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Volume KK, Number 18 September 1, 2016 PSFC’s New Expansion Hungry for Change: How Food Issues Play into Committee is Underway the Presidential Election By Gayle Forman By Rene Brinkley into effect July 1 of this year. f you were to shop at the Park f you happen to believe There has been a huge effort ISlope Food Coop when it first Ithe saying, “you are what in Congress to stop it and pre- opened in 1973, it might’ve you eat,” then some might empt all state labeling efforts,” gone something like this: On a find it refreshing to think of he explained. On July 14 Con- Saturday, some time between themselves as a wholesome gress passed a GMO labeling 9 and 1, you would’ve gone to green apple ripe for the pick- bill by a vote of 306-117. Pres- the building that once was 782 ing or strangely exotic like ident Obama is expected to Union Street (an address that no a romanesco cauliflower or sign the bill into law. longer legally exists, since the strong as an ox after devour- PSFC took over buildings to the ing a piece of meat. But the We Want Answers! right and left of it but remains food we eat is not always While an overwhelming our official address anyhow) what it seems. Sometimes majority of the public is united and trudged up the stairs to the it’s created in labs, injected around GMO labeling, it’s just Mongoose Community Cen- with chemicals and genet- one of many food issues people ter. In the front, roughly where ically engineered. At times care about. In February, Food

some of the Coop offices are PHOTO BY KEVIN RYAN we are left to guess what’s Tank, a global nonprofit orga- now, you’d enter a small storage Jonathan Farber pushes the Coop to consider its long- in our food despite a desire nization focused on changing room, stocked with bulk bins term future. and, what many of us feel is, the food system, sent a list of and refrigerators that had been our right to know. 10 food policy questions to the found on the street. as two adjacent buildings. As expanding the Coop to a sec- A recent survey by the Uni- 2016 presidential candidates. for eggs, the Coop now sells ond location will have to grap- versity of Wisconsin-Madison Here is a sampling: In the Beginning around 5,000 dozen per week. ple with. Approved at the July and the University of Penn- There Were Eggs There’s a temptation to see GM, the committee’s job is sylvania found that 88% of • How would you support It was a rocky start. At one this growth as, well, purely to look at the financial, social Americans support mandato- small and medium-sized point, the community cen- organic, a membership swell- and logistical ramifications of ry labeling of food with genet- organic farmers? ter lowered the struggling ing as the demand for afford- opening a second location. But ically modified organisms • What would you do to Coop’s rent from $10 a week to able sustainable food grew, a the committee may also find (GMO). The issue has been ensure that every American $25 a month. But after a few space expanding as the mem- itself wading into more phil- hotly debated at the local and has access to food that is months, things began to gel. A bership burst the seams of one osophical terrain. As member state level for several years sustainable, safe, healthy watershed moment, founding location, then the next. But Jonathan Farber, who submit- and recently landed on the and affordable? member and General Coordi- founders always had an eye on ted the proposal for the study national agenda. “This is at nator Joe Holtz remembers, is the future. Right from the start, committee puts it: “What is an urgent moment right now,” Food Tank has yet to receive when one Saturday the Coop Holtz says members asked the role of the Park Slope Food said Alex Beauchamp of Food a response from either can- sold 200 dozen eggs. “It was themselves the following ques- Coop beyond Union Street?” & Water Watch. “Vermont didate. Danielle Nierenberg, remarkable. We as a group tions: “‘Is this good or what? Since 2010, Farber, a land- passed a GMO labeling law president and founder of Food could buy two hundred dozen Do we want to make sure this scape architect who owns an several years ago and it went CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 eggs in four hours,” he says. survives? How do we go about upstate farm, has been having “We were getting there.” making sure it survives? What a series of conversations with Next General Meeting on September 27 The Coop now has around measures do we take to insure farmers, environmentalists, The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on 17,000 members who pur- the sustainability of the Coop?’” academics and the Coop’s the last Tuesday of each month. The September General Meet- chase about a million dollars coordinators, attempting ing will be on Tuesday, September 27, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Fran- of groceries a week. It has Beyond Union to do what Holtz and fellow cis Xavier School, 763 President St., between Sixth and bought, and fully paid for, the Forty years later, these founding members did from Seventh Aves. building the Mongoose Com- are the questions that a new the start: look to what’s next. For more information about the GM and about Coop munity once occupied, as well committee that will study CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 governance, please see the center of this issue.

Fri, Sep 9 • Wordsprouts: Notorious R.B.G. 7:00 p.m. IN THIS ISSUE Puzzle ...... 2 Tue, Sep 13 • Plow-to-Plate Movie Series: A Garden of My Own ...... 4 7:00 p.m. Coop All In This Tea Nina Frenkel, Obituary ...... 5 Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement . .7 Event Sat-Sun • Food Drive to Benefit CHIPS Soup Kitchen Calendar of Events ...... 8 Sep 24-25 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor ...... 10 Highlights Safe Food Committee Report ...... 11 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Classifieds ...... 11 International Squad Education Report ...... 12

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Expansion Committee Underway ones. It will look at communi- recognize that. “In the end, the says Holtz. “There’s a big educa- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ty impact, and membership people who are going to make tion. We want our members to What he discovered was can’t open at a scale that’s big expansion and how a second the decision are the members,” be an informed electorate.” n that in the past four decades, enough to support a store.” location would work with our the Coop has come to have a So, the Park Slope Food existing IT systems that track huge, even outsized, influence Coop is at a crossroads. If everything from inventory on many different sectors. nothing changes, the Coop’s to attendance. It will look at Confounded Compounds “Everyone—farmers, activists, capacity to add members, sell demographics and logistics, Confounded Compounds land trusts—said the same more groceries and support such as proximity to the sub- If ants wore clothing, would they have ANTHEMS (ANT + HEMS)? thing,” Farber says. “We’re more local farms, will, more way and ease of parking. For each line below, a word could be broken up incorrectly, like ANT + HEMS, important. We have a big influ- or less, hit a wall. “It’s not the Additionally, the commit- and the clue for that is given under CONFOUNDED CLUES. To help you, the straight clues for the words are given underneath CLEAR CLUE ence. We sell a million dollars end of the world,” Holtz says. tee will look at what impact in no particular order. of groceries a week. We create “It’s okay for a place to be as a second, larger store would With ANTHEMS, the CONFOUNDED CLUE could be Insect’s clothing edge and a market.” The Coop’s relation- busy as it’s going to be.” have upon the food economy the CLEAR CLUE could be patriotic hymn. The circled letters going down will spell an food critic’s action when undecided ship with its suppliers makes it But the Coop has never the Park Slope Food Coop sup- – or very disappointed. To help you, some letters are already filled in. even more unique. The chain is been just about sales. It’s ports, and in many ways, creat- direct and immediate, allow- been about cooperation. A key ed. If the Coop bought a 40,000 ing the Coop to buy direct- principle of cooperatives is square foot space, that would CONFOUNDED CLUES ANSWERS ly—no middleman upping the supporting other coops, some- dramatically increase our stor- Pay off a loan  W price—from farms like Haw- Experts at riding the waves  A  thorne Valley. And, the Coop Stars and Stripes diatribe N allows farmers like Amy Hep-   worth to grow specifically for Devilish deed  T the Coop. Many of the Coop’s Best jeerer  I suppliers exist because of the Man with lots of sun  N Coop, thrive because of it and Before it hurt   G certainly depend on it. Applause at a hotel  V  Bursting at the Seams, Standard neckwear A  Again Leave with an odd feeling  G At the same time, the Coop Place for porridge U  is crowded. It’s better now than Mafia cartel, perhaps E it was, thanks to the addition- Park Slope Food Coop circa 1973.  al checkout stands, but with  17,000 members in 20,000 thing the PSFC takes serious- age capacity (now around 7,000 CLEAR CLUES a. Muscle to bone connectors b. Quickly c. Giving a sermon d. Comes out of thousand square feet (6,000 of ly as evidenced by everything square feet) allowing us to buy the water e. Something new f. Fun events g. Make a difference h. Fungus i. which is the shopping floor), from its support of startup from more suppliers, in great- Funding j. Obvious k. Soccer penalty l. Touching at a single point things get tight. Coordina- food coops to its decision to er bulk, to receive greater dis- tors are continually looking switch to (more expensive) counts passed on to members. Puzzle author: Lars Roe. For answers, see page 10. for ways to squeeze more vol- shopping bags in order to sup- Farber imagines other possi- ume out of a limited space, port worker-owned businesses. bilities afforded by more space be it adding Saturday supplier “There’s something special such as increased food pro- deliveries, reconfiguring the going on here,” Holtz says. cessing done in house. “Maybe 1 shopping floor or adding more “The food is good. Members we make our own prepared shopping hours. But as Holtz like being part of a cooperative foods,” he says. Or a butchery notes, these are tweaks. “The where they can see the fruits in house, allowing the Coop fact is that the Coop is push- of their labor. We have a good to buy entire animals, wasting ing its capacity,” he says. “[Pre- thing. Since we know the sys- less, and costing less. viously], when it pushed its tem better than anyone else, Farber also imagines that a capacity to a bursting point, shouldn’t we do it more?” larger space might allow the something happened on our Coop to better support the block that let us do this more. Do It More smaller food coops, who lack Let us add more, either space Exactly what it would mean the same purchasing power we or product or shopping hours. to “do it more” is at the core of have. What if the Coop bought That’s coming to an end.” the study group’s mandate. In on these smaller coop’s behalf, This is not a new issue. It’s addition to looking at the finan- acting as a sort of supplier? With one reason as membership cial ramifications of purchasing increased storage capacity, this has ballooned, the Coop has a new store (buying, rather than might be possible. “What other been so muscular in its sup- renting, has always been part things can the new Coop be port of other area food coops, of the Coop’s success; when aside from an exact duplicate like those in Windsor Terrace, early Coop members learned of what we have?” asks Farber. Bushwick and Bay Ridge. But that Mongoose was leaving the Or as Holtz puts it: “The Coop it has been a struggle for space, they went to the land- does a lot of good things. If the these smaller coops, stymied lord with a rent-to-own plan), Coop was bigger, we would do by skyrocketing rents, small the committee will look at what more of those good things.” spaces and limited shopping locations might best serve cur- hours. As Farber notes, “They rent members and attract new The Same Four Questions The study committee has only just been approved and is seeking members. (Please see the ad elsewhere in this issue.) The process is expected to take a while. Farber hopes to present his prospective com- mittee members for approv- al at the GM in three months and to have an initial report 18 months after that. There are a lot of unknowns and even those open to the idea of expanding Park Slope Food Coop checkout circa 1978.

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Hungry for Change to take action to reform the nizations to determine which Is the Movement Ready? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nation’s food system. chemicals to avoid. More people around the Other issues Holtz would country are voting with their Tank, believes the candidates the road visiting battleground Take a Stand like to see discussed during dollars and buying better are missing an opportunity. states. “The idea is to raise Priscilla Amado is a Park this election include pes- food. They are shopping at “You have a constituency that issues not being talked about Slope Food Coop member, ticides, farm subsidies for farmers’ markets, joining now more than ever is inter- on the campaign trail,” Oliva food voter and a self-described non-commodity crop farm- CSA’s and becoming mem- ested in more than just the explained, “We also want to try food activist. In 2013 she took ers and a policy that would bers of food coops. Alex personal aspects of food con- and get candidates to address a break from living in New help wean society off factory Beauchamp of Food and sumption including local food these topics. We want food to York and spent a year on her farmed meat. Water Watch believes all this or going to their farmers mar- become a political issue.” father’s farm in Cape Verde. It Several Coop committees is great but it’s not enough. ket. You would think these can- was there while surrounded and sub-committees try to “There are real policy prob- didates would take this as an Are You a Food Voter? by nature that Amado under- help raise awareness around lems that are not going to be opportunity to address some As the Plate of the Union went what she calls a “trans- these and other food topics, solved by shopping.” Beau- of the things voters already truck travels the country, there formational experience.” She including the Environmental champ said. “We are not care about,” Nierenberg said. has been talk of an emerging returned to New York deter- Committee, the GMO Com- going to shop our way out Food is central to the well- voting group called the food mined to raise awareness mittee, the Safe Food Com- of it; it’s going to take real being of almost every Amer- voter. According to TriplePun- around food issues. “A lot of mittee and its ‘Plow to Plate’ political action.” It’s also ican and the food industry dit, a global media platform people I interacted with while movie series and the Animal going to take time as the employs millions of workers. focused on people, planet and doing my community orga- Welfare Committee. food movement gets bigger, Yet despite its importance to profit, food voters are pas- nizing work had no idea what However, Holtz says the becomes more confronta- personal health and the econ- sionate about issues such as GMOs were.” Amado explains, most important thing the tional and takes more action omy, none of the major parties sustainability, food sourcing “That was alarming to me so Coop does is listen to its in the streets. At this stage have a food platform and there and health claim authenticity. I wanted to create a healing members, “Over the years the food movement doesn’t is little talk about this issue They also share certain attri- space in my neighborhood members have spoken with appear to be big enough to on the campaign trail. This butes such as reading food where people could come and their food dollars, and we get break through during this inspired several groups to col- labels, seeking more whole interact with nature.” more and more organic every presidential election, but laborate and form Plate of the foods and organic foods and Amado took action and year. That’s the direction I some activists think it’s only Union, a grassroots organi- support of mandatory labeling co-founded the grassroots believe the Coop is going.” a matter of time. n zation calling for presidential on GMO foods. collective, The Organic Food action to fix the nation’s food Jose Oliva of Plate of the for the People Project. She system. “We need to make sure Union, insists that everyone is now teaches people how to PLASTIC PACKAGING COLLECTIONS food as an issue is on the front a potential food voter. Nation- grow organic food on a small burner for the candidates,” wide polling done by his organi- plot in Brooklyn. The group 2nd Wednesday of every month 3:45-6 p.m. declared Plate of the Union zation suggests that food is not also conducts food demon- 4th Saturday of every month 1:45-4 p.m. organizer, Jose Oliva. a partisan issue. It found 81% of strations and workshops on In July the organization people are concerned that the food politics. Amado would joined the campaign trail in government tells the public to like to see food issues play Expanded Plastic Collection a food truck that made stops eat lots of fruits and vegetables, a prominent role during the for Coop members at the Republican and Dem- but less than 1% of farm subsi- presidential election but Please be prepared to show your Coop membership card. ocratic national conventions. dies go towards these items. thinks change has to start at Instead of selling gourmet It also found 81% of voters are the local level. “There has to Plastic bags/wrap/packaging from most products grub, this truck is dishing out concerned about the rise of be a public outcry and that’s sold at the Coop—food and non-food. food policy and engaging peo- type 2 diabetes in children. The why it has to be grassroots.” Thin plastic film wrap—from notecards, tea boxes, ple in discussions about farm- results of the poll found that Amando continues, “There pre-packaged cheese, household items, pet food, juice packs, etc. ing practices, healthy food people of different ages, back- has to be a demand for Plastic roll bags distributed by the Coop—please use roll and fair wages for farm work- grounds and political ideolo- change and it has to be so bags only as necessary, reduce usage whenever possible, and ers. The truck is currently on gies agree that politicians need compelling that it challenges re-use any bags you do take before recycling. and forces politicians to deal with these issues. Because NO food residue, rinse as needed. that awareness around food Only soft plastic from Coop purchases. doesn’t exist among the masses, there is no demand We continue to accept for change and politicians Special Ordering get away with not talking the following from all about food issues at all.” community members: Temporarily Suspended Food Agenda Pre-sort and separate according to the categories below. The one issue Amado Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes (any brand/size) �� would like to hear the presi- Baby food pouches and caps (any brand) dential candidates talk about We will not be taking is the use of chemicals in the Energy bar wrappers (any brand) nation’s food supply. It turns Water filters (Brita and other brands) and other special orders out PSFC General Coordi- Brita branded filter products nator Joe Holtz would also Plastic re-sealable food storage bags, September 6–26 like to see this addressed small Coop bulk bags, cling wrap on the campaign trail. “The Cereal and cracker box liners (any brand) ideal presidential candidate should influence the FDA to Food residue and paper labels OK. No shopping bags. Vitamins/Supplements special orders protect the American people

are suspended indefinitely better than they do,” Holtz Donations in any amount are welcomed to help offset said. “Rather than say yes to the cost to the Coop of this collection. No special orders on fresh baked goods additives and chemicals they Interested in joining the squads that run the Wednesday/Saturday collection, should start with a more pro- or in starting a third collection time as your workslot? tective attitude and policy Contact Cynthia Pennycooke in the Membership Office. Orders for bulk or produce by the case must regarding what can be used in For more information about Terracycle, visit terracycle.com be placed directly with a bulk or produce buyer food,” he continued. Because Questions about items we accept should be e-mailed to [email protected] the FDA allows the use of so many chemicals in the food supply, Holtz says the Coop relies on private orga-

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Within a few days, many of my What’s more, watering the A Garden of My Own other “crops” withered away, garden alongside my daugh- too. It seemed Savannah and ter has given me great joy. By Taigi Smith more garden beds (just $20!), I had placed too many seeds Getting decked out in rubber I had peered out of my more flowers and several seed in those little cardboard boots and gardening gloves bedroom window count- starting kits. Savannah, ever seed-starting boxes and the with my Farmer John overalls less times this past winter, the faithful assistant, accom- little seedlings began stran- has brought me an odd type wishing for Spring—colorful panied me to garden stores gling one another and com- of peace, as I roam about my blooms and sunnier days felt as near as Brooklyn and as far peting for space. yard with shears, trimming out of reach on days like this. away as Andover, New Jersey. It took me a few weeks to this and that, pruning, and All that stood before me was Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes, get over my loss, but a month admiring the colors of my

a vast, dreary, sunless land- a member of the PSFC since PHOTOGRAPHS BY LISA COHEN/TAIGI SMITH later, I was back on the sad- petunias, marigolds, and the scape. I was a lifelong city 2002, remembers the lush gar- Nasoan Sheftel-Gome’s dle. I’d found a semi-sunny fleeting beauty of the white girl living on more land than I den of her childhood. “Grow- family enjoys their spot in the yard for my gar- tulips that sprouted out of could actually handle, and as I ing up in San Francisco’s backyard oasis. den beds and had begun to nowhere. stared out at the leafless trees Haight-Ashbury, my parents plant seeds. Eager for a vari- Starting the garden was and cold gray skies, I felt mild- always had large, beautiful ety of vegetables, I planted also about growth—growing ly depressed. And so I called gardens and I absorbed a lot just about everything I could closer to my little girl and my friend and fellow Gazette of information from watching get my hands on—arugula, teaching her to appreciate Reporter Rene. them grow stuff,” said Naso- kale, collard greens, onions, nature and earth. It is a senti- I joked to Rene that my an. The Art of Gardening, says tomatoes, lettuce, beets, ment echoed by Nasoan when love affair with the Park Slope Nasoan, is in her bones, so Swiss chard, zucchini, green she thinks about her daughter, Food Coop was waning and when she and her husband beans and basil­. Who cared if Naima. “My five-year-old has that this summer, “I will grow purchased their Brooklyn I didn’t label anything? Surely grown up with the garden and my own vegetables. By the home, she knew right away I would recognize the vegeta- she loves to help out watering end of the summer, people that there needed to be a bles as they began to sprout plants and harvesting. She will be buying collard greens backyard garden. As it turned and grow. My garden beds, also loves eating the food from ME. Who knows? Maybe out, just clearing out the yard Brian Dentz in front of his full of seeds, looked amazing. fresh off the plants. I think I’ll even start my own Farm- to make room for a garden beloved fig tree showing Savannah and I watered them part of why she loves veggies er’s Market. Those lines at proved to be a dirty undertak- off his abundant tomato religiously and watched and so much is because she par- the Coop are just too long.” ing. “My current garden was a harvest. watched and watched….and ticipates in growing ours.” Rene was encouraging as she true labor of love for the whole when we weren’t watching, I Audrey Miller Komaroff, always is. At the end of that family,” remembers Nasoan. went to Facebook.” who joined the Coop in 1975, conversation, the verbal seeds Brian Dentz built his gar- “By early summer my own is the most experienced gar- of my garden had been sown. den beds using recycled wood garden hadn’t grown much, dener I interviewed for this As it turned out, I wasn’t from a home renovation. but Nasoan’s Facebook pho- story. “When the Coop decid- the only member of the PSFC He treated the garden beds tos showed her smiling and ed to garden the open lot on planting a garden. Brian Dentz with linseed oil to preserve proud in a bountiful, flour- Union St. near Fourth Ave., I has been a member of the the wood and purchased his ishing, garden. As I scrolled decided to help. It took 12 of Coop for 10 years and for three soil from a company in Long through photographs of us to empty the lot and start of those years, he’s tended Island. “Very often, there are Nasoan’s gigantic zucchini making raised beds. One to his thriving backyard gar- heavy metals in soil—partic- and boisterous heads of leafy of the members was a Park den located in the back of a ularly lead. It’s very dangerous greens, I peered at my own Ranger and got horse manure Greenwood townhouse. “In to have children play in con- Audrey Kamaroff, a most lackluster garden and won- delivered and we were off and the past, I’ve had more ambi- taminated soil,” says Brian experienced gardener, dered simply…WTF???” running,” remembers Audrey, tious gardens in the Catskills,” who advises every gardener inspired her neighbors to It quickly became appar- who fell in love with garden- says Dentz, who nonetheless to test his or her dirt before grow front yard gardens ent, that I had done some- ing at a “U-Pick-It” garden in speaks of his current Brooklyn planting vegetable seeds of their own. thing wrong. Sure, my basil Florida years ago. garden with a passion that is directly into the ground. had done well, and there were Continues Audrey, “My gar- infectious—especially when ”If anyone is going to grow tons of beautiful yellow zuc- den is visible from my bath- he reflects on the aggressive things they’re going to eat, chini flowers, but sadly, no room and kitchen windows, tomato crop that took over his they need to have their soil zucchini. My tomatoes sat so I get to see my beautiful garden this year. “Last year, I tested for heavy metals. It’s shriveled and dry and there roses and great tiger lilies! I had successful tomatoes and not uncommon to find lead in were beautiful big green bean have no expectations for the there were lots of volunteer soil in older cities.” leaves, but….no green beans. garden because I try to just let plants in my garden from the With hopes of giving Savan- The rosemary had grown like things happen and as long as previous spring, but this year, nah a garden like the one a wild animal, but something my husband waters the gar- the tomatoes really took over.” Nasoan had as a little girl, we had nibbled through my col- den, all is well.” With my sights set on a gar- started planting our seeds in lards (or were those Brussels Fast forward. As I write this den of my own, I scoured Pin- cardboard seed-starting kits sprouts) and taken a bite out story, it’s late August. The Taigi’s daughter, Savannah, terest for inspiration, and a on a rainy Saturday afternoon of what amounted to one puny garden is green and in full is her “faithful assistant.” few days later, ordered a three- in April. That afternoon Savan- head of Swiss Chard. Unsure bloom and my spirits have tiered raised garden bed from nah and I planted sunflower, of what I had done wrong, I lifted. I managed to get one Amazon. I was a woman on a lavender, arugula and basil the re-birth of Spring was just turned to my friends for sup- salad from my garden and mission when I purchased two seeds. We carefully placed around the corner. port,and I’m so glad I did. a big bowl of string beans, strawberry-bush bulbs from those tiny seeds in a semi-sun- I was most excited for the Nasoan was one of the first which I supplemented with Walmart (gasp!) and count- ny window sill and within two arrival of bountiful, bold, big people to respond. She and string beans from the Coop. less bags of seeds from the weeks, they began to sprout. yellow sunflowers and so as countless others, reminded me The basil is growing tall and PSFC. I requested free seeds I watched our seeds close- the sunflower seeds began that the most important part of strong,and it seems I’ve man- and cuttings on Freecycle.net ly, talking to them, touching to sprout on the window sill, growing one own garden was aged to grow two beets. A few and received onion cuttings them, marveling at how kind I photographed them, talk- the process itself. Through the sprigs of green onions came and morning glory seeds from nature had been to Savannah ed to them, admired them, process, I had gained a deep- up, and I’m basking in the horticulture altruists kind and me. In my mind, I was and envisioned them stand- er appreciation and greater joy of discovering one soli- enough to share their over- already making lavender tea ing tall and proud in my understanding of just how tary snow pea. The snap pea flow with me. I purchased and fragrant sachets, and of yard. But then, they began hard farmers work to grow seeds, gifted to Savannah, three tomato plants, two flats course, fresh pesto with basil. to droop. And when I desper- fresh, pretty, nutritious fruit grew green and sweet—so far, of marigolds, three flats of Something about watching ately propped them up with and vegetables, for the hungry we’ve eaten about 10 of them. daisies and two lettuce seed- those seeds grow lifted my sticks, they drooped some masses. And by attempting The sage is growing and the lings from my daughter’s Gar- end-of-winter blues. Although more, and then they… died. It to grow my own vegetables I wild rosemary is bold. den Day celebration. Within it was barely 50 degrees, those would be fair to say that this developed a greater apprecia- I checked in with Brian, weeks, I purchased dirt, three tiny sprouts reminded me that was the beginning of the end. tion for our little Coop. eager to know if his garden

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OBITUARY Nina Frenkel, 43, Accomplished Illustrator, Devoted Coop Member and Artist for the Gazette By Thomas Rayfiel ness by creating a character, Nina Frenkel, whose illus- Brave Chicken. As she told trations were featured in many the SVA blog: Linewaiters’ Gazette articles, died “Brave Chicken is a charac- recently from breast cancer. ter that came to me from my She was 43 years old. Nina experience of going through joined the Coop in 2002. She the emotional aftermath of worked for Team 1, providing breast cancer treatment. What portraits of subject profiles I learned over time was that as well as cartoons showing for me, figuring out how to small, distinctively drawn fig- live life after cancer treatment ures confronting typical Coop is very much about learning dilemmas. to keep moving with fear as a constant companion. To me, that is where health and heal- didn’t stop drawing illustra- generous not only to her fam- ing began—finding a place to tions for her shift. Even during ily but to her friends and col- put my fear so that it wouldn’t her treatment, she attached a leagues. She encouraged her keep me from moving…In this note saying she was in Chica- students, going above and world, who doesn’t have to be go for ‘medical stuff.’ RIP Nina. beyond what was required of a Brave Chicken?” n You will be missed by this her, staying late and helping Gazette writer....” Rod Morrison, them individually.” who also worked with Nina, Nina also teamed up with adds, “She was a pro fellow artist Aya Kake- and I remember say- da to create the per- ing that I admired formance duo, The her for pursuing a Mustache Sisters. Aya career as an illustra- writes: Professionally, Nina worked tor. In June she sub- “Nina was great as a freelance illustrator. Her mitted three of her collaborator, always

art appeared in animation for funny yet poignant open for new things ILLUSTRATIONS BY NINA FRANKEL They Might Be Giants/Play- drawings, on time and adventurous, house Disney and Sesame and without fuss. also very encourag- Street as well as in Slate, New She probably knew it would ing… As a person, she had this York, Highlights magazine and be her last. Her talent, humor very nurturing and warm per- Chronicle Books. A graduate of and her cooperative spirit will sonality. She could bond with the School of Visual Arts, she be greatly missed.” anybody. And that quality also also taught at City College and Nina is survived by her par- made her a great teacher. She Parsons School of Design. ents, Anne and Marcel, and was a hard worker, interested Fellow Team 1 member Taigi her brother, Steve. Anne Fren- in people and culture, a great Smith recalls, “…she really was kel wishes her daughter to be story teller.” special. It amazes me that she remembered as “loving and Nina dealt with her ill-

STATEMENT ON THE COOPERATIVE IDENTITY DEFINITION A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

VALUES Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their tree he planted using cuttings takes patience, care and time. founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of A Garden from a neighbor’s tree—a tree Still, she believes that every honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. which happens to be from Italy. moment she’s spent in her gar- of My Own As for Nasoan, she says her den has been time well spent. PRINCIPLES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 garden exceeded her expecta- “Gardening has brought our The cooperative principles are guidelines by which cooperatives put tions in some areas, yet disap- family together,” concludes their values into practice. The International Cooperative Alliance had exceeded his expectations. pointed in others. “This year I Nasoan. “Whether it’s from adopted the revised Statement on the Cooperative Identity in 1995. ”This year, I consider it unsuc- tried growing some things from working on it together, hanging They are as follows: 1. Voluntary and Open Membership cessful. I like to grow a variety seedlings but only a few sur- out in it together or consuming 2. Democratic Member Control of things,” and this year, he vived. My tomatoes are so fer- food from it together, it is truly 3. Member Economic Participation concedes, those darned toma- tile I think I could have planted a family project. I am proud 4. Autonomy and Independence toes just took over. Despite a few less plants. Also my col- of the oasis that my yard has 5. Education, Training and Information Brian’s disappointment with lards and kale are huge but two become. It’s a very peaceful, 6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives this summer’s crop, he remains of my four eggplant plants are natural setting and I’m proud to 7. Concern for Community committed to his garden and male and not producing.” It’s be able to feed my family and Reference: ica.coop has found special joy in a fig an endeavor, she admits, that also to share with friends.” n

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The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215, 718-622-0560. Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist or other- wise discriminatory. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles and letters from members. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The Gazette will not knowingly publish letters, articles or reports that are hateful, racist, sexist, otherwise discriminatory, inflammatory or needless- ly provocative. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, letters and committee reports from members that follow the published guidelines and policies. The fol- lowing is a summary—please see the detailed guidelines for each type of submission on the Coop website: www.foodcoop.com. All submissions must include author’s name, phone number and e-mail address, conform to the following guidelines and to the Fairness, Anonym- ity and Respect policies. Editors will reject letters, articles and reports that do not follow the guidelines or policies. Submission deadlines appear each edition in the Coop Calendar section. For topics that generate a large number of submissions (letters or Member Articles) serially and continuously over an extended period of time, the Gazette will not necessarily publish all submissions, but the editors will use their edi- torial discretion to select a small number of submissions (whether letters or Member Articles) from each side as representative of that viewpoint of the Alex Kramer is calling a issue. The selected submissions will also adhere to the current guidelines of civil discourse and should serve to advance the discussion in new ways. barn dance at the Society You may submit on paper, typed or very legibly handwritten, or via e-mail for Ethical Culture on to [email protected] or on disk. September 16! Come with Letters: Maximum 500 words. friends and family and learn Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. A Voluntary Article is held to a to dance the “do-si-do,” “rip higher standard than a letter and must meet at least the following criteria: A Voluntary Article must analyze the topic it is discussing; it must present and snort,” and more. accurate, verifiable corroboration for factual assertions; it can criticize but Dance to the rhythms of not attack Coop practices and personnel; if critical it must present positive award-winning bluegrass solutions; it cannot be solely or mainly opinion. 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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.

Paul Aaron Courtney Coveney- Christine Glaser Ella C. Jacobson Darius Mehri Zachary Rabiroff Sarahana Shrestha Rachel Wasser Emily Abel Waletzky Alan Gordon Clara Janis Meilin Mehri Robin Rae Samantha Simpson Katherine Webster Molly Allfather Ashley D'Arcy Ras Bashan Gordon Jason Jia Aaron Meyerson Ana Marie Pamela Ankit Singh Abby Weiss MaryAnn Awada Elann Danziger Jill Graves Darryl Johnson Amy Mignosi Reyes Samuel Sittenfield Jessie White Asli Aydin Elizabeth Davis Abigail Greenbaum Matthew Johnson Colin Miller Amelia Ross Bianca Sonera Paula Winograd Aran Baker Eugenia Di Sarah Greenhaus Joumana Khatib Luke Mitchell Maya Rossignac- Pascal Spengemann Dylan Wong Mikaela Bennett Girolamo Maria Guerra Arias Michelle Kislak Manju Mitra Milon Alexandra Stills Yuehyi Gloria Wu Nicholas Blechman Hannah Epstein Jenna Haber Adam Lafer Naomi Miyashita Hannah Rothblatt Molly Strasser Seth Wulsin Heidi Boisvert Maya Ferrante David Handelsmann Michael Leach Laura Mulholland Simonluca Russo Luise Strauss- Winnie Zwick Jenna Brooks Arye Fisch Todd Harding Emily Lundgren Stephen Mulholland Waseem Salahi Blechman Paul Brown Fujiko Fitton- Jessica Harrington Helen Lupindo Dylan Nagler Lauren Sallinger Erica Suarino Hilary Buxton Gordon Rochel Hellinger Hashan Mannan Jenni Niemi Joy Scanlon Travis Swinford Emma Carroll Hosanna Fox Cori Hompesch Thom Manning Sauli Niemi Julia Schubach Jessica Tang Peter Cavanaugh Brit Fryer Benedikt Horneber Acacia Marable Shira Olson Rena Schuman Hannah Turner- Brooke Champagne Roxy Gilbey Cooper Howard Jamie Masterson Geffen Oren Stoler Harts Carolyne Chan Francois-Xavier Lindsay Hubert (Steven) Kyle McKay Megan Pikaard Shahryar Shahamat Wynne Van Der Theodicia Collins Giraud Alexander Hyde Alexa McKay Christina Powers Carolyn Sharzer Veen Myles Cornwell Diana Gisolfi Parris Jackson Paul McMahon William Pugliese Ana Shioshita D.J. Waletzky

ALL ABOUT THE COOP CALENDA R GENERAL MEETING ew eber rientations eneral eetin no Our Governing Structure From our inception in 1973 to the present, the open Attending an Orientation is the first step toward , SP 7 monthly General Meetings have been at the center of Coop membership. Pre-registration is required for EEA MEETI: 7: p.m. the Coop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop all of the three weely ew Member Orientations. To pre-register, visit foodcoop.com or contact the incorporated in 1977, we have been legally required Membership Office. Visit in person or call 71-622- , SP 6 to have a Board of Directors. The Coop continued the 56 during office hours. AEDA SMISSIOS: : p.m. tradition of General Meetings by requiring the Board ave questions about Orientation Please visit Submissions will be considered for the September 27 www.foodcoop.com and loo at the oin the Coop to have open meetings and to receive the advice of the page for answers to frequently ased questions. eneral Meeting. members at General Meetings. The Board of Directors, he oo on the nternet which is required to act legally and responsibly, has aette eadlines approved almost every General Meeting decision at www.oodcoo.co S A AS the end of every General Meeting. Board members are September 15 issue: 12: p.m., Mon, September 5 he oo on able September 29 issue: 12: p.m., Mon, September 19 elected at the Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Insie the ar loe oo oo Coop’s bylaws are available on foodcoop.com and at The fourth IDA of the month at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Channels: 56 Time-arner, 69 CableVision, 4 C, ASSF AS A every General Meeting. 44 Verion, and live streaming on the eb: www. September 15 issue: 7: p.m., ed, September 7 bricartsmedia.orgcommunity-mediabcat-tv-networ. September 29 issue: 7: p.m., ed, September 21 Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 p.m. The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each Attend a GM Park Slope Food Coop month. and Receive Work Credit Mission Statement Location Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General Meeting The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem- St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President Street, between has been our decision-making body. At the General ber-owned and operated food store—an Sixth and Seventh Aves. Meeting (GM) members gather to make decisions and alternative to commercial profit-oriented busi- set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit ness. As members, we contribute our labor: program was created to increase participation in the working together builds trust through coop- How to Place an Item Coop’s decision-making process. eration and teamwork and enables us to keep Following is an outline of the program. For full details, see on the Agenda prices as low as possible within the context the instruction sheets by the sign-up board. If you have something you’d like discussed at a General of our values and principles. Only members • Advance Sign-up required: may shop, and we share responsibilities and Meeting, please complete a submission form for the To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your benefits equally. We strive to be a responsible Agenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby or sign- and ethical employer and neighbor. We are near the Coop Community Corner bulletin board and at up at foodcoop.com. The sign-ups sheet is available all a buying agent for our members and not a month long, except for the day of the meeting when you General Meetings. Instructions and helpful information selling agent for any industry. We are a part of on how to submit an item appear on the submission have until 5 p.m. to sign up. On the day of the meeting, the and support the cooperative movement. sign-up sheet is kept in the Membership Office. form. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesday Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please We offer a diversity of products with an of each month to plan the agenda for the GM held on the see below for details. emphasis on organic, minimally processed and healthful foods. We seek to avoid prod- last Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, please • Two GM attendance credits per year: ucts that depend on the exploitation of others. call Ann Herpel at the Coop. Each member may take advantage of the GM-for- We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. workslot-credit program two times per calendar year. We respect the environment. We strive Meeting Format • Squads eligible for credit: to reduce the impact of our lifestyles on the Shopping, Receiving/Stocking, Food Processing, world we share with other species and future Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Submit Open Forum items Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, and FTOP generations. We prefer to buy from local, • Explore meeting literature committees. (Some Committees are omitted because earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try Open Forum is a time for covering absent members is too difficult.) Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) to lead by example, educating ourselves and members to bring brief items to the General Meeting. • Attend the entire GM: others about health and nutrition, coopera- If an item is more than brief, it can be submitted to the In order to earn workslot credit you must be present tion and the environment. for the entire meeting. We are committed to diversity and Agenda Committee as an item for a future GM. • Signing in at the Meeting: equality. We oppose discrimination in any Reports (7:30 p.m.) • Financial Report • Coordinators’ After the meeting the Chair will provide the Workslot form. We strive to make the Coop welcoming Report • Committee Reports Credit Attendance Sheet. and accessible to all and to respect the opin- Agenda (8:00 p.m.) The agenda is posted on • Being Absent from the GM: ions, needs and concerns of every member. foodcoop.com and may also appear elsewhere in this issue. We seek to maximize participation at every It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) • Meeting evaluation • Board you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Please level, from policy making to running the store. of Directors vote • Announcements, etc. do not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations. We welcome all who respect these values.

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As the human body/mind is an intricate network of feedback loops com- sep 1 Food Class: pletely interdependent with the whole of all the parts, there must be a thu 7:30 pm careful and thorough unwinding of the patterns created by shock so they Taste of Jamaica do not become stuck and ingrained. Acupuncture and sound create path- Chef Lawron DeLisser will be demonstrating some of ways in the the psyche to open up to new possibilities of living and being her favorite island-inspired dishes. Using the flavors truly free. Join Coop member Lev Natan for an experiential talk on this and ingredients of her father’s homeland, the class will timely topic. Lev is a sound healer and life-purpose coach who helps peo- Olivia Roszkowski, Coordinator offer a twist on some classic Jamaican fare. All recipes ple open up to their full potential, free from habituated responses to fear. are vegan and are sure to demonstrate to participants the beauty of the islands. Menu includes: jerk tofu; Jamaican-style risotto with kidney beans; steamed cabbage; Jamaican cornmeal coconut pudding. ASL interpreter may be available upon advance request. If you would like to request an ASL interpreter, please contact Ginger Jung in the Membership sep 13 Safe Food Committee Film Night: Office by August 18. tue 7 pm Materials fee: $4. Food classes are coordinated by Coop member Olivia Roszkowski. All In This Tea To inquire about leading a Food Class, contact Olivia Roszkowski at Handheld cameras take us into the hidden world of tea [email protected]. by following world-renowned expert David Lee Hoffman to some of the most remote regions of China in search of the best teas in the world. Moving from a modern, sep 6 urban setting to a pastoral China rarely glimpsed by Agenda Committee Meeting westerners, scenes shot in cinema verite are interwoven with more formal pre- tue 8 pm sentations about tea fundamentals, helping make clear what is at stake, and The Committee reviews pending agenda items and cre- thereby lending weight to Hoffman’s endeavor. The viewers will feel as if they ates the agenda for future General Meetings. Drop by have been somewhere they’ve never been before, and ask themselves what is and talk with committee members face-to-face out there worth preserving. between 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. Before submitting an See upcoming events, past reviews and a comprehensive list of films shown at item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Item for the www.plowtoplatefilms.com which can now also be reached via a link on the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission Park Slope Food Coop’s home page at www.foodcoop.com. Form, both available from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. The September General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 7 p.m., at St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between Sixth and Seventh Aves. sep 16 Practical Ways of Feeling sep 9 Wordsprouts: fri 7 pm fri 7 pm Notorious R.B.G. Better in Your Body Feldenkrais is a method of neuromuscular re-education developed by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a feminist Russian-Israeli scientist Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. Through simple and gen- pioneer and sits on the highest court in the country, but tle movement exercises, this method helps improve balance, posture and she’s also a pop culture icon. Her fiery dissents, pithy coordination, prevent injuries, speed up injury recovery, reduce stress WORDSPROUTS way with words, and general chutzpah became a source and anxiety, increase overall sense of health and well-being. This work- of viral memes online, and led to the creation of the pop- Celebrate Father’s Day and meet Brian Gresko, shop is an opportunity to experience the benefits of the method firsthand ular Tumblr the Notorious R.B.G., which compares her to the rap virtuoso The the editor of the just-published anthology on through group exercises and personalized hands-on mini-sessions. No Notorious B.I.G. From that blog came The New York Times bestselling book of fatherhood When I First Held You prior experience is necessary, people of all levels of fitness can benefit. the same name, a mixture of reportage, court documents, photos and illustra- When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Igor Shteynberg, Feldenkrais Practitioner, has worked with clients ranging tions that tell the story of this unusual and inspiring woman. One of the book’s Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood. from children with motor difficulties to professional dancers and musi- co-authors,Becoming a father can be one of theIrin most profoundly exhilarating,Carmon terrifying, , will be joined in conversation by political talk radio host life-changing occasions in a man’s life. In this incomparable collection of cians. He is excited to share benefits of the Feldenkrais Method with fel- and comedythought-provoking essays, 22 of today’s writer masterful writers get straight to theSam heart of Seder. They’ll discuss Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s career and modern fatherhood. From making that ultimate decision to having a kid to making it low Coop members. popularity,through the birth, to tangling withthe a toddler mid-tantrum, process and eventually letting a teen of putting together the Notorious R.B.G., and what’s at stake loosefor in the world, thesethe fathers explore everyhighest facet of court in the U.S. with the coming presidential election. It’s fatherhood and show how being a father changed Friday, June 13 sure tothe way theybe saw the world—and an themselves. evening7:00 p.m. at the Coop as thoughtful, insightful, and funny as the Justice herself. FREE CarmonBrian Gresko has is the editor of the anthologybeen When I a Coop member since 2009, is a national reporter for MSNBC Non members Welcome First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk and isAbout the the Triumphs, Challenges, co-author and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood. His workof Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburghas appeared in Poets. & WritersSeder Magazine, Glimmer Train Stories is, and The Brooklyna RailNew, York–based writer, director and political talk radio sep 16 and online at The Huffington Post, Salon, TheAtlantic.com, The Los Angeles Review of Barn Dance show host.Books, and many other sites. He hosts the live, daily podcast, The Majority Report and co-hosts fri 8 pm Friday, Oct 19, 8:00 pm the nationallyRefreshments will be served. syndicated, weekly, Ring of Fire Radio with Robert Kennedy Jr. and MikeAll Wordsprout participantsPapantonio. are Coop members. His acting credits include a dozen network pilots, guest Alex Kramer is calling a barn appearancesBookings: John Donohue, [email protected] on comedies and independent films. He co-authored, with Stephen dance at the Society for Ethical Sherrill,Views expressed by the presenters FUBAR: do not necessarily represent the ParkAmerica’s Slope Food Coop. Right Wing Nightmare. Culture on September 16! Come Bookings: John Donohue, [email protected]. with friends and family and learn Friday evening music at the Good Coffeehouse, brewing a new beat to dance the “do-si-do,” “rip and Wool & Grant. Two veteran singer/songwriters with 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, snort,” and more. Dancerocking clear- to the rhythms of award-win- Park Slope local singer and eyed political guitarist Mamie Minch sounds songs along something like a well-fleshed- with a window out 78-rpm record. She’s known on to their ningaround bluegrass town for her Piedmont- and old-timetravels—on the musicians Lily Henley, style fingerpicking chops, her big road and around deep voice and her self-penned the heart. antique-sounding songs. She’s played music all over the world Using Acupuncture & Sound Duncanand Brooklyn, with allWickel kinds of , Maggie Carson and Bennett Sullivan. sep 11 excellent people, including Dayna Kurtz, the Roulette Sisters, EveryJimbo Mathisdance and CW Stoneking. will be taught and beginner-friendly. sun 12 pm www.ProspectConcerts.tumblr.com 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doors open at 7:45] For Trauma Relief PerformersConcert are Park Slope Food takes Coop members andplace receive Coop workslot at credit. the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 Both acupuncture and sound have proven over centuries to work directly ParkPARK SLOPE FOOD WestCOOP 782 Union St., Brooklyn, (at NY 11215 2nd (btwn 6th & 7th Av.) St.),• (718) 622-0560 $10, doors open at 7:45. Prospect Concerts is a with the nervous system in healing the effects of trauma. When shock is monthly musical fundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society experienced, there is a ripple out effect through all aspects of ourselves. for Ethical Culture.

For more information on these and other events, visit the Coop’s website: foodcoop.com All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted. Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.

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sep 17 Packing School Lunches: sep 24 It’s Your Funeral sat 12 pm Quick & Healthy on a Budget! sat 4 pm Committed to getting your kids to eat healthier? Stressed about how to Planning for your own death now (as opposed to later) is a practice that prepare their school lunches without relying on prepared or processed can enable you to live in the moment, face your own mortality with cour- foods? Confused about the warnings for too much sugar? Gluten? Carbs? age—and create an end-of-life service that reflects your values. Join Coop Have a kid with corn, dairy, soy sensitivities? Concerned about how to member Amy Cunningham, former journalist and graduate of the American do this all while sticking to your budget? Then this is the workshop for Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service, in a conversation about you! We’ll talk about the stresses of feeding your children healthy foods fascinating advancements within the funeral business. The talk will cover that nourish them all while having two working parents, finicky eaters, how to plan a low-cost, back-to-basics funeral or memorial service, as well and food warnings at every turn. Find out how Inner Fire can actually as offer information on green cemeteries near New York City, cremation help you determine if there are food sensitivities in your family and pros and cons, biodegradable caskets and urns, blended-faith/alternative how to create whole-food meals quickly and on a budget. Attendees ceremonies, and more. You’ll get a glimmer of what funerals of the future will receive a free health check and recipes for healthy school lunch- might look like—and leave with planning literature for yourself or for some- es! Diane Paxton, MS, LAc, is the owner and principal of Inner Fire one you love. Cunningham is a a NY-licensed funeral director and editor of Integrative Health Services, with offices in Manhattan and Park Slope. TheInspiredFuneral.com. She is also a long-time Coop member. sep 24-25 Food Drive to Benefit sep 18 sat-sun 9 am–7 pm CHIPS Soup Kitchen Herbs for Winter Immunity CHIPS Soup Kitchen, located at Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street, is the sun 12 pm recipient of much of our edible but unsaleable perishable food. They also In this class we will learn how to strengthen our immunity in preparation need donations of nonperishable foods. This food will go to CHIPS to help for the cold and flu season. Several traditional recipes will be demonstrated them feed people in the neighborhood who are in need of a nutritious with tastings, and the herbal actions of each ingredient will be discussed. meal. Consider contributing nonperishable foods and commercially pack- C C What will you learn specifically: how to make an immune-boosting decoc- uesdaged foods; canned pm fish; canned fruits and vegetables; pasta sauce; pasta; Items will be taen up in the order given. tion of astragalus and shiitake and the benefits of Vitamin D, (which has pre-packagedTimes in parentheses are suggestions. rice; pre-packaged beans; canned beans; canned soups; More information on each item may be available at the entrance table at the meeting. e as members to please read the materials avail- been found in shiitake); how to make an herbal oxymel using elderberries; Parmalatable between milk; dry milk; peanut butter; cooking oil; or boxed raisins. Give 7: 7:15 p.m. Meeting ocation: Congregation eth Elohim Social all arfield how to make fire cider (a traditional recipe popularized by renowned herb- donationsTemple to the collection table outside the Coop. 274 arfield Pl. at th Ave. alist Rosemary Gladstar. The recipe uses garlic, onions, turmeric, horse- em nnu spn Commee eon mnues radish, cayenne and raw apple cider vinegar. We will discuss the magical Election: The committee will present four members to be re- elected.submitted by the Disciplinary Committee benefits of each of the ingredients); how to make an antimicrobial, medic- em od of eos Cnddes esenons mnues inal honey. Additionally, we will talk about how to make an overnight anti- Discussion: Presentationsep by candidates 27 for the oard of Directors followed by questions for the candidates PSFC SEPT General Meeting microbial onion syrup and we will talk about echinacea and boneset. Dawn uue end nfomon or information ontue how to place 7 an pm item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of the Lineaiters aette. Petter teaches classes about the art of plant-based healing. She has been a The Agenda Committee minutes and the satatus of pending agenda items are available in the office and at all Ms. member of the Coop since 2013. Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. sep 23 Meeting location: St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between fri 7 pm Journey Into Bliss Sixth and Seventh Aves. Meditation and Gong Sound Bath. Practice a short meditation and simple stretches to prepare your body for a blissful gong sound journey. Lie down on your mat, get cozy and enjoy the healing vibrations of a gong “sound bath” as you experience profound cleansing, deep relaxation and renew- oct 1 Public Forum on the al. Wear comfortable clothes (white or light-colored clothes, if possible) sat 12:30 pm and bring a yoga mat and light blanket. Coop member Rita London is Trans-Pacific Partnership passionate about sharing the transformational benefits of energy healing Breaking news on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. One up-or-down vote on with others. She is an intuitive life coach, certified KRI Kundalini Yoga 30 policy proposals in the 5,000-page Trans-Pacific Partnership is possible and Meditation instructor, Reiki Master and plays the gong. Rita is a during the lame-duck session of Congress during November and December. former dancer and creative arts educator. She teaches Meditation at the Discuss your concerns, comments and suggestions with researchers, journal- New York Open Center, Kundalini Yoga classes at Golden Bridge Yoga and ists, advocates and activists at this public forum. Non-members are invited. Reflections Yoga in NYC and in her home studio in Brooklyn and coaches Presented by the seven-member ITES squad. Susan Metz (36-year member) private clients. and Willy Naess (eight-year member) co-leaders. still to come oct 2 Cooperative Disaster Recovery oct 7 Film Night

oct 4 Agenda Committee Meeting oct 11 Plow-to-Plate Film: Symphony of the Soil

oct 6 Food Class oct 14 Wordsprouts

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PENSION AND I get that many people SAFE OR NOT? THE disclose clear information A RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL have limited experience with GMO (GENETICALLY about what is in their foods THE ARTICLE DISCUSSION financial presentations but MODIFIED and how they are made. ABOUT WORKER everyone—from infants to Consumers are reading TO THE EDITOR: addicts—knows how to make ORGANISMS) food labels! We look for infor- SHORTAGES I was hoping that someone decisions about preferences. DEBATE—JUST mation such as hormones, could provide a little more The business of investment LABEL IT! antibiotics, range-free, grass- TO THE EDITOR: clarity on the financial report, management is quite simply fed. We compare nutrients; There may be no one solu- which indicated that “Net a concentrated version of the TO THE EDITOR: we consider food intolerances tion to worker shortages on Sales were $25.4M for the fis- types of decisions made by I would like to address and allergies. selected shifts, but one I am cal year. everyone, all the time, such as Paul Contursi’s August 4 let- And the growing tide is surprised hasn’t been tried I ask because in the Pen- what fruit, shoes or glasses to ter “Reviewing Our Environ- that consumers want to know would be the simple one of sion Plan article of the same buy, etc. mental Policy with Regard if a food contains GMO’s or removing squad leader discre- issue, it said “We expect to pay The point is, it’s far better to to GMOs.” In it Mr. Contursi not, and consumers have the tion in assigning make-ups for 1% of sales year. This year that present such information fully refers to a recent “peer-re- RIGHT to this knowledge. missed shifts. If all workers on would be about $540,000.” and with appropriate context viewed scientific study Smart companies like all squads were subject to the This implies annual sales of than to promote the contin- released by the National Campbell’s, Kellogg’s, Mars, two make-up policy, the prob- $54M. I assume the difference ued infantilization of people’s Academies of Science, Engi- ConAgra and General Mills lem of worker shortages would is gross vs. net sales, but per- attitudes about finance with neering, and Medicine… have been paying attention. not go away completely, but it haps a little more detail and pizza pies and coffee beans. which find (sic) that “genet- These companies have now would be far less severe. an explanation on the differ- The idea that “it’s too com- ically modified crops on the pledged to label their prod- The current practice results ence between the two could plicated, leave it to us” is a market are not only safe, but ucts that contain GMOs. in unfairness, as the criteria be provided. part of the fabric of institu- appear to be good for people To my knowledge, the Coop for make-ups varies widely Furthermore, in the same tional finance that unneces- and the environment.” does not boycott against depending on who the squad article, it said that “gross mar- sarily enriches a few at the Let’s take a closer look at GMOs, but we do try to pro- leader is. On some squads, gin ... was 17.3%, which means expense of many, due simply the entity that put out this vide useful information. A absent workers are subject to that expenses account for only to ignorance and complacen- study. According to a May 16, shopper who wants to know only one make-up as a rule. $0.17 of every dollar sold.” I cy. Every opportunity to break 2016 brief issued by the envi- which foods are GMO free can After experimenting with mak- will confess that I have limit- that cycle should be taken. ronmental group Food & Water look for the green dots. The ing allowances for extenuating ed experience in the grocery Avi Fisher Watch,the National Research GMO Labeling Committee, circumstances, I chose to go world, but typically, margin Council (NRC) is the research using information provided back to a strict two make-up represents profit as percent arm of the National Academy by the GMO Project, placed rule, regardless of the reasons of sales, meaning expenses COORDINATOR’S of Sciences that published the dots there. The Labeling for absence. Attendance on associated with getting prod- RESPONSE: this pro-GMO study 1. And Committee and its mission my squad is now much better uct on shelves accounts for The sales number of $25.4 even though Congress calls were voted on and approved than ever before. $0.83 of every dollar sold and million is correct because on the NRC for “impartial sci- at a GM meeting more than a Daniel Schorr profit was $0.17. the financial statement being entific advice about topics like decade ago. This is what many Squad Leader, Monday, Finally, while the artistry discussed at the July GM was genetically engineered crops,” shoppers want. If you don’t B week, Receiving. depicting the pension short- for the 24 weeks as of 7/17/16. the NRC is not so impartial. care about GMOs, nothing fall was clever and witty, the Cost of sales was approxi- According to the Food and stands in your way to ignore table on page five would have mately 83% of sales and gross Water Watch, the NRC has this information. been more complete and margin was 17%. Copies of “far-reaching ties to biotech- Margaret Maugenest more informative if it followed presented statements are nology companies and other general practice of simply available in the Coop lobby. agricultural corporations.” 1http://www.foodandwaterwatch. showing what $100 invested Also please keep in mind, the These ties include accept- org/sites/default/files/ib_1605_ at the beginning of the fund numbers in the chart below ing millions in funding from nrcinfluence-final-web_0.pdf would be worth today. I have have not been independently biotech companies, inviting included such a table below verified. sponsors from biotech com- with two additional methods panies to sit on high-level of demonstrating returns. boards overseeing their work, Puzzle Answer and inviting pro-GMO scien- tists to author their reports. So it comes as no surprise E N D O W I N G that the NRC and its parent, National Academy of Scienc- S U R F A C E S es, put out a favorable report on GMOs. F L A G R A N T Mr. Contursi is welcome to consume all the GMOs he I M P A C T wants if he feels assured by this report about their safety B O O K I N G and goodness. In which case, he should welcome labeling T A N G E N T laws that would require food products to be labeled as con- P R E A C H I N G taining GMOs. This will help Mr. Contursi select the foods I N N O V A T I O N he wants to consume.   Debates exist over the safe- P A R T I E S ty and dangers of all kinds of  foods—sugar, salt, you name F L E E T I N G L Y it. And it is up to consumers  to educate themselves in this M U S H R O O M complex food and information  world and age. T E N D O N S That’s precisely why we  need food manufacturers to  Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com

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SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT To Submit Classified or Display Ads: Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Clas- Plow-to-Plate Movie Series Presents: All in This Tea sified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, display ads at $30. (Classified ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission By Adam Rabiner, Safe Food Hoffman is a nomad, Bud- as shavings on angels’ wings; form. Classified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Committee dhist, friend of the Dalai Lama, the spirit of Cleopatra, buttery, Display ads must be camera-ready and business card size (2” note to readers: A review successful businessman and vegetal, rich, fragrant, oceanic, x 3.5” horizontal). A of All in This Tea original- pioneer of fair trade, early and seaweed, not flowery. No two Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near the ly appeared in the Linewaiters’ strong advocate of sustainable teas are alike since its flavors elevator in the entrance lobby. Gazette on January 27, 2011. The and organic production and are determined by soil, miner- following is a lightly edited all-around good guy. als, neighboring plants, water, version of that original sub- All in This Tea begins with a elevation, sunlight and shade, mission. Of the 64 different choreographed tea ceremony the skill of the farmer and hun- films that have been screened featuring dozens of identically dreds of other variables. Tea as part of the Plow-to-Plate costumed young women per- embodies history and arche- series since 2009, most of them forming perfectly synchronized ology—a drinker shares in the reviewed in these pages, All in movements at an oolong com- same sensual experiences as This Tea is one of my favorites. petition in Hangzhou in 1997. those experienced in the court So if you were not lucky enough The film itself takes on the cer- of a Chinese emperor or Queen to catch the movie when it was emony’s meditative and tran- Victoria. first shown in February 2011, quil qualities and the viewer A deep and abiding respect make a point of catching it this in some ways becomes drawn for nature and efforts to restore September. in as a participant. A tea cere- its health is Hoffman’s deep- Many of the films featured mony creates a vocabulary for er mission. At the time of in the Plow-to-Plate movie richly experiencing tea’s sub- the film’s making, traditional series have focused on solid tle nuances, and, similarly, the Chinese tea farmers were a food and how it’s produced. film is engaged in an almost dying breed and the Chinese But the series is equally inter- spiritual effort to describe the government was supporting ested in beverages. Already it ineffable. Hoffman has high- industrial tea manufactur- has explored the alleged mal- ly attuned taste buds and is ing, chemical fertilizers and feasance of Coca-Cola bot- an expert at discovering the pesticides. Largely due to tlers in Colombia, the negative best quality product. Sniffing a Hoffman’s tireless efforts, tra- economic and environmental handful of tea leaves, he might ditional, organic and sustain- externalities of bottled water exclaim “sensational,” or nod able tea production is on the and the unfair trade of glob- his head in distaste and spit rise in China and around the al coffee markets. Now the out the word “chemicals.” But a globe. The movie may very well series turns its attention to a deeper language eludes him. At further this trend by inspiring very quaint and lovely drink, one point, speaking with Ger- you to trade in your Lipton tea namely tea. However, this film man filmmaker Warner Herzog bags for some premium Dar- is neither an angry indictment over some freshly brewed tea, jeeling. nor a dire warning. It is a gen- Hoffman declares that there See upcoming events, past tle and lyrical movie filled with is no vocabulary that can say reviews and a comprehensive list of beautiful Chinese string music, what the tea tastes like. Herzog films shown at www.plowtoplatefilms. attractive images of tea and counters that drinking good com which can now also be reached China and wonderfully poetic tea is imbibing nature: “Imag- via a link on the Park Slope Food words of love and appreciation ine things like walking through Coop’s home page at www.foodcoop. for the film’s subject. Mostly, a forest. There are leaves on the com. though, the viewer just enjoys ground. It has just rained. The All in This Tea will be present- spending time with David Lee rain has stopped. It’s damp, ed on Tuesday, September 13, 7:00 Hoffman, an American tea and you walk...and somehow p.m. at the Park Slope Food Coop, importer, as the film follows his that’s all in this tea.” 782 Union St., 2nd floor. Free and efforts to identify and procure The film is an elegy to tea, open to the public. Refreshments will the highest quality product. which is variously described be served. n CLASSIFIEDS

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE EDUCATION SQUAD REPORT President Obama is Prepared to Send the TPP to the Lame-Duck Session of Congress

By Susan Metz gress the TPP and if it is passed the squad. Recommendations he Trans-Pacific Partner- this autumn. for individual and collective Tship (TPP) is the latest and Major mass media does not action flow out of the study largest Free Trade Agreement explain how important inter- and analysis. (FTA) ever. Negotiated in secret national trade issues are to For a thorough discussion during five years among trade our quality of life, the planet of your concerns, questions representatives from 11 Pacif- and the future even though and comments with research- ic-rim nations and advisors TPP has become an important ers, journalists, advocates and from 600 multi-national corpo- issue during the presidential activists, ITES organizes regu- rations, during that time none election. ITES members have larly scheduled Public Forums. of the text was available to Con- undertaken to provide you with The next Forum will start in the MEMBER SUBMISSION gress members, the press or the information, analysis and rec- second floor meeting room at public. Last spring representa- ommendations for individual 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, October tives of each country’s executive and collective action. Here are 1. Non-members are invited. The Age of branch signed the document two resources that will be help- Now is the time to commu- containing 30 chapters of poli- ful, and lots more information nicate yet again with your Rep- Consequences: Special cy proposals written in esoteric has been posted on the blog resentative about the TPP, even Private Film Screening legalese. To go into effect, the CoopITES.wordpress.com if you have done so before. TPP has to pass through the An excellent 20-minute Handwritten notes are most By Mimi Bluestone the local affiliate of the inter- legislative process in 40% of the background summary of devel- effective. You can telephone or ar, Famine, Pestilence national climate organization signatory countries. opment of Free Trade can be e-mail. Joseph Crowley (14th Wand Death. The New 350.org; the Brooklyn Chapter The U.S. Congress must found at https://www.youtube. CD Queens) is the head of the Testament’s Book of Reve- of the United Nations Asso- approve the TPP using Trade com/watch?v=wFfaItb5elA&- Queens Democratic Party and lations tells of these Four ciation; and the Delta Rho Promotion Authority aka Fast feature=youtu.be. an influential swing vote. He Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Omega Chapter of the Alpha Track. Legislation establishing Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize– has a primary challenger and Some scholars say the horse- Kappa Alpha sorority. The Fast Track procedure passed winning economist, explains needs to hear from his con- men were part of a prophecy film’s executive producer, in Congress last June. In the objections to controversial stituents and others too. Rep- of the Roman Empire’s fall. Sophie Robinson, will be on House of Representatives it aspects of the agreement. resentatives from Brooklyn Others say the reference was hand for a discussion about passed by a few votes after http://rooseveltinstitute.org/ voted No on Fast Track and meant as a harbinger of the the film and about ongoing fierce controversy and hard tricks-trade-deal-six-big-prob- have expressed opposition to End of Days. local climate actions. deal-making. Fast Track man- lems-trans-pacific-partnership/ TPP. Each can be more visible War, famine, pestilence and The filmmakers see The dates one yes-or-no vote on Members of ITES have con- and vocal. They are in the dis- death are also consequences Age of Consequences as a call to the entire package after a lim- cluded over two years of study trict during summer recess, so of something very contempo- action about the production ited debate. Much is going on that the TPP is extremely dan- you can stop by the local office rary: climate change. Unlike and use of energy. “This film outside of the formal, public gerous. Presenting the infor- with a few neighbors to intro- the Apocalypse, we can do begs the question, ‘How will debate process now. mation that has led to this duce yourself and tell her/him something about that. The our society deal with the con- President Obama plans to conclusion is the mission of what you know about TPP. n Age of Consequences, a new doc- sequences of our actions?’ send the TPP to Congress for umentary film, investigates says Jared P. Scott, the doc- approval during the “lame- the nexus between climate, umentary’s director “Per- duck session”—the two resource scarcity, migration haps more pointedly, ‘What months between the election Interested in Engaging Coop Work? and conflict, and offers a fresh are the consequences of our and the session of the next perspective on the problem inaction?’ Our failure to truly Congress that begins in Jan- Disciplinary Committee Seeks NEW Members and potential solutions. address climate change is uary. During November and SKILLS NEEDED Through a lens of U.S. the greatest collective action December, Congress mem- Communication • Problem solving • Conflict resolution national security and global problem of all time; our bers are least accountable to Dealing with difficult situations and people stability, The Age of Consequenc- charge is to do our small part constituents. Those elected Investigation • Writing • Research es explores the results of cli- to help tip the balance of pub- are secure, those leaving are mate chaos. How do floods, lic opinion on the biggest cri- released and those defeated OUR WORK INCLUDES • Applying Coop rules and regulations droughts, extreme weather, sis since we came out of the are looking for jobs—usually • Discussing policy issues related to the Committee’s work sea-level rise and water and caves.” in corporations. • Investigating allegations of uncooperative behavior by members and food shortages inflame con- To learn more about the All presidential candidates engaging in problem solving flict in explosive regions of film, visit http://theageofcon- publically have declared their • Daily email contact with the committee members to discuss cases the world? The filmmakers sequences.com/. For more opposition to TPP. Adminis- • Participating in mediation, disciplinary hearings, and other conflict resolution methods use interviews with military information about this pri- tration officials and corporate and security experts, and with vate screening, please call lobbyists are hard at work to REQUIREMENTS scholars of scarcity and con- Brooklyn Society for Ethi- convince uncommitted Con- In order to be considered for this position, any candidate must: flict, to build a powerful and cal Culture at 718-768-2972. gress members to vote Yes. • Be a member for at least a year unnerving analysis of the risks The UNA Brooklyn Chapter’s If supporters could count on • Have a good attendance record • Possess the ability to work on a team to peace and security. United Nations Day Celebra- 220 Yes votes, the agreement • Have good writing skills Four Brooklyn groups— tion on October 26 will fea- would already have been • Have computer proficiency (excel, word, email)—this is essential let’s call them the Four Eques- ture more on climate change: passed. Lori Wallach of Pub- • Attend evening meetings every six weeks trians of Hope—invite you to www.unabrooklyn.org. And lic Citizen Global Trade Watch We work on average six hours per month, more than the required a free private screening of you can find out more about told us that the word in Wash- work shift hours. You will be credited and your hours will be banked The Age of Consequences at the 350Brooklyn’s climate activ- ington has it that without that for future use. Brooklyn Society for Ethical ism at www.350Brooklyn.org. support, the treaty will not be Culture (BSEC) (53 Prospect Mimi Bluestone is a co-coordi- presented. Then it would die. We recognize the importance of various points of view when considering Park West between First and nator of 350Brooklyn. n Other countries are waiting cases brought to us. We are seeking a candidate pool that reflects the diversity of the Coop’s membership. Second Streets) on Sunday, for the U.S. commitment. This September 11 from 3-5 p.m. outgoing Congress could CONTACT Joining BSEC’s Ethical determine policy and legal Karen: 718.208.7897 or [email protected] Action Committee in present- procedures for our foreseeable Join us to make the Coop the best place it can be for everyone. ing the film are 350Brooklyn, future if Obama sends to Con-

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