Summer School, Summer Garden Will Work for Credit

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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Established 1973

Volume DD, Number 18 August 27, 2009 Coop Swappers Summer School, Will Work for Credit Summer Garden By Gayle Forman bout two years ago, the South Bronx Food A Coop (SBFC) was just getting on its feet and founder Zena Nelson realized she was going to need some accounting help. So she turned to Park Slope Food Coop General Coordinator Joe Holtz, who put her in touch with CPA Peter Rich, a PSFC member. Rich quickly became the SBFC’s accountant, doing everything from helping set up its tax accounts and its

corporation to doing its tax BY HAZEL HANKIN PHOTO returns and strategizing Mirem Villamil’s daughter, Carmen Lopez, in the garden. about general finance matters, like advising on how By Larissa Phillips and food but can supplement much it could write off when it science, history and math renovated a spot and opened orget state-of-the-art lessons while also providing a up a storefront. “There’s a lot science labs or shiny therapeutic benefit. of accounting nuances that F new playground equip- we don’t know and we don’t ment. The latest hot learning Many Challenges

want to know,” says Nelson. BY ANN ROSEN PHOTO tool in public schools is the Still, the challenges are “Peter understands account- Phyllis Gadsden contributes to the South Bronx Food Coop. school garden. Inspired at abundant, particularly for city ing law and got us through a least in part by Alice Waters’ schools that are short on lot of loopholes. Were it just among all coops: cooperation tion at the ready, and for local Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, space and funds, and also us, we would’ve been totally among cooperatives,” Wein- coops he can provide more CA, these gardens not only up crap’s creek.” stat explains. “We do whatever than just advice: he has a teach children about nutrition CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 we can to help cooperatives. membership in the thousands Inter-coop Shift Swaps We have an abundance of with a wealth and variety of For his work, Rich, who is a member labor, and we can expertise. partner in a Manhattan CPA share that.” In Chick Foxgrover’s case, it Next General Meeting on September 29 firm, charged no fee. Instead, The practice began when was web expertise that he was The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on his work fulfills his PSFC work the now-defunct East New only too happy to exploit. the last Tuesday of each month.* The next General Meeting will credit. He is one of the approx- York Food Coop was forming Four years ago, Foxgrover was be on Tuesday, September 29, 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation imately 50 Coop members who and its founders asked Holtz working on the Maintenance Beth Elohim Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Pl. complete their work obligation for help. It has become com- Committee when he was The agenda will be available as a flyer in the entryway of the at another coop, according to mon practice for newly form- approached about setting up Coop on Wednesday, September 2. For more information about Ellen Weinstat, the member- ing coops—from around the the website for the Green the GM and about Coop governance, please see the center of ship coordinator in charge of city, country and world—to Workers Cooperatives in the this issue. inter-coop shift swaps. reach out to the PSFC for help. * Exceptions for November and December will be posted. “There’s a basic philosophy Holtz has a packet of informa- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 IN THIS ISSUE Thu, Sep 3 • Food Class: Malaysia 7:30 p.m. Fri, Sep 4 • Film Night: Quest for Honor 7:00 p.m. Safe Food Committee Report ...... 3 Coop Puzzle ...... 3 Sat, Sep 12 • Food Drive to Benefit CHIPS Soup Kitchen Coop Hours, Coffeehouse ...... 6 Event Sun, Sep 13 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Coop Calendar, Workslot Needs Fri, Sep 18 • The Good Coffeehouse: Tyler Blanton and the Governance Information, Mission Statement...... 7 Highlights Patrizia Ferrara & Danny Grissett Duo 8:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor ...... 8-9 Community Calendar ...... 11 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Classified Ads ...... 11-12 09-08-27 p 01-12 8/26/09 5:13 PM Page 2

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Coop Swappers But that work credit is going Will Work for Credit to good use because in a year’s time they, along with CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the rest of the volunteers, South Bronx, an organization Coop, the workslot incentive have managed to create a aimed at recycling building is incredibly helpful. Haines, business plan, define their M materials and creating green who bikes 20 minutes from membership, get member B construction jobs. He’s been her Fort Greene home to Park investments rolling and S at it ever since, logging over Slope, says her neighbor- amass a mailing list of nearly 250 hours—more than 90 hood is “desperate for good, 1,000 potential members. shifts. But for Foxgrover, reasonably priced fresh The helping hand of the doing this kind of work is not food.” She notes that a casual workslot swap, says Weinstat, O about an even exchange of blog posting musing about a is not indefinite. “At what p hours. “There is a larger pur- local food coop a year and a point does it become harmful ly pose to it, knowing that half ago brought 40 people to to the new coop?” Weinstat re you’re helping to accomplish a meeting that has in turn led asks. She says that she and U something,” he says. “You to the groundwork for Greene Holtz have discussed the sh have to go in with a more Hill. “But the hardest part potential problem of PSFC o open-ended attitude, but it’s about a new coop is getting workers receiving credit for ev very gratifying.” people to commit,” says working at other food coops si For some Coop members, Haines. “If there’s a valid but shopping here and deny- al the extracurricular coop activ- work credit involved, it makes ing the new coops potential ex ities are aimed at accom- it easier.” sales. But at this point, when o plishing something a bit the new coops are mostly in th more personal, a bit closer A Labor of Love planning stages, such dilem- th to home. In the past two years Although how much easi- mas are far off and theoretical. cu or so, says Weinstat, a num- er, is debatable. For many So, for now, the PSFC will m ber of PSFC members have people, working at a start-up continue to assist other L PHOTO BY ANN ROSEN PHOTO begun the process of starting coop is more a labor of love Chick Foxgrover helped set up the website for the Green coops in need by offering up food coops in their own than a convenient shift closer Workers Cooperatives. our greatest asset: our mem- m Brooklyn neighborhoods, to home. At Greene Hill, you bers. The Coop puts ads in er including two up-and-comers must be a PSFC member for committing more time to been actively involved in the the Gazette and sends letters u in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Kal- one year and in good stand- their alternative shifts, even Bay Ridge Food Coop since to members in neighbor- abash and Grass Roots), the ing to do a swap. Other coops though there is seldom a its inception last June and hoods where new coops are th Greene Hill Food Coop in the have looser requirements. squad leader with a sign-in has now given up logging his opening, soliciting help or te Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area, But there are no reciprocal book. hours because he’s banked just alerting them to the new D the Bushwick Food Coop and shopping privileges. Only In each case, there is one so many. “I’m probably coop. Some members might ag the Bay Ridge Food Coop. PSFC members can shop at person within each coop to putting in 20 hours a week. swap shifts for credit, or for For Diane Haines, a PSFC the PSFC. And though this is log hours and when a mem- I’m ridiculously overboard,” different reasons. member and an active mem- not an official policy, many ber works two and three quar- he admits. “And I only A few years ago, PSFC ber of Greene Hill Food coop swingers often wind up ter hours, be it in a day, a stopped doing my regular member Phyllis Gadsden week or a month, he or she is shift as a shopping squad happened to meet Zena credited a shift. leader two months ago.” Nelson, who told her about PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP David Marangio, an on- About 20 people at the Bay the coop she was helping again off-again PSFC member Ridge Food Coop are getting start in the South Bronx and Product Return Policy since the early 1990s, has PSFC work credit, he says. mentioned that she needed bodies. Gadsden spent the The Coop does not “exchange” items. You must return item and repurchase next year volunteering at the what you need. Returns of eligible items will be handled at the Second South Bronx Food Coop, Floor Service Desk within 30 days of purchase only when accompanied by Hearing Officer Committee the PAID IN FULL receipt. doing whatever was needed: Seeks New Members picking up a broom, helping Please use the following guide to determine if an item is eligible for return: with pricing, breaking down The Hearing Office Committee is seeking two new boxes. All the while, she kept Produce May not be returned with the exception of members. The committee conducts and presides (fresh fruits & vegetables) coconuts, pineapples and watermelon. Even if doing her regular book- over disciplinary hearings, ensures that hearings the claim is that the item is spoiled or that it keeping shift in Park Slope. was purchased by mistake, produce cannot be proceed in an efficient and unbiased manner and, She accrued so many FTOP returned except for the three items listed above. after a randomly selected Deciding Group has decided shifts (more than 16), she whether an accused member violated a Coop rule, The produce buyer may be contacted on didn’t know what to do with determines what disciplinary action should be taken them, so she started giving weekdays by members to discuss any other against the member. Applicants should be Coop claims for credit. them away—as presents, as members in good standing for at least two years, secret donations to people Books May not be returned. have good attendance records and preferably have she’d never even met but who Juicers May not be returned. judicial, arbitration, mediation or legal back- she’d heard had fallen behind grounds. Bulk items & bulk items May not be returned. Members may contact on shifts. packaged by the Coop the bulk buyer to discuss any other claims for Members of the committee meet and earn workslot “We’re not really strangers; credit. credit on an as-needed basis only, that is, when we’re all connected in some of fashion,” Gadsden says, Refrigerated items May not be returned unless spoiled before hearings are required. Therefore these members must maintain regular Coop workslots in good explaining her generosity. “If I Frozen items the expiration date or within 30 days of pur could share, why not?” ■ chase, whichever is sooner. standing or be FTOP members in good standing. All Other Products A. Other products may be returned if they The nature of the committee’s work requires that all (not covered above) are spoiled or defective and the category members maintain strict confidentiality with respect is not specified above to all matters on which they work. B. Other products may be returned if they The committee seeks an applicant pool that reflects are unopened, undamaged and therefore the diversity of the Coop membership at large. can be sold again. Those interested, please telephone Marian Hertz of C. Other products may not be returned if they are opened or unsellable, and were the Hearing Officer Committee at 212-440-2743 or purchased by mistake or not needed. email at [email protected].

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Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY August 27, 2009 3 ng SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT and wise appraisal of rather than the number of a Jamaica’s dysfunctional hours worked, when the mar- h economy, a camp supervisor ket price of sugar is low, pay s, and others. By seeking out frequently falls below the a alternative voices, both intel- minimum wage. To fool the ir Monthly Film Series ligent and ignorant, Black regulators, the employers er By Adam Rabiner, for the rounds out the narrative and underreport the real number d Safe Food Committee pating labor shortages to and those who could not creates a richer perspective. of hours the Jamaicans work ly recruit non-immigrant foreign work because of harm, illness These interview clips at to make it appear that they s. n Tuesday September workers as seasonal agricul- or exhaustion were simply times touch upon related earn at least the minimum e 8 at 7:00 p.m. the Safe tural labor. Supposedly regu- shipped back home and issues. For example, Bill wage, but in fact at times they t, O Food Committee will lated and humane, the film replaced by another eager, Bradley points out that sugar make as little as $1.00 an at present the first of its month- exposes a system that impoverished Jamaican. subsidies depress the wages hour. ul ly film screenings on issues appears rife with abuse, The documentary is nar- of domestic agriculture work- The movie is beautifully at related to the food system. allowing workers to toil under rated mostly through the ers, increase the cost of con- filmed, capturing the loneli- d Usually these movies will be inhumane physical and psy- experiences of the Jamaican sumer goods and hurt foreign ness and harsh conditions of e shown upstairs at the Coop chological conditions and migrants, most singularly farmers. But the focus always the barracks and fields, but it C on the second Tuesday of turning a blind eye to wage through Anthony and his wife remains on the plight of the is especially enriched by an or every month. Our goal is not and other labor violations. Patricia’s letters to one Jamaicans. H2 Worker leaves amazing soundtrack of lively ps simply to screen a film but The film examines the sys- another. But other perspec- little doubt that the reggae songs, one called “H2 y- also to have a subject matter tem through the lens of a par- tives are offered as well: Jamaicans are exploited. They Worker,” most of them unfa- al expert, frequently a director ticular group of workers, those of town merchants who are prohibited from leaving miliar except for Bob Marley’s n or other person affiliated with Jamaican men, who traveled sell to the migrants, federal the worksite for more than 24 “Redemption Song.” n the production, engage with to Florida each year to har- and state labor officials, hours or straying farther than H2 Worker probably won’t m- the audience and lead a dis- vest the state’s massive sugar Jamaican farmers who did 30 miles from it. They are teach you anything you do not al. cussion. A short review of the cane crops. The harvesting is not receive H2 visas, an forced to eat their lunch in the already know. Most of us are ll movie will appear in the now automated, but when elderly African-American sugar cane fields standing up at least dimly aware of the er Linewaiters’ Gazette beforehand. the film was shot it was done recalling his escape from a lest they waste the “company deplorable conditions sur- p For our premier next by hand, with a machete and camp in 1941 when laborers time” by sitting down. They rounding much of the agricul- m- month we showcase H2 Work- muscle, the only protection (at that time mostly poor are fed rice every single day, tural work that most n er, a 1990 award-winning doc- afforded the workers a kind of Black descendants of share- forcing many of them to dip Americans cannot or will not rs umentary by Stephanie Black. metal armor worn around the croppers) were chained to into their own meager earn- perform. But by depicting it so r- H2 Worker takes a look at calves and forearms to their bunks at night and kept ings to buy food from the vividly through sound and pic- re the H2A program adminis- defend against the deadly under armed watch, the for- company grocery (while con- ture and hearing from those or tered by the United States sharp cane or potential mer Prime Minister of tinuing to be charged for the workers themselves, we may w Department of Labor to allow mishap with the knife. Jamaica Michael Manley meal plan they do not use). In care more about their plight. ht agricultural employers antici- Injuries were not uncommon offering a surprisingly honest the evenings they pass the And even though machines or time playing cards under a have supplanted this particu- leaky roof, gaining strength lar form of hard labor, we C from their strong religious should not fool ourselves into n Puzzle Corner beliefs and frayed connec- thinking that similar situa- a tions to their families back tions do not exist today in ut Musical Chairs home. Most egregiously, strawberry patches, cucumber g since employers set the pay fields and other areas still d The below list of common and uncommon musical instruments below has been damaged. The letters of each have to the quantity of cane cut requiring the human touch. ■ d been scrambled, and then a single musical note - Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, or Ti - has been removed. For example, e 10A, RLCONI, needs a “La” to be descrambled into Carillon. Can you restore the instruments? he 12 p, d: 34 5 WANTED ng 6 n Bike 7 pt k- 8910 Valet Parking e. P Squad 11 12 e h 13 14 Leaders g as 15 16 17 e o d 18 19 20 The Coop needs reliable, detail-oriented and s; personable members to lead the new me 21 22 Bike Valet Parking service. s, Members will be trained for this position. f I Currently, these shifts will be on Saturday afternoons, 23 though we are looking at Sunday afternoon/early evening and would like to expand this service. 24 The Bike Valet Parking service is for Coop members and ACROSS 17 ABSNO + So DOWN 15 SPNO + So works like a coat check for bikes (and strollers!). 2 IGLNTA + Re 18 EGLIEPCKNL + So 1 EAPNSUOH + So 16 INNMLA + Do FTOP workers will check in and watch bikes during their shift. 4 IVO + La 20 CTLANI + Re 2 TNIMEH + Re 18 UGAR + Ti Depending on the shift time, the Squad Leader will be 6 PARRSCHIH + Do 21 PAINGPO + Re 3 TUMPT + Re 19 SICH + Me responsible for directing either the set-up or take-down of 8 HASNIS + Me 22 MTOONB + Re 5 IRCACON + Do 20 CTNO + Re 10 RLCONI + La 23 DDIIEGRO + Do 7 ARS + Ti the bike racks and canopy. Training FTOP workers will be 13 UTONMBIA + Re 24 YL + Re 9 NCNTICOA + Re For answers, see page required at the beginning of each shift. 14 OCIEPL + La 11 SBMYC + La 12. This issue’s puzzle If you are interested, please contact Charlene Swift 15 NSRAMDU + Re 12 ETECS + La author: Stuart Marquis in the Membership Office at 718-622-0560.

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Food Drive to Benefit sep 1 Agenda Committee Meeting sep 12-13 tue 7 pm sat-sun 9 am–7 pm CHIPS Soup Kitchen The committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the CHIPS Soup Kitchen, located at 4th Ave. and Sackett St., is the recipient of much of agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with our edible but unsaleable perishable food. They also need donations of nonperishable committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. foods. This food will go to CHIPS to help them feed people in the neighborhood who Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda are in need of a nutritious meal. Consider contributing nonperishable foods and com- Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item mercially packaged foods; canned fish; canned fruits and vegetables; pasta sauce; Submission Form, both available from the Membership Office. The next General pasta; pre-packaged rice; pre-packaged beans; canned beans; canned soups; Parmalat Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim milk; dry milk; peanut butter; or boxed raisins. Give donations to the collection table Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. outside the Coop.

sep 3 Food Class: Malaysia— sep 13 Nutrition Response Testing thu 7:30 pm The Heart of the Spice Trade sun 12 pm Join us for a look at Nutrition Response Testing. Diane Paxton, MS, LAc, will explain Malaysia was centrally located in the heart of the spice trade how NRT can identify the underlying reason your body is creating symptoms and help and its cuisine is a lively blend of Malayo-Polynesian, you design a personalized clinical nutrition program to have you looking and feeling Chinese, Indian and Thai influences. Menu includes mixed Susan Baldassano, Coordinator better than you have in years. vegetable achar, tempeh and pressed rice cake skewers with spicy peanut sauce, dry prawn sambal, and taro, coconut and banana pudding. Guest chef Annie Kunjappy works as a private chef and teaches at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts. Materials fee: $4. sep 18 Tyler Blanton and the Patrizia To book a Food Class, contact Susan Baldassano, [email protected]. fri 8 pm Ferrara & Danny Grissett Duo New York–based vibraphonist and composer Tyler Blanton has sep 4 quickly gained a reputation in the Brooklyn underground jazz Quest for Honor scene for his imaginative compositions and unique improvisa- fri 7 pm tional voice. Raised in the small town of Ojai, CA, he moved to Quest for Honor is a profile of Runak Faran, a powerful wom- Brooklyn in 2007 where he teaches piano at Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope. The en’s rights activist in Iraqi Kurdistan. The film follows Runak Patrizia Ferrara & Danny Grissett duo blends the sultry voice of Austrian/Sicilian vocal- as she investigates several honor killings and attempts to ist Patrizia Ferrara, with imaginative New York pianist Danny Grissett. Ferrara and appeal to a corrupt, male-dominated power struggle to end the Grissett take the listener on a musical journey replete with soul and adventure. senseless violence toward women. Quest for Honor premiered Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Gabriel Rhodes is the editor of this film and will be 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd Street) • $10 • doors open at 7:45. in attendance for the q&a. The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musical fundraising partnership of the Coop To book a Film Night, contact Alexandra Berger, [email protected]. and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741.

sep 5 Getting to Yes sep 19 sat 10:30 am sat 1 pm Secret of the Sea Vegetable Via an interactive workshop based on role-plays, come and learn practical skills to increase Seaweed has been consumed in Japan for hundreds of years and is used in many differ- your ability to connect with others and be heard and understood. This workshop offers a ent types of dishes. Holistic health counselor Kaoru will talk about the various types and basic introduction to the practices of compassionate, nonviolent communication, presented health benefits of these mysterious sea vegetables. Chef Hideyo, who is also a holistic by Dian Killian, PhD, founder and director of Brooklyn Nonviolent Communication. health counselor, will give you quick and easy ways to prepare delicious seaweed recipes.

sep 12 sat 2 pm Intuitive Parenting Workshop sep 19 What Is the Truth About sat 5 pm Explore the journey of parenting in a safe, fun, hands-on environment. You will learn The Ion Cleanse/Foot Bath? tools for making parenting decisions from your intuition and from your heart; sensing It’s a rejuvenating, energizing and refreshing technology that cleanses the body on a into exactly what is right for your child and for your family; getting clear on what your cellular level. And there is more. Witness the benefits, warnings and testimonials at parenting goals and priorities are. Please bring a journal or notebook and a pen. Coop this presentation and demonstration by Coop member Marija Santo, a certified natural member Britt Pastor Bolnick is the creator of In Arms Coaching. health professional since 1999, and a Geotran teacher and practitioner.

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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Food Class: Healthy Vegan Sushi sep 20 Body Mind Baby oct 1 sun 12 pm thu 7:30 pm And Other Japanese Dishes

For parents and children in their first year of life. Your baby’s independent movement Hideyo Yamada Iwakiri is a trained sushi chef from Japan with skills are expanding along with his or her perceptions of the world. This workshop more than 10 years of experience. She will demonstrate how offers information about natural movement patterns that encourage optimal brain and to prepare brown rice for sushi, how to roll romaine-lettuce Susan Baldassano, Coordinator body development. Coop member Scott Lyons, BMCP, RSMT, SME, CPT, IDME, works sushi and how to prepare simple Japanese sauces and pickles privately as a movement therapist with infants, children and adults. Emily Peck is a without using white sugar. Menu includes brown rice, sushi vinegar, Japanese-style certified Somatic Movement and Infant Developmental Movement Educator. mushrooms, pink-daikon pickles, pumpkin salad and romaine-lettuce sushi rolls. Hideyo is a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and has been a Coop member for more than two years. Materials fee: $4. sep 26 The Emotional Side To book a Food Class, contact Susan Baldassano, [email protected]. sat 2 pm Of Healthy Living Understand how your emotions play an important role in your ability to heal and maintain oct 2 good health; identify how we get in the way of our own healing process; and take simple fri 7 pm Film Night steps toward converting toxic thoughts and emotions into healthy attitudes. Coop member Film title to be announced. Clarisse M. Domingo is a colon-hydrotherapist, nutrition and lifestyle coach, licensed clin- To book a Film Night, contact Alexandra Berger, [email protected]. ical social worker, and the owner of Prana Brooklyn Wellness in Kensington. oct 3 Move Beyond Procrastination sep 27 sat 11 am sun 12 pm Blogging: Getting Started And Get Things Done! This workshop explores various reasons for procrastinating and offers proven techniques Learn what it takes to set up and maintain your own blog. Whether you’re running your to stop stewing and start doing. In written and interactive exercises, you will create your own business, or just want a better Web presence, a blog is the perfect tool to get start- own personalized plan, out of procrastination into action. All handouts and materials ed. Coop member Jaki runs Arrow Root Media. He has helped countless individuals, are free of charge. Coop member Renate is a Certified Life Coach. She works with businesses and organizations improve their Web presence. clients who desire a balanced and productive life without procrastination.

sep 29 oct 3 Forgiveness tue 7 pm PSFC SEPT General Meeting sat 2–4 pm

Learn to forgive yourself and others, focus and use the power of unconditional love, Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to align your head and your heart, use the power and energy of love to relieve stress, and place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of participate in a group unconditional love meditation. Coop member Moraima Suarez the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and has studied and practiced the healing arts for more than 20 years. the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office and at all General Meetings. Meeting location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. oct 6 tue 7 pm Agenda Committee Meeting The committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the

sep 29 What Is Dyslexia? agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with tue 7:30 pm And How Is It Treated? committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Hear about a multisensory method for treating dyslexia. Although dyslexia is a lan- Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item guage-based deficit, a multisensory technique developed by Orton-Gillingham uses Submission Form, both available from the Membership Office. The next General visual, auditory and kinesthetic methods for an effective solution. Coop member Helen Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Wintrob, Ph.D, is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist. Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.

oct 10 How to Spend, Save and Stay Fiscally Fit oct 18 Teachers’ Secrets

oct 11 Enhancing Fertility oct 22–24 Blood Drive

oct 16 Six Healing Sounds of Qi Gung oct 24–25 Food Drive

oct 16 The Very Good Coffeehouse Coop Concert Series oct 24 Fair Trade Event

oct 17 Children’s Clothing Swap oct 25 Nutrition Response Testing

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COOP HOURS A monthly musical Friday fundraising partnership of Office Hours: Sep 18 the Park Slope Monday through Thursday Food Coop and 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. the Brooklyn Society Friday & Saturday for Ethical Culture 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shopping Hours: Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Sunday Patrizia Ferrara & Danny Grissett 6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m. This captivating duo blends the sultry voice of Austrian/ *Shoppers must be on a checkout line Sicilian vocalist Patrizia Ferrara, with imaginative New York 15 minutes after closing time. pianist Danny Grissett, and weaves them into beautiful music Childcare Hours: rich in a multiplicity of textures and moods. Whether inter- Monday through Sunday preting fresh original compositions or unique arrangements 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. of standard jazz repertoire, Ferrara and Grissett find inventive Telephone: ways to take the listener on a musical journey replete with 718-622-0560 Web address: soul and adventure. www.foodcoop.com

New York based Vibraphonist and composer Tyler Blanton has quickly gained a reputation in the Brooklyn underground jazz scene for his imaginative compositions and unique improvisational voice. A relatively recent transplant to New York from the Bay area, The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Tyler teaches piano at Berkeley Carroll school in Park Slope, and Park Slope Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. you can find his music on MySpace. Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8:00 p.m. [doors open at 7:45] All submissions MUST include author’s name and Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. phone number and conform to the following Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 guidelines. Editors will reject letters and articles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appear in the Coop Calendar opposite. Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be Monthly on the... This Issue Prepared By: printed if they conform to the guidelines above. Last Sunday Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden August 30 R The Anonymity and Fairness policies appear on Erik Lewis 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. the letters page in most issues. Editors (development): Dan Jacobson Second Saturday Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Please September 12 E Carey Meyers note that member-submitted articles, unlike letters, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Reporters: Gayle Forman can be edited for content and style by editors. Third Thursday Editors will reject articles that are essentially just September 17 Larissa Phillips advertisements for member businesses and services. 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. C Art Director (development): Michelle Ishay Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words. Like On the sidewalk in front of the receiving Photographers: Hazel Hankin member-submitted articles, committee reports can area at the Coop. Y Ann Rosen be edited for content and style by editors. Traffic Manager: Monona Yin Submissions on Paper: Typed or very legibly Text Converters: Peter Benton handwritten and placed in the wallpocket labeled PLASTIC S Diana Quick "Editor" on the second floor at the base of the ramp. What plastics do we accept? Proofreader: Margaret Benton Submissions on Disk & by Email: We welcome Until further notice: Thumbnails: Barbara Jungwirth digital submissions. Drop disks in the wallpocket • #1 and #6 type non-bottle shaped contain- L described above. The email address for ers, transparent only, labels ok Preproduction: Yan Kong submissions is [email protected]. • Plastic film and bubble wrap, transparent Photoshop: Bill Kontzias Receipt of your submissions will be acknowledged only, no colored or opaque, no labels I Art Director (production): Doug Popovich on the deadline day. #5 • plastic cups, tubs, and specifically Desktop Publishing: Namik Minter Classified & Display Ads: Ads may only be placed marked caps and lids, very clean and dry Dana Rouse by and on behalf of Coop members. Classified ads (discard any with paper labels, or cut off) N are prepaid at $15 per insertion, business card ads at Editor (production): Lynn Goodman •NOTE: We are no longer accepting W $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” #2 or #4 type plastics. Post Production: Becky Cassidy category are free.) All ads must be written on a PLASTIC MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAN & DRY G Final Proofreader: Nancy Rosenberg submission form (available in a wallpocket on the first floor near the elevator). Classified ads may be We close up promptly. Index: Len Neufeld up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads must Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the collection end time to allow for inspection and be camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5"). sorting of your plastic. Printed by: New Media Printing, Bethpage, NY.

Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 09-08-27 p01-128/26/095:13PMPage7 • BeingAbsentfromtheGM: • SigninginattheMeeting: • ChildcarecanbeprovidedatGMs: • AttendtheentireGM: Squadsnot eligible: • Certain • Two attendancecreditsperyear: GM • AdvanceSign-uprequired: do notcalltheMembershipOffice withGMcancellations. you removeyournameifknow cannotattend.Please passed aroundduringthemeeting. Workslot CreditAttendanceSheet. Office atleastoneweekpriortothemeetingdate. for theentire because coveringabsentmembersistoodifficult.) and FTOPcommittees.(SomeCommitteesareomitted Processing, Office,Maintenance,Inventory, Construction, workslot-credit programtwotimespercalendaryear. below fordetails. name tothesign-upsheetin Meeting hasbeenourdecision-making the instructionsheetsbysign-upboard. participation intheCoop’s decision-makingprocess. workslot-credit programwascreatedtoincrease decisions andsetCooppolicy. TheGeneral-Meeting-for- General Meeting(GM)membersgathertomake Channels: 56(TimeWarner), 69(CableVision). FRIDAYS 2:30p.m.withareplayat10:30 Inside theParkSlopeFoodCoop The CooponCableTV www.foodcoop.com The CoopontheInternet page foranswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions. www.foodcoop.com andlookatthe“JoinCoop” Have questionsaboutOrientation?Pleasevisit 622-0560 duringofficehours. the MembershipOffice.Visit inpersonorcall718- To pre-register, visitwww.foodcoop.com orcontact all ofthefourweeklyNewMemberOrientations. Coop membership.Pre-registrationisrequiredfor Attending anOrientationisthefirststeptoward New MemberOrientations It ispossibletocancelwithout penalty. We doaskthat 2.Please alsosignintheattendancebookthatis 1. AfterthemeetingChairwillprovide Please notifyanOfficeCoordinatorintheMembership In ordertoearnworkslotcredityoumustbepresent Eligible: Shopping,Receiving/Stocking,Food Each membermaytakeadvantageoftheGM-for- Some restrictionstothisprogramdoapply. Pleasesee To beeligibleforworkslotcredit,youmustaddyour Since theCoop’s inception Following isanoutlineoftheprogram.

COOP CALENDAR WORKSLOT NEEDS and ReceiveWork Credit speak toGingerHargettintheMembershipOfficeif always beavailabletoanswerquestions.Please shift. You willreceivetraining,andCoopstaff like you,thenOfficeDataEntrywillbeyourperfect puter andlikeworkingindependently?Ifthissounds Are youasticklerfordetails,accurateonthecom- Monday, 4:00to6:45p.m. Office DataEntry are conscientiousaboutdoingathoroughjob. This jobisperfectformemberswholiketocleanand You willworkwithonlynaturalcleaningproducts. toilets, moppingfloorsandstockingthebathrooms. rooms. Tasks includescrubbingfloortiles,cleaning Work withapartnertodeepcleantheCoop’s bath- Thursday, 12to2:00p.m. Bathroom Cleaning meeting. Attend aGM the elevatorlobby. in 1973,theGeneral For fulldetails,see body. Atthe Read the LETTERS &VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: Gazette Deadlines GENERAL MEETING:7:00p.m. TUE, SEP29 General Meeting. Submissions willbeconsideredfortheSep29 AGENDA SUBMISSIONS:8:00p.m. TUE, SEP1 General MeetingInfo e 4ise 7:00p.m.,Wed, Sep16 7:00p.m.,Wed, Sep2 Sep 24issue: Sep 10issue: 7:00p.m.,Mon,Sep14 CLASSIFIED ADSDEADLINE: 7:00p.m.,Mon,Aug31 Sep 24issue: Sep 10issue: ions, needs and concerns of every member.ions, needsandconcernsof every accessible toallandrespect theopin- strive tomaketheCoop welcoming and oppose discriminationin anyform.We mitted todiversityand equality. We tion andtheenvironment. others abouthealthandnutrition,coopera- lead byexample,educatingourselvesand friendly producers.We We recycle. to try tions. We prefertobuyfromlocal,earth- share withotherspeciesandfuturegenera- impact ofourlifestylesontheworldwe the environment.We strivetoreducethe toxic, sustainableagriculture.We respect exploitation ofothers.We supportnon- avoid productsthatdependonthe cessed andhealthfulfoods.We seekto emphasis onorganic,minimallypro- We offeradiversityofproductswithan of andsupportthecooperativemovement. selling agentforanyindustry. We areapart buying agentforourmembersandnota ethical employerandneighbor. We area equally. We strivetobearesponsibleand we shareresponsibilitiesandbenefits principles. Onlymembersmayshop,and ble withinthecontextofourvaluesand enables ustokeeppricesaslowpossi- through cooperationandteamwork labor: workingtogetherbuildstrust business. Asmembers,wecontributeour alternative tocommercialprofit-oriented ber-owned andoperatedfoodstore— The Park SlopeFood Coopisamem- Gazette Park SlopeFood Coop Mission Statement Park SlopeFood Coop,Brooklyn, NY a six-monthcommitment. you wouldlikemoreinformation.Workslot requires This workslothastworesponsibilities.You willload Friday orSaturday, 8:30to10:30p.m. Laundry andToy Cleaning 0560 ifyouareinterested. Kathy [email protected] and/or findcoverageforyourabsences.Pleasecontact must beabletoshowupforyourscheduledslots This jobdoesnotinvolvetheuseofacomputer. You record. Thisjobistask-oriented,nottime-oriented. ented isamust,asreliabilityandgoodattendance generated bycashiersforagivenday. Beingdetailori- You willbesorting,organizingandlabelingpaperwork Monday, 6:00to8:45p.m.orSunday, anytime Cashier ReportPrep while you’restanding onlineORonlineatwww.foodcoop.com We arecom- an vote •Announcements,etc. the meeting)•Meetingevaluation •BoardofDirectors Wrap Up(9:30-9:45) and mayalsoappearelsewhere inthisissue. • TheagendaispostedattheCoopCommunityCorner Agenda (8:00p.m.) (7:30p.m.) Reports Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) Warm Up(7:00p.m.) Meeting Format call EllenWeinstat intheoffice. last Tuesday ofthemonth.Ifyouhaveaquestion,please of eachmonthtoplantheagendaforGMheldon form. TheAgendaCommitteemeetsonthefirstTuesday on howtosubmitanitemappearthesubmission General Meetings.Instructionsandhelpfulinformation the CoopCommunityCornerbulletinboardandat Agenda Committee.Formsareavailableintheracknear Meeting, pleasecompleteasubmissionformforthe If youhavesomethingyou’dlikediscussedataGeneral on theAgenda How toPlaceanItem (Garfield Temple), 274GarfieldPlace. 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If Report •CommitteeReports General Meeting All Aboutthe further information. tact AnnetteorJanaintheMembershipOfficefor working withapartneronthesetasks.Pleasecon- will cleantoysinthechildcareroom.You willbe the Coop.Whilelaundryiswashing/drying,you laundry intodryer, folditandredistributearound Monday orWednesday, 6:00to8:00a.m. Shopping FloorSet-up 622-0560 ifyouareinterestedinthisworkslot. psfc.coop orthroughtheMembershipOfficeat718- Cynthia Pennycookeatcynthia_pennycooke@ when theCoopisnotcrowded.Pleasecontact Great opportunityforsomeonewhowantstowork detail orientedandabletoworkindependently. out stations.Mustliketoclean,bemeticulous, person tosetupandcleantheshoppingfloorcheck- organizing? Work underthesupervisionofastaff Are youanearlyriserwithaloveofcleaningand • FinancialReportCoordinators’ (unless thereisavotetoextend • MeettheCoordinators Open Forumisatimefor August 27, 2009 August 27,2009 7 09-08-27 p 01-12 8/26/09 5:13 PM Page 8

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A QUESTIONNAIRE FROM checkout stations). I could not hang it Jobs and Housing as their slogan. AUSTRIA up because all the hooks were taken Sports in Brooklyn: DEAR MEMBERS, (not an uncommon problem) and so I Playing fields for baseball, hockey TWO POEMS ABOUT h The Fifth International Principle of had to park it closer to the cashier’s and soccer; courts for basketball and COOPERATION b Cooperation states in part that coop- area. When I came back to collect the tennis; and lots of swimming pools— an eratives “inform the general public— cart at the end of our shop it was gone, indoors as well as outdoors; open to 1. m particularly young people and taken, I am sure, by a fellow member the public. We play with our pals and Halve, w opinion leaders—about the nature of who mistook it for their own. There the kids; we form teams and leagues have. to benefits of cooperation.” was an older cart which resembled to compete; we learn to lose and to 2. sm In keeping with this principle we ours hanging on a hook closer to the win. We work up a sweat and an We, ie have for many years now cooperated entrance but knowing that it was not appetite; we sleep deep. We stay weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee with classes of students and individ- ours I chose not to take it as replace- healthy, fit and trim. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! er ual students doing research or pro- ment for our lost cart. I left a “lost and Jobs in Brooklyn: David Mahfouda th jects. Below is a note from Johanna found” note at the help desk upstairs Maintaining streets, bridges and S Trausner, a student in Austria who is and we, cartless, made our way home. subways; repairing schools and hos- FREQUENT FLIER/WRITER w completing a study of our Coop. She I would like to offer two suggestions pitals; installing solar and insulation; N was here earlier this summer and that may help other Coop members caring for children, the sick, the con- Frequent Fliers have been getting im asked that we publish the note below. avoid similar lost cart heartbreak: fused, the addicted, elders and ani- away with murder! e In cooperation, 1) Since carts, like luggage, all look mals; jobs creating our culture Time to hit them over the head with a su Joe Holtz alike, I would suggest members identify through the arts and making our envi- girder. ca General Coordinator their carts in some distinct manner. I ronment beautiful; a workplace with That’s the word from airlines tired of il certainly will from now on! clear contractual guarantees of work- coddling Thanks for your nice welcome in 2) Perhaps the Coop could have a ing conditions & benefits, and a griev- Freeloaders in dire need of fast th July, especially to those of you who “Cart Check-In” similar to a coat check. ance procedure to resolve disputes remodeling. A took time and patience to talk to me! You would be given a number that cor- with supervisors and employers. Many have failed to support their an Another part of my research about responds to a cart hook location and Housing in Brooklyn: kindly patrons B the Coop is a questionnaire. Some of would have to return the number to An apartment that costs 25% of the (Whether bums, gentlemen or U you already filled in a draft of it when I retrieve your cart. family income; each person has a matrons) N was there. Now the questionnaire is Cooperatively, room of her/his own; no one living on By doing what’s best for American th available on the Internet, and I would Peter West the streets; no empty apartments companies jo be very grateful if as many as possible waiting for the wealthy. Brought down by circumstances to B could fill it in. It will take you only LAWSUITS MAY KILL A humane and participatory com- their knees. le 5–10 minutes, and you would help me munity in which those in government So Frequent Fliers, here’s the coming S a lot. The link is: http://online- RATNER’S ARENA PROJECT and those in leadership of enterprises deal: d forschung.org/coop MEMBERS: intend to serve so each of us can Buy a ticket a ticket or two—four’s the B I am so glad that I have decided for Submit your opinions to the ESDC achieve a long, healthy and fulfilling ideal— to your Coop to write my master thesis by Aug 30th. life in an environment that is beauti- Within the next 13 business days; about because it has turned out to be It seems that the Empire State ful and sustainable. Do that and your total of by-our-grace C really fascinating and all of you have Development Corporation will Unfortunately, implementing the points stays. S been so helpful! approve anything for Forest City Rat- FCRatner Corporation’s plan for the Failure to support your airline will Thank you again! ner Corporation. During an informa- Atlantic Yards will not help us realize mean Best regards from Austria, tional session on July 22 no design nor this vision. That is why I oppose a You and all your friends and kin are Johanna cost-benefit analysis nor build-out profit-making corporation receiving obscene, schedule was presented. We didn’t public money or government support. And never again will you fly for free, S CARTLESS know what we were debating the fol- To them, sports means sitting and monsieur. C lowing week at the public hearing. eating junk food while highly paid Forget the points, you lowlife p DEAR FRIENDS, FCRC packed the hearings and paid professional athletes compete. selfish cur. li On Sunday, August 9th my wife and for testimonials. I submitted this: Jobs means work for a few and for a Leon Freilich in I did our weekly Coop shop. As usual, I Most infuriating is that FCRC short time. se parked our large, black “Easy Wheels” hijacks the symbols of my vision of the Housing means towers of expen- WANTS YOUR VOTE cart next to the window (and the future of Brooklyn by using Hoops, sive apartments with a few labeled 50 affordable costing more than half the DEAR EDITORS, n average monthly wage of a bus driver. My name is Ken Baer and I am a ty I don’t believe their promises. Per- Democratic candidate for the 33rd to manent jobs at Metrotech for folks Council District, which includes north o from the neighborhood never materi- Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, alized. The design of the Atlantic Boerum Hill, DUMBO, Greenpoint ve Malls is ugly. and parts of Carroll Gardens and to Several suits in the courts may Williamsburg. I am an accountant, a o delay groundbreaking past the Dec dedicated environmentalist and a ‘09 deadline for FCRC to float tax- long-time community activist. I am a A exempt bonds. Consult the website lifelong supporter of civil rights, gen- of Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn der, racial and sexual preference p and/or the Atlantic Yards Report for equality, and progressive causes. th proof of my assertions and informa- Within weeks of moving to Park fo tion about how to submit your com- Slope 30 years ago, I joined the Park (g ments and contribute money to the Slope Food Coop. It immediately w lawsuits. became an important part of my life. is For a healthy future, My values and the Coop’s are in id Susan Metz synch. I believe true cooperation, not im mere lipservice to it, is essential to ra achieving our goals as an organiza- m tion and as a society. a At the Park Slope Food Coop, we ti try to purchase from farmers who are within 500 miles. What we eat, how it Fa is produced and how far it travels is In important in protecting the Earth. I Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 09-08-27 p 01-12 8/26/09 5:13 PM Page 9

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of the Gowanus is necessary before been made, including the replacement will read about all of these in the there is any rezoning or community- of two station managers and Bernard Ballot Package U will receive in early have been a vegetarian since 1972, based development. I favor downzon- White, our Program Director at WBAI September. buy only organic fruits and vegetables ing Fourth Avenue, as well as the and chief architect of the stagnation As to my uhhhhhh—qualifications and am grateful that the Coop serves Greenpoint and Williamsburg water- that still threatens imminent receiver- I had three years of graduate work in my lifestyle. As a Councilmember, I front, so we can create more parks. ship of the Foundation. It is entirely Sociology. It helps me with statistics will make sure there is greater access I am disappointed that the legisla- essential that these gains be consoli- and social analysis. I also like parlia- to local and organic produce from ture reenacted mayoral control of dated in the ongoing elections! mentary procedure so I talk with small farms as a way of getting health- schools. Parents have been shut out As I write to you, WBAI has had not Gregory and Terry on pacificaparl- ier food to city residents. of any meaningful input under the one but two successful fund drives, the @yahoogroups.com. I guess I’ll con- ee As a youngster I realized that gov- current system. I favor reforming the first in four years if memory serves, tinue to do those things as a Board e! ernment actions at every level affect composition of the Panel on Educa- including the best single day in 11 member! da the entire planet. I’ve worked with the tional Policy by including eight par- years! The J&U (Justice and Unity, now I endorse all of the other candidates Sierra Club for 21 years on solid ents on that 13-member body. called Take Back WBAI) clones, of so far identified as Independents. R waste/incineration issues, protecting I support having ample classes course, are claiming it was support for Working day and night on the NYC’s water supply, expanding and and after-school programs in the sci- them…For purposes of countering series now called Campaign Memoirs improving NY’s transportation system, ences, arts and music. Gyms and what you will hear from them: 2009. Go to PACVID1.com to see the eliminating car traffic in our parks, playgrounds must be open daily, so • It is not true that there was a first Chapter. Also see the two Reference a supporting community gardens, advo- that kids get enough exercise. With Coup. The local stations are and have Extracts, 16 min each. Hopefully there cating for cleaner energy and fighting families growing, I will work at identi- always been a part of the Foundation. will be 12 Chapters by the time the ill-conceived development. fying sites for additional schools Management employees work at-will new Board is seated in January 2010. Development is the major issue in within the district. and may be dismissed at any time for Finally I would like to thank indi- the district. I have opposed the I would appreciate your vote on any reason. vidually, personally, everyone who Atlantic Yards Project for five years September 15th. Please visit my web- • It is not true that there is a gag has voted for Independents in the last and high-rise residential buildings in site http://kenbaerforthecommuni- rule. The gag rule of early 2000? was election and who has contributed in Brooklyn Bridge Park for four years. ties.com. against discussing Foundation busi- WBAI’s recent successful fund dri- Under my leadership, as chair of the Ken Baer ness on the air. The current directive ves—the first in a long time! Please New York State Sierra Club from 2003 from the Indy Executive Director sim- have house parties, tell your friends through January 2008, the Sierra Club WBAI CAMPAIGN ply reiterated the FCC ban on slander- and keep up your support, which now joined with Develop Don’t Destroy ous statements which could is more critical than ever! Brooklyn in filing two lawsuits chal- DEAR EDITOR, jeopardize a station’s license. Very Truly Yours, lenging the Environmental Impact As the Pacifica Foundation goes Besides being an Independent, I Albert Baron Solomon g Statement and the abuse of eminent into its fifth election since democracy would very much like to start an AIDS Gauguin Films - PACVID1.com domain, and joined the Brooklyn was installed, in spite of all the near- Choice Movement so as to create a International Allstars of Homœopathy e Bridge Park Defense Fund in a lawsuit disasters of its 70-year history there third voice at BAI and Pacifica. Fellow (IAH) to stop the high rises. has never been a more severe crisis candidate Ken Laufer is in this with 718-768-9079 I support designating the Gowanus than we face now. The Independents me and we hope to recruit others, [email protected] e Canal area and Newtown Creek as squeaked out a narrow majority such as Rolando Bini of the 3-candi- Superfund sites. A thorough cleanup nationally and huge changes have date “Foster-Care Reform” coalition. 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face a short growing season on both sides with planters here in the Northeast. that overflowed with corn, B School garden programs various types of squash, cher- A must curry support from the ry tomatoes, beans, lettuce on school administration, inte- and herbs; the playground on bl grate the garden into the cur- the other side of the garden ba Fu riculum and coordinate held a row of 11 movable ti summer caretakers to keep planters, 4’x4’ and just as R them growing in the hottest deep, filled with high-quality W and heaviest weeks of pro- organic garden soil. br duction, when few people are There is a rainwater-har- Th around. vesting system and a massive B Exemplifying some of the worm-composting bin. There th struggles and the triumphs is are even new trees, recently de the garden at the Brooklyn planted by the city around ov New School (BNS) in Carroll the perimeter of an otherwise pi lie Gardens (PS 146), where the somewhat bleak playground BY HAZEL HANKIN PHOTO vi principal is a Coop member. that faces the Brooklyn The Brooklyn New School Garden. 3s Queens Expressway. From Goal: Start Small every angle, the garden looks B A school garden was finally like a lush, vibrant success. tory before I came on board. tion, to build more planters.) Even when parents lo be created last year after years of People were motivated and Once the planters were showed up, summer garden An frustrated attempts by succes- Key Ingredients ready to go,” says Villamil, a ready, the garden took off. care proved to be not so easy. be sive waves of parent groups. A garden tour with parent landscape designer with an “Some of the teachers were “We needed to get into the ba “Our goal was to get a few volunteer (and one of the interest in facilitating public just waiting to start planting,” school and then go out pl tomato plants into pots by main organizers) Mirem school gardening. “The princi- says Villamil. Snap peas went through a back door, but the ni the end of the school year,” Villamil highlighted the pal, the science teacher, the in in March and were ready by gates in between the two m says Matt Sheehan, a former incredible gains of the parents—everyone wanted a May. Sheehan planted let- yards were locked,” says Vil- b Th teacher, now a volunteer school’s fledgling but thriving garden.” tuce. A kindergarten teacher lamil. “You had to call the teacher of environmental garden—as well as the obsta- But there were problems planted butternut squash that principal to let you in. Some- stewardship at BNS. Much cles still being negotiated. even before the project had begun to sprout in his times she wasn’t available. energy had been spent Like many public school began. The custodian, for classroom’s worm compost The custodian’s full staff is in SU exploring the possibility of a projects, this one had two key example, was not initially after the class made squash the upper floors, so he does- w rooftop garden. But the costs ingredients: active parents enthusiastic. “Getting the risotto. An occupational ther- n’t want them coming down. “t were deemed too high, and and a receptive administra- custodian on board is essen- apist at the school had some It was like, either 8 a.m. or 1 W eventually a container garden tion. When Villamil came to tial,” says Villamil. “They have seeds for heirloom broom p.m. So they finally gave us a Sl became the focus. the school she joined forces the power to make or break corn and told Villamil that all key to the yard.” Ex By August of this year, a with Sheehan, and found fer- the whole thing.” the school’s therapists hoped When parents were able M 42 south-facing alley was lined tile ground. “There was a his- The BNS custodian, Dave to get involved in the garden. to gain access, they some- Carrigan, was concerned Sheehan planted the times didn’t know their way PL about watering the garden “three sisters” (squash, corn around the garden. Harvest- Fo and didn’t believe that and beans) for the fourth ing mistakes were made by ne (M hoses could be supplied. So grade’s curriculum on Native overeager young gardening Pl Sheehan applied for a grant Americans. Villamil planted assistants. th and built a rainwater-harvest- bamboo as a barrier between But despite all the chal- B ing system. As the garden the playground and the BQE lenges, a small miracle has O project developed, Carrigan and for possible use in the taken root within a stone’s came on board more and third grade’s China study. “It throw of the BQE. The BNS- more, offering advice, supply- was a very piecemeal BCS school garden has sur- ing keys and generally approach,” she said. “Teach- vived its first growing season. accommodating the garden. ers would say, ‘Can I put And when school reopens, something in here?’” The there still will be harvesting Fertile Soil planters filled up quickly. to be done and planting The next step was to have space available. And perhaps a plan. Villamil created a Summer Problems now the biggest challenge of Help New Members Feel Like basic drawing of a garden By the end of June, the gar- all lies ahead. plan and circulated it. Money den was a thriving example of “The hardest part is not Royalty! that was left over from a a populist, cooperative creating the physical garden,” grant was used to purchase approach to school garden- says Villamil. “Throwing the wood, along with high- ing. Then the summer came. seeds into the ground is easy. The Orientation Committee is looking for energetic peo- quality organic soil. The gardening season in Our next biggest challenge is ple with a teaching or training background who can work BNS’s sister school, Brook- the Northeast is intensely making sure the garden gets Sunday afternoons, Monday or Wednesday evenings, or lyn School for Collaborative productive in a very short integrated into the curricu- Wednesday mornings. Orienters lead sessions every six Studies, or BCS (MS 448), a time period. Unfortunately, lum and into the life of the weeks, and on the week midway between sessions 6–12 school in the same much of that time period falls school, so that it really you must be available as backup for emergency cover- building, joined in to dig up during summer vacation. becomes part of the school age. Only Coop members with at least two years of old shrubs, cut lumber and In June, the Green culture.” membership will be considered. build some of the planters. Committee asked for parent Administrators who might Workslot credit will be given for training sessions. An The city’s GreenApple volunteers. Some parents not be sure about supporting annual meeting of the Orientation Committee is part Corps, a public service branch signed up and forgot. the push for a school garden of the work requirement. of the city Parks Department, The parent who was going to might want to consider the worked on the planters too, send out reminders had a experience of BNS principal We are especially interested in members who speak flu- and the school’s Green Com- computer crash. and Coop member Anna ent Spanish or Russian. For more information, contact the mittee scheduled a parent “We’re lucky it rained a Allanbrook. “I’ve been com- Membership Office or write to karen_mancuso workday to finish them. lot,” says Villamil, acknowl- ing down and picking cherry @psfc.coop. (Later, another workday was edging the difficulty in orga- tomatoes and lettuce for my

PHOTO: JOHN H. SHEALLY II/THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT (VIA GOOGLE) scheduled, as part of the nizing volunteer gardeners in dinner,” she says. “It’s been school’s Earth Day celebra- the summer. wonderful.” ■

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Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY August 27, 2009 11 CLASSIFIEDS To Submit Classified or Display Ads: BED & BREAKFAST & 19. Try to attend all 8 sessions. of your sleep. Mattress comes $300 fee negotiable. spmetz with a 20 year guarantee & a 3 Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Clas- BROWNSTONE BROOKLYN BED @earthlink.net for application & month trial period. Special con- sified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, business card ads AND BREAKFAST. Victorian home more info. Google Playback, too. sideration for Coop members. at $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise– Non-commercial” category on tree-lined Prospect Heights We’re in 53 countries performing Call Janet 718-237-2592. are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form. Clas- our stories. block has space with semiprivate GIRL’S 20” RALEIGH BIKE FOR sified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads bath, AC, Cable TV & free WiFi. MEDITATION class with Mina. 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Limited caseload to or elevator a must for older dog. Slope location, starts Sept. 16. ensure maximum compensation. a Desirable extras: furnished, out dr Experienced, caring teacher, call Member of NYSTLA and ATLA. No space, laundry, near park/coop. Mina Hamilton for more info. 212- recovery, no fee. Free consult. e [email protected]. 427-2324 or minaham@ aol.com Manhattan office. Park Slope resi- e- dent. Long time PSFC member. PLAYBACK THEATRE workshop. ay MERCHANDISE Adam D. White. 212-577-9710. t- For fun, growth, new skills and new friends. Led by Susan Metz by SLEEPING ON A TEMPUR-PEDIC ATTORNEY—Personal Injury (MS in Ed, 10 years teaching IS LIKE THERAPY FOR YOUR Emphasis—30 years experience in g Playback). 8 Saturday afternoons SOUL. This mattress is the ulti- all aspects of injury law. 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Best Documentary winner, PRAY SAT, SEP 12 play with us. is THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL, ts which tells the incredible story Old First Reformed Church pre- SUN, OCT 11 u- of the 2003 peace protest in sents the Tribeca Film Festival Liberia and the amazing women Best Documentary winner, PRAY NYC VegFest is an outdoor festi- e who made it happen. 3 p.m. $8. THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL, val–come rain or shine in Union y 7th Avenue at Carroll Street, which tells the incredible story Square Park from noon to 6 p.m. ol Park Slope. of the 2003 peace protest in We will celebrate Vegetarianism Liberia and the amazing women and it is free to the public. The ht TUE, SEP 8 who made it happen. 3 p.m. $8. NYC VegFest has something for ng 7th Avenue at Carroll Street, everyone to enjoy, so please join n A TASTE OF PLAYBACK: Partici- Park Slope. us in this endeavor as a sponsor and/or exhibitor! 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CLASSIFIEDS (CONTINUED) Do you want to be a food activist? Do you want to help organize the Brooklyn Free phone or office consultation. headaches, eye fatigue, computer VACATIONS Prompt, courteous communica- discomfort, learning disabilities. Food Coalition? tions. 20-year Park Slope Food Convenient Park Slope location. 3-SEASON VACATION COTTAGES Coop member; Park Slope resi- Dr. Jerry Wintrob, 718-789-2020. for sale in our friendly, wooded Do you want to do food justice organizing dent; downtown Brooklyn office. holisticeyecare.com northern Westchester community. and get PSFC work credit for it too? Tom Guccione, 718-596-4184, also Pool, tennis, biking, hiking; near at www.tguccionelaw.com. HOLISTIC DOCTOR in Naturopathy stimulates body’s natural ability to Hudson River and Metro North (5- The Brooklyn Food Coalition needs you! MADISON AVENUE Hair Stylist is heal chronic conditions, allergy, minute cab ride from train). right around the corner from the skin, muscle, cancer support with $79,000-$99,000; annual mainte- As the summer begins to wind down, the Brooklyn Food Food Coop, so if you would like a homeopathy, physical & chelation nance approx. $3,200. Cash sales Coalition heats up! The Park Slope Food Coop has voted to really good haircut at a decent therapies, bioenergetic acupunc- only. No dogs. 212-242-0806 or give the BFC the ability price, please call Maggie at ture, lab tests, hair analysis & more. [email protected]. to create a squad dedi- 718-783-2154. I charge $60.00. Research Director. 20 years exp. As Featured in Allure Magazine. Dr. NO JOB TOO SMALL! Carpentry, WHAT’S FOR FREE cated to developing our Gilman 212-505-1010. new Coalition. We need tile installation and repair, painting, plastering, doors hung and PSYCHOTHERAPY TO SUIT YOUR FREE INITIAL ORAL EXAMINA- to build this squad so it repaired, shelves installed, bath NEEDS AND LIFESTYLE. Helen TION in a Holistic Family Dental meets the needs of a regrouts, general handywork. Wintrob, Ph.D. is a licensed psy- office for all Coop members. geographically and cul- Serving Park Slope area for 19 chologist with an office in Park Using a nutritional approach, Dr. Goldberg practices prEventive turally diverse group years. Free estimates. Call Rocco: Slope. She will accept Aetna, 718-788-6317. Oxford, Blue Cross, GHI, Value dentistry, with non-mercury fill- with a range of needed Options and Medicare. Please call ings, thOrough cleanings and BURIED UNDER PAPER? My orga- skills. We can recruit for an appointment at 718-783- non-surgical gum treatments. For nizing service reduces your stress, 30+ PSFC members who 0913. Evening and weekend insurance information and an increases your efficiency and appointments are available. appointment, please call are dedicated to building gives you more free time. Expert 212-505-5055. a just and sustainable system in home business and household for healthy, tasty, and affordable management. Call Margaret food in Brooklyn. This model is how we managed to make Barritt Organizing Service. 718-857-6729. the conference a success and we know that it works!!! Members of the BFC squad will function as staff and will COMPUTER HELP — Call NY GEEK GIRLS. Setup & file transfer; be working to help support and realize the Coalition’s cho- hardware & software issues; virus- sen goals. es & pop-ups; networking; printer/file sharing; training; back- We would therefore like to invite everyone who’s interested ups. Home or business. Mac and to look into joining. As staff, squad members will be expected PC. On-site or pick-up/drop-off. to work 8 hours every month and will get Park Slope Food References, reasonable rates. Coop work credit plus an FTOP credit for those hours beyond Long-time Coop member. 347-351- 3031 or info@nygeek girls.com. the 2 3/4 usually required (this is perfect for someone who needs FTOP for their household). We are looking for folks ART CABRERA, ELECTRICIAN 30 who can be flexible and generous with their time and tal- yrs. residential wiring, trouble shooting low voltage, one outlet or ents—as a new organization, we may find that job descrip- whole house, no job too small. tions will change as we move forward. Fans, AC, 220 volt, lighting, out door work, insured, 718-965-0327. So what, exactly, are we looking for? Emergency service, call 646-239- 5197. Founding Coop member, Organizers: If you have a strong connection to any partic- born in Brooklyn, 35 yr. resident of ular Brooklyn neighborhood, help us organize there! A Park Slope. #0225. Coop discounts. few of the neighborhoods where we need organizers HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS. include Bensonhurst, Brownsville, Bushwick, Canarsie, Haircolor, Highlights, Lowlights, East New York, Flatbush, and Sheepshead Bay... and there in the convenience of your home are others. If you are interested in working with us but or mine. Adults $35.00, Kids you don't see your neighborhood here and there hasn't $15.00, Call Leonora, 718-857-2215. been a meeting in your community, please contact us. We Puzzle Answers are particularly interested in eastern and southern Plastering-Painting-Wallpapering- over 25 yrs experience of doing Brooklyn neighborhoods. The goal is to have an organizer STRIANGLE the finest prep & finish work. One TVIOLAH A for every neighborhood in Brooklyn! room or an entire house. LOW RUE HARPSICHORD VOC paints used. Fred Becker Grant-writers: As the Coalition comes together and U SSR C 718-853-0750. MSHAMISENCCARILLON begins making decisions on projects to pursue, it will be PPTMO R extremely helpful to have experienced grant writers to HEALTH EHAINCDC help locate funds. TAMBOURINE C Y CALL IOPE HOLISTIC DENTISTRY in Brooklyn NEMOL Researchers: To begin compiling information on all the (Midwood) & Manhattan (Soho). SNAREDRUM R BASSOON E wonderful food-related Brooklyn organizations. Dr. Stephen Goldberg provides PATAS comprehensive, family dental care OGLOCKENSPIELCLARINET Internal communications & overall coordination: Are using non-mercury fillings, OU H D NSO A you ultra-organized and detail-oriented? If so we need crowns, dentures, thorough clean- NIPIPEORGANTROMBONE you to make sure that everyone is up-to-date on all the ings, minimal X-rays and non-sur- ST M L N latest BFC happenings. gical gum treatments. For a free AE IDIDGEGIDOO initial exam and insurance infor- LYR E SN T And there will be more jobs opening as we move forward. mation, call 212-505-5055. HOLISTIC OPTOMETRY: Most eye If you are interested in any of the above positions or have doctors treat patients sympto- questions, please email [email protected]. matically by prescribing ever- ADVERTISE ON THE WEB increasing prescriptions. We try to Looking forward to hearing from you! find the source of your vision If your ad would benefit from broader exposure, try the www.brooklynfoodconference.org problem. Some of the symptoms Coop's web page, www.foodcoop.com. The ads are FREE. that can be treated include

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