Wrap up Your Holiday Shopping at the Coop by Diane Aronson

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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Established 1973

Volume EE, Number 24 December 2, 2010 Wrap Up Your Holiday Shopping at the Coop By Diane Aronson

t’s time to shop for holiday coffee, orange, lemon or pep- Breezie Maples Farm maple Igifts. But why spend your permint extract are on sale syrup; both are organic. Pure dollars in big-box stores or at from Flavorganics; organic organic maple sugar in an online retailer sites? Spend vanilla extract from Frontier. 8.8-oz. jar is available from locally—right in the Coop. A If the intended recipient of Shady Maple Farms. little time and a tour of the your Baker’s Gift Basket Bakers can always use aisles will reveal enticing enjoys making yeast breads, new tools, and you’ll find gifts that you can make into look for Rapunzel’s organic those mentioned below in an array of wonderful gift bas- active dry yeast. the Coop’s regular checkout kets. All of the items men- Care to drop a hint to your aisle or near the general tioned here are under $25; baker to include chocolate? checkout area. many are less than $10. Remember that the higher What introduces more hol- ILLUSTRATION BY PATRICK MACKIN BY PATRICK ILLUSTRATION ‘Lights, Camera, Film Night!’ By Jill Dearman t’s not just food that unites the Jerusalem women’s prayer Ithe Coop membership; it’s group, A Good Uplift, about a community and culture. And bra store in the same neigh- Film Night at the Coop, every borhood, and Hold the Soup,

PHOTOS BY PATRICK MACKIN BY PATRICK PHOTOS first Friday of the month at about a matzo ball eating con- Some of the goodies available for holiday gifting. 7:30 p.m., has brought test. Rhodes’ theatrical docu- together members not only mentary credits include Control Baker’s Best the percentage of cacao, the iday baking fun than cookie for movie viewing, but also Room, My Kid Could Paint That As a Coop member, more intense the flavor; a cutters in festive shapes? for lively discussions about and, most recently, The Tillman chances are you know some- lower percentage means a bit Look for a six-piece set of dif- the world we live in. Faye Story. They were kind enough body who loves to bake. And more sweetness. Ghirardelli ferent star sizes by Ateco. Lederman curates Film Night to take us behind the scenes… as every baker knows, deli- offers a 100% unsweetened Juicing lemon and limes will with the assistance of her co- Linewaiters’ Gazette: How cious treats start with quality cacao baking bar, while Green be easier and faster with the conspirator, Gabriel Rhodes. did the film series start? ingredients. Allspice, car- & Black’s organic bar weighs appropriately lemon-yellow Both are accomplished Gabriel Rhodes: I know that it damom, cinnamon, cloves, in at 72% cacao. Ghirardelli colored juicer by HIC. filmmakers in their own right. started out of a sense that ginger, mace and nutmeg—to also makes semi-sweet and Silicone bakeware—light- Lederman’s independent films there was a huge community name only a few spices—are milk chocolate chips. A vegan weight, compact, perfect for include Women of the Wall, about CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 packaged in small quantities alternative, carob baking New York kitchens, and able at the Coop. Extracts add zest chips, comes from Sunspire. to withstand temperatures up Next General Meeting on December 28 to many of the holiday sea- If your baker likes to sweeten to 600°F—is a durable gift- The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on the son’s cookie recipe favorites. with maple syrup, look for basket choice. The Coop last Tuesday of each month.* The next General Meeting will be Two-ounce bottles of organic Coombs Family Farms or CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 on Tuesday, December 28, at 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation Beth Elohim Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place. IN THIS ISSUE Fri, Dec 3 • Film Night: Reporter 7:30 p.m. Coop Sat, Dec 4 • Food Drive to Benefit CAMBA 11:00–4:00 p.m. A Coop Grows in Bay Ridge ...... 4 Tue, Dec 14 • Safe Food Committee Film: King Corn 7:30 p.m Stop the Debt Commission’s Attacks on Retirees...... 4 Will Hydrofracking Affect Our Coop...... 5 Fri, Dec 17 • The Very Good Coffeehouse: Event David Roche; Louis Rosen 7:30 p.m. Let the Conversation about Cultural Diversity Continue . . . . . 6 Sun, Dec 19 • Winterfest Pub Night Sing-Along 7:00–10:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor ...... 7 Highlights Coop Hours, Coffeehouse ...... 8 Coop Calendar, Workslot Needs, Governance Information, Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Mission Statement ...... 9 Classified Ads ...... 12 12_02_10_ p1-12_Layout 1 12/1/10 6:34 PM Page 2

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Holiday Shop (according to its label), essen- tial oils, paraffin, palm, a cot- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ton wick, and nothing else. offers a 9x9 –inch cake pan, a The cypress-, fir-, spruce-, round cake pan, a loaf pan and pine-scented candle and a twelve-muffin pan. comes in season-appropriate Include a silicone spatula and dark green. scraper, and your favorite Implements that can multi- baker will be able to take the task are always handy. Look heat on the way to making for Down to Earth bamboo delicious delights. When it’s cutting boards, which also time to take the pans out of work as cheese boards. the oven, your baker will enjoy Choose from the classic rec- vibrantly patterned oven tangle shape or a board with mitts from Guatemala. a handle. All shapes and

Wrap up some of these sizes come with a handy MACKIN BY PATRICK PHOTOS goodies in a colorful apron to drilled hole for hanging. make a reusable gift basket, A 4x9–inch, simple, white offers tempting 3.5-ounce caffeine-free, herbal options: topped by a fruit preserve. and the baker on your holiday rectangular sushi dish does bars—perhaps a cherry- soothing chamomile, laven- Mitica from Italy offers either gift list is covered. double duty for serving small chocolate bar or maybe a der flowers, rosebuds and a 70% pear or a 70% plum pre- hors d’oeuvres, tapas and all dark chocolate bar with a par- petals, invigorating pepper- serve. Don’t overlook fig jam Host with the Most manner of other pass-around ticularly high cacao content mint, rooibos (a legume) and from Spain, with lemon flower Entertaining is synony- savories. Include a three- of 85%. Such enticing 3.5- vitamin C-filled rosehips are honey—perfect with tea. mous with the holidays, and piece bamboo condiment set ounce bars as chocolate just a few choices. Consider wrapping these a versatile basket of gifts (fork, spoon and knife), and espresso bean, orange dark While you’re in the bulk teatime treats in a large, col- includes ones that will be you have a nice serving chocolate or milk chocolate aisle, choose some dried orful bar or kitchen towel, welcome for these occasions combo. Add a 5-pack of flavored with mint come by fruit. Dried apricots, figs, found near checkout, that can and long after. Most of these paired wooden chopsticks or way of fair-trade Equal mangos or low-sugar pineap- double as a tea towel. items can be found in the a 100-pack of four bamboo Exchange. Chocolate goodies ple rings are possibilities. Include a tea strainer and produce aisle—the end clos- skewers, and you’ve included from the Coop’s bulk aisle Honey and tea together are a you’re all set. est to the entrance—or near useful tools for spearing the include chocolate almond checkout. pass-arounds. Colorful nap- bark, chocolate-covered Candles are a lovely way to kins and placemats from the raisins or—a particular brighten and decorate a home Coop will help a host set a favorite of mine—chocolate- during winter’s long evenings. festive table. covered almonds. A fun way to add light is to Pack up these items in one Don’t forget cookies with cluster small groups of votive of the Coop’s sturdy, carrot- chocolate: LU’s Petit Écolier candles, and the Coop stocks logo’ed canvas bags, for a gift biscuits are temptingly some lovely candle holders that will endure long past the topped with a thick coating of that will lend sparkle to any winter holidays. chocolate. Brent and Sam’s occasion. Look for glimmering chocolate chip cookies are gold, silver or mirrored votive Chocoholic’s Delight simply, absolutely irre- holders. If you’d like to include Who can resist chocolate? sistible. Quadratini bakes a candle in a gift basket, try Featuring organic, fair-trade light, bite-size chocolate Sunbeam Candles, with chocolate, Green & Black’s wafer cookies. Round out the chocolate theme with a box of Van Cort- landt’s Dutch Cocoa for mak- Food Drive ing hot chocolate. Or add a to benefit bottle or two of Brooklyn CAMBA’s Annual Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout. Holiday Food Drive Fill a chocolate-brown Chico sling bag with these natural midwinter throat Sports Lover’s Saturday, December 4 sweet delectables, and this soother, so add a little local Care Package 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. goodie bag’s recipient will be flavor to your teatime gift Perhaps this gift basket all set to shop for more basket with wildflower honey recipient is rooting for a Members of the Park Slope Food Coop are encouraged to donate food chocolate at the Coop. from Grindstone Farm, in favorite basketball team or to CAMBA’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry. CAMBA is a nonprofit agency that has been providing services that connect people with Pulaski, NY. cheering for a football team opportunities to enhance their quality of life since 1977. CAMBA serves Tea Time For biscuits, the Coop’s that’s a serious Super Bowl more than 35,000 individuals and families, including 8,000 youthS, The winter months are a cookie aisle has countless contender. In either case, the each year, from more than 50 locations in New York City, mainly in great time to curl up with a choices that would pair well taste of victory will be sweet- Brooklyn, including more than 15 school-based programs. freshly brewed cup of tea with tea. Shady Maple Farms er or defeat a little easier to and a biscuit or two. In the features organic honey-and- swallow with some tasty Do Contribute Don't Contribute bulk aisle, you can choose maple Stoopwafels wafers. snacks on hand … and some- from many black teas, Anna’s makes ginger thins thing to wash them down Non-Perishable Foods and Perishables including a brisk Assam, a that are delicious and light. with, as well. Commercially Packaged Foods Items from bulk bins & silos sparkling Ceylon Highlands Dancing Bear Baking offers To be found in the express Items packaged in the Coop or a bergamot-infused Earl flower-shaped Lemon Daisy checkout line are classics like Canned Fish Grey (decaf available, too); cookies. Enjoy Life bakes Good Health Natural Foods Canned Fruits & Vegetables Refrigerated foods or perhaps the bracing Glen nut- and gluten-free snicker- Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels, Pasta Sauce Frozen foods Lockey, robust Russian Cara- doodle cookies. GoRaw Barbara’s Cheese Puffs, Pen- Pasta Te a van or a smoky-flavored Lap- ginger snaps are also gluten- nysticks pretzels or Boston’s Pre-packaged Rice Sweets sang Souchong, which free, and are made from all- Snack Mix (50% less fat than Pre-packages Beans Juice (bottles or derives its signature taste organic ingredients. the typical snack mix, accord- Canned Beans juice packs) Canned Soups Baby Food from the pine fires used to Also in the cookie aisle are ing to the label). Then there Parmalat Milk Crackers cure the tea’s leaves. wheat-free Nairns, made from are the more offbeat: Lesser Dry Milk Consider, too, including a whole-grain oats; flavors Evil Kettle Corn (gluten-free Peanut Butter refreshing lemon-ginger include ginger, mixed berry, and no corn syrup), Calbee Boxed Raisins green tea or Japanese-style and fruit and cinnamon. Snack Salad baked Snapea sencha green tea. Don’t forget These cookies would be nicely CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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Film Night as our mission is to promote this is a screening not to be the work of local filmmakers. missed! I’m still working on CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 And they must have played a January, but if I can screen of artists and media makers primary role in the film’s the film I’m hoping to have within the Coop membership crew—director, producer, edi- there, it will be a great and there ought to be a place tor or cinematographer. In screening. where these folks could exchange for attending the LG: Who is involved in the exchange ideas and share screening and doing a Q&A film series and how is the their work. the filmmaker receives one work delegated? Faye Lederman:I’d screened workslot credit for their time. FL: Gabriel Rhodes and I my own work as part of the One hard part of our job is are co-curators, so we select series earlier when Trish Dal- saying no to films made in a the films, prepare the press ton was running it. Then I did heartfelt way by Coop mem- materials and run the some co-curating with bers when we don’t think screenings and the Q&A. Alexandra Berger so I was they’re a good programming Camille Scuria is the mem- happy to take over the job match. It might be such bership coordinator who when she wanted to pass it niche content that we don’t makes sure our screening on. I knew I’d need a co-cura- think we can bring in an info is placed on the Coop tor as well, so Alex’s friend audience; it might be a short Calendar; Ellen Weinstat is a Gabriel Rhodes came on film that’s harder to program membership coordinator board. Lately this job seems since we need to find work to and overall liaison with the to bring children with it; Alex pair it with; or it could be a Coop staff who helps us set left the job halfway through first- or second-time effort BY DIANE MILLER ILLUSTRATION the calendar, navigate any her pregnancy with triplets; I that doesn’t quite hold its a little tough for people, but if for a title bout. During the bumps in the road, etc. Both took a short leave six months own on the screen. it’s any incentive, we’ve been fight, people in the audience of them are great to work later when my own due date screening some great films were practically shrieking at with. My background and rolled around; and co-curator Full House? and we will continue to do so the screen. The fight was built professional life is as a docu- Gabe Rhodes already had LG: How well attended throughout the winter. up so beautifully and it was mentary film producer/direc- twins when he came onboard. are they? very suspenseful until the tor, and I sometimes shoot FL: Friday night screenings Audience Participation very last moment. So, I think or edit my own work. I went Thumbs Up or [in the second floor meeting LG: What films have gar- for an audience that is not back to the Berkeley grad Thumbs Down room] garner a range of audi- nered the most intense used to watching female box- program in journalism and LG: How are the films ence size, from standing reactions? ing (let alone male boxing), it documentary film after pro- selected? room only the weekend of the FL: Tami Gold’s screening was a very exciting event. ducing my first film, and FL: We have open submis- 2009 Brooklyn Food Confer- of Juggling Gender about Coop have worked in the industry sion without deadlines and ence to just a handful of member Jennifer Miller, and Coming Soon for about twelve years. My we try to program two to three interested folks who show up her ten-year follow-up film, LG: What films are com- first curating gig was working months in advance. There’s a for a particular niche title. We packed the house and ing up? on the Brooklyn Food Con- monthly Gazette ad that con- encourage the filmmakers to sparked a really lively discus- GR: In December we are ference film program and I tains submission criteria and do their own publicity to aug- sion about gender construc- screening Reporter, a docu- enjoyed the work. The Friday details to encourage folks to ment our efforts, which focus tion and identity. Ana Joane’s mentary about journalist Night Film Series was an submit. Despite the fact that on ad placement in the film Fresh pulled in a huge Nicholas Kristof directed by interesting way to continue the Coop is probably crawling Coop’s monthly calendar. It’s crowd the Friday night before Coop member Eric Daniel that work and fulfill my work- with creative filmmaking hard to predict attendance; the Brooklyn Food Confer- Metzgar. The film premiered slot while getting to meet folks, surprisingly we don’t sometimes a film I think will ence and folks had a great last year at Sundance and it filmmakers and help foster receive too many random have only a moderate audi- discussion! was very well received, so community at the Coop. ■ submissions … so this is a ence packs the room, and GR: Last month we call for all filmmakers to vice versa. screened A Ring of Their Own by please submit their work! GR: We always have decent Coop member Michael Pen- GR: Faye and I receive sub- attendance, although we’d land. The film is about two ARE YOU A missions from Coop mem- love to have more folks female boxers and it follows bers and we review every attend. Friday night at 7:30 is one of them as she prepares BROOKLYN-BASED submission. We are looking FILMMAKER? for recent work that we feel could be interesting to the Would you like to Coop community at large. Puzzle Corner Additionally, Faye and I try to screen your work at use our connections within the Coop? the New York independent film community to pull in work that Coop members Then submit your film may not have the chance to for possible inclusion in see in theaters. We’d like the the Coop’s Friday Night screening series to operate Screening Series. like a small monthly festival of interesting cinema. The If you’re a Coop member you’ll receive filmmakers always attend the one FTOP credit for screening and offering a screenings and we hold a Q+A with your film. If you’re not a member, it’s Q&A afterwards. FL: In terms of selection, still a chance to spread the word about your first we look for high-quality work and build your fan base by screening for a storytelling—either docu- local audience. mentary or fiction, though we have a leaning toward the for- We accept documentary and fiction, both mer—that’s professionally features and shorts (we program shorts as a produced and touches on group). Please email Faye Lederman for details content we think will be of at [email protected] or mail your DVD interest to Coop and neigh- Faye Lederman, 2000 Linwood Ave, #9E borhood folks. The filmmaker to: must be either a Coop mem- SolutionPuzzle author: to Ja thismes Vasile.issue’s For sudoku answers, seepuzzle page on. page 7. Fort Lee, NJ 07024 ber or must live in Brooklyn,

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4 December 2, 2010 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY A Coop Grows in Bay Ridge By Liz Welch hen Key Food closed in “We needed to understand staff and members.” And it WBay Ridge in 2008, sev- the different types of con- does not only apply to general eral community members took sumer coop business models managers, but to all Coop matters into their own hands: that exist,“ he explains. They members. “Any PSFC mem- They decided to start their own began by reaching out to ber who wants to complete food coop. Among them was coops nationwide, focusing their workslot requirement at David Marangio, a PSFC mem- specifically on New York any of these startup coops ber since the early nineties, State coops and then started can do that,” Herpel explains. who saw this as a real opportu- to interview various man- This support is crucial: nity to fulfill a need in the com- agers of coops to try to “Joe will answer questions munity. “I’ve long been in awe understand their process. about almost anything from of what’s going on at Union Ann Herpel, a PSFC mem- early history to theories Street and thought the oppor- ber since 2000 who became a around inventory manage- tunity to actually create one in Membership Coordinator in ment,” Marangio says. my own neighborhood was 2002 and then a General Coor- If PSFC members want to something I could not pass dinator in 2009, has been one help, they should contact the

up,” Marangio explains. of their advisors, as has Joe Bay Ridge Coop directly by MACKIN BY PATRICK ILLUSTRATION And so in 2008, Marangio Holtz, a PSFC founding mem- emailing: hello@foodcoop- and a core group of 30 Bay ber who has advised many bayridge.com. “The Bay Ridge website and not only did an getting to this point was not Ridge coop enthusiasts started coops over the past decade— coop decides what is worthy incredible job, but got work easy. “A year and a half ago, doing local surveys in their from start-ups in Missoula, work—tabling, business credit in exchange.“ There is we sat down with a core neighborhood to gauge inter- Montana to Paris, France. plans, making fliers—we are also a need for anyone with IT group of 30 people a year est, and were encouraged by “The guy who started The Peo- hands-off in that way,” Herpel experience, or people who can ago, and asked, ‘what is a their findings. “We quickly ple’s Supermarket in London explains. “And then the Bay act as translators. “We’re look- food coop? And what do we got 1,000 on our mailing list,” came here a year ago for a Ridge Coop also takes ing for people who speak want this coop to be?’” he explains. “People thought week and asked a zillion ques- responsibility for reporting Russian, Mandarin, Spanish Marangio explains. it was a good idea.” Monthly tions,” Herpel says. “This sum- members’ work credits back and Cantonese,” Marangio “It can mean a million dif- meetings numbered any- mer they opened.” Both to us once every four weeks. says. “We want to reach far and ferent things! For us, the con- where from 20 to 50 Herpel and Holtz have been PSFC members do not have wide and be a real resource to clusion was that it has to people who were willing to meeting monthly with Maran- to do the reporting to us.” everyone in our community.” address the needs of the do the actual work to make gio and other members from Currently, there are at least Currently, the Bay Ridge broad community.” For Bay the idea a reality. In the startup coops to answer ques- one dozen PSFC members Coop has 300 members—all Ridge, that means one-stop early days, the discussions tions and give them support. earning work credit by help- of whom have paid some por- shopping for families with focused on what a coop “Helping other coopera- ing Bay Ridge. tion of the $200 membership young children as well as a means: “A lot of people think tives start up is one of the “Anyone with small-busi- investment. “Once we have large senior population. “We the Park Slope Food Coop is cooperative principles, called ness, entrepreneurial or pub- 1,000 members, we’ll start want to offer packaged goods, what a coop is,” Marangio ‘cooperation among cooper- licity experience would be looking seriously for a lease meat and toiletries in addi- explains. “That’s what one atives,’” Herpel says. “ It takes helpful,” Marangio explains. for a 4,000-square-foot tion to fruits and vegetables,” coop is.” The group decided various forms depending on “Leslie and Michael from space,” Marangio says. “Our Marangio explains. “We’d like to do research to find the where the startup is located. Marker Design are both PSFC goal is to open in 2012, the it to be where the PSFC was in best fit for their community: Locally, it means helping as members—they created our year of the cooperative!” But the early nineties.” ■ Stop the Debt Commission’s Attacks on Retirees Member By Brent Kramer he co-chairs of President Obama’s promised benefits, which—because aged 65 and above fell from 35% to Contribution TNational Commission on Fiscal of increases in productivity—will pro- 10%. Social Security is the only Responsibility and Reform (the “debt vide a better standard of living than income for 11.5% of senior couples commission”) have made several pro- current retirees get. and 30% of single seniors. With the • Social Security is not Medicare. posals in advance of the commission’s • Increasing the retirement age is disappearance of defined-benefit The two programs are separate in December deadline for a report. Their not a “neutral” adjustment. The argu- pensions from employers, and the their tax collections and their pay- recommendations to increase the retirement that people are living longer, repeated collapse of 401(k) plans dur- outs, though they are administered ment age for Social Security benefits, and that we can therefore raise retire- ing economic downturns, more and together. Medicare is clearly in and to reduce those benefits, are creat- ment age without shortening years of more retirees will rely entirely on trouble because of escalating ing a justifiable firestorm. Here are a few retirement, ignores vast differences in these benefits. One “fix” proposed by health-care costs, and does need a comments about these suggestions. life expectancy among different the debt commission is to reduce the political fix; there are serious • Changes to Social Security will groups. There are still large differ- annual cost-of-living adjustment to doubts as to whether the new not reduce the national debt. Whether ences between men and women, benefits. Compounded over time, health insurance law will help with we “need to” reduce deficits and the blacks and whites, in expected length this reduction will take more and this problem. But lumping the two debt is a debatable issue, but even of life. Taking a year of retirement more out of what is already only a together (as many opponents do) is assuming that we do, Social Security from someone who’s not expected to subsistence payment. a nasty rhetorical trick. ■ is not part of the deficit. The Social live to eighty is more severe than tak- Security Trust Fund has always had a ing one from someone who may live surplus, and actually lends money to to ninety. Think about the effect of For more information: the Treasury for ongoing needs. Under adding a flat amount to everyone’s tax One of the best and most accessible summaries is put out by the Economic the Social Security Trustees’ recent burden: paying an additional $1,000 is Opportunity Institute in Washington State, available at http://www.eoion- projections, a conservative estimate more painful to a low-income person line.org/retirement_security/reports/SocialSecurityWorks-Aug10.pdf. is that after 2039, the fund may need than to a high-income person. Now There is also a terrific section in a recent Labor Notes issue, available at supplements from taxes to pay translate that to a year of retirement. http://labornotes.org/files/ln378socialsecurity.pdf. promised benefits. But it makes no • Reducing payouts is cruel and To stay informed, “tune in” to http://strengthensocialsecurity.org/social- sense to make these adjustments unnecessary. Because of Social Secu- security-works-0. now, when they will not affect the rity, elderly poverty in the U.S. For sources for this article, or to get in touch with the author, write to deficit for twenty years. Even without decreased dramatically during the [email protected]. those supplements from other taxes, twentieth century. Between 1960 and Brent Kramer, an economist, has been a Coop member for more than 30 years. after 2039 the fund will pay 75% of 1995, the official poverty rate of those

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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE REPORT

funded media and lobbying campaign that the gas Will Hydrofracking Affect Our Coop? industry is waging. Our experience has clearly shown By Ilyana Kadushin that when we educate people about the real impact that gas drilling using Hydrofracking will have on pub- Environmental Committee Member Ilyana Kadushin inter- arsenic at 2600 times acceptable levels; benzene at 44 lic health, our water and our air, they join us in viewed Catskill Mountainkeeper Executive Director Ramsey times above limits; and naphthalene five times above demanding that drilling not commence until it can be Adams about hydrofracking and how it may affect our Coop federal standards. There are documented cases of proven to be safe. fracking causing livestock illness and death, and soil Ilyana Kadushin: In simple terms, can you explain contamination. The potential of our food becoming IK: What are three things each member could do the hydrofracking situation in New York State? poisoned is real. right now to help the cause? Ramsey Adams: The Catskill Region of New York RA: 1) Become educated: Go to the “Drilling Isn’t State is part of the Marcellus shale formation that IK: What does your organization, Catskill Moun- Safe” tab on the Catskill Mountainkeeper website holds huge reservoirs of previously untapped natural tainkeeper, do for this issue? (catskillmountainkeeper.org) to get necessary infor- gas. Hydrofracking, or fracking, is the name of the RA: Catskill Mountainkeeper is a grassroots advo- mation about this very serious threat. While you are process used to bring the gas to the surface. Wells are cacy group that has been the leader in fighting unsafe there, sign up for our Action Alerts that will keep you drilled more than a mile underground, and millions of gas drilling in New York over the last few years. With on top of what’s happening with gas drilling and tell gallons of water, sand and toxic chemicals are injected the help of our coalition partners and our thousands you how to take action as issues arise. 2) Sign the under high pressure into the stone to release the gas. of e-activists, we have mobilized the fight against Catskill Mountainkeeper petition: Tell the New York Gas companies talk about natural gas being a unsafe gas drilling by organizing rallies, sponsoring State DEC that there should be no drilling until the cleaner-burning fossil fuel. However, the process of scores of events, lobbying legislators and flooding EPA completes its study. The link for the petition is getting the gas out of the ground is a very “dirty” government officials with information. www.ipetitions.com/petition/-nodrilling. 3) Spread the process that has been shown to cause massive dam- A few of our major accomplishments to date on word: Public pressure has been critical and will con- age to water, land, air and, ultimately, people’s health. this issue include: Creating the current de-facto mora- tinue to be critical in this fight. The more people that Many of the chemicals used in fracking are toxic, torium of gas drilling in the New York State by per- can attend rallies, write to government officials and volatile, organic compounds such as benzene, suading Governor Paterson to order the New York show their concern against unsafe gas drilling, the toluene, ethyl-benzene and xylene, which cause can- State Department of Environmental Conservation to better chance we have to prevent unsafe gas drilling. cer and neurological problems. update their drilling regulations for fracking before If you have any questions or comments, please contact us The Catskills, just two hours north of New York City, issuing permits; getting the Environmental Protection through our blog at ecokvetch.blogspot.com ■ are more than picturesque mountains, rivers, and Agency (EPA) to initiate a study on the potential farms. They provide New York City with virtually all of adverse impacts of hydrofracking on water quality and its drinking water. Unlike any other major city in the public health (that study is now in progress); getting United States, New York’s water from six massive the New York State Senate to pass with an overwhelm- reservoirs in the Catskills is pure and unfiltered. It ing bipartisan vote a gas-drilling moratorium in New would cost billions of dollars to filter New York’s water York State; and launching the “Drilling Isn’t Safe” if it became contaminated by fracking through the campaign that includes a website, www.drillingis- immense industrialization of the landscape and the ntsafe.org, billboards, buttons and lawn signs. threat of toxic spills, leaks and seepage. It is not even clear if filtering could clean the water of these toxic IK: Where does the issue stand right now for chemicals. New York? Drilling in the Catskills is an outrageous and short- RA: As of right now, New York State does not permit sighted proposal by big oil and gas companies to hydrofracking, but is on track to approve permits for New York City: The Catskill Delaware water gas drilling sometime in 2011. We are pushing right Love among the russets...

system provides drinking water to 19 million people in now to have these rules wait until the science from the BY JULIE GABRIEL PHOTO upstate New York, Westchester, New Jersey EPA study can be analyzed and integrated and Pennsylvania. into their regulations. We are about to have The oil and gas companies, including Halliburton a new Governor and a new DEC Commis- and Norway’s Nornew, are already using hydrofracking sioner. Our first task is to educate them in Pennsylvania and since they began, there have about the “Dirty Side” of gas drilling, which been numerous instances of water contamination. In is being whitewashed by a skillful and well- LEFFERTS FARM the town of Dimock, PA, for example, the well water for mul- tiple homes has been contami- FOOD COOPERATIVE nated by nearby gas drilling and We are a newly-formed group made up of residents from Flatbush, water now must be shipped in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Crown Heights, working to develop a new for all daily uses. medium-sized food cooperative in the area.

IK: How could this issue specifically affect the Coop WE NEED YOUR HELP! and its members? There’s no question Brooklyn needs more food cooperatives, but it’s not RA: If fracking chemicals get simple. Food co-ops are businesses and development projects created for into our water supply and soil, and by the community. as they have done at other hydrofracking sites, this will be JOIN OUR PLANNING GROUP a huge danger for our food sup- In order to make this happen, we need YOU! Why? Because as a member, ply and our health. The number you have experience with food co-ops. And as a worker/community member, of places where drilling has poi- you have experience we need—from organizational development, branding/ soned the water, air and land in messaging, ﬁnance/accounting, fundraising, to real estate development and communities keeps rising and community outreach. Even people you know or the groups you belong to are we can expect that as drilling a valuable asset to the process! continues, these incidents will go up. Just last month George Zimmerman, a Pennsylvania GET INVOLVED organic tomato farmer, filed suit PSFC members will receive FTOP credit in exchange for their participation. Join our MeetUp group at www.meetup.com/plgfoodcoop or contact against a gas company for pol- [email protected] for more information. luting his soil and water with toxic chemicals used in or JOIN US: www.meetup.com/plgfoodcoop released there by hydrofracking. Tests after fracking found

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6 December 2, 2010 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY Holiday Shop CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Crisps or New York Naturals Raw Vegan Kale Chips. For a brew, try a Lagunitas Czech Style Pils; Brooklyn Brewery East India Pale Ale; organic J.K.’s Scrumpy Hard Cider; or Old Foghorn Barley- wine Style Ale; Sodas flavored with fruit juice are a nonalcoholic option. Load up a sturdy bag—how about the Coop’s insulated carry bag for cold items—with these snacks and drinks, and your sports fanatic will have enough munchies for double overtime. its start right here in New York chocolate, chocolate-almond Midwinter Pampering City, makes fair trade, all-organ- and chocolate-covered straw-

Some extra personal care, ic soaps containing emollient berry scents. Shea butter is MACKIN BY PATRICK PHOTOS especially for your skin, is shea butter and coconut oil, particularly softening for not only a necessary winter with coconut-and-papaya or rough spots like elbows, knees forget to include a winter weather skin-softening and task, it’s a great way to chase lavender-and-wildflower soaps and heels; Nubian Heritage staple: lip balm, such as Dr. protecting treats. By the time away the winter blahs. The as uplifting options. The com- offers lavender-and-wild- Bronner’s Magic All-One summer comes around, the Coop’s popular Aisle 5 has pany partners with the Liberian flower or frankincense-and- organic lemon lime lip balm; recipient will have a bright some great choices for a gift Education Fund to provide myrrh balms. SkinLove adds MoistStic Natural Lip Pro- beach bag at the ready. basket to help soothe body education opportunities for vitamin A to its Pure Love tection, featuring SPF 15 And there you have it—a and soul. disadvantaged African girls. shea butter balm. protection; or Merry Hemp- little something for nearly Earth Therapeutics Loofah Anjolie soaps are from India The man in your life might sters vegan hemp balm. everybody on your list. Now Exfoliating Soap, with aloe and promote fair trade prac- enjoy a shave soap: Follow Why not fill a colorful Envi- make sure to choose some- vera, will help slough away tices and sustainable farming the shave with carrot-and- rosax with some of these cold thing nice for yourself! ■ dry skin while it smoothes. in India. The soaps are made cucumber after-shave balm Other possibilities to burnish according to Ayurvedic princi- and then a bracing dash of LETTERS POLICY the skin and leave it soft are ples: Seven Spice and Dusk aftershave. All are by Sunshine Spa Organics Himalayan Cedar Cinnamon Urban Cowboy and are We welcome letters from members. Submission deadlines Brown Sugar Scrub, in an are two energizing choices. organic and vegan, as well as appear in the Coop Calendar. All letters will be printed if they enticing vanilla-and-orange Body oils and sprays are a sweatshop- and cruelty-free. conform to the published guidelines. We will not knowingly pub- scent and featuring brown lovely way to help lock in Cuticles and nails dry out lish articles which are racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory sugar and almond, safflower, moisture on the skin. Pome- quickly in cold weather, and The maximum length for letters is 500 words. Letters must and sunflower oils; or Alba granate Rejuvenating Body J. R. Watkins comes to the include your name and phone number and be typed or very leg- Sugar Cane Body Polish, with Oil, with jojoba oil, is from rescue with a lemon salve ibly handwritten. Editors will reject letters that are illegible or sunflower oil, organic sugar Weleda. SkinLove oil sprays, featuring canola oil, sweet too long. cane juice, and kukui nuts. featuring shea and sesame almond oil and, to seal in You may submit on paper, typed or very legibly handwritten, Nubian Heritage, which got oils, come in tempting mint- moisture, beeswax. Don’t or via email to [email protected] or on disk.

Anonymity Unattributed letters will not be published unless the Gazette Let the Conversation About Cultural knows the identity of the writer, and therefore must be signed when submitted (giving phone number). Such letters will be pub- Diversity Continue lished only where a reason is given to the editor as to why public By Liz Welch identification of the writer would impose an unfair burden of embarrassment or difficulty. Such letters must relate to Coop reported a story in the October 7 issue of he was a Klansman, which was the assumption made issues and avoid any non-constructive, non-cooperative language. Ithe Linewaiters’ Gazette on the Diversity and by Mrs. Sherrod’s community at the time, though Equality Committee’s inaugural Diversity never proven. Fairness Awareness Initiative, which was described as 2. The use of the term “racial reflex” was attributed In order to provide fair, comprehensive, factual coverage: “an event series to promote diversity aware- to Antonio Mondesire, who may have used it in dis- 1. The Gazette will not publish hearsay—that is, allegations ness and education at the Coop. The series cussion, after first being expressed by Jay Smith. The not based on the author's first-hand observation. will include film screenings, moderated dis- term refers to the unconscious, cultural “race” condi- 2. Nor will we publish accusations that are not specific or are cussions, presentations and workshops. tioning in which perceived characteristics like skin not substantiated by factual assertions. Events will address issues related to race, color trigger xenophobic behavioral responses. 3. Copies of submissions that make substantive accusations gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, 3. More important, the central message of the against specific individuals will be given to those persons to culture, ethnicity and socio-economics.” evening’s event—obscured in the piece—is that the enable them to write a response, and both submissions and The event looked at similarities between methods used to slander Mrs. Sherrod are analogues response will be published simultaneously. This means that the the Shirley Sherrod case and issues that have of how human bigotry operates everywhere, including original submission may not appear until the issue after the arisen at the Coop. Jay Smith, a member of here at the Coop. We abstract from the fullness of one for which it was submitted. the committee, pointed out two misattribu- another’s experience only that which confirms us in The above applies to both articles and letters. The only tions, as well as an overall point I had missed our prejudices, and that’s what we have to guard exceptions will be articles by Gazette reporters which will be that I wanted to share with everyone as I against. Just as Andrew Breitbart used a video required to include the response within the article itself. believe it is the point of this committee: The excerpt from a longer narrative to brand Mrs. Sher- following is from an e-mail from Jay Smith: rod as a black bigot when her narrative was exactly Respect 1. For the record, there were two misattributions, the opposite—how she overcame her resentments to Letters must not be personally derogatory or insulting, even one that Jay Smith claimed that the father of Shirley help a white farmer—we often look at others only when strongly criticizing an individual member's actions. Letter Sherrod was killed by a Ku Klux Klansman. Jay’s through the limited prism of the “racial reflex” and act writers must refer to other people with respect, refrain from statement was that Sherrod’s father was killed by a out of bigotry in unjust and abusive ways. That has calling someone by a nickname that the person never uses him- white man. It was Diversity and Equality Committee no place in a Cooperative, or anywhere else if we’re self or herself, and refrain from comparing other people to odi- member Maitefa Angaza who made the assertion that ever to truly achieve a “post-racial” society. ous figures like Hitler or Idi Amin.

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NEW LABOR MOVEMENT important question of interest to many vegan, as eating any meat products Warren/St. Marks The anger’s rising throughout the land members may not be the way to do it. means participating in a system in Community Garden Arousing every adrenal gland Mel Spain which animals are killed. She is also Warren St. and St. Marks Pl. between As workers start to communicate right that the words organic and free- 4th and 5th Avenues By text, by email, chalk-on-slate range, particularly as used by large Accepting leaves 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Nov. Impatience with the Bigs in towers MENTAL ISSUES AT commercial meat producers, do not 20–21 and Dec. 4–5. Over their horrendous hours. THE COOP always mean what they seem to mean. 6/15 Green Enough! the anguished cry goes up, But to say that raising animals for Corner of 6th Ave. and 15th St. Enough! rolling over like a pup. TO THE EDITOR: meat is inevitably the moral equivalent Accepting leaves 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Young lawyers and investment The suspension of a member with a of torture, slavery and warfare is non- Nov. 6 , 7, 14, 20. bankers, long-term pattern of uncooperative sense. The only unnatural thing about Gowanus Canal Conservancy Young info techies (would-be behavior does indeed raise the ques- the lives led by conscientiously raised, 2nd Ave. and 5th St. swankers), tion of the Coop’s responsibility with pastured meat animals is that they are Accepting leaves 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Nov. Young men and women in finance, regard to people with psychological short. Pastured meat animals provide 20-21. They’ve each cast off the old romance, problems. I think the line is not so dif- soil nutrients that would otherwise East 4th Street Community Garden Recruiters’ honied song-and-dance, ficult to draw; we should not tolerate come from petroleum-based chemi- (Windsor Terrace) Of a surefire affluence, behavior that severely offends or cals, and they turn material humans East 4th St. between Fort Hamilton And now demand more influence. upsets Coop members or staff, what- cannot eat (grass, bugs, vegetable Parkway and Caton Ave. Though taking in a generous haul, ever the underlying diagnosis. All waste of various kinds) into edible pro- Accepting leaves on Saturdays from They lack the time to enjoy it at all behaviors ultimately have an underly- tein. Grass-fed animals also make pro- 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Nov. 20 and 27, and What is life, if not grotesque, ing etymology, whether it is brain ductive use of land that’s unsuitable 12 p.m.–2 p.m. Nov. 21 and 28. When you’re fettered to a desk? chemistry or bad upbringing or high for raising grain. (Meat: A Benign And so they’ve started organizing stress, but it is not our job to fix that Extravagance, by British farmer and for- Other participating gardens and To change inhuman workday sizing. or accept actions that damage the mer vegetarian Simon Fairlie, offers a drop-off hours are listed on the map United, this is what they seek: whole so that we are “tolerant” of the thorough and thoughtful discussion of at http://nycleaves.org. Please join in, An eight-hour day! A five-day week! individual. This is not a moral issue, these issues and many more.) and spread the word. Leon Freilich but the simple fact that we can only Let us leave commercially raised Andrea Kannapell judge behavior (effect), not cause. The meat out of the argument; that’s not notion that we have belied our princi- what the Coop sells. Since the meat RESPONSE TO ple of tolerance and diversity because animals sold at the Coop would not WHERE I’M FROM COORDINATORS’ CORNER we have sanctioned a disruptive exist were they not to be eaten, the Where I’m from member who may have mental prob- real issue here is whether a short but Snow falls like powdered sugar TO THE EDITOR: lems is absurd. Suppose kleptomania natural and happy existence is bet- And turns to brown slush in a matter Joe Holtz’s “Boycotts and Holding is an official psychiatric diagnosis. Do ter or worse than no existence at all. of minutes Our Coop Together” (Nov. 4, 2010) we then have to tolerate shoplifting? That’s a moral question worth debat- Cell phone-speakers harmonize with advocates a change in voting require- Having said that, there are situa- ing; the simplistic and inaccurate the rush hour cacophony ments to a 2/3 majority when a vote tions where a nuanced approach is moral conundrum posed by Ms. And herds of people push through on a boycott is to be taken at a GM. called for. Suppose that a member has Lipton is not. the streets, the subways, the stores He states that it would be divisive, Tourette Syndrome, and shouts out an Ann Monroe Like buffalo on a wild rampage but cites only “letters to the Gazette” as obscene word every few minutes while As I make my way down the streets, evidence. With over 15,000 members in the Coop. This no doubt would the crisp autumn air smacks me in a few dozen letters to the editor from make many members uncomfortable, KEEPING LEAVES OUT OF the face, awakens me politically active members should not and probably would warrant a discus- THE GARBAGE The humidity of the subway station control how we vote on a duly raised sion with staff on the issue to see if beckons me to take off my coat, proposal at a GM. there is any way of minimizing the TO THE EDITOR: leaving me light-headed A simple majority determined the problem, but I don’t think a suspen- Until a couple of years ago, New Exiting the train at my stop, the politically and morally motivated sion would be appropriate. If the York City collected leaves separately delicious aroma of my favorite votes on the Coop boycotts of South behavior in this situation just limited from residential garbage for compost- comfort foods call to me African and Chilean products. Do we itself to severe tics or noises without ing. Every spring, the city would have And as I take a bite of the perfect NYC suddenly change the rule to favor one obscenity, then even that would not a great compost giveaway, and resi- bagel, I am floating on a cloud, side on the Israeli boycott? Joe’s argu- be called for, even though that individ- dents from every borough would haul Drifting high above the noise, the ment based upon the “Rules for the ual would probably cause some dis- off as much black gold as they could lights, and bustle Conduct of GMs” is unconvincing. comfort to people around him or her. carry for their treepits and gardens. This simple pleasure reminds me Taking away products produced by a The bottom line is that our mission But the program was cut during bud- How great it is where I am from particular source from the Coop’s is to provide healthy food at minimal get tightening, and now leaves simply Arielle Silver-Willner shelves is quite different and less prices using an economic model get mixed in with the rest important than taking away a mem- based on universal participation. That of the city’s garbage. ber’s right to speak at a GM. And does not require us to tolerate psy- That’s extra hauling and Puzzle Answers wouldn’t the very sudden change in chological issues that cause intolera- a pitiful waste. the rules anger some members who ble behavior. Our responsibility in To try to keep leaves feel they have the right to ask for a fair dealing with people who have disrup- out of the garbage, vote under rules that have been tive mental disorders is simply to community gardens around for decades and under which treat them in a consistent, respectful, around the city banded they joined the Coop? Isn’t Joe’s pro- transparent, and fair manner. together last year to posal itself “divisive”? Michael Esterowitz start accepting bagged Shouldn’t a democratically orga- leaves for composting, nized and operated Coop follow its and collecting data on long existing and democratic rules MORAL ISSUES ABOUT the quantity to try to and let members vote their opinions MEAT urge the city to reinsti- for or against the proposal put and tute its composting pro- not change those rules because some TO THE EDITOR: gram. We’re giving it members are passionately for and Carol Lipton’s letter reflects consid- another go this year, against it? erable confusion about the moral and we need your I certainly share Joe’s concern in issues of eating meat. She is right that leaves. holding the Coop together, but chang- if you believe it is wrong to kill another Among the partici- ing the rules at this particular time to creature for food, you should not eat pating gardens nearest influence the outcome of a vote on an meat. In fact you should become a the Coop are: Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 12_02_10_ p1-12_Layout 1 12/1/10 6:34 PM Page 8

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COOP HOURS Friday A monthly musical fundraising partnership of Office Hours: Dec. 17 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 David Roche is a singer/songwriter from a family of famous singer/songwriters. 6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m. (The Roches are his sisters) He’s been writing songs from an early *Shoppers must be on a checkout line age. “It’s hard to get out of the way of the music in my family. 15 minutes after closing time. I’ve written songs and performed with my wife, my daughter, my Childcare Hours: sisters, my in-laws, the list goes on and on. It’s a nice situation if Monday through Sunday not a little strange.” Roche’s most recent album of original mate- 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. rial is Harp Trouble In Heaven, available as a free download at Telephone: davidroche.net. Coop member David Kumin will play bass and 718-622-0560 Michael Graves cajone. Web address: www.foodcoop.com

Louis Rosen is a multi-award-winning songwriter, guitarist and pianist, best known for his recent recordings and performances with the jazz/pop vocalist and Broadway musical actress, Capathia Jenkins. Louis goes solo this time to preview selections The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope from his latest song cycle, the folk-based Time Was. Accomplished Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. Broadway actress and fellow Coop member Charlotte Maier Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The (vocals) has promised to sit in. “Brilliant” (New York magazine). Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory. “Music that stirs the soul” (The Huffington Post). The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions must include author’s name and phone number and conform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters and 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8:00 p.m. [doors open at 7:45] articles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appear Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. in the Coop Calendar opposite. Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be printed if they conform to the guidelines above. The Anonymity and Fairness policies appear on the letters page in most issues. Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Editors will reject articles that are essentially just advertisements for member businesses and Monthly on the... This Issue Prepared By: services. Second Saturday Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden December 11 R Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words. 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Erik Lewis Editor-Writer Guidelines: Except for letters to the editor, which Third Thursday Editors (development): Anne Kostick are published without editing but are subject to the Gazette let- December 16 E ters policy regarding length, anonymity, respect, and fairness, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Petra Lewis all submissions to the Linewaiters' Gazette will be reviewed and Last Sunday Reporters: Diane Aronson if necessary edited by the editor. In their review, editors are guid- December 26 ed by the Gazette's Fairness and Anonymity policies as well as 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. C Liz Welch standard editorial practices of grammatical review, separation of Jill Dearman fact from opinion, attribution of factual statements, and rudi- On the sidewalk in front of the receiving mentary fact checking. Writers are responsible for the factual area at the Coop. Y Art Director (development): Patrick Mackin content of their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort to contact and communicate with writers regarding any proposed Illustrators: Diane Miller editorial changes. Writers must make a reasonable effort to Patrick Mackin respond to and be available to editors to confer about their arti- PLASTIC S cles. If there is no response after a reasonable effort to contact What plastics do we accept? Photographers: Patrick Mackin the writer, an editor, at her or his discretion, may make editorial Until further notice: changes to a submission without conferring with the writer. Traffic Manager: Barbara Knight • #1 and #6 type non-bottle shaped contain- L Preproduction: Andrew Rathbun Submissions on Paper: Typed or very legibly handwritten and ers, transparent only, labels ok placed in the wallpocket labeled "Editor" on the second floor at the Sura Wagman base of the ramp. • Plastic film and bubble wrap, transparent only, no colored or opaque, no labels I Photoshop: Steve Farnsworth Digital Submissions: We welcome digital submissions. Drop #5 disks in the wallpocket described above. The email address for • plastic cups, tubs, and specifically Art Director (production): Lauren Dong submissions is [email protected]. Receipt of your marked caps and lids, very clean and dry submissions will be acknowledged on the deadline day. (discard any with paper labels, or cut off) N Desktop Publishing: David Mandl Classified & Display Ads: Ads may only be placed by and on behalf •NOTE: We are no longer accepting Dana Rouse #2 #4 of Coop members. Classified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, or type plastics. Joe Banish business card ads at $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” PLASTIC MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAN & DRY G category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form Editor (production): Lynn Goodman (available in a wallpocket on the first floor near the elevator). Classi- We close up promptly. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the Puzzle Master: James Vasile fied ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads must collection end time to allow for inspection and be camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5"). sorting of your plastic. Index: Len Neufeld Printed by: New Media Printing, Bethpage, NY.

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dec 3 dec 7 fri 7:30 pm Film Night: Reporter tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting Reporter, a 2009 Sundance Film Festival selection executive- The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the

produced by Ben Affleck, is a feature documentary about agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning columnist committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. for The New York Times, who almost single-handedly put the cri- Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda sis in Darfur on the world map. Now he wants to do the same for Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission Congo, a humanitarian disaster zone where 5.4 million have died Form, both available from the Membership Office. The next General Meeting will be in the last decade as a result of the unceasing warfare over territory, resources and tribal held on Tuesday, December 28, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield hatred. He journeys through ravaged villages and displacement camps, and makes a har- Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. rowing visit to Congo’s reigning rebel warlord, General Nkunda, at his jungle hideout. Filmmaker and Coop member Eric Daniel Metzgar is an award-winning documentarian. dec 10 fri 7:30 pm Dream Workshop dec 4 Food Drive to Benefit CAMBA’s This workshop will provide you with ideas to understand dreams and their guiding sat 11 am – 4 pm intention in a deeper way. Drawing from the analytical psychology of C.G. Jung, we will Annual Holiday Collection look at dreams both chosen by the presenter as well as dreams of participants, if wished. We will also discuss the idea of the unconscious: “Container of the repressed?” Members of the Park Slope Food Coop are encouraged to donate food to CAMBA’s “Voice of the other side of self?” or “Inner wisdom?” Coop member Frauke Glaubitz, Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry. CAMBA is a nonprofit agency that has been MD, ADTR, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Manhattan and Brooklyn. providing services that connect people with opportunities to enhance their quality of life, since 1977. CAMBA serves more than 35,000 individuals and families, including 8,000 youth, each year, from more than 50 locations in New York City, mainly in dec 14 Safe Food Committee Film Night: Brooklyn, including more than 15 school-based programs. Consider contributing non- tue 7:30 pm perishable foods and commercially packaged foods; canned fish; canned fruits and veg- King Corn etables; pasta sauce; pasta; pre-packaged rice; pre-packaged beans; canned beans; Behind America’s hamburgers and sodas is an ingredient that canned soups; Parmalat milk; dry milk; peanut butter; cooking oil; or boxed raisins. fuels our fast-food nation: corn. In King Corn, college gradu- Give donations to the collection table outside the Coop. ates Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis head to Iowa to grow an acre of the nation’s most powerful crop. By summer, their farm is thriving. Ian and Curt are troubled by how corn is helping to make fast food cheap and consumers sick. But it also lets consumers have fast food at dec 4 Effective Tools for Rapid low prices. As Ian and Curt return to Iowa they realize their acre of land shouldn’t be sat 12 pm Personal Transformation planted in corn again—if they can help it. Want to move on — away from old emotional baggage to new, joyous ways of living? If you are open to transforming your old patterns, stress, hopelessness, anxiety, fear and dec 17 more, it can be done. And it’s easy and fun! The body is like a magnet, and when these fri 8 pm David Roche and Louis Rosen experiences are in cellular memory, the body attracts the same experiences. Doctors and other professionals have used these techniques for daily stresses, eating disorders, rob- David Roche is a singer/songwriter bery, rape and emotions such as anger, anxiety, fear and others. These remembrances from a family of famous singer/song- can destroy the quality of life if not cleared. This unique, life changing technology will writers. (The Roches are his sisters.) be demonstrated. Susan March and Marija Santo are Geotran practitioners. His most recent album of original material is Harp Trouble In Heaven. David Kumin will play bass and Michael Graves will play cajone. Louis Rosen is a multi-award winning songwriter, guitarist and pianist best dec 4 known for his recent recordings and performances with the Banish the Holiday Blues jazz/pop vocalist and Broadway musical actress, Capathia sat 3 pm Jenkins. He will preview selections from his latest song cycle, the folk-based Time Was. Accomplished Broadway actress and The winter holidays can be a stressful time. Learn a grassroots, peer-based process fellow Coop member Charlotte Maier (vocals) has promised to based on listening that empowers you to release difficult feelings, whether they are sit in. Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical rooted in childhood experiences or in internalized oppressions. This workshop will teach Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd St.) • $10 • doors the basics; you can then practice them in your own life. Coop member Jennifer Joy open at 7:45. The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musi- Pawlitschek has co-counseled for 20 years and is currently the NYC Co-Counseling cal fundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. International teacher and leader. To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741.

dec 4 Small Business dec 18 Bowenwork sat 6 pm sat 2 pm ® Marketing Success Bowenwork is a unique, holistic bodywork that stimulates the body’s own healing If you are a small-business owner and would like to grow your customer base, increase response. Gentle moves across muscle and connective tissue send signals to the body the average amount a customer spends per visit and increase the number of times a to relax and move toward balance. There will be a demonstration. Moraima Suarez is a ® customer visits and buys again, then this workshop is for you. Coop member Rene Coop member, certified Holoenergetic® healing practitioner, certified Bowenwork thera- Brinkley is a small-business marketing consultant with expertise in marketing and pist and Reiki practitioner. She has studied and practiced the healing arts for more media strategies. than 20 years and has her healing practice in the Park Slope vicinity. 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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dec 18 The Body Electric: Control the jan 6 Food Class: Easy Indian sat 5 pm Electricity Around Your Body thu 7:30 pm Alia Dalal will prepare some of her favorite Indian home and This lecture and hands-on tai chi workshop, given by Dino Blanche, discusses how restaurant dishes. She will discuss classic techniques and ingredi- stress is behind the initiation, exacerbation and maintenance of most killer diseases. ents for easily creating a flavorful Indian feast at home. Dalal is Stress is an electrical current. Every thought has electricity with enough current to Susan Baldassano, Coordinator completing her formal culinary studies at the Natural Gourmet either heal or destroy us. Now, new Western scientific research supports the body’s abil- Institute for Health and Culinary Arts. Favoring healthy, vibrant vegetarian cuisine, her culi- ity to heal itself and the promise of a “new” electro-medicine. nary tastes are particularly informed by her Indian and Pakistani heritage. Dalal does cooking demonstrations at the Tompkins Square Greenmarket in Manhattan, and in October 2010, she was named Healthy Cook of the Year by Cooking Light magazine. Menu includes sweet tomato and coconut dal; saffron and pea basmati rice; cilantro chutney; baingan dec 19 bhartha (spicy eggplant puree); and dalal family masala chai. Materials fee: $4. sun 7 – 10 pm Winterfest Pub Night Sing-Along Join the Fun Committee and the Folk Music Society of New York at Bar jan 7 4. Attendees are encouraged to sing/jam together or simply just listen. fri 7 pm Film Night: The House of Suh Enjoy the friendly, pub atmosphere and warm up with hot toddies, One of Chicago’s most famous murder cases surrounded sister spiked apple cider and hot buttered rum all for sale at the bar. and brother Catherine and Andrew Suh, first-generation Nonmembers welcome. No entrance fee. Come and meet new friends Korean Americans, who conspired against, shot and killed and old! Event takes place at Bar 4, 444 Seventh Ave. (between 15th and Catherine’s former boyfriend. Over a decade later, director Iris 16th Sts.), 718-832-9800. Directions by subway: F train to Seventh Ave. station in Shim revisits the case and opens a Pandora’s box of family Brooklyn (at 9th St.). Walk south up Seventh Ave. Bar 4 is between 15th and 16th Sts. secrets that reveals the murder to be anything but black and on the west side of the street. white. What emerges in The House of Suh is a riveting and tragic portrait of a troubled family, which sheds light on the psychological complexity of cultural assimilation. To book a Film Night, contact Faye Lederman, [email protected]. Auditions for dec 28 PSFC DEC General Meeting jan 8 & jan 16 tue 7 pm sat 10-1 & sun 12-2 Coop Kids’ Variety Show Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to Auditions for Coop members ages 4-18. You must audition to be in the place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of show, which will be held Saturday, March 13, 7:00 p.m., at the Old the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes First Church. A polished act is not required for the audition; we can and the status of pending agenda items are available in the help you polish it. Singers and other musicians, poets, jugglers, stand- Coop office. Meeting location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield up comics, rappers, dancers, magicians, gymnasts, etc. (no lip-syncing Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. please). We look forward to hearing from you! To reserve an audition spot, contact Martha Siegel at 718-965-3916 or [email protected].

jan 4 jan 8 tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting sat 3:30 pm Eat Well, Be Well in 2011 The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the Make a fresh start for the new year. Learn how to nourish your body to feel great. This

agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with workshop will teach the basic principles of a balanced, sustainable diet and strategies committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. that will leave you vitalized and energetic. No gimics, no fads, no deprivation! Eat with Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda pleasure, love food and find out how to use food to be healthy, so you can lead a fulfill- Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission ing and inspiring life. Laura Stadler, MS, RD, has been a Coop member since 2006. Form, both available from the Membership Office. The next General Meeting will be She is a registered dietitian and has a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. She worked in clin- held on Tuesday, January 25, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield ical research at Columbia for three years, authored a chapter in a women’s health text- Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. book and has a private practice for nutrition counseling.

jan 8 Naeemah’s Knitting Circle jan 15 Social and Emotional Intelligence

jan 9 Pilates 101 jan 15 Diversity Awareness Initiative Series

jan 11 Safe Food Committee Film Night jan 20-22 Blood Drive

jan 14 Meet Your Mind jan 21 The Very Good Coffeehouse Coop Concert Series

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