OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Established 1973

Volume KK, Number 5 March 3, 2016 The Coop’s Top Sellers The Power of Art and By Ed Levy Healing: A Creative ave you ever won- Hdered what the Center for People Facing top-selling items are in the Coop? Right Life-Changing Illness now, before it’s time to inch your cart forward, By Frank Haberle ic illnesses regardless of age, which do you think they edicine cures the gender or financial status. are? ….Times up, the “Mbody, but art heals line is moving again! the spirit.” Founded on this Immersion in the Did you include dried belief in 1994 by cancer survi- Creative Process mango slices and sea- vor Robin Glazer, The Creative Over the past few years, weed snacks? Neither Center at University Settle- PSFC members have become did I—but data doesn’t ment has grown from humble deeply involved in TCC. Marna lie. Along with kombu- origins, as a grassroots oper- Chester, a native New Yorker cha and toilet paper, ation sending artists to pro- and Coop member since 2004, they’re among the 20 ILLUSTRATION BY LYNN BERNSTEIN vide free artwork for women is TCC’s Assistant Director, items on a list of high- with cancer. Today, The Cre- coordinating a multitude of est sales per unit, com- ative Center (TCC) brings a TCC offerings ranging from piled from the first six wide range of arts programs ongoing arts workshops such weeks of 2016. to people living with cancer as photography, painting, Two products you and other chronic illnesses. memoir writing, dance and probably guessed cor- TCC now offers hospital art- sculpture; a program placing rectly are milk and ist-in-residence programs in artists-in-residence in hos- eggs. Actually, various more than 20 healthcare sites pitals where they work with brands of these items around the New York metro- patients at their bedsides occupy five of the top politan area, free-of-charge and in waiting areas; the Cre- 20 spots. Eddie Rosen- art workshops every day of ative Aging Training Institute thal, buyer for milk, the week, an online gallery for artists, administrators eggs and juice, told representing professional and healthcare workers; and the Gazette that he fig- artists living with illness, and an on-line gallery. “All of our ures out how much to a training program bringing programs are intended to buy of these big sellers TCC’s proven approach to absorb people into the pres- based on the season, arts in healthcare around the ent moment and to immerse weather, membership two percent, driving those on sales for the week of Jan- country. Led by professional them in the creative pro- size, stats from previous numbers up dramatically— uary 10). Whole chickens and artists, workshops in writing, cess,” Marna says. “While art weeks and last year’s sales. not because people want chicken parts are second, visual and performing arts are is inherently therapeutic, we But it’s never a simple cal- those products, but because tenth, eleventh and twelfth free and available to people want people to focus on fun culation, he says. For exam- they couldn’t find the vari- on the top 20, with Murray’s with cancer and other chron- CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 ple, a sudden spike in any ety they did want. boneless breasts, a thou- given product may be due sand pounds a week, occu- Next General Meeting on March 29 to a recipe that ran in Edi- Chicken Sales Are Huge! pying the position of second The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on ble magazine last month. A For almost half of the best-selling (non-produce) the last Tuesday of each month. The March General Meeting jump may also be caused by items on the top 20 list we item in the store. Altogether, will be on Tuesday, March 29, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Francis Xavi- “a cross-product” spike in owe our thanks, or maybe we eat about 2,000 chickens er School, 763 President St., between Sixth and Sev- sales. This happens when, our apologies, to the chick- weekly. enth Aves. say, half-gallon of one brand en. Eggs rank third, sixth, The responsibility for keep- The agenda is in this Gazette, on the Coop website at of whole milk sells out, and ninth, and fifteenth. That’s a ing a steady supply of this www.foodcoop.com and available as a flier in the entryway shoppers switch temporari- lot of eggs—4,991 cartons, or huge amount of chicken we of the Coop. For more information about the GM and about ly to quarts, nonorganic, or 59,892 eggs per week (based CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Coop governance, please see the center of this issue.

Thu, Mar 3 • Food Class: Exploring Chickpeas & Spices IN THIS ISSUE In Indian Cuisine 7:30 p.m. Coordinator’s Corner: A Drop in Wholesale Pricing . . . . .2 Fri, Mar 4 • Film Night: Mavis! 7:00 p.m. A Conversation with Carl Arnold ...... 3 Coop Coordinator’s Corner: The Power of the Board of Directors . .4 Sat, Mar 5 • Coop Kids’ Variety Show Safe Food Committee Report ...... 6 Event at Old First Church 5:00 p.m. Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement . . 9 Tue, Mar 8 • Safe Food Committee Film Night: Calendar of Events ...... 10 Highlights Food Chains 7:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor ...... 12 Classifieds, Community Calendar ...... 14 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Exciting Workslot Opportunities ...... 15 International Trade Education Squad Report, Thank You . .16

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Top Sellers CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 eat belongs to meat buyer Heather Rubi. A main sup- plier is Murray’s, but as she explained it, it’s not the mom- and-pop operation it sounds like. Murray’s is in South Fallsburg, New York, but if you have ever been to South Fallsburg, you know that there

are a lot of bungalow colo- ILLUSTRATIONS BY LYNN BERNSTEIN nies, ashrams, golf courses and abandoned hotels. You just don’t see all that many chicken coops! That’s because Murray’s sends chicks to be from other items, according and organic. At 40 lbs. per raised in “foster farms,” some to General Coordinator Joe case, that’s 12,000 pounds a few hundred miles away in Szladek and Receiving Coor- of apples a week. The store Amish Pennsylvania. Mur- dinator and Produce Buyer is selling about 290 cases of ray’s also sends them feed to Ana Gallo, so our produce bananas a week, or 11,600 raise them. And when they’re list of top sellers is also dif- pounds, and 180 cases of mature, they pick up them and ferent. It’s about what you broccoli; at 14 bunches per bring them back to be slaugh- would expect, though, with case, that’s 2,520 bunches tered. Although Murray’s is ers. Right now, in the winter Produce apples, oranges, bananas, of broccoli per week—which the most popular, Heather months, demand for stewing Weary of reading about all broccoli and spinach in the means there are a lot of pro- supplements with other sup- and braising meats is high, so this carnage, you ask, “But top five. Currently, we sell testing kids out there. Other pliers, including Bell & Evans, she will purchase beef from as what about produce?” Pro- about 302 cases per week of big sellers right now are Snowdance and D’Artagnan. far away as New England. duce is tracked separately all apples, minimally treated clementines (960 cases the week we spoke to Ana) and Maybe More Than You one-pound organic spinach Wanted to Know The Coop's Top 20 bags (660 bags per week). Members are also con- Shelf Price in $ Weekly Sales suming a lot of ground beef, Rank Description Size (as of 2/22/16) Per Week in $ And the Blue Ribbon in fact, a thousand pounds 1 Bagels (all) Ea $0.66 3,516 $2,320.56 Goes to….. of it per week. Here’s an 2 Murray's Boneless Breast non-­‐gmo lb. $6.64 1,073 $7,124.72 And the overall top sell- astounding fact: The Coop 3 Grindstone Eggs Pasture-­‐raised Dozen $4.26 1,022 $4,353.72 er? The #1 spot goes to that literally buys two cows sine qua non of the urban 4 Croissant plain Ea $1.41 928 $1,308.48 per week, currently paying breakfast, the iconic, inex- approximately $3,000 per 5 Natural By Nature Milk whole organic 64 oz $4.84 925 $4,477.00 pensive yet satisfying, ver- cow (it varies based on hang- 6 Alderfer Eggs Omega large Dozen $2.89 908 $2,624.12 satile circle of boiled dough weight—see below). Most 7 Canada rolled oats organic lb. $1.07 893 $955.51 surrounding an empty of the beef product on the 8 Croissant chocolate Ea $1.71 868 $1,484.28 space—yes, the bagel. It is shelves at any given time— 9 Nature's Yoke Eggs brown organic Dozen $3.99 819 $3,267.81 a much-beloved baked good steaks, soup bones, ground 10 Murray's Boneless Thighs non-­‐gmo lb. $4.26 707 $3,011.82 that, according to Wikipe- beef and the other cuts— 11 Murray's Chicken Thighs non-­‐gmo lb. $2.90 659 $1,911.10 dia, was not created in the comes from these two cows. shape of a stirrup (as many Heather explained how a 12 Murray's Whole Chicken non-­‐gmo lb. $2.71 619 $1,677.49 people apparently think, single cow breaks down: The 13 GTS Kombucha Raw Gingerade organic 16 oz $2.56 618 $1,582.08 although I haven’t met any so-called hang weight of 14 Mango Mexico slices organic lb. $9.10 605 $5,505.50 of them) to commemorate each cow, after it has been 15 Alderfer Eggs white Large organic Dozen $3.82 577 $2,204.14 the victory of Poland’s King skinned and eviscerated, 16 Scone, various Ea $1.72 565 $971.80 John III Sobieski over the and the head is removed, is 17 Field Day Toilet Paper 1-­‐ply single 1 roll $0.64 530 $339.20 Ottoman Turks in the Battle about 750 pounds. Out of 18 GTS Kombucha Synergy Trilogy organic 16 oz $2.56 511 $1,308.16 of Vienna in the 17th cen- that 750 pounds, the Coop tury. The Coop sells 3,000 19 Gimme Seaweed Snack sea salt organic .35 oz $1.51 495 $747.45 receives, cryo-vac’d, on a bagels per week, or one 20 Oliver's Pastured Br Egg 6pak organic6pak $2.84 494 $1,402.96 pallet: every 1.99 minutes. n * Ranked by number of units sold, based on data from the first six weeks of 2016. 100 lbs. bones COORDINATOR’S CORNER 18 lbs. of brisket 20 lbs. of ribeye 20 lbs. of chuck nators have been working to 3 lbs. each of flank & flat A Drop in Wholesale Pricing for the PSFC secure lower wholesale pric- iron By Joe Szladek, power with UNFI and have dry goods, yogurt and frozen ing—without compromising 230 lbs. of ground beef General Coordinator seen our wholesale prices items—in addition to some quality—since our inception. 1 hanger steak n October 1, 2015, the Park on products we receive from bulk items. A box of cereal This latest price change is 40 lbs. kabab OSlope Food Coop officially them drop by 2%. Therefore, that used to cost our mem- just one small step towards 20 lbs. minute steak (thin joined the National Coopera- our members will see many bers $4.04 will now be $3.96. A lower pricing in a long series sliced for quick sandwiches) tive Grocers (NCG) and on Feb- prices on our shelves fall by yogurt that you may have seen of steps stretching back over 18 lbs. of NY strip ruary 1 of this year, we began 2% as well. NCG, a “Coop of for $1.91 will now cost $1.87. 40 years. We’re hopeful that 14 lbs. organ meat receiving better wholesale Coops,” is an organization While these price changes as NCG continues to grow, so 1 oxtail pricing from our largest dis- of 143 food coops operating may not seem so significant to will our collective purchasing 12 lbs. short ribs tributor, United Natural Foods 195 stores in 38 states whose some, for others we do know power, and so will our ability 15 lbs. sirloin steak (UNFI), as a result. stores have combined annual that every penny counts. We to get even lower wholesale 4 skirt steaks By becoming a member sales of over $1.7 billion and also know that other grocery prices for our members in 7 lbs. tenderloin of NCG and joining other comprise over 1.3 million stores and online food retail- the future. 1 tongue coops around the country consumer-owners. ers are making similar efforts Our joining NCG was the that are practicing cooper- UNFI is our largest suppli- to lower the retail cost of food result of a discussion and Heather also fills in where ation among cooperatives, er of grocery products—that in an increasingly competitive vote at the August 2015 Gen- needed from other suppli- we increased our purchasing includes a majority of our space. The Coop’s Coordi- eral Meeting. n

Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY March 3, 2016 3 A Conversation with Carl Arnold: A Long-Range View of Coop Controversies By Alison Rose Levy BDS issue back at the 2012 at in order to address this con- arl Arnold has been on the big meeting at Brooklyn troversy, rather than use the the Chair Committee Tech. But we did not. The anti- democratic process by put- Cfor so long, he can’t remem- BDS people regarded the vote ting the BDS issue to a vote ber exactly what year he first not to have the referendum by the membership. joined that committee, slight- as deciding the BDS issue. It ARL: Aren’t there legiti- ly over two decades ago. But didn’t, it decided whether or mate fears of division, even he does know how long he’s not the referendum was to of legal reprisals by powerful been a Coop member—since be held. What it did was put organized groups who seek to December 1984. And from a monkey wrench into the characterize criticism as hate that long-range perspective, wheels of democracy. If the speech and who might sue he reflects on the evolution of referendum had taken place, the Coop? Coop governance, in response we would not have had the CA: If such groups were to controversies, in conversa- last four years of contention to come after the Coop, why tion with Linewaiters’ Gazette because it would have been not say, “We are getting in reporter Alison Rose Levy. decided one way or another. touch with the ACLU and

ARL: What were the early PHOTOS BY ROD MORRISON The vote at the Brook- the Brennan Center and years like? In the early years there wasn’t regular attendance at lyn Tech meeting was 60-40. get some legal guns on our CA: There wasn’t regular General Meetings. Participation and the decision-making So was the recent vote to side?” Why should we be attendance at General Meet- process evolved together over time. require a super-majority of intimidated for exercising ings. Participation and the the democratic process and decision-making process improve. It took approximate- free speech rights? evolved together over time. ly five years to change the ARL: The Coop is a fragile Around 1990, there was a atmosphere so that the GM container for this interna- crisis among the coordina- would be civil with an agenda tional conflict and perhaps tors, and more people began that we would get through. it’s not the appropriate place coming to the meeting over I was not on the Chair Com- for deciding this. I can under- a period of many months to mittee at first. A number of stand the hope to stand on address that. Ultimately, a people on the first Chair Com- principle in a democratic very well-liked coordinator mittee created a template for local organization. But is it an quit, and in response, an ad how to run a meeting. And unreasonable burden to hold hoc committee was formed when some of the early mem- to that ideal? to improve Coop governance. bers dropped off the Commit- CA: If we don’t stand for They met for over a year. tee, I joined. There were just what we believe in, it will be ARL: What were GM’s like two members of the Chair taken from us. The Coop was back then? Committee, and a few more founded on certain princi- CA: They were chaotic— joined and it built up to what ples of democracy in the food and vituperative and vicious. it is now. The Coop was founded on certain principles of democracy industry and in our organiza- There was no sense of deco- ARL: What did all of that in the cooperative movement. tion. If we don’t retain that, rum or etiquette and very lit- put into place? that is a greater threat to tle got done. Over a period CA: One well-established ed way broken last April by 75% to institute a boycott. democracy. of two to three years, it was outcome of this extended the anti-BDS people who That represents a change in If the 2012 referendum had about working things out. process is that the General highjacked the meeting for Coop bylaws. Had there been been respected and had taken A meeting would begin Meeting is and always has three-quarters of an hour. a referendum, the anti-BDS place, we would be in much with someone saying, “Alright, been a member’s meeting That stopped the process. group might have won, and better shape now. Democra- who wants the chair?” And where the members jointly And I am concerned that it would have removed the cy internally and externally is it would take ten to 15 min- decide on key matters. Once the process itself could be need for this broad-sweep- the cure I think. And that is a utes and finally someone when one of the Board of undermined by these recent ing boycott. But the anti-BDS greater threat to the viabili- finally would volunteer. Next, Directors voted against the developments. Because of group didn’t let it happen ty of the Coop than anything someone would say, “Alright, advice of the membership it the deeply emotional issues, I back in 2012. So there is a that BDS might threaten. what should we have on the prompted a special meeting think that democracy is being real issue of democracy here. I am concerned that the agenda?” The agenda would of membership. disrespected. That’s what’s at stake. And Board and others seeking take an hour to work out. Recently, at a Gener- ARL: How so? that is why I am also trou- to change policy because of Argumentative is putting it al Meeting, Joe Holtz said CA: The primacy of the bled to hear an implied shift one issue rather than chang- politely. If someone came that technically the Board advice of the membership from the membership meet- ing policy because of a prin- to a general meeting often makes the decision so the has been trumpeted by the ing being characterized as a ciple. That is bad policy and they would not come again. advice of the membership coordinators and by every board of director’s meeting— a huge mistake. n For those who came, it was is only advice. That shifts candidate to the board for self-flagellation. Or wanting the emphasis away from the years—since 1995 when three to see things improve. membership to the Board. directors voted against the Thank You, Members ARL: From amorphous, It’s unprecedented and con- advice of the membership By Elinoar Astrinsky, General Coordinator poorly planned, disputatious, cerns me. (on purchasing one of the how did the Coop governance ARL: The shift you describe three buildings.) Since then, hearty THANK YOU to Food Coop process evolve? comes recently as a response respecting the advice of the A members John Kearney, Deike CA: We came up with sev- to the current protracted con- membership has been the eral proposals. The ad hoc troversy between the BDS core of Coop democracy— Benjoya, Jeremy Pollet and all the committee came up with sev- and anti-BDS members. How how Coop decision making many others who took action to lessen eral proposals to establish would you contrast the past works. And I think it’s vital to the impact of a freak accident at the the Chair and the Agenda with the current contention? take a close look at how this committees. The proposals CA: The contention then has come about. Coop’s doorstep on Sunday, February 21. to form these committees was due to a lack of struc- ARL: How, in your view, did The willingness to help each other was were put to the GM, and ture, process, and civility and that happen? were passed and established now we have it—until quite CA: We would have had a impressive and much appreciated. and slowly things began to recently. The civility was in better outcome had we actu- Thank you! change. And things started to a completely unprecedent- ally had a referendum on the

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COORDINATOR’S CORNER

required. The Board can 4. Except as otherwise pro- The Power of the Board of Directors and vote on something after vided, all matters shall be hearing advice from mem- decided by a majority vote of How Democracy in the Coop Functions bers at the General Meet- those present and voting. By Joe Holtz, General Coordinator ARTICLE VI of the the General Meeting por- ing even if no vote is taken Comment H) The advice am writing this because Bylaws: MEETINGS tion of the Board meet- by the members present part of the Board Meeting I within the last year there 1. The annual meeting of ings and by allowing the at the General Meeting. known as the General Meet- have been several miscon- the membership of the corpo- Chair Committee to chair In practice the Board has ing has its own rules that ceptions expressed in the ration shall be held on such the General Meetings. The never chosen to decide a are not affected by these Gazette and at our General day in the month of June as portion of the Board of Direc- matter without advice from Bylaws. The Bylaws refer to Meetings about the under- the directors shall fix. tors meeting that is devoted the members as expressed majority votes both by the pinnings of our system of 2. The Board of Directors to receiving the advice of the by a vote but the Board is Board or votes at the Annu- democracy. We incorporat- shall meet at least ten times members shall be known as allowed to do so. al Meeting or other “meet- ed in 1977 for the purpose each year on such dates as the General Meeting and is Comment F) From time ings of the membership”. of limiting the potential it shall appoint and at such not in any way intended to be to time the Board has The Board would not be liability of each individual other times as it, by resolu- one of the “meetings of the approved the advice of required to have 75% of the member. We did not incor- tion, shall fix. The member- membership” that is referred members in regard to rules directors vote to approve porate in order to change ship shall be given notice of to elsewhere in these Bylaws. for how the General Meeting a boycott. Only a majority away from our “town meet- each such meeting prior to Comment C) This makes advice portion of the Board would be needed. Howev- ing” form of governance that such meeting. The directors it clear that General Meet- meeting will be adminis- er the Board has voted that began in 1973. Our attorney, shall inform those mem- ings should not be confused tered. These rules can be they will consider member- then Thursday night squad bers who shall be present of with the “meetings of the found on our website. The ship votes on Boycotts only leader Len Goodwin, came the nature of the business membership” that are ref- Board has never ceded its to be favorable advice if up with the idea of both to come before the directors ereed to in section 3 below. authority to decide matters. that advice has the support obeying the NYS law that and receive the advice of the Every year except one we Comment G) Some mem- of 75% of the members. All requires corporations to members on such matters. have had a “meeting of the bers think that the Board votes shall be cast in person put tremendous power in Comment A) The Mem- membership” and that is the is a “rubber stamp”. How- and no proxy voting shall the hands of Board of Direc- bership must be given Annual Meeting. 1997 was ever in 1996 the Board did be permitted, except at and tors and at the same time notice of the meeting but the only year that an addi- decide to go against the only at annual meetings insuring an ongoing role for not necessarily of the agen- tional “meeting of the mem- General Meeting advice. provided, however, that the our monthly General Meet- da. This leaves open the bership” was held. The advice vote was 55 in Board may, by majority vote, ings. I have interspersed my possibility that something Comment D) Please note favor of a proposal to 26 direct that a mail ballot be comments in bold ink with could arise at the meeting the element of informali- against. The Board did not taken on any matter. relevant parts of the Bylaws. that needs to be addressed ty described in the bylaws agree and proposal failed Comment I) A mail bal- The entire Bylaws can be even if it was not on the in regard to the General by a vote of 3 against the lot has commonly been found at foodcoop.com. published agenda. Meeting indicated by the proposal to 2 in favor. In referred to in the Coop as Also I recommend reading Comment B) Our direc- phrase “shall be known as”. general it is fair to say that a referendum. The Board the document “The GM and tors have chosen to accom- The members who gather to the Board has used its busi- after receiving the advice of the Board of Directors” writ- plish the requirement give advice to the directors ness judgment in a man- the members in the General ten by Coop attorneys also of receiving advice from may choose to vote in order ner that has shown great Meeting part of their meeting available on foodcoop.com the members by electing to express their support or respect for the advice from can authorize a mail ballot. in the General Meeting sec- the Agenda Committee to opposition for any of the the members. After the ballot is tallied the tion of Member Information. schedule agenda items for issues that have come before 3. A quorum for all meet- Board then votes at a future the meeting. ings of the directors shall be General Meeting on whether Comment E) This further one-third of the directors. A or not to accept the advice of denotes the informality of quorum for all meetings of the members as expressed the General Meeting in that the membership, including by the ballot. Mail ballots or the voting that takes place the annual meeting, shall be referendums have been very by the members during the 100 members of such body. rare in recent years. General Meeting portion of Each member is entitled to 5. Except as otherwise the Board meeting is not one vote. provided, all parliamentary matters shall be governed by Roberts Rules of Order.

Are you looking for a more meaningful way to gain Coop work credit? Are you ARTICLE IX section 1. interested in issues of diversity within the Coop? Do you have experience in conflict resolution and using mediation to resolve disputes? If you answered Of the Bylaws: “yes” to any of these questions, we should talk to you about joining the COOP OPERATION Diversity and Equality Committee (DEC). You must have at least six months of membership with 1. Except as otherwise pro- The DEC seeks to create a more welcoming place for all members. We excellent attendance to be eligible. vided herein, the adminis- address diversity, bias, and discrimination at the Coop through a number of tration and operation of the activities including training, awareness-raising initiatives, bias-complaint Coop shall be vested in the investigations, and special events that aim to build community among Coop Saturdays and directors. The directors may, members. We are currently looking for new members. Sundays by resolution, adopt rules You are encouraged to contact us if you are a member who has: and regulations covering • Been in good standing for at least one year April 2 through operation of the Coop, includ- • An interest/experience in diversity issues November 20 ing, without limitation, work requirements for members, • Good interpersonal skills 12:30 - 3:15 p.m. accounting and bookkeeping • The ability to follow through on tasks independently 3:00 - 5:45 p.m. procedures, and disciplinary We have monthly meetings as a group, but also have additional actions against members, subcommittee/project work that requires more time than a typical work shift. 5:30 - 8:15 p.m. rules and regulations con- You can bank any additional time worked as FTOP credit for the future. Members cerning the admission of with mediation skills can join us as FTOP members and participate as needed. Contact the members, and concerning We welcome members of all ethnicities, nationalities, races, religion and any other matters they deem sexual orientation. Membership appropriate. Interested? Please contact Jasmina Nikolov ([email protected]) or Office to sign up. Comment J) In keeping Maitefa Angaza ([email protected]). with NYS Law, the Board has substantial authority. n

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Power of Art loved ones cannot imagine my death. I can’t help but see CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 it. While support groups and and joy, rather than illness counseling are helpful, tap- and the anxiety that is often ping into my creative side, and associated with a diagnosis.” seeing that same process and Of the program’s partici- outputs in others, was one of pants, Marna says, “some of key things that helped me put our participants have been my own thoughts and fears through treatment and have into place. And it’s always since been coming to us for there. I am very grateful to 20 years, while others are have found TCC.” n currently in treatment and

new to us. We find that often ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEBORAH TINT If you would like to learn more a cancer diagnosis becomes about The Creative Center at the catalyst for people to cancer, it was such a relief. than the cancer, yet the shared mind: to deliver high-quality, University Settlement and how pursue an interest they’ve The environment established experience is quietly there. healthy food at reasonable to become involved, please visit always had but never before by all my instructors is always “There is such creativity in costs to our community. In www.thecreativecenter.org/tcc/ gave themselves permission one of support, respect and all of us. I have always appre- both cases we are all brought to explore. People come to encouragement.” ciated art, museums, books, together—we are trying to us, sometimes with very lit- Tammy took painting, concerts, public radio, even improve quality of life and From the tle experience in art-making, ceramics and dance classes TV. I can even see creativi- make it accessible to all peo- and they really flourish in before she landed in her cur- ty in most occupations. But ple regardless of race, age or Outside In their creativity. Sometimes rent writing class. “I remember spending time doing art for class.” By Tammy Burgess people come to us identified my first writing class. I was art’s sake, made me realize Tammy is also grateful with their cancer and, over freaked out by the direction: how much we give up when for the support she received Brush to canvas time, they begin to identi- ‘write now, by hand, and then we limit ourselves to the role from the Coop community, Hands shaping clay fy instead, as an artist. This read aloud.’ Nuts! My hand of art consumer.” including the concern she felt transformation is a privilege writing is a mess, illegible during her leave of absence. Fingers guiding pen to watch.” even by me, and I never liked A Community of Caring “When my leave was ending, Body in movement reading out loud. But there I Marna sees many parallels I received a supportive and Walking a Tight Rope was, everyone bent over their between the TCC and PSFC thoughtful letter from the Pushing out against Without a Net paper, so I put my pen to communities. “TCC consists Coop. And on my squad (sec- Tammy Burgess, a longtime paper and started writing. And of artists, educators, admin- ond floor monitor) I have been the shell Brooklyn resident and a Coop I was hooked! istrators and community lucky to have such great part- Directing fire member for the past seven “I continue with writing partners who are passionate ners to work with. They are all Breaking free years, discovered TCC after a class for the listening as much about serving our participants as caring as they are interest- Quieting the mind 2013 diagnosis that led to sur- as the writing. My classmates and feel fortunate to have an ing, and all have creative lives gery, chemotherapy and what are mind blowing. Just to wit- opportunity to enrich people’s as teachers, knitters, musi- Feeding the heart she describes as “running an ness what people can come lives. We work together to add cians and cooks.” uphill obstacle course with up with in such a short time, value to people’s lives and are For Tammy, the TCC group What is unknown is no time to look at what had is inspiring. Each class is an part of a larger system that is continues to play an integral discovered passed or what was coming.” eclectic mix of people. Can- working to do the same. The role. “There are few avenues During post-surgical chemo cer is not the focus. I think Coop is the same—behind the in our society where we can What is discovered she attended an Ovarian Can- that’s why it worked for me; I scenes there are vendors and share our fears about dying becomes unknown cer Survivors course where she needed to be something other buyers with a specific ideal in and death,” she says. “My picked up a brochure for TCC. At the time, she still had “gal- lons of chemo to get through” while maintaining her busy o job as Assistant Director of Brooklyn Workforce Innova- Sudoku is a puzzle. You are presented with a 9x9 grid of tions (a job training nonprof- squares, and that grid is divided into 3x3 zones. it). “Cancer treatment is like You solve the puzzle by filling the empty squares with walking a tightrope without a single-digit numbers so that every zone, column and row The Orientation Committee is looking for Coop members who have a net. Work, family, friends and uses each of the numbers from 1 to 9. Netflix got me through.” group-teaching and/or training background to lead Orientation sessions. After treatment, Tammy 9 Potential candidates should be articulate, well-organized, and able to present still found herself struggling a large amount of information in a personable and accessible way to a diverse to get well, both physically group in a short period of time. and emotionally. “I definite- 7 5 ly had a sense of relief, but You will lead sessions every six weeks, and on the week midway between I wasn’t as strong as I would sessions, must be available as backup for emergency coverage. Regular slots have hoped or that my friends 6 2 8 1 3 are on Sunday afternoons, Monday evenings, or Wednesday mornings. You were experiencing. So I start- must have at least two years of Coop membership and an excellent attendance ed trying new things. Signing 7 history to be considered for the Orientation Committee. up for a TCC class was easy. I took an art class first, land- There is an initial group interview for this committee, and after which, if scape painting in different 2 8 4 1 you are chosen, there are three trainings for workslot credit. An annual media. I hadn’t been in an art meeting of the Orientation Committee is part of the work class since high school. I have 8 7 4 6 requirement. We seek Orientation leaders who reflect the been crafty off and on, mac- diversity of the Coop. ramé, crocheting, cooking. What I liked most was that 3 4 8 To apply, please send an e-mail with your name, it was about the ‘doing;’ we member number, and contact information with a subject would get some instruction, 4 5 8 line of Orientation Leader to [email protected]. supplies and direction, but mostly it was about just get- ting started and seeing what 2 1 6 5 happens. I just loved getting Puzzle author: author: Abdul Abdul Powell. Powell. For For answers, answers, see see page page 6. 7. lost in something other than

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Publix would come to the table, Plow-to-Plate Movie Series Presents: Food Chains and even a failed attempt by By Adam Rabiner, ers in Immokalee have not 4,000 pounds in a day, earning have artificially lowered the Sanjay Rawal to get a compa- Safe Food Committee changed all that much since about $40. While a raise of $40 price of many commodities ny spokesperson to engage mmokalee, Florida, plays a the sixties, one important per day would go a long way to such as corn, soy, sugar, and in dialogue with a CIW leader, Ivery important role in the half facet of this story has. In the improving the lives of workers, meat. These films reveal how Publix never agrees to talk. On century–long and continuing early days of the movement for the effect on profits and con- retail supermarket prices do the final day of the strike, the fight of farm laborers for jus- better pay and working condi- sumers is not significant. not adequately capture the hungry and tired workers, men tice. In 1960 Immokalee was tions, the workers focused on After some initial resis- true price of these foods which and women, young and old, as featured by famed television the farm owners, their direct tance, Taco Bell, McDonald’s, do not include external costs well as some of their support- journalist, Edward R. Murrow in employers. However, in today’s Kentucky Fried Chicken and associated with medical bills, ers in the community, march a groundbreaking CBS report, economy, the farmers them- Burger King conceded to this environment degradation, etc. to the Publix headquarters Harvest of Shame. In a post- selves are hard-pressed to earn demand (as well as others Food Chains shows how labor and place hand-made colorful war economy that was largely a profit. Due to industry consol- such as Wal-Mart—surprise, exploitation, like farm subsi- paper notes in the company prosperous, the news cameras idations, the power has shifted surprise). Publix, the region- dies, also deflates consumer fence saying, “I go hungry today focused on the hidden experi- to fast-food restaurants and al supermarket, however, has prices. Publix claims it pays so my children won’t have to ences and exploitation of poor supermarket chains. Indeed, it not. The cost to Publix would a “fair market price” for its tomorrow,” “I am human too,” migrant farm laborers. Murrow is these connections between be negligible, about $1 million tomatoes. What it fails to say and “Love thy neighbor.” gravely intoned, “These are farm laborers on the one end out of its $2 billion in annu- is that the market is an unfree They gather to hear words forgotten people, the unpro- and supermarkets, fast-food al profits. And if they passed monopsony in which a single of support from allies such as tected, the undereducated, the purveyors, and consumers, on this cost along to consumers, buyer, Publix, sets the price for Ethel Kennedy and her son, under-clothed, the underfed.” the other, along with a more a family of four would need its suppliers. Robert Kennedy Jr., taking on Fifty-four years later, director sinister allusion, that the title to pay an average of about And that unfair price of a the mantle of Robert Kenne- Sanjay Rawal returned to this Food Chains refers to. 44 cents more per year. Yet penny a pound, while keeping dy who had championed their town to discover that, sadly, the The primary demand of the despite these calculations, salads cheap and helping to cause in his ill-fated 1969 presi- earlier exposé did not change Consortium of Immokalee Publix refuses to even meet ensure that Publix is perceived dential campaign. It is a moving things significantly for this itin- Workers (CIW) is to pay farm with the CIW, which is staging by its shoppers as a “friendly scene conveying the sense that erant population. Perhaps his workers two cents for every a public, non-violent protest family supermarket” also guar- this is a final frontier in a larg- film, Food Chains, will. pound of tomatoes picked, and hunger strike. antees that largely Mexican er fight for civil rights. Another While the day-to-day living instead of the current penny. Many food documentaries farm laborers, despite long chain that ties the Immokalee conditions of migrant labor- The typical laborer picks about explain how farm subsidies days in the fields, never even farm workers to black Amer- February 16, 2016 make it to the poverty level. icans and others who are It explains why they live 15 to oppressed. And another chain Coop Job Opening: 16 people in small trailers, like that will someday be broken. animals in cramped houses. It NOTE TO OUR VIEWERS: Receiving Coordinator with explains why they wake up at The April Plow-to-Plate film, 5:00 a.m. to catch buses to the King Georges, http://www.king- Produce Emphasis fields where sometimes they georgesfilm.com/, is opening Description: wait around for hours, unpaid, in cinemas on February 26. n All Receiving Coordinators ensure the smooth functioning of the Coop. until their first bucket is filled. • facilitate the continual stocking of product throughout the store It explains why they put up See upcoming events, past reviews, • teach working members how to stock and complete tasks with heat, pesticides, and for and a comprehensive list of films • communicate with Squad Leaders and squads about priorities and upcoming projects • sustain knowledge about products and inventory many women, sexual harass- shown at www.plowtoplatefilms.com, • answer members’ questions ment. Finally it explains why which can now also be reached via a • respond to physical plant and refrigeration issues they can no longer abide these link on the Park Slope Food Coop’s conditions and their Fair Food Receiving Coordinators with Produce Emphasis maintain and restock the produce aisle as well as other home page at www.foodcoop.com. aisles. They oversee produce deliveries, inspect for quality and ensure proper rotation in coolers. These campaign insists on better pay, Coordinators supervise produce processing, ensure that items scan, and coordinate with compost and working conditions, and an end Food Chains will be presented on soup kitchen squads. to sexual exploitation. Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m. at the The ideal candidate will: Food Chains captures all Park Slope Food Coop, 782 Union • possess a strong spatial sense five days of the CIW protest. St., 2nd floor. Free and open to the • be a reliable, early-riser who wants a high-energy job Despite initial optimism that public. Refreshments will be served. • be an excellent team player with strong communication skills • have the ability to teach, explain procedures, give feedback • be able to evaluate Coop needs, prioritize tasks and delegate work Solution to this issue's sudoku puzzle • be computer literate (Macs preferred) • experience working in a grocery store is a plus 1 3 6 5 9 7 2 8 4 Hours: 38 hours. 5 days per week including both Saturdays and Sundays. Some shifts start at 5 am. Wages: $26.61/hour Benefits: A generous package including but not limited to: 3 weeks vacation, 11 Health/Personal days, 9 8 2 4 1 3 7 5 6 health insurance, and a pension plan. Requirements: 7 4 5 6 2 8 9 1 3 Candidates must be current members of the Park Slope Food Coop for at least six months immediately prior to application. Applicants must be prepared to work during holidays, the Coop’s busiest times. 5 6 4 9 8 1 3 2 7 Applicants must be able to: • repeatedly lift up to 50 pounds for extended periods of time • reach, crouch, bend, stand, climb stairs and work for hours in walk-in coolers and freezers 3 7 9 2 6 5 8 4 1 • work with and around common allergens including nuts and dust • work in noisy, hectic surroundings How to Apply: 2 1 8 3 7 4 6 9 5 We strongly encourage candidates to work at least one Monday-Friday early morning Receiving shift in the produce basement. Please introduce yourself as applicant. Attach resume and paste cover letter at the link below 6 9 3 1 5 2 4 7 8 http://bit.do/coopjobreceiving Applicants will receive acknowledgment of application via email. Do not call the Membership Office to check on the status of application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until position is filled. 4 5 7 8 3 9 1 6 2 If you applied to a previous Coop job offering, please re-submit your materials. We are seeking an applicant pool that reflects the diversity of the Coop’s membership. 8 2 1 7 4 6 5 3 9

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focus on it and yell at each Women in Food: Farmer of the Year Amy Hepworth other about it, we’ll never get there—and in 2050, we’ll have Advocates for a “Third Way” 9.5 billion people to feed. By Anne Craig for seedstock.com We can talk about the indus- my Hepworth was recently trial revolution and its wars Anamed farmer of the year by and chemicals, but it was also the Cornell Alliance for Science. about trying to feed people, We’d love to let the members and just because things went know and for them to hear about wrong doesn’t mean we should what she’s been thinking about ignore what went right. It’s a and working on lately—besides complicated world we’re liv- growing a tremendous amount ing in; course corrections are of the Coop’s local produce. needed. Nature has them too. If I could just influence food Amy Hepworth’s life’s pas- systems activists to focus on sion is feeding people. Back in a third way, and on making the 1982, Cornell University degree conversation a more positive in pomology fresh in hand, she one, that would be great. took the reins of Hepworth When you take a bacteria-re- Farms, a nearly 200-year-old sistant gene from a tomato apple farm in New York’s Hud- and put it in a delicious Bran- son Valley, and changed every- dywine, your body does not thing. Crop diversification was experience that as anything only part of a larger transition but a tomato. We have been to sustainability. manipulating genetics since Some said it was economic the beginning of cultivation; we

suicide, others heroism. There PHOTO COURTESY OF THE VALLEY TABLE now have a fantastic tool that were some lean years, but stead- Amy Hepworth (left) with twin sister Gail Hepworth (center), head of production, and can do in months what used to fast believers—among them the partner and personnel manager Gerry Greco (right). take years. buyers of Brooklyn’s Park Slope The organic movement is Food Coop—hung in there and ence-based, it’s opinion. And Saying GMOs and pesticides research; meanwhile, the land wonderful. It got us off the so did the seventh-generation most of it is not coming from are “unregulated” is ridiculous; grant universities have been worst chemicals, and we’ve farmer. And just this month, the one percent of people who they’re tightly regulated. Safer radically defunded. never gone back. Right now we the Cornell Alliance for Science are actually involved in agricul- ones and new biological options We need an agricultural sys- have the most abundant and has named Hepworth its Farmer ture. There’s a big disconnect, get approved much faster, so tem that is environmentally safest food supply in human of the Year. and people without knowledge there is an economic advantage sound, economically viable, history. We need to continue Today, Hepworth Farms pro- are carrying the conversation. for the companies in making and socially just. If you stay to employ applied science to duces over 400 varieties of cer- We can’t blindly commit to one them as safe as possible. And within those three things, you improve and heal and protect tified organic vegetables on 400 way of thinking. We need to be these regulations are decided can build a strong, secure sys- both the environment and the acres of NOFA-certified land. open-minded about how to be in terms of parts per billion, not tem where everybody gets to humans. And extremism, hold- Yet Hepworth, whose studies sustainable, be responsible even parts per million. eat fresh fruits and veggies. ing a rigid position, is not what in ag science were just getting stewards of the soil, and feed SS: This is an interesting If you find one little flaw and will get us there. n started with her B.A. in pomol- people in 2050. point of view for someone who ogy, has some serious concerns SS: So you feel like there is does a lot of organic farming. about anointing the “organic” too much negativity? AH: I’ve been focused on label as the be-all, end-all of AH: The organic movement de-chemicalization since the healthy eating and about hard- should accept the fact that 1970s; it doesn’t happen over- line opposition to genetic mod- not all non-organic technique night. How did we get here? ification of crops. is bad. First of all, it’s always Because consumers wanted We spoke to Hepworth better to eat the fruits and veg- the perfect shiny apple, the about her vision of a third way. etables than not to eat them. longer shelf life, things that Seedstock: So what are People don’t realize that “con- don’t exist in nature. The real your major concerns right now? ventional” and “industrial” agri- goal has to be to feed everyone Amy Hepworth: I’m about culture aren’t the same thing. and do it in the least negative to dive into intensive research Bottom line, all farmers want way possible. on microbiology this winter. good, healthy soil and integrat- Biotechnology is still very And I’m very concerned with ed pest management. A blend challenging and expensive, the anti-GMO movement—the of organic and non-organic tac- but very promising. What s way information is being dis- tics can get you there. most important is applied seminated, the way the con- Are you a writer? versation is framed. I went on vacation with friends recently THE GAZETTE INDEXES Do you want FTOP credit? and they refused to even dis- If you are interested in the history of the Coop or in when and cuss the issue. how particular subjects have been discussed in the Linewaiters’ SS: What were they afraid of Gazette... Wordsprouts, the Food Coop’s hearing? Send an e-mail to Len Neufeld, Gazette indexer, at lenneufeld@ AH: Nature is remark- verizon.net, to request PDF files of either or both of the following reading series, is looking for you, indexes: able; understanding nature’s • An alphabetized list of the titles of all articles published in for its monthly events in the intrinsic wisdom is most the Gazette from 1995 to the present, with issue dates. important. But people don’t • An alphabetized list of all subjects (including people’s names) second-floor meeting room. even know what natural is at discussed in Gazette articles from 1995 to the present, with article this point. The whole concept titles, issue dates, and page numbers (titles and subjects for ear- of feeding ourselves on the lier years are being added). Please contact the organizers at scale that must happen today Many of the Gazette issues referenced in these indexes are is very unnatural. available as PDFs on the Coop’s website. (Copies of these and [email protected]. The information that is additional issues are also available at Brooklyn’s Central Library, out there is mostly not sci- located at Flatbush Ave. and Eastern Pkwy. on Grand Army Plaza.)

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March 31 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, March 23 Next Meeting: Tuesday, Attend a GM Park Slope Food Coop March 29, 7:00 p.m. and Receive Work Credit Mission Statement Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General Meeting Location 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 Meeting (GM) members gather to make decisions and alternative to commercial profit-oriented busi- Sixth and Seventh Aves. set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit ness. As members, we contribute our labor: program was created to increase participation in the working together builds trust through coop- Coop’s decision-making process. How to Place an Item eration and teamwork and enables us to keep Following is an outline of the program. For full details, see prices as low as possible within the context on the Agenda the instruction sheets by the sign-up board. of our values and principles. Only members If you have something you’d like discussed at a General • Advance Sign-up required: may shop, and we share responsibilities and Meeting, please complete a submission form for the To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your benefits equally. We strive to be a responsible Agenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack near the name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby or sign- and ethical employer and neighbor. We are up at foodcoop.com. The sign-ups sheet is available all a buying agent for our members and not a Coop Community Corner bulletin board on foodcoop.com month long, except for the day of the meeting when you selling agent for any industry. We are a part of and at General Meetings. Instructions and helpful informa- have until 5 p.m. to sign up. On the day of the meeting, the and support the cooperative movement. tion on how to submit an item appear on the submission sign-up sheet is kept in the Membership Office. Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please We offer a diversity of products with an form. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesday see below for details. emphasis on organic, minimally processed of each month to plan the agenda for the GM held on the and healthful foods. We seek to avoid prod- last Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, please • Two GM attendance credits per year: ucts that depend on the exploitation of others. Each member may take advantage of the GM-for- call Ann Herpel at the Coop. We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. workslot-credit program two times per calendar year. We respect the environment. We strive Meeting Format • Squads eligible for credit: to reduce the impact of our lifestyles on the Shopping, Receiving/Stocking, Food Processing, world we share with other species and future Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Submit Open Forum items Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, and FTOP generations. We prefer to buy from local, • Explore meeting literature committees. (Some Committees are omitted because earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try covering absent members is too difficult.) Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) Open Forum is a time for to lead by example, educating ourselves and members to bring brief items to the General Meeting. • Attend the entire GM: others about health and nutrition, coopera- In order to earn workslot credit you must be present tion and the environment. If an item is more than brief, it can be submitted to the for the entire meeting. We are committed to diversity and Agenda Committee as an item for a future GM. • Signing in at the Meeting: equality. We oppose discrimination in any Reports (7:30 p.m.) • Financial Report • Coordinators’ After the meeting the Chair will provide the Workslot form. We strive to make the Coop welcoming Report • Committee Reports Credit Attendance Sheet. and accessible to all and to respect the opin- Agenda (8:00 p.m.) The agenda is posted on • Being Absent from the GM: ions, needs and concerns of every member. foodcoop.com and may also appear elsewhere in this issue. We seek to maximize participation at every It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) • Meeting evaluation • Board you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Please level, from policy making to running the store. do not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations. We welcome all who respect these values. of Directors vote • Announcements, etc.

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Elan Rabiner, Julian Raheb, Henri Richardson, Eric and Margareta Stern, Mia mar 3 Food Class: Exploring Chickpeas Weiss. Refreshments for sale. Nonmembers welcome. thu 7:30 pm Event takes place at Old First Church, Carroll St. & Seventh Ave. Admission: & Spices In Indian Cuisine $12 adults; $7 seniors; $7 kids 12-18; free kids under 12. Chef Mukti Banerjee will demonstrate vegan/ gluten-free cooking and talk about the health benefits of the variety of spices that she uses in her cooking. The Olivia Roszkowski, Coordinator class is cultivated around exploring Indian cuisine, which mar 6 Having Trouble Getting is based on the foundation of Ayurveda—the ancient science that balances the sun 12 pm mind, body and spirit. Banerjee will provide a foundation to balancing tastes, and Pregnant? using the basic spices of fennel, cumin, ginger, saffron and other essential ingre- Nine sneaky causes of infertility and how to fix them. Learn how to: resolve dients. She will teach you how to make better use of spices by discovering the “mystery infertility”; eliminate toxins that impair fertility; make IVF and IUI work many health benefits provided by the spices in addition to their flavor, tastes, and the first time; cook meals that help you get pregnant; identify foods and supple- how to keep their aromas intact. Banerjee grew up in Bengali, North and East ments that boost your fertility; clear blocked tubes; normalize your cycle; shrink Indian food and cultural traditions. She decided to start Mukti’s Kitchen when a fibroids and cysts; help prevent miscarriage; and boost men’s sperm count and few good friends insisted that she did something to let others know about her quality. Coop member Rebecca Curtis, M.A., M.F.A., HHC, AADP, is a certified unique style of Indian cooking. When she cooks Indian and Bengali food, and holistic nutritionist and the founder of Green Gem Holistic Health. teaches the art of cooking to her students, she feels that she is carrying forward the art and the spirituality that her mother, aunts and grandmothers have left with her. Banerjee feels blessed to have picked up and mastered their prized craft. Menu includes: chickpeas with onion, ginger, garlic & spice infusion (chana masa- mar 8 Safe Food Committee Film Night: la); cabbage and chickpea dumplings in coconut cream sauce (cabbage kofta); tue 7 pm fluffy basmati rice w/onions, carrots, peas, cashews & raisins (vegetable pulao); Food Chains onion fritters with chickpea flour; mint/coriander chutney. In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmwork- ASL interpreter may be available upon advance request. If you would like to ers battle to defeat the $4-trillion global-supermarket request an ASL interpreter, please contact Ginger Jung in the Membership industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, Office by February 18. which improves working conditions for farm laborers. Materials fee: $4. Food classes are coordinated by Coop member Olivia Roszkowski. There is more interest in food these days than ever, To inquire about leading a Food Class, contact Olivia Roszkowski at yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers, the [email protected]. foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved. Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the mar 4 complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets. Film Night: Mavis! See upcoming events, past reviews and a comprehensive list of films shown at fri 7 pm www.plowtoplatefilms.com which can now also be reached via a link on the Mavis! is the first feature documentary on gospel/soul Park Slope Food Coop’s home page at www.foodcoop.com. music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The Staples Singers. From the freedom songs of the ’60s and hits like “I’ll Take You There” in the ’70s, to funked-up collaborations with Prince and ­­ Wordsprouts: her recent albums with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Mavis has mar 11 stayed true to her roots, kept her family close, and inspired millions along the fri 7 pm A Night of New Novels way. Featuring powerful live performances, rare archival footage, and conversa- Thomas Rayfiel is the author of seven novels, most tions with friends and contemporaries including Bob Dylan, Prince, Bonnie recently In Pinelight, which the Minneapolis Star- Raitt, Levon Helm, Jeff Tweedy, Chuck D, and more, Mavis! reveals the strug- Tribune called “a tour-de-force” and Bookforum gles, successes, and intimate stories of her journey. At 75, she’s making the WORDSPROUTS named “one of this year’s hidden gems.” His new most vital music of her career, winning Grammy Awards, and reaching a new Celebrate Father’s Day and meet Brian Gresko, book, Genius, is published by TriQuarterly/ generation of fans. Her message of love and equality is needed now more than Northwesternthe editor of the just-published Universityanthology on Press. Jonathan Lethem has declared that ever. Amy Foote is a freelance documentary editor, co-producer and consultant “Rayfiel’sfatherhood When prose I First Held You is no less beautiful for the way it nearly ruptures with the based in Brooklyn, NY. Her editing credits include; Mavis! (HBO), 1964 (PBS pressure of adolescent sex and revelation—it has the harsh, urgent beauty American Experience) the Emmy-nominated film, and James Beard Award–win- When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the of a greatTriumphs, Challenges, andpop Transformative Experience tune of Fatherhood. emerging in a four-track demo.” Lynn Steger Strong ning film, A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt (HBO, BBC); For Once was bornBecoming a father can be andone of the most profoundly raised exhilarating, terrifying, in Florida and holds an MFA from Columbia. She In My Life (PBS Independent Lens, SXSW Audience Award 2010, IDA Best life-changing occasions in a man’s life. In this incomparable collection of teachesthought-provoking writing essays, 22 of today’s masterful writers get straightat to the heartColumbia of and Pratt and lives in Brooklyn with her fami- Music Documentary); The Least of These: Family Detention In America (SXSW/ modern fatherhood. From making that ultimate decision to having a kid to making it ly. She’llthrough the birth, to tangling be with a toddler mid-tantrum,reading and eventually letting a teen from her first novel, Hold Still, which the literary Snag Films); and the Emmy-nominated film Finishing Heaven (HBO). websiteloose in the world, The these fathers explore everyMillions facet of anointed as one of the most anticipated new books fatherhood and show how being a father changed Friday, June 13 To book a Film Night, contact Gabriel Rhodes, [email protected]. of thethe wayyear. they saw the world—and themselves. They7:00 p.m. atcalled the Coop it, “An emotionally suspenseful debut about the FREE relationshipBrian Gresko is the editor of the anthology between When I a mother and her troubled young daughter, who Non members Welcome First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk commitsAbout the Triumphs, Challenges,an and Transformative unfixable Experience of Fatherhood. His work indiscretion that implicates them both.” Bookings:has appeared in Poets & WritersJohn Magazine, Glimmer Train StoriesDonohue,, and The Brooklyn Rail, [email protected]. mar 5 and online at The Huffington Post, Salon, TheAtlantic.com, The Los Angeles Review of sat 5 pm Coop Kids’ Variety Show Books, and many other sites. Refreshments will be served. Event takes place at Old First Church, Carroll St. & Seventh All Wordsprout participants are Coop members. Ave. Types of acts include: piano, singing, guitar, cello, violin, Bookings:mar John Donohue, [email protected] 18 hip-hop, dance, magic, and card tricks. Performers in alpha- Views expressed by the presenters do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop. Flying Home betical order: Jett Clark, Adelaide DeSole, Finley Dreyer, Tilly friFriday, 8 Oct pm19, 8:00 pm and Rufus Fein, James Gelman, Penelope HInchey, Eli Jort, Flying Home presents a tribute to Benny Goodman Anita-Mae Kahan, Ammar Khalifa, Antonia King, Asmara and and Gene Krupa with an expanded ensemble for a Gianluca Lance, Masai Lee-Matale, Vaishali Lerner, Maia Levin, Naomi Levy, special night of swing dancing! Performing swing Ajaya Aisha McClure, Ronan Meils, Sadie Norr, Virginia Panarella, Ana and hits of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, Flying Home car- Friday evening music at the Good Coffeehouse, brewing a new beat

Wool & Grant. Two veteran singer/songwriters with a mutual passion for songs, stories, harmonies and guitars. Bev Grant and Ina May Wool create a musi- cal alchemy of fire and feistiness, wisdom and wit, rocking clear- Park Slope local singer and eyed political guitarist Mamie Minch sounds songs along something like a well-fleshed- with a window out 78-rpm record. She’s known on to their For more information on these and other events,around visittown for her Piedmont- the Coop’stravels—on the website: foodcoop.com style fingerpicking chops, her big road and around deep voice and her self-penned the heart. antique-sounding songs. She’s played music all over the world and Brooklyn, with all kinds of excellent people, including All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise Daynanoted. Kurtz, the Roulette Sisters, Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops. Jimbo Mathis and CW Stoneking. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily representwww.ProspectConcerts.tumblr.com the Park Slope Food Coop. 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doors open at 7:45] Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741

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C CH EE EE es h p Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in parentheses are suggestions. More information on each item may be available at the entrance table at the meeting. We ask members to please read the materials avail- ries on the hot style and “light on their feet” able between Worker7:00 7:15 p.m. and has worked with young people for 10 years. She is the founder Meeting Location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield approach to swing music made famous by the ofTemple) BIG Talks Workshops which provides Sexuality Education services to 274 Garfield Pl. at 8th Ave. Goodman and Krupa Ensembles. Covering popular schoolsE and nonprofits. te nnl isiplin Coittee Eletion intes classics and lost gems of the early days of jazz, Election: The committee will present four members to be re- elected.submitted by the Disciplinary Committee Flying Home explores the repertoire that made te o o ietos Cnites esenttions intes these two swing greats a musical force for more Discussion: “Presentation by candidates for the Board of Directors followed by questions for the candidates”

than 40 years. If you love swing, and love to dance, te gen marnotion 29 For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please seePSFC MAR General Meeting the center pages of the eate Gazette you won’t want to miss it! There will also be free The Agenda Committeetue minutes 7 and pm the satatus of pending agenda items are available in the office and at all GMs. dance lessons with professional dance instructor Arturo Perez, who will Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in paren- be partnered by Carolynn Murphy. theses are suggestions. More information on each item Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect may be available on the entrance table at the meeting. Park West (at 2nd St.), $10, doors open at 7:45. Prospect Concerts is a We ask members to please read the materials available monthly musical fundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society between 7 and 7:15 p.m. for Ethical Culture. Meeting location: St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between Sixth and Seventh Aves. I. Member Arrival and Meeting Warm-Up II. Open Forum mar 19 Gluten Intolerance: III. Coordinator and Committee Reports sat 2 pm IV. Meeting Agenda Fact or Fiction? Item 1: Candidates for Board of Directors Presentation (45 minutes) Seems everyone you talk to these days either is or knows someone who is glu- Discussion: “Presentation by candidates for the Board of Directors followed by ten-sensitive. Gluten-free products are all the rage. Once “the staff of life,” questions for the candidates.” —mandated by the General Meeting why is wheat suddenly being blamed for everything from bloating to bladder Item 2: Annual Disciplinary Committee Election (45 minutes) incontinence? From joint pain to asthma? Join Diane Paxton as she sheds light Election: Two current committee members will stand for re-election, and the on the transformation of this ancient grain from dietary staple to modern-day committee will present up to three additional candidates for the committee to pariah! Participants will be eligible for free gluten-sensitivity screening. fill openings. —submitted by the Disciplinary Committee Paxton, MS, LAc, is the owner and principal of Inner Fire Integrative Health V. Board of Directors Meeting Services, with offices in Manhattan and Park Slope. She is also a long-time VI. Wrap-Up. Includes member sign-in for workslot credit. Coop member. For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. mar 25 Voice Over: fri 7 pm What’s It All About? apr 1 Film Night You hear them on cable, network TV and radio. They’re doing ads, announcing fri 7 pm the nightly lineup, promoting some big upcoming show, they set the scene in Film to be announced. movie introductions and thrill you with trailers, they fill in important details To book a Film Night, contact Gabriel Rhodes, or fully narrate documentaries. When you call a large business and connect to [email protected]. a telephone menu, they tell you how to find the person you want to reach or obtain the service you seek...hopefully. They are the women and men who do voice-over work and if you’ve ever wondered about how it gets done, this is the event for you. You’ll get a chance to see how ProTools, a program for digital recording, works and how the recording process flows. This can be just for fun or maybe you’re thinking about this as a possible career, either way—you and apr 3 your voice are welcome. There will be different kinds of copy for you to read sun 12 pm Everyday Posture or you can bring a short (less than 2-minute) piece or poem and listen to the Posture both contributes to our health and expresses something fundamen- results. Coop member Rodger Parsons is a VO Pro with 45 years of writing and tal about us to the world. But for many of us, after years of huddling around voice-over experience. a computer, carrying kids, and managing pain, we often find that our body doesn’t feel or look as we hoped it would at this point. And worse, most con- ventional wisdom about posture urges leaves us stiff, stressed, and ultimately slumping with exhaustion. In this workshop, taught by a certified Alexander mar 29 Technique teacher, you’ll learn simple strategies for improving your posture Today’s Birds & Bees and raising your overall well-being. The Alexander Technique is particularly tue 7 pm useful for individuals dealing with RSI, back or joint pain, and performing art- This Sex Ed workshop will help parents become their child’s primary sex ists. This gentle mind-body method helps you both find your true stature and educator. Parents will learn communication and engagement skills and— feel at ease in your body. Repeat attendees welcome! Coop member Dan Cayer most of all—build their confidence in communicating with their child about is a teacher and writer committed to helping others change habitual patterns, sexuality. This session utilizes a holistic approach of sexuality and will find freedom from pain, and create a sane relationship with their own body. focus on helping parents understand their own feelings so they can better After a serious injury and years of chronic pain, Dan studied and trained as an serve their children’s needs. Coop member Tara Abrol is a Licensed Social Alexander Technique teacher and mindfulness meditation instructor. still to come apr 5 Agenda Committee Meeting apr 8 Wordsprouts

apr 7 Food Class apr 9 Ethics-based Tax Resistance

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FAILURES OF revision was also rejected The word “terrorist”—like it means whatever abusers the entire gamut of member JUDGMENT (without comment), and in the phrase “hate speech” of the language want it to self-expression. The Coop my educated opinion—based used to designate the words mean. I like to think of Coop has a literate and cosmo- TO THE EDITORS, on an advanced degree in of those opposing the state of members as thwarters of politan membership, with a The blame for the enduring linguistics and years teach- Israel’s policies—is so impre- mindless acquiescence to large cohort of professionals, promotion of BDS, of margin- ing college-level expository cise as to be undefinable. Who received doctrine. We are including writers. But few of al relevance to the Coop and writing—neither version, is a terrorist? Says who? What proud “Terra-ists”, part of them contribute. Why should patently offensive to many both respectful opinion piec- actually is “hate speech”? the “Terra-ist International” they, when the Gazette’s edi- members, falls widely across es, was objectionable. The Ronald Reagan once out to save this planet. Look tors scrutinize, circumscribe, the governance spectrum. editor’s remarks reflect an praised the terrorist death around the Coop. This is what and police member-writing But no committee has more ever-changing, unpredictable squads in Nicaragua known terra-ists eat. for the claimed purpose of consistently undermined the set of guidelines and stan- as “contras”, calling them Mitchel Cohen ensuring “civil discourse.” inclusive culture of the Coop dards, arbitrarily applied, and “the moral equivalent of our They’ve published thoroughly than the Gazette. For seven in no way appropriate to a founding fathers.” Say what? uncivil guidelines announcing years and for no compel- mere Food Coop newsletter. Oliver North secretly sold AN ALTERNATIVE their intent to harass writers ling reason, the editors have But worst of all, after seven TOW missiles to Iran, he testi- TO THE GAZETTE with a gauntlet of hurdles? enabled a disruptive subset years of publishing repeti- fied, and channeled that cash Their stated goal of “balanc- of members to relentlessly tive BDS advocacy in practi- to fund the contras. EDITORS: ing” free speech with “civil broadcast a political mes- cally every Gazette, the editor Reagan’s equation is Linewaiters’ Gazette indexer discourse” is a rationale for sage that has fueled extreme claimed, with no hint of irony instructive. Most of the Len Neufeld has an interest- eliminating criticism, contro- divisiveness and created an or self-awareness, that the let- founding fathers were indeed ing proposal for “resolving versy, challenging thought, alienating environment for ter’s content wasn’t “germane” terrorists. Just ask the Ameri- the publication of letters or other elements that make members based on our eth- to the Coop, precisely the can Indians. Or the slaves the and member-submitted arti- publications interesting. They nic/religious/national identi- argument repeatedly made by founding fathers owned. cles...on contentious issues.” invariably become employed ties and values (a fact ignored many members and consis- More and more events (“Freer Speech, For a Price,” for self-serving purposes. In by the Diversity Committee, tently rejected by the editors. are portrayed as “terrorist 2/4/2016 letter). short, the new publication charged with assuring a “wel- BDS has had far more than attacks”. The last two years He suggested “another should be something the coming” spirit). 15 minutes of fame at the have recorded 350 “mass kill- publication to carry this mate- members can truly call their Having unleashed this war Coop, more than the topic ings” in the U.S. Officially, rial.” Like the Gazette, it would own, not sanitized, and not of words, the editors might ever deserved. The constitu- mass killings are incidents in be member-administered, mediated by censors claiming at least have been consistent tional right to free speech can which 4 or more people are perhaps monthly rather than professional journalism as in applying their guidelines, be exercised by taking it to the murdered. 300 of the perpe- bi-weekly, with guidelines their justification. but any such hope has been streets. Editors should now trators were Christian. Two for fairness, respect, etc., Unmentioned till now is dashed. Two recent examples summarily reject everything were committed by people “but without the Gazette’s cur- the Coop’s elephant in the illustrate my point (none of related to Israel and Palestine who said they were Moslems. rent limitations...on strong room, i.e., the possibility— the letters discussed was writ- unless a proposal is sched- Guess how many of the 350 language.” nay, the probability—that ten by me): uled for an upcoming meeting mass killings are considered He suggested an elected the BDS battle will transfer A letter (published on and finally acknowledge, with to be “terrorist-related”. (If committee to vote on which itself to the new publication. 12/10/15) made a case for a humility, that they lack the you need a hint, you really publication submissions For now it must suffice to say legal right to boycott Israel. credentials to vet material on should ratchet-up your critical should appear in. Finally, he there’s no way to know for sure Another, submitted for the this highly complex, extreme- thinking. Red Alert!) suggested “a nominal pur- what will resolve it, or when. following edition, refuted the ly sensitive subject. “Terrorist” has become chase charge (say $1),” to And we should avoid basing claims and detailed the legal Sylvia Lowenthal a word devoid of historical defray costs and to gauge every decision with BDS in case against such boycotts. consistency. Why is Sadd- member interest and viability. mind. The vote against hold- The editor rejected this letter am Hussein but not Hillary I would modify Len’s pro- ing a referendum on joining based on an arbitrary desire to WHAT DO Clinton seen as a terrorist, posal first by eliminating the boycott is often mistak- include “variety” in the letters TERRORISTS EAT? despite Clinton’s authorizing the nominal charge, which en for a vote against joining section, publishing instead the bombing of Libya? Why would more likely dampen, the boycott itself. But that’s a darkly humorous letter TO THE EDITOR: isn’t Barack Obama’s target- rather than indicate, interest never been put to a vote, and consisting solely of twelve Let me ask a question: ing-by-drone considered “ter- and viability. Costs would be as long as BDS advocates repetitions of one sentence What do terrorists eat? rorism”, blowing up hospitals, insignificant—far less than for don’t have their day in court, (12/24/15). I believe that rea- Halal? Kosher? Organic? schools, wedding parties? the Gazette—and regardless, the issue will almost certain- sonable people would agree Vegetarian? The labeling of someone as official Coop publications ly continue tormenting the that prioritizing such a letter Do they shop at the Park “terrorist” or of being connect- should be paid for collective- Coop’s publications and Gen- over one that directly and Slope Food Coop? A govern- ed to a “terrorist” group is an ly, as the Gazette is. Even $1 is eral Meetings. Resolution civilly refuted a previous let- ment-designated “terrorist” opportunistic political ploy. not nominal for some. may even be beyond the capa- ter and addressed important might be working right next Coop members who oppose A committee determin- bilities of the Coop’s current legal issues concerning boy- to you! Israel’s policies towards Pal- ing “suitability” (however governing structure to deal cotts of Israel, does not reflect One Coop member (Daniel estinians are labeled “hate we define that elusive con- with. But that’s a discussion well on the editor’s judgment. McGowan) spent 7 years in jail speakers” by Israel’s defend- cept) would likely make as for another time. Another letter, submitted for so-called “eco-terrorist” ers in the Gazette; they risk bad a job of their work as the David Barouh for the 2/18/16 edition, which acts—attempting to save the being marginalized, losing Gazette’s editors have made of addressed the 75% boycott planet. A former member of their jobs and becoming tar- theirs. Even the Gazette’s ban majority requirement and the Coop (Paul Bermanzohn) gets of violent attack, so many on personal attacks has been CLARIFICATIONS included the writer’s opinions was shot by the Klan—who stay quiet here. abused by editors in some FROM A BOARD about the Coop’s purpose were assisted by the FBI—40 Those maligning others as cases and unenforced in oth- MEMBER and why boycotts are unde- years ago and was seriously “using hate speech” are fol- ers. Personal attacks have a sirable, was sent back for wounded, for demonstrat- lowing the billionaire Shel- clear signature: attacks on DEAR MEMBERS, revision. The editor struck out ing with people maligned as don Adelson’s pro-Zionist the person rather than the My proposal to raise the more than 50% of the content “terrorists”. Five were killed. playbook. Some are funded message. Anything else is an minimum from 51% to 75% on the grounds that it was Currently, people who visit by front groups he’s set up for abridgment of free speech, at the January 26th Gen- “conjecture” and lacked “con- Planned Parenthood—many the purpose of casting asper- and begs the question: What eral Meeting has raised crete” and “hard evidence”, Coop members do!—are more sions on those (like me) who are we being protected from? some interesting opin- as though the Gazette had a and more portrayed as fre- demand justice for Palestine, To be of any value and ions in its aftermath. solid history of dedication quenting a “terrorist” organi- and for all people everywhere. appeal, the new publication I would like to respond to a to stringent fact-based stan- zation, and of being complicit I hate the term “hate should not just facilitate few letters. dards. Not surprisingly, the in that organization’s “crimes”. speech”. Like “terrorism,” “strong language” but rather A particular one I’d like to

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cut short before it grows: that toward restoring Palestinian THE 75% SODASTREAM, the Negev from their lands, the Chair’s first ruling decided laborers’ financial indepen- SUPERMAJORITY AGAIN herds, and food sources, who my agenda item was a change dence, political freedom, PROTECTS THE have no choice but to work for to the By-laws. This is incor- and their honor. I described DEAR GAZETTE: SodaStream. rect. She first stated her belief them also as demonstrat- COOP I am a former Liaison Officer SodaStream is current- that my item was a change ing how PSFC can easily be for the UN High Commission- ly embroiled in a labor dis- to the Rules of the Meeting. against boycotts of Israel yet TO THE EDITOR: er for Refugees in Washington, pute over the requirement She then later changed her be for helping Palestinians A 294–192 members’ vote a 7-year volunteer for Human of 12-hour work shifts. In mind and said it was to the under occupation. So, your at the January GM approved Rights First, and 32-year mem- a televised interview, one By-laws (which I did not pro- words of support and the the motion to institute a 75% ber of the National Lawyers SodaStream worker reported test). Regardless, her final opportunity to restate my supermajority requirement Guild (“NLG”). conditions reminiscent of Jim and legal ruling was that the intentions are greatly appre- for participation in a boycott. Many people have ques- Crow, and oppressive 60-hour item was indeed a change to ciated, especially in light of The new rule is beneficial and tioned why the Coop should workweeks.7 the Rules of the Meeting. It positive sales numbers. honors the spirit of the Coop. boycott Soda Stream. The Due to these ongoing con- was a difficult decision under Jesse Rosenfeld According to the Certificate answer is that it’s consistent cerns, the National BDS Com- the circumstances and, just of Incorporation, the Coop with our Mission Statement: mittee, Jewish Voice for Peace, like the vote itself to pass the was formed: “We seek to avoid products and Coalition to End the proposal, it could have gone “TRUTH IN “…To provide services that depend on the exploita- Occupation, have called for either way. LABELING” TO connected with the acquisi- tion of others.” a continuation of the SodaS- To Ms. Buchwald. I did INFORM COOP tion for its members of articles Some have posed the tream boycott. not propose to change the SHOPPERS of common use, including question: “why is this boy- Can our Coop continue to Constitution, our By-laws, or food products, family or other cott different from all other carry a product that stands Roberts Rules as you claim. I MEMBERS: household and personal boycotts?” asserting that all for the exploitation of work- proposed to change the Rules ‘Truth in labeling” for an supplies.” others passed by an 80-90% ers and the displacement of the Meeting. Each are dif- end cap display of Pales- This motion is an affirma- majority. But those boycotts of indigenous peoples and ferent things. tinian and Israeli products tion of the Coop’s commit- were enacted because we were still maintain the principles To Mr. Bauer. You said: sold at the Coop requires ment to stay true to its primary already educated about the expressed in our Mission “We came home with the free copies at the display of purpose. Participation in a horrors of Pinochet’s Chile, Statement? We should be true sense of having witnessed the report by Human Rights boycott deprives members South African apartheid, or to our Mission Statement and an orchestrated coup.” What Watch: Occupation, Inc.: of the associated discounts Coca Cola’s murderous labor boycott SodaStream. you saw was the Chair Com- How Settlement Businesses on the targeted products. The policies in Columbia. In cooperation, mittee faithfully following Contribute to Israel’s Viola- necessity of broad support is Unless you’ve read reports Carol Lipton the rules as it always does, tions of Palestinian Rights, obvious. The whole point of by the world’s leading human 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 but the sense of chaos could published January, 2016. The “collective action” is that it be rights organizations, and not 1 https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/01/19/ have stemmed from members study describes both envi- truly collective. a self-serving audit, you won’t occupation-inc/how-settlement- making several attempts to ronmental justice and worker Could a boycott without understand the reasons for boy- businesses-contribute-israels-violations- overwhelm the agenda item exploitation issues at play in broad support trigger a large cotting SodaStream. Of course, palestinian with parliamentary maneu- settlement products from the wave of resignations? Would the Coop carries other products 2 The Human Rights Watch report was vering. Some examples being: West Bank. https://www.hrw. the associated loss of sales that are no doubt tainted. But referenced in a January 26, 2016 OpEd in the New York Times, “When Made In multiple Point of Order calls org/node/285045/. and labor endanger the Coop? that didn’t preclude our pre- Israel Is A Human Rights Abuse”, http:// demanding answers to ques- The end cap display with- How many resignations can vious boycotts, and shouldn’t www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/opinion/ tions that were not on-point; out “truth in labeling” is we absorb? These are the preclude this one. when-made-in-israel-is-a-human-rights- multiple motions to table not ‘a symbol of hope’ but a questions we need to ask as Perhaps the most damn- abuse.html?_r=0 the agenda item when such symbol of disinformation for co-owners. ing report is “Occupation, 3 HRC report, p. 1. a motion is only allowed Coop shoppers. The Report Leading BDS voice As’ad Inc.”, issued by Human Rights 4 The Fourth Geneva Convention, once and had already been provides examples of Israel’s AbuKhalil wrote in 2012, “Fin- Watch, an organization not The Rome Statute and The Hague defeated in a vote; and oppo- illegal settlement enterprise kelstein rightly asks whether known for its radicalism, on Regulations, due to the confiscation of land, water, and natural resources for the 1,2 sitionists yelling at the Chair since 1967, showing how the real aim of BDS is to bring January 19, 2016. It states benefit of settlements Committee from their seats. Israel’s occupation exploited down the state of Israel. Here, that since June 1967, Israeli 5 See, “Israel’s Impunity Under Interna- You also said: “While people Palestinian natural resourc- I agree with him that it is. That and international businesses tional Law”, 2003, by NLG member and were filling out their ballots… es (including land, water, should be stated as an unam- have helped “build, finance, IADL Permanent Representative to the the chairperson suddenly mineral resources) to benefit biguous goal. There should service, and market settle- United Nations Gloria Bletter http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/ found herself surrounded by Jewish-only settlements. The not be any equivocation on ment communities ... drawn 10.1080/1040265032000059670? a group of people apparently occupation has deprived Pal- the subject. Justice and free- by low rents, favorable tax journalCode=cper20 lecturing her.” It happens that estinians of their economic, dom for the Palestinians are rates, government subsidies, 6 A 2009 B’Tselem report highlighted sometimes the Board confers social, political and human incompatible with the exis- and access to cheap Palestin- Israel’s failure to enforce environmental with the Chair, and the Chair rights guaranteed under Inter- tence of the state of Israel.”1 ian labor”.3 laws in the West Bank industrial areas. http://www.btselem.orgpublications/ confers among itself, over national law. I, and many, many people It states as a matter of law, summaries/200906_foul_play; thorny procedural issues. I’ve https://en.wikipedia.org/ I know would resign from the that Israeli settlements in 7 https://electronicintifada.net/content/ seen this several times during wiki/International_law_and_ Coop if it were to ever endorse the West Bank, where SodaS- sodastream-treats-us-slaves-says- my time as Secretary. Israeli_settlements BDS. We cannot be part of an tream operated from 1998 palestinian-factory-worker/12441 Mr. DeCoursey: Your com- For background to Item entity that supports denial through 2015, violate inter- plaint that BDS stole time 1 on end cap display read to the Jewish people—and national law, a position pre- away from important issues the Gazette article, February only the Jewish people—the viously endorsed by Amnesty like the TPP is entirely valid, 18, 2016 by Thom Blaylock, right to national self-deter- International, the NLG, and and not uncommon. The Gen- “Chaos, Procedure, Middle mination in a portion of their the United Nations.4,5,6 eral Coordinators and the East Take Center Stage at Jan- historic homeland. In 2015, SodaStream Gazette staff have borne similar uary’s General Meeting” Barbara Mazor closed its West Bank factory burdens for years now. Mary Buchwald and relocated to the Negev Ms. Clausen: Thank you PSFC members for bds 1 http://angryarab.blogspot.ca/2015/06/ Desert. However, this move for your encouragement, www.psfcbds.wordpress.com regarding-citation-by-netanyahu-of-my.html neither negates nor remedies I am quite happy with my its 17 years of [unsanctioned] decision to bring Al Ard violations. SodaStream still Palestinian Olive Oil to our receives Israeli government shelves. In past Gazette let- subsidies, and is now involved ters I have described my in the forcible displacement

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CLASSIFIEDS BED & BREAKFAST MERCHANDISE- THE HOUSE ON 3ST. just below NONCOMMERCIAL Sixth. Ave is offering deep dis- I BUY RECORDS!!! Cash for your WHAT'S BEING COLLECTED: WHEN: 2nd Wednesday of the month, 4pm - 6pm counts beginning Jan 6-March 31. old viny records. Any collection Toothpaste tubes, any brand and size 4th Saturday of the month, 2pm - 4pm The apartment occupies the parlor any size! Call Daniel (coop mem- (toothbrushes OK too) WHERE: Outside in front of the Coop floor. Guests enjoy plenty of room, ber, record collector, & music lover) or inside during inclement weather total privacy and a modern living 973-699-6383. Baby food pouches and caps (any brand) space. Call Jane White, 718-788- Energy bar wrappers (any brand but only energy PSFC / TerraCycle Recycling Collections 7171 to negotiate a nightly rate. bars—no other wrappers please) The vote is in and members at the May GM The longer the stay the lower the SERVICES Brita filters (other filter brands okay) plus other unanimously voted to create work shifts to collect a rate. houseon3st.com. AVAILABLE EXPRESS MOVES. One flat price for Brita filter–related items variety of hard-to-recycle packaging in partnership LARGE SUNNY ROOM with queen the entire move! No deceptive hour- Plastic food storage zip lock bags (any size), plastic cling with TerraCycle. bed, private or semi-private bath in ly estimates! Careful, experienced wrap, and small bulk bags (NO PLASTIC ROLL BAGS OR Save up your eligible waste for upcoming spacious Prospect Heights town- mover. Everything quilt padded. No SHOPPING BAGS) collection dates. house full of old-style charm and extra charge for wardrobes and pack- Cereal bag and cracker bag liners or bulk cereal bags modern amenities. Smoke-free, no ing tape. Specialist in walkups. Thou- QUESTIONS: [email protected] (any brand) pets. Close to Q, B, and 2, 3 sta- sands of satisfied customers. Great LEARN MORE: www.terracycle.com tions. Short walk to BAM, Park, Coop references. 718-670-7071. Note: Presort and separate items by category. No need to clean or remove labels. Gardens. Call Margaret 718-622- Do not bring items other than those listed here. 2897. leave short message. HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS. Color, highlights, low lights, oil treatments, gift certificates avail- EMPLOYMENT able in the convenience of your HOST INTERNATIONAL STU- home or mine. kids $20.00-$25.00. Looking to help new coops form in Brooklyn DENTS at your home an earn up to Adults $35.00-$40.00. Call Leonora $2,000 a month! Brooklyn School 718-857-2215. while getting a tax deduction? of Languages is a family owned Support the Fund for New Coops—a project of the Park Slope Food Coop. school in Brooklyn Heights which MADISON AVENUE HAIRCUTTER The Fund for New Coops will make low-interest has been teaching English to for- is right around the corner from the loans to start-up coops that use the full-member eign students since 2012. Contact food co-op, so if you would like a carla@brooklynschooloflanguages. really good haircut at a decent price, labor model like ours. Loans will be extended com or at 917-270-7465. please call Maggie at 718-783-2154. I to qualified start-ups to address problems and charge $60 and I work from Wednes- maximize the chances that start-ups will flourish. days through Sundays 9am-5pm. How can you donate? PAINTING, PLASTERING + WALL- Use the scannable Fund for New Coops donation cards PAPERING. We do the finest prep • available on the shopping floor + finish work. Over 25 years experi- Donate directly from the Coop’s website, foodcoop.com. Follow the link for ence + fully insured. Free estimates. • the Fund for New Coops and select the DONATE button Call Fred Becker @ 347-661-6634. Mail a check—made out to the Fund for New Food Coops—to: • FJC, 520 Eighth Ave., 20th Flr., New York, NY 10018 ARE YOU A Help nascent coops that want to use our model: Contribute today! BROOKLYN-BASED FILMMAKER? COMMUNITY CALENDAR Would you like to Community calendar listings are free. Please submit your event listing in 50 words or less to [email protected]. screen your work Submission deadlines are the same as for classified ads. at the Coop? Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the center of this issue.

SAT, MAR 12 SAT, MAR 19 tral Library. 10 Grand Army Plaza Then submit your film 8 p.m. Carolyn Hester with Amy 8 p.m. Queer Tango Club Milonga Brooklyn. Admission Free. for possible inclusion and Karla Blume. At the Peo- Equinox at the Alchemical Stu- in the Coop’s ples’ Voice Cafe. Community dios. Join the friendly communi- Friday Film Night Church of NY Unitarian Univer- ty of queer tango dancers for an SUN, APR 17 Screening Series. salist, 40 E.35th St. N.Y. Info evening of social dance and warm 5:30 p.m. The Prom you always Call: 212-787-3903 or peoples- embrace. For info: queertango- wanted, a Cocktail and Dance If you’re a Coop member you’ll receive one FTOP voicecafe.org. $18 general/$10 club.nyc. Open to beginners with Party to benefit the Center for credit for screening and offering a Q+A with your for subscribers. no experience. Anti-Violence Education. Bowery Hotel at 335 Bowery NY. For more film. If you’re not a member, it’s still a chance to info go to CAENY.ORG/Prom. spread the word about your work and build your fan TUE, MAR 15 SUN, MAR 20 base by screening for a local audience. 7 p.m. Cookbook Launch Party: 4 p.m. BPL Chamber Play- The Farmette Cookbook: Recipes & ers presents: Imani Winds; We accept documentary and fiction, both features Adventures from My Life on an Irish Valerie Coleman, flute; and shorts (we program shorts as a group). Farm by Imen McDonnell at the Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeffrey PleasePlease e-mail e-mail Faye LedermanGabrielfor Rhodes details at St, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 For Scott, horn; Monica Ellis, bas- [email protected] detailsor at mail your DVD to: info call 718-666-3049. rsvp@ soon with Gilbert Kalish, piano [email protected]. Lederman, 2000 Linwood Ave, #9E powerhousearena.com. at the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center Fort Lee, NJ 07024 for Contemporary Culture Cen- ILLUSTRATION BY ETHAN PETTIT

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EXCITING WORKSLOT OPPORTUNITIES To Submit Classified or Display Ads:

RECEIVING PRODUCE working members, informing them of their Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Clas- Monday–Friday, 5 to 7:30 a.m. member and household status, and handing sified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, display ads at $30. The Coop is looking for members to work in out entrance desk slips to members who need (Classified ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” cate- the produce area. Responsibilities include them. Entrance workers provide an essential gory are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form. lifting boxes, unloading deliveries, stacking member service and must be welcoming, Classified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Dis- boxes in the basement. You should be willing polite, able to read and interpret information play ads must be camera-ready and business card size to get or have wet hands while you are work- on the entrance desk screen, able to clearly (2” x 3.5” horizontal). ing. Boxes usually weigh between 2–20 lbs., a convey information about member status Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near the few may weigh up to 50 lbs. directly to members. Entrance workers also elevator in the entrance lobby. provide a key security function, and must PARM SQUAD remain alert throughout the shift, which may Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday have slow periods. Therefore reading, writ- Various Times ing, talking on the phone, texting, etc. is not This shift requires extensive training with allowed. Punctuality and good attendance will a member of the paid staff, and therefore be essential, as you will be the only entrance requires a six-month commitment. You must worker scheduled at this time of day. Paid have good attendance to join this squad and Membership Coordinators will be present to must be a member for at least six months. As train you on your first (and second) shift, and a member of the PARM Squad, you’ll prepare then to support you and answer questions designated cheeses for sale. You should be fit going forward. enough to cooperate with other members to lift 90 lbs. (a wheel of parmesan). Involves also STORE EQUIPMENT cutting hard cheese, moving in and out of the CLEANING cooler. All members of the squad must follow Monday, Wednesday, Friday, the hygiene and safety guidelines as stipulat- 6 to 8 a.m. ed in the Food Processing manual. Please pro- This job involves meticulous deep cleaning vide your e-mail address to be added to the of the store’s checkout equipment and furni- shift-swapping contact list. Interested mem- ture. Workers are required to read and follow bers must speak to Britt before joining this detailed instructions for cleaning the scales, squad: [email protected]. printers and monitors as well as cleaning the furniture and organizing checkout workers’ OFFICE SET-UP tools and supplies. Must arrive on time at 6 Monday, Thursday, Friday, a.m. Please report to Cynthia Pennycooke on 6 to 8:30 a.m. your first work shift. Need an early riser with lots of energy to do a variety of physical tasks including setting up GENERAL MEETING SET-UP tables and chairs, buying food and supplies, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. labeling and putting away food and supplies, Adaptable, physically energetic, team workers recycling, washing dishes and making coffee. with excellent attendance needed to help set Sound like your dream come true? This job up and break down the space where the Gen- might be for you. Please speak to Adriana in eral Meeting is held. Contact Adriana Becerra, the Membership Office for more information. Membership Coordinator, adriana_becerra@ psfc.coop. ENTRANCE DESK Tuesday, Thursday, 5:45 to 8 a.m. Supervised by Membership Coordinators, you will be staffing the entrance desk in hours of the weekday before the Coop is open to shoppers. Primarily you will be checking in

Hearing Administration Committee is seeking new members

The HAC performs administrative functions necessary to arrange and facilitate disciplinary hearings, coordinating with the Coop’s Disciplinary Committee and the Hearing Officers Committee. Applicants should be detail-oriented, comfortable working by e-mail and telephone; they should be Coop members for at least one year and have excellent attendance records. Members of the HAC work on an as-needed basis, only when hearings are required, and earn FTOP credit. Therefore these members must Greene Hill Food Co-op is open for shoppers: maintain regular Coop shifts or be FTOP members in good standing. Mon & Wed 3pm - 9pm The nature of this work requires that all members maintain strict confidentiality with respect to all matters on which they work. Sat & Sun 10am - 6pm We are seeking an applicant pool that reflects 18 Putnam Ave., Brooklyn (bet. Grand Ave. & Downing St.) the diversity of the Coop membership at large. greenehillfood.coop Those interested should e-mail the HAC at [email protected].

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE EDUCATION SQUAD REPORT

By Susan Metz, International Individuals do not profit. Our exception of Marco Rubio, all it will become law, overrid- lature are finding support. Trade Education Squad mission statement articulates of the remaining front-run- ing what legislators passed Demonstrations on February he International Trade our shared values. We don’t ners in both the Democratic using established practice. 4 included New York among TEducation Squad (ITES) exploit people or our com- and Republican primaries Previous legislation would be 28 U.S. cities. Mass actions was authorized as a workslot mon resources. have expressed their opposi- changed to conform to lan- are planned for March. Check squad of seven members at ITES members have been tion to the deal. guage of the TPPs 30 chapters CoopITES.wordpress.com for the September 2014 GM. Our studying the largest ever The presidential candi- covering, among other non- updates. mission is to inform ourselves “Free Trade” agreement, the dates are, however, not likely trade issues: pharmaceutical We have openings on ITES. and you about the impacts Trans-Pacific Partnership to create enough outside buzz patents (that would increase We need someone to main- of international trade agree- (TPP), negotiated by trade to affect the current Congres- drug prices), intellectual tain the blog. Leave a note ments on our daily lives, on ministers from 12 Pacific-rim sional debate. Even on the property rights (that would in the ITES mailbox on the families, households, our nations. During seven years Democratic side, though both impact internet access), envi- top of the stairs across from community, the country, folks 600 corporate advisors to the remaining candidates oppose ronmental regulation (that the membership office and in other countries, other crea- U.S. delegation had access TPP, both are also eager to would mandate approval of one of us will contact you tures, and future generations to the closed-door sessions align themselves with the fracked gas to be exported to for an orientation. Our next as well as the environment while the public, Congress president, and are therefore TPP member nations). public forum will start at 6:30 and the planet. We write for and the press were locked out. disinclined to raise the issue Communicate with Con- on Friday evening, April 15. the Gazette, present at GMs, The agreement was finalized too frequently. gress members. Urge individ- Non-members are welcomed. organize discussions held in and signed during October in “There are enough con- uals to write. Participate in We are making history. n our meeting room, and table Atlanta. In November the text cerns about this agreement, No TPP Tuesdays. Ask Clinton outside the Coop. At our blog, was finally released and sent some that I also have, where and Schumer to be more vis- CoopITES.wordpress.com, we to Congress and the press. I don’t see enough support ible and vocal in their oppo- post articles and links to even The deal was even worse than for it right now,” Paul Ryan sition. Discuss the issue and more information and activ- we feared. Look at the reports (R-Wis), Speaker of the send a letter from each com- ities. We collaborate with in the Gazette archives and on House told The Journal Times munity group, political party, labor, environmental, human CoopITES.wordpress.com for on Tuesday, Feb 2. “With the book discussion, faith con- rights, peace, and social jus- analyses of various aspects. Trans-Pacific Partnership gregation, labor union local, tice movements. We have Now, each country must and its European equiva- student organization, identity been following the develop- put the agreement through lent, the Trans-Atlantic Trade support group and squad. ment of several “Free Trade their ratification process. Rat- and Investment Partnership, The NY City Council voted Agreements.” ification in the U.S. Congress both moving in a downward to make us one of 47 munic- The overarching goal has stalled out. It will come spiral, the time is right for ipalities now TPP Free Zones.

of “Free Trade” (in my own before both houses with spe- those against these corpo- Initiatives in the NYS legis- ILLUSTRATION BY ETHAN PETTIT language) is the following: cial ‘Fast Track’ procedures rate-rigged trade deals to Wealthy individuals, already passed by a narrow margin in stop them completely, wrote with more money than they June. Fast Track requires all 30 Margaret Flowers and Kevin need (“investors”) use cor- chapters go through as one Zees on www.mintpressnews. porate mechanisms to resist package on one vote—Yes or com. Recently, the Citizens laws and regulations passed No on the entire TPP. Trade Campaign, a coalition through government legisla- We do not expect the of 1,500 interest groups, sub- tive channels that are meant administration or leader- mitted a letter to Congress, to restrain their individual, ship in Congress to present asking the deal be blocked. private profit-making compul- the TPP until the votes are ITES strongly recom- sions, aka greed. aligned, which could be as mends individual action now. In joining the Coop each of soon as May or within the Agents of the administration us has taken a giant step out- next two years or never. If will twist arms and corpo- side of corporate profitmaking it does not pass before the rate lobbyists offer financial structure. We enjoy an egali- end of President Obama’s rewards. We have to remind tarian economy and a culture term, a new president could all and every elected official of community. We all benefit easily reverse course on the that should the TPP be rat- because we all contribute. agreement. With the possible ified by the U.S. Congress THANK YOU!

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