OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Established 1973

Volume JJ, Number 18 September 3, 2015 Welcome to the Office! By Lily Rothman an upbeat, “Hello, Park Slope the office can’t make individual hen Coop members enter Food Coop.” exceptions to Coop-wide poli- Wthe PSFC office, though “Everyone’s really nice in cies, often the office can help. their reasons to visit may dif- the office. That’s the best thing For example, that common fer, one particular sentiment about this shift,” says Diana problems—absences and is often on their minds: I’m in Griffin, who was marking her suspensions—have plenty of trouble. Or at least, according two-year anniversary on the solutions. The office can con- to General Coordinator Jess office squad that day. “Most of nect members with their squad Robinson, who supervises the the time we can help people.” leaders (whose phone numbers staffers who work in the office, The most common reason are available in the office). The that’s the sense those on the people call, observes member office can enroll members in other side of the desk have. Debra Lowe, who has done the one-for-one program (an Many members approach the office shifts for about five years, option for people who owe second-floor sanctum as if they is to find out whether they’re makeups for more than six

had been summoned to the eligible to shop. And, as Grif- work cycles in a row). The office ILLUSTRATION BY CATY BARTHOLOMEW principal’s office. fin says, despite the fact that CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 But, office workers agree, Coop Manners: Members Dish on those who shuffle up the stairs with fear in their hearts How to Have the Best Shopping shouldn’t stress out. Those who staff the office rank among Experience, Avoid Stress and the most helpful of the Coop’s labor-rich mix. Be Happy at 782 Union “The office has really strug- By Jaweed Kaleem A Coop State of Mind gled over the time I’ve been here efore entering the Coop With more than 16,000 with a reputation as being a Bdoors each time she goes active members and 6,000 place where you go to get scold- shopping, D. Stephenson square feet of sales floor for ed,” says Robinson. “The office takes a deep breath and, in thousands of products, the is there to serve [members]. It her mind, declares an inten- Coop is known for being a shouldn’t be scary.” tion: she’ll have at least one busy, hectic place, especially good conversation while there during peak shopping hours Upstairs at the Coop and, overall, strive to have a and times when shifts transi- On a Saturday afternoon good time. tion. For many members like this summer, that anything- “It’s a busy, sometimes frus- Stephenson, shopping and but-scary vibe was in full effect. trating and aggravating place,” working means much more As is the case for the rest of the said Stephenson, who works than just showing up to make Coop, the summer is a slight- on the receiving squad. “So you purchases like one would at ly slower period for the office have to try hard to make sure a typical grocery store or any but, while cooler and quieter you get the best of out of it.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 than the shopping floor, it still buzzed with friendly chatter. Next General Meeting on September 29 Shoppers filtered in and out The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held with a variety of questions both on the last Tuesday of each month. The September General common (Is there a slot open Meeting will be on Tuesday, September 29, at 7:00 p.m. at to do an FTOP shift tomor- St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between row?) and uncommon (Who do Sixth and Seventh Aves. I talk to about a problem with The agenda is in this Gazette, on the Coop website at the flower bed on the street www.foodcoop.com and available as a flier in the entryway outside?), and member-work- of the Coop. For more information about the GM and about

ers answered the phones with PHOTO BY CAROLINE MARDOK Coop governance, please see the center of this issue.

Tue, Sep 8 • Safe Food Committee Film Night: IN THIS ISSUE Seeds of Time 7:00 p.m. Puzzle ...... 3 Safe Food Committee Report ...... 5 Fri, Sep 11 • Wordsprouts: Coop Animal Welfare Committee Report ...... 5 A Night of Memoir 7:00 p.m. Welcome ...... 7 Event Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement . 7 Thur, Oct 1 • Food Class: Calendar of Events ...... 8 Highlights A Day In The Plant-Based Life 7:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor ...... 10 Classifieds ...... 11 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Exciting Workslot Opportunities ...... 12 Thank You ...... 12 2 September 3, 2015 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY

Welcome to asking for help and don’t know what to expect. For those CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 members, she notes that it can can counsel members on leave sometimes be comforting to options for those unable to check the Coop’s membership work for one reason or another. manual—available on paper No matter what the appropriate at the office or on the Coop’s option for the situation in ques- website as a PDF—to do a little tion, the best way to move for- advance research about options ward is to talk with the experts for catching up, so that they can

at the office. After all, the office go into a conversation knowing PHOTOS BY CAROLINE MARDOK workers want to get members what to expect. (And when the Membership Coordinator Karen Mancuso helps a Coop member in the office, while back to shopping, too. Coop’s new website is up and Lewanika Forde-Senghor mans the greeter desk. “I think people are reluc- running, it’s expected to be even tant to call—usually they know more helpful in that regard.) calls go out to remind mem- something’s up and that’s why Questions about the ber-workers with upcoming they’re calling,” says Member- work-cycle calendar and the shifts about events like Day- ship Coordinator Jack Stro- next time a shift will meet can light Savings Time. The office man, who was working as one also be answered at the front walls are plastered with helpful of the staffers in the office that check-in desk, since that com- information: General Meeting Saturday. “Everyone’s situation puter displays information dates, Gazette ad deadlines, is different, so advice you get about a member’s upcoming staff mailboxes, fact sheets for from other members [about shifts when he or she enters the all kinds of programs, FTOP how to get current on shifts] shopping floor. shift-opening information and is well-meaning but may not a calendar that shows which be right. It’s better to go to the Members Helping week of the work cycle we’re in. source at the office before you Members As a result, it might be easy get frustrated.” Helping members who are to get overwhelmed, especially People who have never behind on their work duties is during busier times. So, Jess before fallen behind are some- far from the only thing office Robinson offers a few helpful times particularly reluctant to workers do. The office is where hints to make your office visit come to the office, Robinson new members join, where shifts efficient and productive: adds, since they’re not used are selected and even where “Hello, Park Slope Food Coop.”

Though many people have a habit of stopping at the sec- ond-floor service desk, right outside the office door, she notes that members who come upstairs to the office can go right in if they have a membership-re- lated question. The first person Membership Coordinators Jack Stroman and Valerie who will greet you at the front Ratron-Neal, hard at work in the office. desk is a paid staffer, who’ll then direct your question to some- on the shopping floor. They approach the office without one who can help. The people can’t intervene between a squad fear are likely to leave happy. sitting by the computers on your leader and a member on the “There may be a solution to right will be member-workers question of how many make- your problem,” says Robinson. and the people sitting behind ups are owed. They can’t give “It’s always worth asking.” the desk on the left are staff. out the personal information And, in turn, just as the (Those staffers, whose job title for any other members, other office is there to help members, is Membership Coordinator, than squad leaders. And, for there’s one thing that members often split their time between FTOP workers, though the office can do to help the office: keep the office and other duties like workers can schedule shifts and in mind that the folks answering tech support or back-office cancel them up to a half hour in the phones are also members. administrative work.) Usually advance, that system works only “It’s a cooperative effort,” Robin- a member will be able to help when the office is open; FTOP- son says, “like everything else.” you, but you may be directed to ers who want to cancel when the “When people call, it’s best a staffer if your question is par- office is closed are out of luck. to remember that we’re mem- ticularly complicated or requires The Park Slope Food Coop bers too,” echoes Griffin, the a special area of expertise. office is open Monday through member who was celebrating There are just a few things Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 her office-shift anniversary. that the office can’t help with. p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays “We do our shift once a month Members answering the phones from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The and sometimes we’re limited in can’t leave their seats to check office is closed on Sundays. what we can do, but we want to whether something is in stock In general, members who help you. Be patient.” n

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MEMBER SUBMISSION takes place, and to wash anything that has come in Double Out contact with Anvil.” If there Double Out Double Out are no significant risks, why Double Out Stop New York City’s all that advice? If you remove the letters CK from word CHECKER, you are left with CHEER, another The fact is, the spraying Ifword. you remove Each line thebelow letters hasCK from two wordclues.CHECKER The answer, you are to the left firstwith clueCHEER should, another be Pesticide Spraying, Now! word.entered Each into lineall the below spaces has given. two clues. The answer The answer to the to second the first clue clue will should be all ofbe puts many New York City enteredthe uncircled into all spaces. the spaces The earlier given. example The answer would to be the filled second in like clue this: will be all of By Mitchel Cohen to Mayor de Blasio and the residents and visitors at risk. the uncircled spaces. The earlier example would be filled in like this: ew York City’s Depart- City Council, and invites all “Clearly, the spraying jeopar- ment of Health and Coop members to do like- dizes a thousand times more Verifier; Glee C H E C K E R N Verifier; Glee C H E C K E R Mental Hygiene (NYC DOH) wise. We pointed out that people than the disease,”  has renewed its annual the City’s Department of Brandstein says. When you are finished, the circled letters will spell out the common English pesticide-spraying assault Health has failed to serious- Thousands of New Yorkers Whenname for you the are national finished, tree the of circled Chile. letters will spell out the common English on Queens, Staten Island ly consider: are severely sickened by the name for the national tree of Chile. and now Brooklyn. Mean- a) admissions the DOH spraying every year, but they CLUES ANSWERS while, the Parks Department made concerning the dan- go unrecorded and unreport- CLUES ANSWERS Leading; Wooded area  admits that it has applied gers of pesticides in its 2007 ed. Several members of the Leading; Wooded area “small amounts” of the dan- Settlement Agreement of a No Spray Coalition, includ- Leg part; Brewed drink  Leg part; Brewed drink gerous herbicide glyphosate lawsuit brought by No Spray ing two of the plaintiffs in Streetcar; Prankster  Streetcar; Prankster (Monsanto’s Roundup) to Coalition; and the lawsuit, died from pesti- Promote; Divide  Prospect Park. b) its failure to fulfill the cide-related illnesses. Many Promote;Impress; Valley Divide  Pyrethroid and organo- four pillars for waivers in suffer from Multiple Chem-  Impress; Valley phosphate pesticides are Local Law 37. ical Sensitivities (MCS) or Young actress; Begin  Young actress; Begin dangerous to human health “This reckless spraying of asthma caused or exacerbat-  PuzzlePuzzle author:author: LarsLars Roe.Roe. ForFor answers,answers, seesee pagepage 11.11. (especially to children, the pesticides has contributed ed by the spraying.  elderly and those with weak- to skyrocketing increases in Pesticides are extreme- Puzzle author: Lars Roe. For answers, see page 11. ened immune systems), cancer and asthma, and now ly dangerous to human to stop the pesticide spray- Stop spraying now. Stop as well as to pets, fish and the collapse of bee colonies. health as well as to pets, ing immediately and utilize poisoning people, animals other animals. The spraying I am outraged that the City wildlife and the natural alternative, safe means to and the environment. n must be halted immediately. government is renewing its environment; they have control mosquitoes, which Every year, the DOH grants poisoning of the people and long-term consequences. can be done without poi- Coop member Mitchel Cohen is the itself waivers from New York environment,” said Howard Please contact our govern- soning the population and coordinator of the No Spray Coali- City Local Law 37, passed in Brandstein, coordinator of ment officials and tell them the natural environment. tion, http://www.NoSpray.org 2005 in response to growing the Sixth Street Community concerns over the health and Center and a plaintiff in the environmental consequenc- federal lawsuit. es of mass-spraying of mala- Brandstein points out thion and pyrethroids. that in agreeing to settle the This year’s spray of lawsuit in 2007, the City stip- choice, Anvil 10+10, con- ulated for the first time that 1 tains piperonyl butoxide pesticides: 1 and MGK-284—“synergists” • may remain in the classified as possible car- environment beyond their D SHOES cinogens by the EPA. It also intended purpose OE Please protect your feet and contains Sumithrin—a syn- • cause adverse health -T N toes while working your thetic toxin—and dangerous effects E benzene-related chemicals • kill mosquitoes’ natural P O shift at the Coop by not

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Anvil 10 + 10 belongs to a flies, bats, frogs and birds) F I N wearing sandals or other class of adulticides known as • increase mosquitoes’ H S pyrethroids, which are endo- resistance to the sprays, and K open-toed footwear. crine disruptors. They mimic • are not presently R hormones such as estrogen, approved for direct applica- O W and may cause breast cancer tion to waterways. W R Thanks for your cooperation, H OU in women, drastically lower The Department of Health ILE D ING Y sperm counts in men, and contravenes those admis- O The Park Slope Food Coop may cause prostate cancer. sions by now stating that Local Law 37 prohib- there are “no significant its the use of pesticides by risks” of adverse impact to New York City if they contain human health associated PBO and/or MGK-284. Only with the proper use of this through receipt of waivers to product. Of course there that law is the Department are! But Levi Fishman, dep- WHAT'S BEING COLLECTED: WHEN: 2nd Wednesday of the month, 4pm - 6pm of Health enabled to legally uty press secretary at the Toothpaste tubes, any brand and size 4th Saturday of the month, 2pm - 4pm conduct the spraying. DOH, ignorantly stated what (toothbrushes OK too) In some bizarre bureau- the City itself had disavowed WHERE: Outside in front of the Coop cratic maneuver reminiscent eight years ago: Baby food pouches and caps (any brand) or inside during inclement weather of the movie Brazil, the DOH “When properly used, this Energy bar wrappers (any brand but only energy PSFC / TerraCycle Recycling Collections applies for a waiver to itself, product poses no significant bars—no other wrappers please) and then it grants itself the risks to human health. It The vote is in and members at the May GM waiver pro forma, which degrades rapidly in sunlight, Brita filters (other filter brands okay) plus other unanimously voted to create work shifts to collect a allows it to spray deadly provides little or no residual Brita filter–related items variety of hard-to-recycle packaging in partnership pesticides. No other agency activity, and does not accu- Plastic food storage zip lock bags (any size), plastic cling with TerraCycle. reviews its application. The mulate in the environment.” wrap, and small bulk bags (NO PLASTIC ROLL BAGS OR Save up your eligible waste for upcoming checks and balances envi- (Wrong on every point.) SHOPPING BAGS) collection dates. sioned by Local Law 37 are Reporter Elah Feder coun- thus thwarted. (Elah Feder tered: “Nevertheless, the Cereal bag and cracker bag liners or bulk cereal bags QUESTIONS: [email protected] (any brand) has written a powerful review City advises residents to LEARN MORE: www.terracycle.com of the waivers in City Limits.) bring children’s toys, out- The No Spray Coalition door equipment and cloth- Note: Presort and separate items by category. No need to clean or remove labels. Do not bring items other than those listed here. has protested the spraying ing indoors before spraying

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Coop Manners 2. Go shopping with a plan. Not just a list, but an CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 idea of where your items are. other retailer. Many Coopers There are a lot of people. So have developed their own tips try to be in and out as fast as and tricks to getting the most you can—but within reason out of the experience in order and with a game plan. to not walk away tired, emo- 3. If you do put your shop- tionally drained or even angry. ping basket aside, make sure “Sometimes, if the store it’s within eyeshot and you is real busy and I’m just not do so only very briefly. Unat- ready for it that day, I’ll even tended shopping baskets walk in and walk right out,” and carts create bottlenecks Stephenson said. “But usu- in the aisles and can also ally, I just try to give myself block access for restocking ample time, go to the store at the shelves. night when it’s less busy and 4. If someone stocking simply try to smile and be the shelves is in your way, nice to people and be aware ILLUSTRATIONS BY CATY BARTHOLOMEW say “hello” and, better yet, of myself.” smile, and then say “excuse After joining the Coop a to use the intercom system. me.” Whether we’re working few months ago after mov- Speaking of communication, or shopping, we’re all co- ing to Park Slope from Long Singerman observed, “One owners, and we need to treat Island, Lauren Kouffman said of the most annoying things each other accordingly. she had to learn to have a dif- is when you are carrying 5. If you are working ferent approach to the shop- something heavy and you say receiving, you have a job to ping experience than she ‘excuse me’ and people don’t do, but bear in mind that it’s does at other stores. move to allow you to store a stock-while-your-member- “At Trader Joe’s, I’ll just the new items.” colleagues-shop proposition. wander the aisles and pick “At the same time,” said 6. If you need help, feel up things that look good Singerman, “if I’m stocking free to use the paging sys- to me. You can’t wander at apples and someone sees tem on the intercom—an the Coop,” said Kouffman, there’s space to easily grab antidote to that lost-in-the- who has worked in receiving one, go ahead, you don’t aisle sensation. Speak clear- and as a cashier. “I think my have to ask me—though I ly, and repeat your request max I can be in the store is don’t mind if you do.” once. Usually, someone will 30 minutes because being gladly respond or even find so close to so many people “You can’t wander you in person to help with at the same time who have your needs. different agendas can be at the Coop.” 7. If you have kids shopping stressful.” (she lives a few blocks away shopping in order to make with you, keep them busy. To make the experience and goes to the Coop mul- the time pass and to meet Michael Loew, who works Give them tasks to do to help better, Kouffman tries to tiple times a week). Like new people. on the tree-care squad and you and help keep them out use only one handheld bas- Stephenson, she tries to “One of the best things I does receiving, said he of the aisles, with all that busy ket each time she shops have conversations while like about the store is this believes good manners go far, shopping-cart traffic. loose sense of community. but he also cautioned against 8. Say hello to your check- If you are in the mood, it making too many complaints out person. Make eye con- can be nice to meet some- or criticism about the store tact with them. This goes for one new. People working a and its members. For him, the receipt checker, too. Ask one shift seem more inclined the primary purpose of the them about their day. Ask to talk, like when you are Coop is to provide good food them how long they’ve been Join the Committee and checking out,” said Kouff- at fair prices. The rest, he a member. You can meet all help set the monthly man. But there have also said, is secondary. kinds of cool and wonder- been moments that have “If you want a grocery ful people by just starting a General Meeting agenda. turned her off. “Sometimes, store that makes you feel conversation. I see people in receiving who special, Whole Foods is now 9. The same goes for walk- Requirements: are on their head phones. I just a few blocks away. In my ers. Your workslot gives you Attend monthly Committee meetings guess it is fine to pass the mind the Coop’s mission is a great chance to meet other time how you want to, but simply to provide you with Coop members—amazing on the first Tuesday of the month at it seems a little against the what you need to live, while people doing amazing things. 8:00 p.m. community spirit.” focusing any extra profit and By striking up a conversation Attend at least five General Meetings As a former member of the energy on finding ways to with a Coop walker, you have receiving squad, Mae Sin- improve our reliance on fair- an easy, fun way to meet new per year german, who now works in trade, sustainable and/or friends and a wonderful way Have a cooperative spirit and willingness food processing and shops local suppliers,” Loew wrote to get to know your neighbors to work in a collaborative committee at the store every two weeks, in an e-mail. as well as folks who come a offered some tips on how to distance to shop. environment interact with people whose Ten Tips Toward 10. Try doing something Be interested in the ongoing business of shifts take place on the shop- Happier Coop Shopping, at the Coop other than shop- ping floor. Work Shifts ping once in a while. There the Coop “When I was on receiv- Here’s how to improve are interesting classes and Have a good attendance record ing, people assumed I knew your Coop experience, workshops offered every where everything in the whether you are working or week, which you can learn If interested, contact Ann Herpel at store was, but I really don’t shopping: about from a bulletin board 718-622-0560 or [email protected]. know every product on the 1. Try not to be in a rush at the Coop full of announce- The Committee will interview applicants before shelves. I would try to help when you shop. You can’t ments about community submitting candidates to the GM for election. when I could, but I wouldn’t move fast in a crowded space. members doing their own want anyone to be surprised If you are in a hurry, try avoid- events and offering services. We are seeking an applicant pool that reflects to not find things if you ask ing the Coop’s busiest times Think of the Coop as much the diversity of the Coop’s membership. receiving,” said Singerman, (when shifts start and end more than a store—it’s a who encourages shoppers and in the early evening). community, too. n

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SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT

zen Garden of Eden or Noah’s Plow-to-Plate Movie Series: Seeds of Time Ark, though others liken it to a By Adam Rabiner, human being who lives on the have to adapt” is scientifically Doomsday Vault or the world’s Safe Food Committee planet should be as concerned unsound and unrealistic. Agri- biggest Insurance Policy. oyal Plow-to-Plate viewers as Fowler is. We are grateful culture does not adapt quickly; it Seeds of Time is a visually L(a big shout-out to our reg- that he has done such a good takes years. exciting and geographically ular attendees) already know job, in his gentle, soft-spoken It may take a while, but expansive film. From the north- how important seeds are to way, of convincing many of the adaption is possible because ern frozen reaches of Platåfjellet food production. Curator Sean world’s leaders to accept the of natural seed diversity. While (Mount Plateau) in Svalbard, Kaminsky’s 2014 documenta- need for and continue to fund crop diversity has diminished Norway, to the high Andes ry, Open Sesame, about threats and contribute to his singular dramatically over the past Mountains of Peru, the beauti- to seed diversity was screened project. century, as the most produc- fully photographed film covers this past February. And that Fowler’s argument is sim- tive monoculture seeds have a lot of ground. A good deal of was followed up in March by ple. Agriculture is not nature’s come to dominate the mar- time is spent with traditionally Gary Null’s controversial anti- way; it is an artificial and fragile ket, many seed varieties still and colorfully clad indigenous GMO film, Seeds of Death: Unveil- system, often taken for granted, exist and some of these may peoples of Peru in their “Potato ing the Lies of GMOs. September’s upon which the fate of mankind be more resistant to warmer Park”—a communal endeavor of movie, Kino Lorber EDU’s Seeds rests. We are its guardians but climate. Many countries have different ethnic groups from sep- coordinated global action to of Time, covers some of the same we have not always been watch- seed vaults in which they have arate communities who joined combat climate change. ground but is very different. It ful and prepared. Crop failures attempted to preserve their together, partnering with the As Fowler says, we have it is the story of the remarkable in the past have led to col- local agricultural heritage and Lima-based International Pota- in our power to counter global career and life’s journey of crop lapsed civilizations and mass diversity. However these local to Center, to practice “dynamic warning and to control and shape diversity pioneer Cary Fowl- extinction. And it can happen seed or gene banks, as they are conservation.” Through this liv- agriculture to meet its challenges. er—the man behind the world’s again. In fact, agriculture is called, are vulnerable to man- ing gene bank (an actual farm), Humans have been saving seeds first global seed vault, the larg- now facing a “perfect storm” of made and natural disasters, disparate ethnicities overcame and breeding plants (descended est and most secure collection threats, including population including fires, floods and elec- their differences and feuds to from a common ancestral “wild of seed diversity in the world, growth, rapid development, trical outages, for example as single-mindedly protect their relative”) for thousands of years. buried deep in a mountain, sur- energy and water depletion, happened in 2013 in the Phil- common cultural heritage and Farmers are and have always been rounded by permafrost, 1,300 low stockpiles of food, and ippines due to Typhoon Hai- way of life. the “Gods of crops.” It remains kilometers beyond the Arctic most important, global climate yan. These catastrophes don’t Equally compelling as the whether or not we have the will, Circle, in Svalbard, Norway. change. In short, the way we are just wipe out precious seeds; Svalbard Global Seed Vault is foresight and ability to exercise The parallel tales of the man currently feeding the world is they also destroy their vari- the man who created it. Book- that power wisely. n and his remarkable creation are not sustainable. ous unique traits, which may ish, academic, even-tempered, woven together in a compelling Of all Fowler’s worries, glob- include characteristics such as scientific, calm, reasoned, See upcoming events, past reviews narrative. We learn 30 years al warming is foremost on his drought resistance. sensitive and a long-time civil and a comprehensive list of films ago, as a young scholar, Fowler mind. Twelve of the hottest years The seed vault in Sval- rights activist, Cary Fowler shown at www.plowtoplatefilms.com, read a paper about seed diver- on record have taken place in the bard is a safeguard against is well suited as the Johnny which now can also be reached via a sity, thought he would research past 15 years, with temperatures these occurrences. Basically Appleseed of seeds. A two- link on the Park Slope Food Coop’s the topic for six months, and projected to get even hotter. This it is a backup hard drive time cancer survivor on bor- home page at www.foodcoop.com. instead made it the focal point poses real difficulties for agricul- meant to preserve and pro- rowed time, he counts himself of his career, as well as his life ture because many crops are not tect the world’s most import- blessed to continue his Seeds of Time will be presented passion. He is a two-time divor- adapted to this warmer climate ant seeds—duplicates of important fight. But he is in a on Tuesday, September 8, 7 p.m. cee, in no small part due to his and will fail, leading to higher those found in these smaller, hurry—impatient and uncer- at the Park Slope Food Coop, devotion to work. Through the food prices and likely starvation less-protected banks around tain if he will live a decade or 782 Union St., 2nd floor. Free film, the audience, too, comes for the global poor. The common the globe. Think of it as the if the planet can afford to wait and open to the public. Refresh- to understand why every dismissal that “agriculture will Fort Knox of gene banks, a fro- ten years to take substantive ments will be served. ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT

deaths. (USDA inspectors The USDA’s regulatory two is a giant hurdle made from Slaughterhouse Shortage often overlook violations of framework favors the big play- government-issued concrete. n By Kama Einhorn, fast “line speeds,” which is poor the Humane Slaughter Act, ers (such as those located on Animal Welfare Committee for humane slaughter) and which requires that animals factory farms) and makes busi- Check out the Committee’s blog at ou may have noticed a help them to thrive. And facto- be rendered insensate to ness quite difficult for a small psfcanimals.blogspot.com. There Y“certified humane” logo on ry farms are responsible for E. pain—which is accomplished operation. This means that you’ll find our guides to Coop prod- some Coop meats—but only coli, salmonella outbreaks and by various methods of stun- many small plants are closing, ucts. Also see our Facebook page a few. Why are there plenty of mad cow disease (the USDA ning—before slaughter.) due to the financial demands (Park Slope Food Coop Animal small, local family farmers rais- lets factory farms feed dead, Humane certification and complexities of operat- Welfare Committee) and Twitter ing animals well, but so few diseased cows to living cows). requires humane slaughter ing in a system that is stacked (@psfcanimals). humane-certified items avail- Small farmers are limited to (that is, as fast and painless against them. able in the Coop—or in any smaller slaughterhouses. as possible), which only some So … The Animal Welfare Committee store or restaurant? Here’s the Big slaughterhouses slaughterhouses do. There’s plenty of supply (ani- provides members with information four-part problem: don’t accept small jobs due From an animal welfare mals) and plenty of demand about the treatment of the animals All farmers must use USDA- to economies of scale. This standpoint, and for the “cer- (consumers), but between the raised for food and sold at the Coop. approved slaughterhouses. means that small farmers tified humane” accreditation, Farmers cannot legally must transport their animals how animals die is as import- sell meat unless it has been to the closest, legal process- ant as how they live. This “harvested” at an approved ing plants that will accept means that farmers cannot get “processing plant” (otherwise, their animals. Because the certification unless they are they can only eat it themselves USDA regulations focus on lucky enough to have access to or give it away). Obviously, the health of consumers but a good, small slaughterhouse it’s crucial for a government have little to do with animal with transparent policies even agency to ensure that dis- welfare, few of these plants if they did the “right thing” every ease is kept out of the public will conform to the higher day of the animals’ lives. food supply, but the USDA is standards of “humane Sadly, these small slaughter- a bloated bureaucracy whose slaughter” that small farmers houses are becoming fewer and rules favor factory farms (with would like for their animals’ farther between.

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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.

Yomi Abiola Chad Carpenter Naomi Frangos Kasey Holt Christine J. Leahy Stefano Merlo Yvonne Scharron del Rio Scharon Thunderlights Vincent Aloi Kara Carpenter Emily Gagner Daniel Horowitz Dan Leamen Rebecca Newman Zafrir Schop Elia Timpanaro Rithvik Balakrishnan Allyson Cedrone Albert Garcia Emma Howard Haley Leibowitz Lindsey Nye Fatih Seyhanoglu Alida Torres Edward Bally Corey Chao Saudi Garcia John Hsih Danielle Levoit Jenny O’Connell Camille Sieunarine Liz Tran Therese Barbato Elana Cogliano Andrew Garon Hua Hsu Lynn Levy Dena Olyaie Linton Sieunarine Andrew Turner Althea Barrett Christina D’Esposito Darryl Glenn Daniel Inguarson Simon Lewis Rosalie Osborn Genevieve Smith Teresa Uribe Rivka Baum Andre Dennis Robyn Glenn Adasa Irmiyayeva Rachel Liberto Chad Pawlikowski Erin Sparling Maria Angels Vila Brian Bergman Lisa DiBello Joe Golden Eagle Lights Carolina Jimenez Pete Limon Matt Perpick Emily Spine Tracy Walsh Jessica Blackman Hannah Dischinger Raquel Goller Karen Johnson Michelle Lin Derek Phillips Elliot Stoller Carol Wang Ross Block Joseph Duplantier Violeta Gomez- Uribe Monica Johnson Alberto Lorenzi Kandy Pierre Andrew Stone Madeline Weisburg Joanna Bock Vilma Duplantier John Gonzalez Sylvia Johnson Charles Louis Grace Procopio Michael Stone Andrew Whitham Gregory Brander Vanessa Ehler Robin Graven-Milne Stephanie Jones Jennifer Luby Geoffrey Richman Mari Stoner Andrea Whitten Tina Branham Joanna Erdos Nelle Gretzinger Emma Kaplan-Lewis Chyna Lynch Brian Rogers Naomi Sudai Fredrik Wikholm John August Bridgeford Kristen Evretig Kate Grimes Don Kinsella Ella Marder Kaia Ross-Duggan Ofir Sudai Maya Williams Lara Brodsky Luciana Faulhaber Samantha Hacker James Kizer Elena Matt Justin Routt Evan Sumortin Briana Zeck Adam Brody Andrew Finegold Natalie Haddad Veasna Kong Luke McMullan Alice Ruxton Olivia Sweet Hannah Zilka Eva Brooks Erin Fisk Lauren Hauser Denise Lamdan Molly McNab Tanya Saraiya Adena Teitelbaum Marlee Bruning Sophia Forker Chris Hills Shai Lamdan Nadia Mehenni Bisma Sarfaraz Yedidiah Teitelbaum Michael Buishas Isaac Z. Foster Sebastian Hodge Remy Le Boeuf Akane Merlo Faige Sashitzy Omari Thompson

ALL ABOUT THE COOP CALENDAR GENERAL MEETING New Member Orientations General Meeting Info Our Governing Structure Attending an Orientation is the first step toward TUE, SEPTEMBER 29 From our inception in 1973 to the present, the open Coop membership. Pre-registration is required for GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m. all of the three weekly New Member Orientations. monthly General Meetings have been at the center of To pre-register, visit foodcoop.com or contact the the Coop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop Membership Office. Visit in person or call 718-622- TUE, OCTOBER 6 incorporated in 1977, we have been legally required 0560 during office hours. AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m. to have a Board of Directors. The Coop continued the Have questions about Orientation? Please visit Submissions will be considered for the October 27 tradition of General Meetings by requiring the Board www.foodcoop.com and look at the “Join the Coop” General Meeting. to have open meetings and to receive the advice of the page for answers to frequently asked questions. members at General Meetings. The Board of Directors, which is required to act legally and responsibly, has The Coop on the Internet Gazette Deadlines approved almost every General Meeting decision at www.foodcoop.com LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: the end of every General Meeting. Board members are The Coop on Cable TV September 17 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, September 7 elected at the Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the October 1 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, September 21 Coop’s bylaws are available on foodcoop.com and at Inside the Park Slope Food Coop every General Meeting. The fourth FRIDAY of the month at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Channels: 56 (Time-Warner), 69 (CableVision), 84 (RCN), CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE: 44 (Verizon), and live streaming on the Web: www. September 17 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, September 9 Next Meeting: Tuesday, bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bcat-tv-network. October 1 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, September 23 September 29, 7:00 p.m. The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each Attend a GM Park Slope Food Coop month. and Receive Work Credit Mission Statement Location Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General 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: How to Place an Item program was created to increase participation in the working together builds trust through coop- 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 Meeting, please complete a submission form for the • Advance Sign-up required: may shop, and we share responsibilities and Agenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your benefits equally. We strive to be a responsible near the Coop Community Corner bulletin board and name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby. The and ethical employer and neighbor. We are at General Meetings. Instructions and helpful informa- sign-ups sheet is available all month long, except for the a buying agent for our members and not a day of the meeting when you have until 5 p.m. to sign up. tion on how to submit an item appear on the submis- selling agent for any industry. We are a part of sion form. The Agenda Committee meets on the first On the day of the meeting, the sign-up sheet is kept in the and support the cooperative movement. Membership Office. Tuesday of each month to plan the agenda for the GM Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please We offer a diversity of products with an held on the last Tuesday of the month. If you have a see below for details. emphasis on organic, minimally processed question, please call Ann Herpel at the Coop. and healthful foods. We seek to avoid prod- • Two GM attendance credits per year: ucts that depend on the exploitation of others. Each member may take advantage of the GM-for- We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. Meeting Format workslot-credit program two times per calendar year. We respect the environment. We strive Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Meet the Coordinators • Squads eligible for credit: to reduce the impact of our lifestyles on the • Enjoy some Coop snacks • Submit Open Forum items Shopping, Receiving/Stocking, Food Processing, world we share with other species and future • Explore meeting literature Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, and FTOP generations. We prefer to buy from local, Open Forum is a time for committees. (Some Committees are omitted because Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try members to bring brief items to the General Meeting. covering absent members is too difficult.) to lead by example, educating ourselves and If an item is more than brief, it can be submitted to the • Attend the entire GM: others about health and nutrition, coopera- Agenda Committee as an item for a future GM. In order to earn workslot credit you must be present tion and the environment. • Financial Report • Coordinators’ for the entire meeting. Reports (7:30 p.m.) We are committed to diversity and Report • Committee Reports • Signing in at the Meeting: equality. We oppose discrimination in any Agenda (8:00 p.m.) The agenda is posted at the Coop After the meeting the Chair will provide the Workslot form. We strive to make the Coop welcoming Community Corner and may also appear elsewhere in Credit Attendance Sheet. and accessible to all and to respect the opin- this issue. • Being Absent from the GM: ions, needs and concerns of every member. We seek to maximize participation at every Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) (unless there is a vote to It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that extend the meeting) • Meeting evaluation • Board of you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Please level, from policy making to running the store. do not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations. We welcome all who respect these values. Directors vote • Announcements, etc.

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sep 3 Food Class: Intro to Nut-Based sep 12 New Paradigm Multi- thu 7:30 pm “Cheese” Making sat 9 am dimensional Transformation Witness the process of transforming health-supportive We will discuss the energy of Shamballa, build vortexes, do clearing medita- ingredients like almonds, agar, cashews, miso, brown rice tion, and receive activations calling on the Ascended Masters and Archangels vinegar, probiotic powder, garbanzo bean flour, arrowroot for their healing love and light. Join Esme Carubi for two hours to introduce Olivia Roszkowski, Coordinator and macadamia into artisanal “cheese” flavor profiles. New Paradigm Multidimensional Transformation. Esme is a New Paradigm Chef Olivia Roskowski will discuss the fermentation process, how to achieve the MDT practitioner, an Angel Therapist and a Coop member. perfect texture, as well as choosing flavor profiles. This class will use vegan and gluten free ingredients, available at the Food Coop. Chef Oliva graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Neuroscience and Behavior. After completing the Chef Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Institute, she worked as a line sep 12 cook at Jean Georges’ (The) Mercer Kitchen, David Chang’s Momofuku Ssam Bar, Test Prep Sanity as well as Danny Meyer’s Union Square Events. She currently works as a Chef sat 12 pm Instructor at the Natural Gourmet Institute and as a private chef. Menu includes: How to help your child excel on standardized tests without driving each heirloom tomato salad with macadamia “feta” and shaved red onions; crispy cau- other crazy. Test-prep tutor and best-selling author Elie Venezky walks you liflower “wings” with pine nut “smoked gouda” dip; black bean, avocado, lime through every step of the testing process, including which tests to take, nachos with almond “pepper jack”; blueberry marbled cashew “cheesecake.” how to talk about the test with your child, and how to handle complain- ASL interpreter may be available upon advance request. If you would like to ing. Learn how to create a calm, sane environment at home and avoid the request an ASL interpreter, please contact Ginger Jung in the Membership biggest mistakes that dissuade children from studying. Coop member Elie Office by August 20. Venezky has been preparing students for standardized tests for more than Materials fee: $4. Food classes are coordinated by Coop member Olivia Roszkowski. 15 years. He is the Educational Director of Prestige Prep and the author of three books on education: Test Prep Sanity, Test Prep Sanity for Students, and Hack Your Brain. sep 8 Safe Food Committee Film Night: tue 7 pm Seeds of Time A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary sep 12 Building Co-operative Power Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. sat 3 pm Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures Stories and strategies from worker co-operatives in the Connecticut River are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating Valley. Building Co-operative Power is a guide and inspiration for co-operative effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. development in any region. It introduces the history and concept of worker Communities of indigenous Peruvian farmers are already suffering those effects, as co-operation and relays past and present stories. It addresses obstacles and they try desperately to save over 1,500 varieties of native potato in their fields. But opportunities for building a regional co-operative economy of worker co-ops, with little time to waste, both Fowler and the farmers embark on passionate and per- food co-ops and credit unions. Michael Johnson co-founded the Ganas sonal journeys that may save the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds. Intentional Community in Staten Island, NY, in 1980 and the SolidarityNYC See upcoming events, past reviews and a comprehensive list of films shown at organization in 2011. He is an editorial member of the Grassroots Economic www.plowtoplatefilms.com which can now also be reached via a link on the Organizing (GEO) journal, where he also blogs. Park Slope Food Coop’s home page at www.foodcoop.com.

sep 11 Wordsprouts: A Night of Memoir sep 13 fri 7 pm sun 12 pm Alternatives to Boycotting Moe Kornbluth is from Brooklyn. He began writing Fran How many narratives are there in the Israel-Palestine conflict? One above all? in 2011 as a way of remembering the life and love he Two competing ones? How about five narratives? How about one hundred? If WORDSPROUTS and his wife had together before her tragic diagnosis of you’ve always felt that “pro” or “anti” positions only put us at odds, and that Parkinson’s. It details the romance, the excitement, the angry resolutions help no one, you should come and bring your alternative Celebrate Father’s Day and meet Brian Gresko, intelligence, and the ambition that made life with solutions for peace in the Middle East and for our beautiful Coop. This will Francinethe editor of the just-publishedJusta, anthologyhis wife on of more than four decades, so enthralling. One of the NOT be a debate on the pros and cons of boycotting. It will be a place for New most fatherhoodrespected When I First Held and You charismatic leaders of New York City’s affordable housing Narratives. The conversation is changing. Finally! Jesse Rosenfeld is a Coop movement, Fran’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s put an end to her meteoric career member since 2004, secretary for the General Meeting, and is helping to bring When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the and changedTriumphs, Challenges, and Transformative their Experience of Fatherhood. relationship and lives forever. Filled with humor, sadness, a new brand of Palestinian olive oil to our shelves. He believes in empower- hope andBecoming a father can beregret, one of the most profoundly exhilarating, Fran terrifying, reminds us all that it is wise not only to expect the unex- life-changing occasions in a man’s life. In this incomparable collection of ment, not boycotts. pectedthought-provoking in essays,life, 22 of today’s masterful but writers get straight toto the heart of plan for it. His goal for the book is to help others who modern fatherhood. From making that ultimate decision to having a kid to making it might throughbe the birth, to dealingtangling with a toddler mid-tantrum, and eventuallywith letting a teen similar situations find comfort and solutions that will improveloose in the world,their these fathers explore every lives. facet of Helen Zuman knows the Park Slope Food Coop is not a cult fatherhood and show how being a father changed Friday, June 13 becausethe way they sawshe the world—and themselves.joined7:00 p.m. at thean Coop actual cult in 1999, shortly after graduating from FREE Harvard.Brian Gresko is theIn editor of thefive anthology When I years at Zendik Farm, she traded self-trust for membership in Non members Welcome First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk sep 19 Help Your Kids Grow what sheAbout the Triumphs, Challenges,believed and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood was. His work a revolutionary movement to save humanity from suicide by bringinghas appeared in Poets & Writers Magazineabsolute, Glimmer Train Stories, and The Brooklyn Railhonesty,, and communal scrutiny, to intimate relationships. sat 12 pm and online at The Huffington Post, Salon, TheAtlantic.com, The Los Angeles Review of From Challenges Her memoir,Books, and many other sites. Mating in Captivity, traces her quest for Love with a capital “L”

through Refreshmentsdelusion will be served. and heartbreak to wonder at the power of stories. Meghan In this short workshop, we’ll delve into the psychology of attention and resil- CaseyAll Wordsprouthas participants been are Coop members. a member of the Park Slope Food Coop since 2000. She teach- ience, as well as learning a few simple tools for helping kids—and adults— es eighthBookings: John Donohue, grade [email protected] Humanities at a public school in Fort Greene. Her work there overcome and grow from challenges. Supported by scientific research, these exploringViews expressed by the presenters dosocial not necessarily represent thejustice Park Slope Food Coop. with children keeps her heart open and her mind sharp. methods have been shown to improve focus, emotional regulation, and pattern Bookings: John Donohue, [email protected]. recognition skills. You’ll also leave with some practical tips for implementing

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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these simple and effective techniques in daily life. Presented by Coop mem- ber David Wolovsky. David is a teacher, educational innovator, and certified sep 26 Positive Psychology Practitioner. sat 7:30 pm Money Madness Are you blocked when it comes to dealing with money? Either clueless or unable to take the actions you know you need to take? If so you are not at ­­ all alone. In this session we will talk about the different ways people think sep 19 about money, how that affects their behavior and better ways of coping. You Be-Friending Your Inner Critic will leave with clarity about your next steps and how to get help taking them. sat 3 pm Arthur Goodman is a financial planner and longtime member of the Food Coop. Nonviolent/compassionate communication for greater self-empathy, He is very interested in behavioral finance and how our culture and experience understanding, and connection. Are you your own best friend—or your affect how we think and act about our money. worst enemy? Come learn some simple and powerful tools to trans- form negative self-talk and demands into greater awareness, self-com- passion, action and choice. Transform those nasty inner critics into advocates! Dian Killian, PhD, has been a Coop member for 15 years sep 29 and is a Certified Trainer with the international Center for Nonviolent College Admissions 101 Communication, director of Work Collaboratively, LLC, and co-author tue 6:45 pm of the popular book, Connecting across Differences as well as Urban Get your children into their first-choice college. Are you or your child Empathy, that features a story set in the Coop! stressed about applying to college? Want to know what goes into writing a winning college essay? If you’ve been wondering what you can do now to make things easier when application time comes, come to this free work- PSFC MARCH GENERAL MEETING Tuesday,shop. March Time 31, 7:00 for p.m. Q&A afterward, and additional resources will be provided. • Items will be taken up in the order given. • SteveTimes in parentheses Schwartz are suggestions. is a professional college admission counselor in Park Slope • More information on each item may be available at the entrance table at the meeting. We ask members to please read the materials avail- ­ ITES Public Forum: withable between more than a decade of experience. He also writes the popular Get Into sep 25 7:00 & 7:15 p.m. • Meeting Location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield CollegeTemple) blog and is a Coop member. fri 6:30 pm 274 Garfield Pl. at 8th Ave. Analyzing the Text of the TPP AGENDA: Item #1: Annual Disciplinary Committee Election (35 minutes) Election: The committee will present four members to be re- Guest experts will concentrate on the sections about campaigns in which elected.—submitted by the Disciplinary Committee

the Coop participates: country of origin and GMO labeling; buy local and Item #2: Board of Directors Candidates’ Presentations 45 minutes) Discussion: “Presentation by candidates for the Board of Directors buy America; and no to fracking. As well as aspects which affect us all: followed by questions for the candidates” extention of pharmacuetical patents and Internet access and U.S. jobs; Future Agenda Information:sep 29 For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please seePSFC SEPT General Meeting the center pages of the Linewaiters' Gazette. The Agenda Committeetue minutes 7 and pm the satatus of pending and especially the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) which invites agenda items are available in the office and at all GMs. investors to sue a government that regulates corporate behavior to pro- Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in paren- tect human rights or labor rights, the environment. Our blog, CoopITES. theses are suggestions. More information on each item wordpress.com has articles to prepare for the discussion. Non-members may be available on the entrance table at the meeting. are most welcome. And please join us at a community forum with CD 9 We ask members to please read the materials available Representative Yvette Clarke and others scheduled for Wednesday evening, between 7 and 7:15 p.m. August 19, at the Park Slope United Methodist Church. Check the blog to Meeting location: St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between confirm the day and time. Sixth and Seventh Aves. I. Member Arrival and Meeting Warm-Up II. Open Forum III. Coordinator and Committee Reports sep 26 IV. Meeting Agenda Anger Management 101 Item 1: Annual Hearing Administration Committee Election (15 minutes) sat 12 pm Election: Three current committee members will stand for re-election. Hearing Are you or someone you know suddenly angry with loved ones or someone at Administrators work on an FTOP basis when needed and serve three-year terms. work? Never knowing when the anger will explode? Have other people told you —submitted by the Hearing Administration Committee or someone you know they are ready to leave because of your anger? Anger is a Item 2: Coop’s Standards for Purchasing Seafood (45 minutes) common emotion that when used correctly can clear the air of misunderstand- Discussion: Discussion of the Coop’s standards and practices for purchasing ing, change wrongs to rights and improve relationships both home and work. seafood (smoked, frozen, canned, sushi, pet food) and specifically discuss the This hour will be devoted to: 1. Understanding the nature of anger. 2. Learning canned Bumble Bee brand tuna that we buy. —submitted by Yello Goller about the latest neuroscience about anger. 3. Knowing the triggers that set off V. Board of Directors Meeting anger. 4. How manage those triggers. Coop member Raymond Reichenberg VI. Wrap-Up. Includes member sign-in for workslot credit. is a Certified Anger Management Association Specialist and New York State– For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center Licensed Psychoanalyst. He has been doing therapy for 30 years and the last pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the 10 years doing anger management presentation in the NYC area. status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. ­ still to come oct 1 Food Class: A Day In the Plant-Based Life oct 6 Agenda Committee Meeting

oct 2 Film Night: The Ultimate Wish oct 9 Wordsprouts

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THANK YOU FOR crisis and recriminations ensued; Coop website, under the Mem- in 2000, by halting the recount of THREE: I mentioned how the YOUR TEAMWORK! those directors who voted not to ber Information tab—General the presidential vote in the state Coop empowers a great many ratify were roundly defeated when Meeting. of Florida, made George W. Bush politically underrepresented DEAR MEMBERS AND they again stood for election, and president of the USA. groups. We buy products from STAFF: the measure eventually passed. Naomi Brussel Peruvian coffee growers, Nigeri- I was delighted to read the It’s unlikely someone could DEMOCRACY AT THE Park Slope Food Coop Members an chocolate makers, and small 8/6/15 article about the tire- even be elected to the Board had COOP for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions upstate New York farmers to less team of members and they not assured us they would name a few, without any calls for staff that found themselves respect membership decisions. DEAR MEMBERS: boycotts. Again there was silent working through the night to Obvious and necessary excep- The opposing interpretations THE BOYCOTT agreement. Only when I brought save our precious refrigerated tions would be illegality and of our Coop bylaws by Mr. McIn- SUPERMAJORITY up how I myself, a staunch and frozen goods when a brown- the vague accompanying word tosh and Mr. Holtz published anti-boycotter of Israel, helped out hit the neighborhood. It was “irresponsibility.” But Board in the August 20 Gazette should TO THE EDITOR: bring Al Ard Palestinian olive oil obviously a massive effort, and to members would need to think concern all of us. Mr. McIntosh I would like to elaborate upon to the shelves were there more hear that members volunteered twice before rejecting based on a thinks that we cannot agree to the “Members Weigh Superma- disruptive and hypocritical calls to stay and execute this arduous subjective opinion of “irresponsi- the need for a “supermajority” to jority for Boycotts…” article by for “point of order.” work is heartening. At a time bility,” as those historical Board institute a product boycott unless Ed Levy in the August 20 Gazette. FOUR: All commenters after when it can be hard to find com- members learned the hard way. we change our bylaws. Mr. Holtz I think it was a fine article but my presentation spoke in favor munity, I am reminded of why So legally, the Directors are implies that the General Meet- some salient points should have of my agenda item. Though the the Coop is such a special place. not obligated to vote in accord ing has no authority or power to been included. first commenter said that some Thanks to all who chipped in. with GM votes. But they are decide such an issue but can only ONE: I included Eden Foods hurdles in the bylaws must first Jake Abraham strongly encouraged to do so by give advice to the Board of Direc- in my presentation because be overcome, General Coordi- Coop tradition and experience. tors (except at the Annual Meet- an Eden Foods boycott would nator Joe Holtz politely rebutted Jesse Rosenfeld’s Proposal ing). He seems to be saying that a afflict a cancer survivor among that this was an incorrect reading MAJORITIES AND Winston also cited Article quorum of the six-member Board our membership with higher of the bylaws. The second com- SUPERMAJORITIES X, which states that the bylaws (of which he, as a General Coordi- food bills. I said that even if only menter said he supports BDS but may be amended by a two- nator, is a voting ex-officio mem- one Coop member suffers an didn’t feel he needed the Coop DEAR MEMBERS: thirds vote of the Board or the ber) is one-third of the Board injustice then the whole Coop to represent him to exercise Winston McIntosh’s 8/20/2015 membership. Note also that members. That seems to mean suffers an injustice. I said if we this right, and if a boycott would letter (“Super Majority For Boy- according to Article VI, sec. 2, that decisions can be made by the are to go down that road, then we jeopardize the Coop with a law- cotts Proposal As Outlined At General Meetings (upper-case Board with only two of its mem- need a supermajority to address suit then he didn’t agree with July GM”) proposed that Coop “M”) are “not in any way intended bers present. In that case, two such an imbalance and show the it. The third commenter said it Secretary Jesse Rosenfeld’s GM to be one of the ‘meetings of the people, one of whom could be Mr. greatest possible solidarity. No all: “51 percent is not solidarity. proposal calling for a superma- membership’ [lower-case “m”] Holtz (who is our employee, not protest was made from the audi- That’s just a hot-button polit- jority for boycotts would require that is referred to elsewhere in an elected Board Member), could ence, silence being interpreted ical topic that you fight about the Coop’s bylaws be amended these bylaws.” decide major issues for the Coop, as agreement. with your friends and family. because, as stated by Article VI, In other words, a member- such as whether a supermajority TWO: It was only when the sub- Seventy-five percent isn’t really sec.4 of the bylaws: ship vote to change the bylaws is needed for a boycott decision, ject of an Israel boycott came up solidarity either, let’s be honest. “Except as otherwise provid- without Board ratification would or whether we boycott a particular that several point-of-order calls If you look at the last 25 years of ed, all matters shall be decided require a two-thirds vote at a spe- product. were raised along with screaming, boycotts [most] have all been by a majority vote of those pres- cial membership meeting called If Mr. Holtz has the correct incessant clapping and heckling. 90 percent. That’s real solidari- ent and voting.” specifically for that purpose. interpretation of the bylaws, then Such selective jamming of demo- ty,” which was followed by wild However, General Coordi- So it seems the membership I think we need a major revision cratic procedure leads me to con- applause. The last commenter nator Joe Holtz responded by could indeed vote to pass Jesse’s of the bylaws, so that a more clude it was boycotters of Israel also agreed but suggested saying that “those present and proposal by simple majority at a democratic voting system can in the audience who became so instead a two-thirds majority, voting” refers to the Board of GM, but it would necessitate a replace them. No two members, unruly that the Chair was forced which I myself would consider. Directors, not the general mem- two-thirds vote by the Board to even if both are elected Board to warn them: “I can’t kick any- Disagreements were limited to bership, and that the member- ratify it. There are six members members, should have the one out of the meeting if you’re “Wrap Up” comments attacking ship’s vote is advisory only. on the board; a simple majori- authority and power to decide interrupting, but what I can do is the messenger (me) rather than Some Backstory ty is a 4–2 decision, which also important issues for the 16,000 take your name and file a claim the message (raising the boycott The Coop’s incorporation happens to be a two-thirds vote other members of the Coop even against you with the Disciplinary minimum). in the 1970s legally required a of board members. The issue if the majority of the members Committee.” (I call upon anyone FIVE: The conversation is Board as the Coop’s governing appears to be moot. disagree with those two Board who witnessed such interruptions changing. Now it’s changing at body. However, the members But Winston made another members. This structure is rem- to not wait for the Chair Commit- our General Meetings. Get used were determined to preserve the point. Jesse’s proposal calls for iniscent of the power of the five tee, but to go the DC themselves to it. General Meeting as the Coop’s a 75 percent vote to enact a boy- U.S. Supreme Court judges who, immediately.) Jesse Rosenfeld traditional and true—if not offi- cott, a supermajority even great- cial—governing body. This could er than required to amend the possibly explain why the drafters bylaws themselves. A two-thirds didn’t just name the Board as supermajority would seem more “those present and voting.” in line with the Coop’s bylaws The Coop has essentially and most other supermajorities. succeeded in preserving that tra- David Barouh dition. Joe mentioned the one time the Board voted against GM Editor’s Note: Full text of the “advice.” That was in 1996, and a PSFC’s bylaws is available on the ANNOUNCEMENT he printing of Letters and Articles relating to BDS and LeaveLeave youryour bike,bike, stroller,stroller, scooter,scooter, Tanti-BDS subjects will be suspended to allow the Gazette oror cartcart whilewhile youyou workwork oror shop.shop. staff to devise and propose a fair and comprehensive editorial NoNo locks,locks, nono worries,worries, nono theft!theft! Brought to you by the Shop & Cycle Committee policy regarding the management of controversial issues. The suspension will be lifted if a topic appearing on the GM Agenda OperatesOperates rainrain oror shine.shine. warrants it to allow discussion before and after the GM presen- Look for us by the yellow wall tation. This suspension is regarded as temporary until such Look for us by the yellow wall time as a new editorial policy is in place. n underunder thethe greengreen tent.tent.

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NOTICE TO COOP MEMBER/OWNERS To Submit Classified or Display Ads: Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. INTERIM BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION Classified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, display ads at WHEN? REQUIRED GENERAL MEETING, OCTOBER 27, 2015 $30. (Classified ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” he Members of the Board of Directors have received written notification from Zoey Laskaris category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission Tthat she will resign her seat on the Board of Directors as of the end of the day on August form. Classified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. 31, 2015. Our Bylaws state “In the case of a vacancy on the Board of Directors, there shall be an Display ads must be camera-ready and business card size election held at a regular Board of Directors meeting to fill the vacancy. Such meeting shall be (2” x 3.5” horizontal). held no less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the vacancy occurs. The Board may hold Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near the the vacancy open to be filled at the next Annual Meeting provided that the vacancy is created elevator in the entrance lobby. with less than six months remaining before the Annual Meeting and provided there is only one vacancy. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve only until the next Annual Meeting, at which meeting the membership shall elect a Director to serve for the balance of the term.” Therefore the required date for the election is Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Furthermore the Bylaws state that “The ballot used for the Directors election shall provide for voting ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or ‘abstain’ for each candidate. Any candidate who receives more ‘no’ votes than ‘yes’ votes is deemed ineligible for election.” If you’re interested in running for this Board opening, come to the October 27, 2015 Gen- eral Meeting and nominate yourself from the floor. Please be prepared to say a few words about yourself and your interest in joining the Board of Directors.

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EXCITING WORKSLOT OPPORTUNITIES

RECEIVING PRODUCE You will load laundry into dryer, fold it and Monday–Friday, redistribute it around the Coop. While the 5 to 7:30 a.m. laundry is washing/drying, you will clean toys The Coop is looking for members to in the childcare room. You will be working work in the produce area. Responsibilities with a partner on these tasks. Please contact include: lifting boxes, unloading deliver- Annette or Jana in the Membership Office for ies, stacking boxes in the basement. You further information. should be willing to get or have wet hands while you are working. Boxes usually ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES weigh between 2-20 lbs., a few may weigh COMMITTEE – TERRACYCLE up to 50 lbs. Wednesday, 3:45 to 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 1:45 to 4:30 p.m. ecokvetch STORE EQUIPMENT Enthusiastic, dedicated workers need- CLEANING ed to join our Terracycle Collection Squad. i]ZZck^g dcbZci Va Monday, Wednesday, Friday, At least six months of Coop Membership X dbb ^ i i ZZWa d \ 6 to 8 a.m. required prior to signing up. Must be reli- The Coop is looking for members to clean able and willing to work outside in front the checkout area of the store. It entails of the Coop during all seasons. Workers cleaning the scales at each check out and will be trained to sort though acceptable  vacuuming around the base of the checkout used product packaging for purposes of I^ed[i]Z station as well as sweeping and occasionally Up-cycling into new products via Terra- mopping. You will work under the supervi- Cycle. Please contact Membership Coor- sion of a staff person. dinator Cynthia Pennycooke via phone, BDCI= Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or via OFFICE SET-UP e-mail at [email protected], Monday–Thursday, prior to being assigned to this shift. 6 to 8:30 a.m. Need an early riser with lots of energy to BATHROOM CLEANING Use as Little Plastic do a variety of physical tasks including: set- Tuesday, Wednesday, Tip Title ting up tables and chairs, buying food and 12 to 2 p.m. as Possible supplies, labeling and putting away food Work with a partner to deep clean the Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, and supplies, recycling, washing dishes Coop’s bathrooms. Tasks include scrub- Plastic is a toxic food and making coffee. Sound like your dream bing floor tiles, cleaning toilets, mopping consectetur adipiscing elit. come true? This job might be for you. Please floors and stocking the bathrooms. You will packaging.Pellentesque ut Inorci addition,quis speak to Adriana in the Membership Office work with only natural cleaning products. for more information. This job is perfect for members who like to producingsapien iaculis plasticrutrum. of any clean and are conscientious about doing a Suspen ENTRANCE DESK thorough job. form uses vast quantities Wednesday, Friday, of fossil fuels and water. 5:45 to 8 a.m. RECEIVING MAINTENANCE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Supervised by Membership Coordina- Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m. Using less plastic is tors, you will be staffing the Entrance desk The Coop is looking for members to do consectetur adipiscing elit. in hours of the weekday before the Coop various light maintenance tasks throughout Pellentesquebetter for yourut orci healthquis is open to shoppers. Primarily you will be the Coop. You will work under the super- checking in working members, informing vision of a staff person. Must be willing to andsapien lessiaculis plasticrutrum. produc- them of their member and household sta- clean, sort returned bottles, work in the back- Suspen tus, and handing out entrance desk slips yard organizing, lifting up to 25 lbs. tion reduces the carbon to members who need them. Entrance workers provide an essential member ser- GENERAL MEETING SET-UP Lorememissionsipsum dolor causingsit amet, vice and must be welcoming, polite, able Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. to read and interpret information on the Adaptable, physically energetic, climate change. entrance desk screen. team workers with excellent attendance needed to help set up and break down AZVgcbdgZVi/ LAUNDRY AND TOY the space where the General Meeting is CLEANING held. Contact Adriana Becerra, Mem- ZXd`kZiX]#Wad\hedi#Xdb Saturday, 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. bership Coordinator, adriana_becerra@ This workslot has two responsibilities. psfc.coop.

THANK YOU!

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

Alexander Abdo Ed Cohen Nanda Golden Masha Katz John Leo Laura Pedraza Anna Rollner Erik Sorensen Anna Alaszeweski Colleen Emma Goldsmith- Justine Kelly- Chris Leung Jamie Penkethman Hannah Ronson Bennett Stein Naomi Azar Andrea DeMarco Rooney Fierro Puichun Li Laura Phipps Sarah-Rose Vita T. Shelly B. Michael Delfin Tal Goldstein Amanda Kemeny Flora Lichtman Tatiana Prakurat Rossetti Pedro Tavarez Alyssa Banner Emily Drum Theodore Gusek Robina Khalid Deirdre Lizio Niv Rabino Elana Rothenberg Remy Teicher Megan Berdugo Andrew Elmore Devin Harner Karina Khalifa Matt Longabucco Jake Rakochy Liz Rusch Zeynep Turan- Jane Berentson Elizabeth Esser- Rene Hart Jacquelyn Kim Ellie Lotan Nelson Ramos Sonia Ruschak Hoffman Maria Bezlepkina Stuart Lisa Hickey Isissa Komada- Hester Lyons Alexandra Nicole S. Alison Yager Chelsea Bruck Rose F. Ben Horner John Scott Lyons Rathmann- Amy Saidens Katie Yeskel Aliza Bruza Alan Faiola Ava Jarden Silvia Korchumova Josh MacPhee Noonan Jim Santangeli Miwa Yokoyama Creslyn Burnette Valerie Fendt Jill Jefferson Lauren Kranson Carl Makower Robin Rathmann- Sara Schwartz Abigail W. Anita Bushell Rose Freilich Karen Jefferson Ian Kuhnert Alexander Mills Noonan Tim Seggerman Fran Weiner Bohdan Bushell Ashley Garcia Elizabeth Jordan Tanya L. Peter Mudd Roona Ray Edith Silver Constance L. Emily Christensen Ellen Garvey Elizabeth Joyce Jason Lange Malkah Nadoff Jonathan Rebold Fortunio Fayola Williams Lina Chuyko Solomon Gezari Daniela Kafshi Joan Larkin Sophie Emily Reilly Slocombe Aaron Wolfe Clayton Rebecca Gildiner Karina David Larson Nimmannit Alicia Ritson Sonia

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