—on the website: foodcoop.com Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood. style fingerpicking chops, her big road and around deep voice and her self-penned the heart. antique-sounding songs. She’s Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly exhilarating, terrifying, played music all over the world and Brooklyn, with all kinds of life-changing occasions in a man’s life. In this incomparable collection of excellent people, including All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise Daynanoted. Kurtz, the Roulette Sisters, Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops. thought-provoking essays, 22 of today’s masterful writers get straight to the heart of Jimbo Mathis and CW Stoneking. modern fatherhood. From making that ultimate decision to having a kid to making it www.ProspectConcerts.tumblr.com Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily53 Prospect Park represent West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doorsthe open atPark 7:45] Slope Food Coop. through the birth, to tangling with a toddler mid-tantrum, and eventually letting a teen Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 loose in the world, these fathers explore every facet of PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP 782 Union St., Brooklyn, NY 11215 (btwn 6th & 7th Av.) • (718) 622-0560 fatherhood and show how being a father changed Friday, June 13 the way they saw the world—and themselves. 7:00 p.m. at the Coop Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com FREE Brian Gresko is the editor of the anthology When I Non members Welcome First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood. His work has appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine, Glimmer Train Stories, and The Brooklyn Rail, and online at The Huffington Post, Salon, TheAtlantic.com, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and many other sites.

Refreshments will be served. All Wordsprout participants are Coop members. Bookings: John Donohue, [email protected]

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the hot style and “light on their feet” approach to swing music made famous by the Goodman and Current Bylaws Proposed Amended Bylaws Krupa Ensembles. Covering popular classics and lost Article I Article I gems of the early days of jazz, Flying Home explores the repertoire that made these two swing greats a Type of Cooperative Type of Cooperative musical force for more than 40 years. If you love swing, and love to dance, you won’t want to miss it! The Park Slope Food Coop, Inc. shall be a There will also be free dance lessons with professional The Park Slope Food Coop, Inc. is non-stock membership cooperative as incorporated under the New York State dance instructor Arturo Perez, who will be partnered by defined in Article I section 3 of the New Cooperative Corporations Law as a Carolynn Murphy. York State Cooperative Corporations Law. general non-stock cooperative corporation. The Not-For-Profit Corporation Law shall Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for apply to the Park Slope Food Coop as Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd St.), described in Article I section 5 of the New Article I section 3 paragraph (d) of the $10, doors open at 7:45. Prospect Concerts is a York State Cooperative Corporations Law. New York State Cooperative Corporations monthly musical fundraising partnership of the Coop Law states “A cooperative corporation shall be classed as a non-profit and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. corporation, since its primary object is not to make profits for itself as such, or to pay dividends on invested capital, but to provide service and means whereby its members may have the economic mar 27 Cheese Class advantage of cooperative action…..” fri 7 pm We invite Coop members to learn more about the wonderful cheeses Item 4: Port Ambrose Liquified Natural Gas Project (20 minutes) the Coop has to offer. Guest speaker to be announced. This workshop is Discussion: Proposal for the Coop to get involved in the current movement against brought to you by Coop member Aaron Kirtz, who has worked in the cheese PSFC MARCH GENERAL MEETING Port Ambrose Liquified Natural Gas Project, including writing to Governor Cuomo. Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 p.m. • industryItems will be taken up in thesince order given. 2003, and sells cheese to the Coop via Forever Cheese. • Times in parentheses are suggestions. —submitted by Jessica Roff • More information on each item may be available at the entrance table Aaronat the meeting. We askactually members to please read got the materials his avail- job through the Coop, where as a Food Processor he able between V. Board of Directors Meeting 7:00 & 7:15 p.m. • metMeeting Location: many Congregation Bethcheeses Elohim Social Hall (Garfield and then members of Forever Cheese, who hired him for Temple) VI. Wrap-Up. Includes member sign-in for workslot credit. a274 Garfieldsales Pl. at 8th Ave.position. AGENDA: For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center Item #1: Annual Disciplinary Committee Election (35 minutes) Election: The committee will present four members to be re- pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the elected.—submitted by the Disciplinary Committee status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. Item #2: Board of Directors Candidates’ Presentations 45 minutes) Discussion: “Presentation by candidates for the Board of Directors followed by questions for the candidates”

Future Agenda marInformation: 31 For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please seePSFC MAR General Meeting mar 31 the center pages of the Linewaiters' Gazette. The Agenda Committeetue minutes 7 and pm the satatus of pending Eating Vegan Workshop agenda items are available in the office and at all GMs. tue 7:30 pm Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in paren- Are you curious about a vegan diet? Wonder what the difference is between seitan theses are suggestions. More information on each item and tempeh? If you have been thinking about going vegan, or just about working more may be available on the entrance table at the meeting. fruits and vegetables into your meals, come to the Animal Welfare Committee’s work- We ask members to please read the materials available shop. Piper Hoffman is a member of the Animal Welfare Committee. between 7 and 7:15 p.m. 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. apr 2 I. Member Arrival and Meeting Warm-Up Food Class: Indian Flavors II. Open Forum thu 7:30 pm III. Coordinator and Committee Reports Inspired by friends who appreciated her cooking, Chef IV. Meeting Agenda Mukti Banerjee started her business, Mukti’s Kitchen, in Item 1: Presentation of Candidates for the Board of Directors Election (20 order to share her knowledge and passion for Indian cook- minutes) ing. Her popular classes have been featured in Edible Discussion: “Presentation by candidates for the Board of Directors followed by Brooklyn. A native of Bengali, India, she learned her craft questions for the candidates.” —mandated by the General Meeting from her extended family. Her focus is on the health-supportive properties of Item 2: Annual Disciplinary Committee Election (20 minutes) Indian spices such as fennel, cumin, ginger and saffron, to name a few. She will Election: Three current Disciplinary Committee members will stand for re-elec- de-mystify the many seasonings used in Indian cuisine. She will provide informa- tion. The Disciplinary Committee goes through an extensive interviewing pro- tion about the foundation of balancing flavors in her plant-based recipes. Menu cess. There are no nominations from the floor. includes: chan dahl; mixed vegetable curry; vegetable pulao. —submitted by the Disciplinary Committee ASL interpreter may be available upon advance request. If you would like to request an Item 3: Proposed Bylaws Amendment to comply with changes to NYS law and ASL interpreter, please contact Ginger Jung in the Membership Office by March 19. to eliminate the current conflict between the Coop’s Bylaws and Certificate of Materials fee: $4. Food classes are coordinated by Coop member Susan Baldassano. Incorporation (20 minutes) Proposal: To amend Article I of the Park Slope Food Coop Inc. as follows: —submitted by General Coordinators apr 3 Film Night fri 7 pm Film to be announced. To book a Film Night, contact Gabriel Rhodes, [email protected]. still to come apr 7 Agenda Committee Meeting apr 11–12 Food Drive to Benefit CHIPS Soup Kitchen apr 10 Wordsprouts apr 14 Safe Food Committee Film Night apr 11 What Feeds Love @ the Old Stone House apr 17 Prospect Concerts

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BIKE RACKS Coop has been badly dam- Greene. We were nameless COOP MEMBER I thought I’d follow up with STILL NOT BEING aged since at least 1/24/2015 and storeless and penniless PROPOSES TO one of those pics that some- MAINTAINED when I first noticed it. In my but we were feisty and deter- HIS GIRLFRIEND one took after we were offi- discussions with the DOT mined. And 900 of us signed a cially engaged and checking PROPERLY IN about this, they said yester- petition to start a 100% working IN THE EXPRESS out at the Coop! Maybe if FRONT OF PARK day, 2/19/2015, they came by food coop in our large coop- CHECKOUT LINE there’s room in next month’s SLOPE FOOD COOP the Coop to fix the rack twice, erative, liberal-thinking and Linewaiters’ Gazette, you could but because it was buried in talent-filled community. Trans- HELLO, include our story! TO THE EDITOR: snow and ice, they could not! portation to Park Slope was I am writing to follow Best regards, As I type this letter, two of I am wondering why the Park getting harder and harder and up on a special moment at Ashley Mask the bikes racks in front of the Slope Food Coop is not more we had very few good options PSFC are now almost com- bike friendly? It appears that for affordable high quality food. pletely snow and ice free as of the Park Slope Food Coop does We turned to Park Slope Tuesday night 2/17/2015. not think it is their responsibil- Food Coop for support and I know this, because I cleared ity to keep the bike racks func- were given it with no hesita- them myself as part of my tioning, clear of debris, and safe tion, with no limitations. Joe OFFICE shift, from a snowstorm to use for its members use? Holtz and Ken Garson were two that occurred on 1/27/2015 (25 I would hope by the next of our earliest PSFC boosters. days of being almost complete- snowfall, that either the Coop Both came to early meetings at ly snowed and iced in)! staff or squad leaders, make it Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian I am wondering why I am a priority to organize a group Church in Fort Greene. Both doing this task as an OFFICE to clear the snow and ice from were models of cooperative worker, for the second straight the bikes racks, so that Coop individuals for us to emulate. year, when that night, there members who are cyclists, can I can personally remember were 3 Walkers outside who park their bicycles easily, to do many wise cautions and direc- watched me move 100’s of their shopping at the Coop. tives from both of these guys pounds of snow on my own, Stephen Arthur that helped guide us past for about 2 hours? some serious minefields. I am wondering why the A THANK YOU Any time we’ve ever needed

Walkers are not removing the insights or information PSFC PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEY MASK snow weeks ago? FROM THE GREENE has been on our side. PSFC I am wondering if there is HILL FOOD CO-OP has worked out a cooperative the Coop last week, Feb- still a Shop and Cycle com- agreement for working shifts ruary 13, when my boy- IN DEFENSE OF mittee, because if there is, DEAR EDITOR, at Greene Hill those of us who friend, Daniel Diamond, OUR FILM CHOICES their number one priority for We, the board of Greene were members of PSFC. PSFC proposed to me while we Coop member cyclists, whom Hill Food Co-op, want to give opened its books for us, shared were standing together in DEAR EDITOR: they presumably serve, is that an all-embracing “thank you” procedures and gladly donated the express checkout line. Since the fall of 2009 the bike racks are clear of to PSFC. And so the board of expensive equipment to our It was quite a delightful sur- the Safe Food Committee, debris, abandoned bicycles, Greene Hill has authorized that store when we found it. When prise! When other people in through the Plow-to-Plate dogs, snow, and ice. we start a pilot project through we found a location, Ann Her- line saw what was happen- Movie Series, has curated As of this writing, 2/20/2015, which any PSFC member who pel and Joe were over in a flash ing, they snapped pics with four dozen films, practical- most of the bike racks still have wishes to enter our doors at to check it out with us. Many their phones and tweeted ly all documentaries, about a thick layer of ice under them, 18 Putnam (Grand and Down- other PSFC members have about it. Then, someone all aspects of the food sys- which a cyclist could easily ing) in Clinton Hill may shop. helped us in our development. made an announcement tem. These have included slip on, when their hands are Without requiring any labor or Sine qua non, Park Slope over the intercom, which films about the exploitation occupied locking their bicycle financial investment. Just show Food Coop. was followed by a round of migrant workers, environ- to the racks and/or carrying us your membership card. In gratitude and cooperation, of applause from everyone mental damage to soil and and fastening their groceries, Here’s why we feel such DK Holland there! dwindling water supplies, especially in the dark. gratitude: Co-founder and Someone who works at in-depth explorations of spe- Also, the bike rack directly The organizing of our coop board member for the the Coop called us a little cific foods including coffee, in front of the Park Slope Food started late in 2008 in Fort Board of Greene Hill Food Co-op later and got our names, but tea, chocolate, asparagus,

LETTERS POLICY ADDITIONAL NEW POLICIES We welcome letters from members. Submission dead- Fairness ON LETTERS AND lines appear in the Coop Calendar. All letters will be print- In order to provide fair, comprehensive, factual coverage: MEMBER SUBMISSIONS ed if they conform to the published guidelines. We will 1. The Gazette will not publish hearsay—that is, allega- not knowingly publish articles which are racist, sexist or tions not based on the author’s first-hand observation. In the interest of promoting civil discourse and upholding the main purpose otherwise discriminatory 2. Nor will we publish accusations that are not specific of letter and member submissions to the Linewaiters’ Gazette, the Editorial The maximum length for letters is 500 words. Letters or are not substantiated by factual assertions. Board of the Gazette has created additional policies for “Letters to the Editor” must include your name and phone number and be typed 3. Copies of submissions that make substantive accu- and member submissions: or very legibly handwritten. Editors will reject letters that sations against specific individuals will be given to those Letters and member submissions cannot contain gratuitous personaliza- are illegible or too long. persons to enable them to write a response, and both sub- tion—that is, needlessly identifying a Coop member and directing the sub- You may submit on paper, typed or very legibly hand- missions and response will be published simultaneously. stance of the letter/article to him or her, as in a polemical debate. Letters and written, or via email to [email protected] This means that the original submission may not appear articles should deal mainly with ideas and not persons. Letter/article writers or on disk. until the issue after the one for which it was submitted. will be asked to reword their submissions in accordance with this guideline. The above applies to both articles and letters. The only Letters and member submissions must be mainly (that is 75% or more) Anonymity exceptions will be articles by Gazette reporters which will original writing, and the opinion of the writer. Submissions that are essential- Unattributed letters will not be published unless the be required to include the response within the article itself. ly cut-and-paste, pass-along writing from other publications will be rejected, Gazette knows the identity of the writer, and therefore and the writer asked to re-submit with original writing. must be signed when submitted (giving phone number). Respect Such letters will be published only where a reason is Letters must not be personally derogatory or insulting, even Punctuation and Formatting Disclaimer: given to the editor as to why public identification of when strongly criticizing an individual member’s actions. Because of typesetting-software limitations and the compressed sched- the writer would impose an unfair burden of embar- Letter writers must refer to other people with respect, ule of producing each Linewaiters’ Gazette issue, there is no guarantee rassment or difficulty. Such letters must relate to Coop refrain from calling someone by a nickname that the person that special formatting, including boldface, italics and underlining, will be issues and avoid any non-constructive, non-cooperative never uses himself or herself, and refrain from comparing reproduced accurately. language. other people to odious figures like Hitler or Idi Amin. —The Editors, Linewaiters’ Gazette

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bananas, corn, and beer and Responsible Technology, has MISSING YOUR SHIFT can’t imagine they are not alty I have been able to inspire the fair trade and business made a movie with an abun- aware of the issue. among my members that issues surrounding them, dance of scientific evidence TO THE EDITOR: On one of the squads I lead would compel them to show obesity and public health, and and expertise, overflowing The Membership Manual (Receiving), I have devised a up. Frankly, the fear of being most recently GMOs, among with qualified, credentialed states the following regarding policy that I believe is the most removed from the squad by the other issues. Most of these medical and scientific profes- missing your scheduled shift: effective compromise possible Membership Office for exces- films have been reviewed in sionals. It is our belief that the “…the official Coop policy under the circumstances. That sive consecutive absences is this newsletter (and can also film makes a strong and con- states you will owe two make- is, if a member contacts me in probably also an incentive. be found at our blog, www. vincing case that GMOs have ups (unless your squad or advance of or even on the day At any rate, I am chronically plowtoplatefilms.com). How- not been proven safe and are, Squad Leader has agreed oth- of the shift, then that member short-staffed and must borrow ever, to the best of our knowl- in fact, harmful. erwise)…” The Manual goes only has to do one make-up. workers from the quite gra- edge, Paul Conturs’s February But the Plow-to-Plate Movie on to say that scheduled work Failure to notify me will result cious Shopping squad leader. 5, 2015, letter criticizing our Series is much more than sim- is invaluable to the Coop, that in the two make-up penalty. I have contemplated decision to screen Genetic ply a film screening. In many shifts that are short of workers As you can see, I have not enforcing the original make- Roulette is the first mention cases, films are hosted by can’t get their work done, etc. set the bar terribly high. Still, up policy to the letter, but have of our series in this section of subject matter experts, and This passage I am citing incredibly, every month I have held back with the knowledge the Linewaiters’ Gazette. followed by robust dialogue. contains a fatal contradiction. at least one and often more that my workers could easily We refute Mr. Conturs’s We have been ably assisted Many squad leaders (possibly members who fail to inform move to less demanding jobs, assertion that Jeffrey Smith’s with our GMO-focused films the majority), have taken it me of their impending absence, or to a Receiving squad on film Genetic Roulette, screened by members of the Coop’s upon themselves to give only and are duly penalized with two which the two make-up rule is on January 13, promotes “knee- GMO Labeling Committee. one make-up to their work- make-ups. However, I can say no longer in place. I am hop- jerk hysteria” and non-crit- We hope Mr. Conturs attends ers, regardless of the reason that few, if any of my workers ing that those in a position to ical thinking about GMOs. March’s screening of Seeds of for their absence. They have have abused the privilege. So do so in the Coop will resolve On the contrary, we stand by Death: Unveiling the Lies of GMOs interpreted this passage to this uneasy compromise has the ambiguity in the workslot the films we’ve screened and or April’s showing of The Future mean: “I don’t have to imple- remained in place. attendance rules that has per- believe that Mr. Smith, who of Food and takes part in the ment the two make-up rule.” You can probably deduce, mitted this inequity to persist. has authored two books on educational discussions. To my knowledge, the man- however, that I am dissatisfied Daniel Schorr, genetically engineered foods Yours Truly, agement of the Coop have not with my own solution. There is Squad Leader, Receiving, and heads the Institute for The Plow-to-Plate Team weighed in on this, though I little aside from whatever loy- B Week, Monday, 8:30 pm

BDS/MIDDLE EAST support Israeli Government policies. BDS campaign, 40% of the voters at tent over TTIP because of perceived In New York City, JCRC has support- the March 27, 2012, General Meeting corporate control over social pro- ed campaigns which undermine the voted to hold a referendum. grams in European countries. It is THE JEWISH COMMUNITY rights of Muslims. In particular, when In the next months PSFC mem- expected that European protest will RELATIONS COUNCIL, THE NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kel- bers for BDS will propose to boycott intensify even more once they learn CITY COUNCIL AND THE ly’s surveillance program of Muslim Sodastream, a water carbonation sys- about this proposed legislation, H.R. PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP groups, restaurants, mosques and tem produced by an Israeli company 825, when BDS campaigns in Europe institutions was exposed in Febru- on stolen Palestinian land in the West would be required to be halted under TO THE EDITOR: ary 2011, JCRC’s leadership wrote an Bank. We expect that JCRC will again any future trade agreement. On February 15th, 2015, 15 mem- opinion editorial in Jewish Week prais- be organizing opposition. Please be As members are aware, there has bers of our City Council, including ing Kelly. (See also “The Case Against alert to their role in our Coop. been growing support in the US and Brooklyn members Brad Lander, Anto- Ray Kelly” op ed in Jewish Week 4/20/12.) Naomi Brussel EU for the BDS movement. There nio Reynoso, David Greenfield, Rafael Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a long time have been endorsements by trade Espinal and Darlene Mealy went to member of JCRC’s board, was a lead- unions and churches. Companies Israel for a nine-day “free trip” paid for er in the 2007 campaign against the NEW CHALLENGE TO like G4S and Veolia have lost con- by the Jewish Community Relations Khalil Gibran International Acade- BDS MOVEMENT IN tracts with municipalities because Council (JCRC) and the United Jewish my (KGIA) and its founder, Debbie CONGRESS of their contracts with Israel in the Appeal. The Council Speaker, Melis- Almontaser. JCRC having initially illegal settlements from which these sa Mark-Viverito, leading the trip, is worked to help establish KGIA, with- MEMBERS: companies earn profit. The BDS quoted in the February 16, 2015, Daily drew its support of Almontaser when It is not yet discussed in the main- movement has been successful in News explaining “New York City and Weisenfeld’s Anti-Muslim “Stop the stream press but in early February, a persuading many banks and pen- Israel share many cultural, business Madrassa” campaign was underway. new piece of bi-partisan legislation, sion funds in Europe to divest from and educational ties and this trip... As a member of the City University H.R. 825, has gone to committee. If companies benefiting from Israel’s will help strengthen them.” Board, Weisenfeld also tried unsuc- passed it would be a challenge to the illegal occupation. What happens This JCRC trip, similar to others cessfully to prevent renowned play- BDS movement in the US and in the to this legislation in Congress will, accepted by City Council Members in wright Tony Kushner from receiving EU (28 European nations). I read therefore, be closely watched and past years, (see mondoweiss article by an honorary degree because of Kush- about this in the article: How EU-US challenged. Phan Nguyen, February 12, 2013) sym- ner’s criticisms of Israeli government trade deal could thwart “boycott Isra- A good example of the success of bolizes the pressure our local officials policies and defense of the rights of el” campaign by Ryvka Barnard and the global BDS movement has been are under to support the Israeli gov- Palestinians. John Hilary. The legislation is called the global boycott of SodaStream, the ernment and its 68-year illegal occu- In 2012 JCRC staff members Hindy the US-Israel Trade and Commercial popular seltzer maker, manufactured pation and colonization of Palestine. Poupko and Noam Gilboard were Enhancement Act. in a settlement in the occupied Pal- Their fear of accusations of anti-Jew- instrumental in organizing at the If passed, future US trade agree- estinian territories in the West Bank. ish sentiment results in this show of Park Slope Food Coop to prevent a ments with the EU or with an individ- The company is considering moving solidarity with a state that oppresses coop-wide referendum on boycotting ual European government would be its factory to Israel. Our Coop should and murders Palestinians. Israeli products from taking place. required to stop organizations or indi- support boycotting SodaStream as a More than 65 community social In an article in the publication Isra- viduals from engaging in BDS actions basic gesture of respect and commit- justice organizations protested the el Action Network Facts 2: they take against Israel or against companies ment to upholding the principles of Council Members’ trip. An “Open Let- credit for work with community rab- working with Israel in the occupied international law that Israel is violat- ter” urged them not to tour an Apart- bis, Zionist organizations as well as Palestinian territories. Since 2013, ing against the Palestinian peoples. heid State. (see Don’t Go Coalition public officials, in the struggle against the US and EU have been engaged in Mary Buchwald open letter) Park Slope Food Coop Members for negotiations for a giant trade agree- Brooklyn For Peace The JCRC is a national organiza- Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions ment called the Transatlantic Trade PSFC membership for BDS tion, focused on aspects of Jewish (PSFC members for BDS). In spite of and Investment Partnership (TTIP). http://psfcbds.wordpress.com life. A significant part of its work is to this massive and well-funded anti- There is growing European discon- CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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BDS/MIDDLE EAST Bell, Steven Berke, Danielle Bernstein, Feotiniya Grechko, Jessica Greenbaum, Susan Raskin, Saul D. Raw, Yigal Esther Bernstein, Shalmon Bernstein, Naftali Hanau, Tal Hanuna, Sue Harris, Rechtman, Jeffrey Rickin, Lila Rieman, Galina Bibichkova, Gloria Blumenthal, Devorah Hershkop, Esther Hertzel, Michael Rieman, Doris Rosenbaum, STOP BDS Robert Blumenthal, Ruth Bolletino, Leah Susan Horowitz, Daniel Hymowitz, Inna Ron Rosenbaum, Meir Rosenberger, IN THE COOP Boorstein, Ron Boorstein, Alan Brown, Hymowitz, Igor Itkin, Olga Itkin, Bonnie Mirele Rosenberger, Jesse Rosenfeld, Riva Art Brown, Matthew Brown, Etta Chaya Quint Kaplan, Constantine Kaniklidis, Rosenfield, Dorothy Rosensweig, Tzvia TO THE EDITOR: Brummel, Michael Brummel, Darrin Benjamin Kessel, G. Evelyn Lampart, Rosenthal, Yaakov Rosenthal, Matthew The undersigned 132 members Cabot, Nathalie Cabot, Jason Carucci, Corrine Lang, Harvey Lang, David Roth, Mildred Ruttner, Jonathan Sack, oppose the continued use of Coop Henny Chanina, Dana Dasch, Sharon Leveson, Margaret Leveson, Chana Lew, Shayna Schmidt, Irvin Schonfeld, Rivkah funds for the promotion and distri- Eagle, Eric Eisenstadt, Mike Epstein, Pinny Lew, Sylvia Lowenthal, Diana Siegel, Chaya Silberberg, Alan Silver, bution of BDS and other anti-Israel Martin A. Ettlinger, Arthur Finn, Maislen, Ramon Maislen, Avishay Renee Silver, Jeanne Solomon, Nancy rhetoric in the Linewaiters’ Gazette and Carol Freeman, Ellen Freudenheim, Mazor, Barbara Mazor, Juliet Milkens, Spitalnick, Malkah Spitalny, Israel at the General Meeting. Yoav Gal, Yuri Gitman, Frieda Givon, Sally Minker, Alex Musayev, Madeleine Spitalny, Marion Stein, Ron Stein, Ruth To add your name, send an e-mail Yokhai Givon, Felicia Glucksman, Asya Nash, Constance E. Nickel, Marjorie Steinberg, Malka Stern, Laura Szapiro, to [email protected]. Gorokhovsky, Leonid Gorokhovsky, Ordene, Jan Orzeck, Chaya Osdoba, Alexander Tilleman, Alan Tobias, Fanya Anita Aboulafia, Rhudi Andreolli, Leah Gradinger, Levi Gradinger, Misty Yisrael Osdoba, Rodger Parsons, Vasilevsky, Rabbi Jerry Weider, Fran Maurice Appelbaum, Eva Aridjis, Roberta Gradinger, Ulrich Gradinger, Ari Fredda Patti, Alexander Pevzner, Toyba Weiner, Baruch Weisman, Itta Werdiger, Arnold, Joan Shena Gitel Astrin, Gregory Gradus, Diana Gradus, Sybil Graziano, Pevzner, Robert Porter, Peter Raskin, Daniel P. Wiener, Edward Yakubov

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Solution to this issue's sudoku puzzle Community calendar listings are free. Please submit your event listing in 50 words or less to [email protected]. Submission deadlines are the same as for classified ads. 3 4 1 7 2 8 6 5 9 Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the center of this issue.

FRI, MARCH 6 the powerhouse; 1111 Eighth SAT, MARCH 14 2 6 5 3 4 9 7 8 1 8-11 p.m. SWING DANCE Ave. Brooklyn 11215. For 8 p.m. Peoples’ Voice Cafe: NIGHT ‚ Park Slope—JITTER- more info, call 718.666.3049 emma’s revolution. At The BUG JAM with Flying Home and RSVP appreciated: rsvp@ Community Church of NY 8 7 9 5 6 1 3 2 4 Arturo Perez. Dance lessons with powerhouseon8th.com Unitarian Universalist, 40 E. Arturo Perez followed by live 30s 35th St.For info call 212-787- and 40s swing music from Flying 3903 or see www.peoples- 4 3 2 9 5 6 1 7 8 Home with guest singers. First FRI, MARCH 13 voicecafe.org. Suggested Friday of every month! BSEC, 53 7 p.m. United Methodist Church donation $18, member $10. 7 1 6 4 8 2 9 3 5 Prospect Park West. More Info: Fossil Fuel Divestment/Rein- www.brooklynswingdance.com vestment Panel: Amy Miller on SUN, MARCH 24 350.org, divestment campaign; 5 9 8 1 3 7 4 6 2 Nina Mariella Macapinlac on 4 p.m. BPL Chamber Players SAT, MARCH 7 Responsible Endowments present: Susan Rotholz, flute; 4 p.m. Cookbook tasting and Coalition and student Eliot Bailen, cello; Margaret 1 8 4 6 7 5 2 9 3 book signing for: The Soup Club divestment movement; Lisa Kampmeier, piano at the Dr. Cookbook by Courtney Allison, DiCaprio (NYU) on finan- S. Stevan Dweck Center for Tina Carr, Caroline Laskow, and cial aspects of divestment, Contemporary Culture Central 9 2 7 8 1 3 5 4 6 Julie Peacock. Tastings prepared including new fossil-free Library. 10 Grand Army Plaza by Melissa Vaughan, author investment options. Sixth Brooklyn. Admission Free. of The New Brooklyn Cookbook at Ave. at Eighth St. 6 5 3 2 9 4 8 1 7

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EXCITING WORKSLOT OPPORTUNITIES To Submit Classified or Display Ads: RECEIVING PRODUCE able to clearly convey information about Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Clas- Monday–Friday, 5 to 7:30 a.m. member status directly to members. sified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, display ads at The Coop is looking for members to work in Entrance workers also provide a key $30. (Classified ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commer- the produce area. Responsibilities include: security function, and must remain alert cial” category are free.) All ads must be written on a sub- lifting boxes, unloading deliveries, stack- throughout the shift, which may have mission form. Classified ads may be up to 315 characters ing boxes in the basement. You should be slow periods. Therefore reading, writing, and spaces. Display ads must be camera-ready and busi- willing to get or have wet hands while you talking on the phone, texting, etc. are ness card size (2” x 3.5” horizontal). are working. Boxes usually weigh between not allowed. Punctuality and good Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near 2–20 lbs., a few may weigh up to 50 lbs. attendance will be essential, as you will the elevator in the entrance lobby. be the only Entrance worker scheduled OFFICE SET-UP at this time of day. Paid Membership Monday, Thursday, 6 to 8:30 a.m. Coordinators will be present to train you Need an early riser with lots of energy to on your first (and second) shift, and then do a variety of physical tasks including: set- to support you and answer questions ting up tables and chairs, buying food and going forward. supplies, labeling and putting away food and supplies, recycling, washing dishes BATHROOM CLEANING and making coffee. Sound like your dream Friday, 12 to 2 p.m. come true? This job might be for you. Work with a partner to deep clean the Please speak to Adriana or Cynthia in the Coop’s bathrooms. Tasks include scrub- Membership Office for more information. bing floor tiles, cleaning toilets, mopping floors and stocking the bathrooms. You will STORE EQUIPMENT CLEANING work with only natural cleaning products. Monday, Wednesday, 6 to 8 a.m. This job is perfect for members who like to The Coop is looking for members to clean clean and are conscientious about doing a the checkout area of the store. It entails thorough job. cleaning the scales at each checkout and vacuuming around the base of the check- LAUNDRY AND TOY CLEANING out station as well as sweeping and occa- Saturday, 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. sionally mopping. You will work under the This workslot has two responsibilities. supervision of a staff person. You will load laundry into dryer, fold it and redistribute it around the Coop. While ENTRANCE DESK the laundry is washing/drying, you will Wednesday, Friday, 5:45 to 8 a.m. clean toys in the childcare room. You will Supervised by Membership Coordinators, be working with a partner on these tasks. you will be staffing the Entrance desk in Please contact Annette or Jana in the Mem- hours of the weekday before the Coop is bership Office for further information. open to shoppers. Primarily you will be checking in working members, informing GENERAL MEETING SET-UP them of their member and household Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. status, and handing out entrance desk Adaptable, physically energetic, team slips to members who need them. workers with excellent attendance needed Entrance workers provide an essential to help set up and break down the space ARE YOU A member service and must be welcoming, where the General Meeting is held. Contact polite, able to read and interpret Adriana Becerra, Membership Coordinator, BROOKLYN-BASED information on the entrance desk screen, [email protected]. FILMMAKER? CLASSIFIEDS Would you like to screen your work munications. 24-year Park Slope MADISON AVENUE HAIRCUTTER BED & BREAKFAST Food Coop member; Park Slope is right around the corner from at the Coop? HOUSE ON 3RD ST. B+B. Par- resident; downtown Brooklyn the Food Coop, so if you would lor floor thru apt. Sleeps 4. Wi-fi, office. Tom Guccione, 718-596- like a really good haircut at a Then submit your film kitchenette, deck, 12’ ceilings, 4184, also at www.tguccionelaw. decent price, please call Maggie private bath. Visit our website, com. at 718-783-2154. I charge $60. for possible inclusion houseon3st.com, or call us, in the Coop’s 718-788-7171. Enjoy modern com- EXPRESS MOVES. One flat price Friday Film Night SERVICES-HEALTH fort in true Park Slope style. Grand- for the entire move! No decep- Screening Series. parents are our specialty! tive hourly estimates! Careful, Teens and Self-esteem group experienced mover. Everything forming. Teenage girls and boys Large sunny room with en suite quilt padded. No extra charge for frequently have lots of self-es- If you’re a Coop member you’ll receive one FTOP bath, in home with old-fashioned wardrobes and packing tape. teem issues. Pressures on them credit for screening and offering a Q+A with your charm and modern amenities. near Specialist in walkups. Thousands seem to be larger than in previous film. If you’re not a member, it’s still a chance to Q, B, 3 trains. Call Margaret at 718- of satisfied customers. Great generations. Issues with appear- spread the word about your work and build your fan 622-2897. Coop references. 718-670-7071. ance, weight, academic and social base by screening for a local audience. problems are very common and NEED AN ELECTRICIAN Call Art groups can be a great way for them SERVICES Cabrera of Horizon, Est. 1983, original to meet and talk and address these We accept documentary and fiction, both features AVAILABLE Coop member #225 and electrician. issues. Call G. Ness, LCSW, 718- and shorts (we program shorts as a group). ATTORNEY—Personal Injury Residential specialist. Rewiring, 789-6739. Emphasis—36 years experience new circuitry. Add a switch or rewire PleasePlease e-mail e-mail Faye LedermanGabrielfor Rhodes details at in all aspects of injury law. Individ- your whole home. Troubleshooting [email protected] detailsor at mail your DVD to: ual attention provided for entire specialist, fans, low voltage, bells and [email protected]. Lederman, 2000 Linwood Ave, #9E case. Free phone or office consul- rewiring light fixtures. Call 718-965- Fort Lee, NJ 07024 tations. Prompt, courteous com- 0327 or call 646-239-5197.

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Candidate for Board of Directors of the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc. Two three-year terms on the Board are open. To vote you may use a proxy or attend the Food Coop Annual Meeting on June 30, 2015.| Every member will receive a proxy package in the mail in late May. You will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at the March 31 GM and also at the June 30 Annual Meeting. Candidate statement follows:

Eunju Lee differences, seeking cooperation and respectful dis- Finally, I have learned that the Coop is indeed a sent. I viewed my role as aiding in the articulation unique place worth sustaining and nurturing. The I have been a mem- of circumspect and reasoned positions that ensure Coop membership has ceaselessly embraced the ber of the Park Slope the Coop’s sustainability in a manner that is consis- challenges of change necessary to keep evolving and Food Coop for 20 tent with its founding values. My first term as a Board improving. In my 20-year membership history, I have years and a member member has provided me with ample opportunity to witnessed many of these changes. In my three years of the Coop’s Board do just this and I have learned a few valuable things as a Board member, I have been privileged to claim of Directors for the along the way. agency among them. I am grateful for this opportu- past three. Initially First, I have learned the importance of an engaged nity and request your support as I seek to continue joining as an FTOP and vocal membership in ensuring the continued to serve on the Board of Directors. I am also grateful worker, I worked vitality of the Coop. It seems trite, but whenever I to the General Coordinators who have endorsed my shifts in a variety of am sitting in a general meeting, I am reminded of candidacy and hope I will have yours. settings: shopping, the old Dr. Seuss saying, “Unless someone like you Thank you for your consideration. n receiving, childcare cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going and the office. In to get better. It’s not.” And the Coop is 2000, I joined the staff of the Coop as a Membership filled with people who care an awful lot Coordinator. I worked in this position for seven years about creating a community that values and when I resigned to work full-time as a hospice social responsibility and justice. social worker, I joined the attendance and compost Second, I have learned that the prac- squads. tice of democracy can be messy. The GMs Three years ago, I came before you, the member- are forums that accept, absorb, and con- ship, to request your support for my candidacy as tain diverse voices and opinions. Some- a Board member. I thank you for that support and times this means that we must muddle having granted me the opportunity to serve on our through a bedlam of rancor and conflict Coop’s Board of Directors. Coming to the end of my in parsing out the merits and faults of a term, I come before you again to request your sup- particular position. Through this some- port for a second term. times painful process, we affirm our com- When I asked for your support three years ago, mon commitment to a decision-making Are you a writer? I articulated my desire to function as a conduit of process that trusts in the wisdom of a diverse membership voices, to thoughtfully weigh crowd. Do you want FTOP credit?

Wordsprouts, the Food Coop’s Looking to help new coops form in Brooklyn reading series, is looking for you, while getting a tax deduction? for its monthly events in the Support the Fund for New Coops—a project of the Park Slope Food Coop. second-floor meeting room. The Fund for New Coops will make low-interest loans to start-up coops that use the full-member Please contact the organizers at labor model like ours. Loans will be extended [email protected]. to qualified start-ups to address problems and maximize the chances that start-ups will flourish. How can you donate? Use the scannable Fund for New Coops donation cards • available on the shopping floor

Donate directly from the Coop’s website, foodcoop.com. Follow the link for We will be producing videos for the new Park Slope Food Coop Web site. • In line with the mission of the new Web site, the videos will offer more information to members and the Fund for New Coops and select the DONATE button educate the public about the Coop. We are looking for members who currently work professionally as: • Video shooters (who have their own equipment that they can use for the Coop videos) Mail a check—made out to the Fund for New Food Coops—to: • Sound recorders (who have their own equipment they can use) • Producers • Directors • Editors • Composers • Sound mixers • FJC, 520 Eighth Ave., 20th Flr., New York, NY 10018 If you are interested in FTOP earning work credit by sharing your expertise to help produce awesome videos for the Coop’s new Web site, please send an e-mail with a brief statement Help nascent coops that want to use our model: Contribute today! describing your qualifications or a CV to: [email protected]

THANK YOU!

Thank you to the following members for referring friends who joined the Coop in the last four weeks.

Moriah Akers Miranda Bushey Ithran Einhorn Lisa Kanbar Jamie-Lynn Mollo Jason Porter Robert A. Saffer Emily Sufrin Joe Ancowitz Alison Butler Hiroko Fukuyama Chana Kavka Molly Ariel Poster Aamut Sameri Suzanna Talbot Thomas Ashe Justin Cahill Kate Galassi Amy Kaye Tom Moore Bonnie Q. Allison Samuels Marcy Perlman Tardio Sinclair B. Alexander Caring- Ashley Gamell “Mimi” Mounira Sandra Mullin Marina R. Emily Saunders Arielle Teitcher Jennifer Bastien Lobel Shterna Ginsberg Keghida Olga N. Angelica Ramdhari Mira Scarvalone Jennifer Tenenbaum Shira Becher Elaine Su Hui Chew Julie Glemaud Christie Kim Ryan Nethery Julie Raskin David Schmidt Marisa Textor Cyril Bennouna Andrew Clark Paige Gottheim Noemie LaFrance Shannon O’Brien J. Reid Erin Schreiner Emily Tsaconas Eve Biddle Kelly Crimmins Dynishal Gross Sanaë Lemoine Grace O’Donohue Eugene V. Resnick Yasmin Schwartz Danielle Varga Liz Bigham-Hotson Elizabeth Cronin April Gu Margaret Leveson Kevin O’Sullivan Gianluca Rivizzigno Charles Settles, Jr. Chris Ward David Bindman Crystal Cun Mark Hendel Eric Levinson Luis Ortiz Emanual Romero- Lida Shao Marcy Wasserman Daniel Bockrath Karen D’Souza Miya Hideshima Katie Levy Wilson Ortiz Guzman Samara Shapiro Yandra Sheila Boyd Megan Davidson Tracy Hobson Sarah Linford Jenny Perlin Francesca Rossi Lisa Smith Oren Yaniv Anna Brenner James Dedousis Julia Holmes Johnathan Lowery Rosa Perr Jeffrey Rotter Molly Smith Eliza Brown Kay Dougherty Kiera Jaffin Stacey Maire Michele Peters Carol Russell Sonia Joshua Burcham Doug Eacho Sara Jayanthi Margaret McCartney Mindy Phillips Kim S. Emily Storm

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