OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

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Volume LL, Number 23 November 23, 2017 The Things We Carry Boycott Debates Occupy By Gayle Forman granola bar appears on the end cap opposite the egg A case and quickly becomes a Coop favorite. In the warmer Coop GM months, a Korean- style short rib sud- denly shows up in the meat case, and then, as the weather cools, just as sud- denly disappears. A Sicilian eggplant flavored pasta sauce mysteriously arrives in aisle five. For most Coop members, the ebb and flow of stock goes unnoticed and unremarked, unless it’s a favorite item that has suddenly gone missing. But when new prod- ucts show up on the shelves, and old ones disappear, it’s rarely

by accident. There’s PHOTO BY KEVIN RYAN usually a reason. And Margie Lempert, meat buyer. often that reason has

PHOTOS BY LISA COHEN to do with one of the Coop’s food buyers. Clockwise from top left: GC Ann Herpel, GC Joe Holtz, Lew Friedman, Eric Frumin, Allen Zimmerman, Erika Inwald. In with the New It’s not easy for a new product to make it at the Coop. The By Hayley Gorenberg labor organizing, of partic- shelves are bursting with items that members already love. The he Halloween GM at St. The new shift-swap system ular importance given cur- basement storage is limited. For a new product to penetrate, it TFrancis Xavier School fea- on foodcoop.com enables rent American politics. She has to earn its place, and keep its shelf space. tured Coca-Cola products and sorting by type of shift, reviewed the Immigration Coordinators like Gillian Chi, who buys groceries, and Mar- Tom Cat Bakery boycott items, particular day, etc., so you and Customs Enforcement gie Lempert, who’s in charge of meat, are constantly looking calls to fill critical shifts, an can quickly identify if there’s audit of Tom Cat Bakery ear- for new items that fulfill the Coop’s mission to provide healthy, election, and a smattering of lier this year, which led to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 costumes. work that you would like to dismissal of immigrant work- do and swap with someone. ers who did not furnish doc- Next General Meeting on November 28 Tom Cat Bakery umentation of their right to The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held Erika Inwald, Coop mem- immigrant workers who have work legally in the U.S. on the last Tuesday of each month. The November General ber and National Coordinator specifically asked the Coop to During the upheaval at the Meeting will be on Tuesday, November 28, at 7:00 p.m. at of the Domestic Fair Trade support their fight for justice.” bakery, the workers’ union— St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between Association, sparked debate Inwald pressed that for the Bakery, Confectionery, Sixth and Seventh Aves. with a discussion item “to many members, Coop shop- Tobacco Workers and Grain The agenda is in this Gazette, on www.foodcoop.com and conditionally cease purchase ping expresses their social Millers International Union— available as a flier in the entryway of the Coop. For more of Tom Cat Bakery products in justice values and can count- negotiated a severance information about the GM and about Coop governance, solidarity with former Tom Cat er attacks on immigrants and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 please see the center of this issue.

Fri, Dec 1 • Film Night: IN THIS ISSUE Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point 7:00 p.m. Undocumented Breadmakers Say Tom Cat Bakery Thu, Dec 7 • Food Class: Offered Them Crumbs ...... 3 Coop Hanukkah Cooking for a Blended Family 7:30 p.m. Puzzle ...... 3 Fri, Dec 8 • Wordsprouts: Safe Food Committee Report ...... 5 Event Stay Cool, Calm, & Connected This Holiday 7:00 p.m. Welcome ...... 7 Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement . . 7 Highlights Tue, Dec 12 • Plow-to-Plate Film: Calendar of Events ...... 8 The Fish on My Plate 7:00 p.m. Letter to the Editor ...... 10 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Community Calendar ...... 11 Classifieds ...... 11

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GM “How many people are November 17 “as long as they Agenda Committee CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 really protesting their own last”—preceded by frozen Elections union?” another discussant birds. Herpel urged mem- The Agenda Committee package for all workers who queried. bers to start buying bak- ran three incumbents and were terminated. The pack- General Coordinator Joe ing staples (flour, sugar, one new member for elec- age, approved by the union, Holtz offered the perspective nuts, dried fruit) now, to tion. Glenn Moller, Fran Haw- included one week’s pay for of the Coop as an employer, avoid any disappoint- thorne, and Pinny Lew (who every year a worker had been noting that employers are “not ment or simply avert quipped, “It’s pretty good. employed at Tom Cat, pay supposed to be detectives.” long lines. The Coop I’m happy!”) asked to con- for all accrued vacation and He pointed out, “You could will close early on tinue. Kate Spota, a Coop sick time, and three months be running a company and Thanksgiving, Thurs- member since 2010 but new of continued health benefits. not know people are giving day, November 23, with to the committee, ran on her “But some workers didn’t feel you false documentation.” If shopping 8 a.m.–noon, efficiency, effectiveness, and it was fair,” Inwald said, and federal officials were to come so that members are “out organization, concluding her came to the Brandworkers to the Coop and inspect doc- by 1 p.m. to go enjoy their pitch, “So I mentioned effi- organization and then sought uments, it “would be hard to meals with friends and ciency, and with that I will a boycott to press further resist,” he said. Holtz said he family.” stop talking!”

negotiations. had Googled severance pack- ILLUSTRATION BY TOMMY KANE The weeks leading up All four were overwhelm- Inwald said the work- ages and concluded that “it’s to January 2 generate high ingly elected to serve after a ers who did not accept the outstanding” that the bakery The October GM was demand for work, Herpel brief interlude to distribute severance deal wanted fur- had paid sick as well as vaca- held at St. Francis Xavier emphasized. “We need every- paper ballots throughout the ther discussion, as well as tion days, plus given 90 days auditorium. one. All hands on deck!” She hall, following objections by implementation of policies of continued health coverage. urged everyone to show up four members to election via promoted by the Nation- Addressing questions reports of killing union orga- for their shifts and to consider a show of hands. During the al Employment Law Proj- of whether a Coop boycott nizers. Boycotting based on working any makeups during balloting, a Chair Committee ect and other immigration would have much effect, Holtz sugar content, they pointed that period, “or if you want to member whiled away the time rights groups that would have opined that cutting ties with out, could lead to arguments get ahead of yourself on FTOP, by donning a presidential employers deny immigration Tom Cat Bakery would certain- that the corporation’s less come and do it!” mask, spurring one attendee authorities entry to workplac- ly have impact, as major news sugary products should be Herpel advised that the to indignant interrogation: es in the absence of a warrant outlets routinely write about exempted. Coop is embarking on major “Why is Ronald Reagan run- and would institutionalize the Coop. While “we should In subsequent discussion, software upgrades focused on ning the Chair Committee?” longer periods of time to fur- be very proud” of our poten- Coop members ranged over membership, inventory, and All the candidates were nish documentation. tial to affect worker rights, improvements toward democ- point-of-sale improvements, overwhelmingly approved. Holtz said, he also cautioned, racy in Guatemala, questions as well as the Coop website. “All hands on deck!” Herpel “If, after Tom Cat gave the about whether Coke now Election Squad? employees what seems to be directly supports civil and Labor Committee A discussion item address- said, urging everyone on the face of it a fair package, human rights offenses that led The Labor Committee ing the possibility of forming to show up for their shifts, a boycott by the Park Slope to the Coop’s original boycott, reported on efforts by agricul- a work squad to plan and run and to consider working Food Coop could give com- and whether the corporation tural workers to better their elections of the Coop’s board makeups and doing FTOP panies pause about dealing pays its fair share of taxes. own working conditions, with members devolved into a bit during the holidays. with us, because maybe we’ll Annual renewal of boycotts member Eric Frumin noting of shouting. Proponent Susan make them famous for being a requires a vote of three- quar- that farmworkers’ “strug- Metz asserted that “no one ‘bad company’ if ICE happens ters of the GM, and a call for gles over the decades have has jurisdiction over this job” Tom Cat Bakery’s man- to come there.” He continued, raised hands showed over- been legend.” He highlight- of elections, and that “we’ve agement provided a ques- “This is a very complicated whelming support in the large ed decades-long, successful had glitches over the years, tion-and-answer sheet issue. Here we have a com- room, including votes from the efforts of tomato workers in and it has caused pain to a distributed at the meeting, pany that says, ‘We’re doing balcony—against perhaps a Florida to force huge retail lot of us.” She cautioned, “We urging the Coop to continue the right thing. We want these half-dozen opponents. “So it’s companies to accept respon- know what happens when we purchasing from the bakery people back. We’re guarantee- not quite unanimous, but obvi- sibility to pay premiums to don’t pay attention to elec- and asserting that in the nego- ing their jobs if they can show ously well over 75 percent,” GM workers and implement an tions enough!” and showed tiations it had acceded to every us the documentation.’ I don’t Chair Committee Member Carl enforceable system of worker a slide depicting a Gazette request by immigrant workers. know what we want Tom Cat Arnold concluded. complaints and strict labor headline from 1997: “Proxy Lively discussion included to do.” He concluded, “I’m standards addressing child Polemics Poison Board Elec- concerns about challenging a very conflicted because I want Late and Early Shifts labor, sexual abuse, and tion.” Metz urged that an elec- union-approved severance deal to support labor struggles, General Coordinator Ann wage theft. “They’ve real- tion committee “would unify and questions about whether and yet this is very murky to Herpel put out the call for ly transformed agricultural us and make the Coop less the Tom Cat workers’ union had me.” additional workers to address labor in Florida,” he said, tense” during a critical period been deemed ineffective. “significant shortages” Sun- noting that key organizer of potential expansion. Inwald urged that the pol- Coke Boycott Renewed day evenings at 9 p.m. for the Greg Asbed had won a 2017 Part way through the des- icy recommendations from Reasons to continue the maintenance shift. “Those MacArthur “genius award” for ignated discussion period, immigration experts illustrate Coop’s longstanding boycott squads are really short, and developing a model dubbed after a series of inquiries, that “there are things that did of Coca-Cola products con- it’s making it difficult for us to “worker-driven social respon- Metz objected, “I won’t answer not happen that can happen.” sumed a chunk of the meeting get all of that more intensive sibility” for improving condi- questions. I don’t have a con- “The poor owner of this as Lew Friedman championed heavy cleaning done to set up tions for low-wage workers. crete proposal,” challenged bakery is caught in our time,” the annual renewal. Friedman for the week.” Frumin reported that Wen- anyone who thought the one speaker responded. “This emphasized the public health For early birds, the newer dy’s was one of very few retail idea was “worthwhile” to an [immigration audit] is not an tolls (e.g., diabetes, heart “producer shift” working brands that had not agreed impromptu showing of hands, isolated incident. This is hap- disease) occasioned by high directly with a Receiving to purchase tomatoes farmed and when no hands were pening all over the country. sugar consumption, noting Coordinator in the produce under the negotiated con- raised, stepped away. That poor man in the bakery that “the largest source of aisle as early as 5 a.m. is ditions, and announced a The Board of Directors did everything he could for sugar in the American diet is critical. Herpel highlight- demonstration outside its accepted the minutes and the those people.” sugary drinks.” ed the new shift-swap sys- business office in Manhat- advice of the member regard- “I feel like the union failed, General Coordinator Joe tem on foodcoop.com, with tan on November 20. (By ing the boycott and the agen- and I’m not sure boycotting the Holtz and retired Gener- an improved interface that press time, faith leaders had da committee election. n bakery is the best idea,” anoth- al Coordinator and Board enables sorting by type of shift, announced a “National Day of er member said. “I feel like the member Allen Zimmerman particular day, etc., “so you can Fasting and Witness in pro- severance package is fair. A lot did not oppose the contin- quickly identify if there’s work test of Wendy’s executives’ of people get fired, and they ued boycott, but pointed that you would like to do and ongoing and unconscionable get nothing. I’m curious about out that its original impetus swap with someone.” refusal to join the Fair Food the union and why the union had to do with internation- Thanksgiving features pies Program,” scheduled for Jan- accepted it if it’s not fair.” al worker abuses, including and fresh turkeys starting uary 18, 2018.)

Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY November 23, 2017 3 Undocumented Breadmakers Say Tom Cat Bakery Offered Them Crumbs By Taigi Smith t has been almost nine Imonths since Tom Cat Bak- ery fired 21 undocumented workers while under investi- gation by the Department of Homeland Security. Accord- ing to a Tom Cat statement disseminated at the Octo- ber 31 GM, “The U.S. ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Agency under the Department of Home- land Security (DHS) started an I-9 immigration audit of

Tom Cat under the previous PHOTOS BY KEVIN RYAN federal administration." That audit, as stated in the hand- could be done, but in the end, by ICE but by Tom Cat Bakery." package included one week’s When it comes to worker out, found that 25 Tom Cat Tom Cat could not legally According to The New York pay for every year of service, justice, Gabriel Morales, the workers did not have the nec- resist DHS. Of the 25 employ- Times, the bakery advised 31 full pay for unused vacation, campaign manager for Brand- essary documentation needed ees in question, one quickly people to seek immigration personal, and sick days, 90 workers, a workers’ rights orga- to legally work in the United provided documentation; two counseling and offered to help days of continued health-care nization is on the front lines. States. others, writes Tom Cat, chose pay for lawyers. These were benefits, and a guarantee that “These workers helped make Tom Cat was in a quanda- to quit; and one was no lon- not short-term day laborers, workers who provided nec- Tom Cat the bakery that it is ry. The DHS was threatening ger working in the bakery. In but long-term employees, essary paperwork within six today. It’s a factory owned by fines of up to $21,916 for each all, says Tom Cat, it "had to let months could return to their one of the largest baking con- undocumented employee go" of 21 employees. old jobs with the same pay glomerates [Yamazaki Baking found working on the prem- Erika Inwald, a member of and the same seniority. Company] in the world. The ises. And DHS didn’t care the PSFC Labor Committee Tom Cat says that 13 of the least senior of these workers how dedicated or hardwork- and the national coordinator 21 affected workers accept- had a decade at the factory, ing those employees had at the Domestic Fair Trade ed their package, but Erika and the workers with the most been. “DHS informed us that Association, has worked stints Inwald says those who signed seniority had at least 16 or 17 we had to terminate employ- at the Congressional Hunger several of whom had been the deal did so because they years. The only reason Tom Cat ees whose documents did Center and the Food Chain with Tom Cat for more than a were financially strapped. offered anything at all is that not meet federal guidelines, Hunger Alliance. Erika has decade. “The workers helped build these workers organized. It’s or face legal consequences, watched the case of the Tom Once the 10 days were up, this company to be success- unconscionable.” including heavy fines and Cat 21 closely, and it's her those who were unable to pro- ful. They didn’t feel it reflect- Last year, the PSFC spent possible criminal charges,” opinion that the treatment duce the necessary documen- ed the time they’d put on the an estimated $74,000 on wrote Tom Cat in their state- of those without documents tation were dismissed. “These job. They couldn’t go that baked goods from Tom Cat ment to the PSFC. was unjust. “They were told were longtime workers....They long without accepting a sev- Bakery. With immigrant pop- Tom Cat says they noti- to either provide the correct helped build the company. erance package,” says Erika, ulations around the country fied the employees in ques- paperwork or be fired,” says The people who supply the who is now lobbying the PSFC dealing with what is argu- tion and sat down with their Erika. And those workers, she food we eat deserve to be membership to officially boy- ably an immigrant backlash, union, BCTGM (Bakery, Con- says, were given just 10 days treated fairly,” says Erika. But cott Tom Cat. “This deserves members are now forced to fectionery, Tobacco, and Grain to produce proper documenta- Tom Cat believes it did treat as much attention as animal confront some serious issues Millers) Local 53, to see what tion. "The 10 days was not set workers fairly, and after sever- rights and environmental when shopping for food. al public protests and intense rights. We need to bring labor “It’s always disheartening to media scrutiny, a severance up to the same level as a lot hear these kinds of stories,” Sudoku package was hammered out of others issues in this food says Coop member Uni Lee. with the workers’ union. That realm,” she says. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Sudoku is a puzzle. You are presented with a 9x9 grid of squares, and that grid is divided into 3x3 zones. You solve the puzzle by filling the empty squares with If you don’t mind working outdoors, single-digit numbers so that every zone, column and row uses each of the numbers from 1 to 9. getting your hands dirty, 5 6 9 love saving the planet from food scraps, 4 5 this is the job for you.

2 9 8 4 1 Work in a team of two. Openings for 1 members with a truck (preferred), or 8 4 1 2 7 be willing to walk with a U-boat 3 7 5 4 to our garden partner on Union Street. 9 5 8 2 E-mail: 8 4 annetteATpsfcDOTcoop Puzzle author: author: Abdul Abdul Powell. Powell. For answers, For answers, see page see 11. page 10.

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Carry CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 affordable, sustainable food, as well as items that mem- bers might want. Chi meets regularly with brokers, who represent doz- ens of different products and who pitch everything from canned tuna to dish soap. Potential items are evaluated.

“What are the ingredients?” PHOTOS BY KEVIN RYAN Chi asks herself. “Where is it The early bird gets the granola bars. Rao’s homemade sauce. Diwadi pomegranate made? How many other items molasses. in the category do we have?” brief run in the ice cream case, bakery’s supply.” adjusted the stock to make When considering meat, Nonna’s Golden Sesame was Because the Coop buys via sure there were compliant How to Suggest Lempert analyzes three pulled, because, says frozen distributors, stock is to some products. an Item main criteria: Price, whether foods buyer Ev Ruch, no one degree dependent upon what And every time a recipe in One key way new products the animal has been raised bought it. RIP: Sesame ice they carry. “If the distributor The New York Times cooking sec- find their way onto Coop humanely, and locality. “We cream. is out of stock, we are out of tion includes some unusual shelves is via member sug- have to make sure we’re pro- stock,” says Chi, even though an ingredient, “you can guaran- gestions. If there’s a partic- viding a range of price points,” Demand and Supply item might be readily available tee that six or 10 members ular product you want, write Lempert says. “And we try to One of the great things at a different store that uses a will come in requesting it,” it down in the product sug- buy things that are treated about the Coop is that it different distributor. “Some- says Chi. gestion book, which is kept humanely and are regional, stocks products from small times a distributor will cut a And in case anyone is won- by the entry desk. Buyers while also paying attention to suppliers, be they farmers or product that sold really well for dering: Yes, this was how the keep careful tab on sugges- humane standards and prox- bakers. One of the not great us, but didn’t sell well enough Coop came to carry pome- tions and order accordingly. imity to New York City.” things about small suppliers for them. They stop carrying it granate molasses. n is that sometimes they go and the Coop does, too.” The Audition Process out of business and take their If buyers determine that an supply with them. And other Seasons Matter PLASTIC PACKAGING COLLECTIONS item fills a niche, it often goes times, their supply is incon- It’s probably clear to most through a sort of audition pro- sistent. Lempert explains: members that seasonality 2nd Wednesday of every month 3:45-6 p.m. cess. New grocery items often “When you work with small determines what produce the 4th Saturday of every month 1:45-4 p.m. start their run at the Coop in producers, depending on Coop carries—watermelon in the end cap opposite the egg where they are in their career, February? Not so much—as Expanded Plastic Collection case. (Don’t bother looking for they’re not always going to be well as grocery items. (Hence, a new item there now; it will able to be a consistent suppli- the proliferation of stuffing, for Coop members be dominated with holiday er. If they’re newer, they might special chocolate, and pies Please be prepared to show your Coop membership card. specialty foods until after the be less consistent.” Other that will be in stock from now New Year.) If an item sells well times, even with the most until the New Year.) But the Plastic bags/wrap/packaging from most products there, Chi will begin to stock it veteran suppliers, things weather also determines what sold at the Coop—food and non-food. regularly. This was how Rao’s happen. A poultry farmer’s meat buyers order, beyond the Thin plastic film wrap—from notecards, tea boxes, pasta sauces made it into flock might get sick. A poultry influx of turkey, geese, ham, pre-packaged cheese, household items, pet food, juice packs, etc. aisle five, alongside the long- farmer’s flock might be eaten and brisket the Coop stocks Plastic roll bags distributed by the Coop—please use roll time mainstays like Muir Glen by predators. And when that during the holidays. bags only as necessary, reduce usage whenever possible, and and Newman’s Own. happens, fewer chickens. But if you’ve ever tried to re-use any bags you do take before recycling. There’s no end cap for find a brisket in August and meats, so new brands just come up short, here’s why: “In NO food residue, rinse as needed. “In summer, we buy more Only soft plastic from Coop purchases. begin showing up and if they summer we buy more steaks do well, they stay. A previous steaks and things you can and things you can grill,” Lem- meat buyer introduced deli grill,” Lempert says. “But pert says “But during colder We continue to accept meats and fresh cuts from The during colder months, we months, we usually increase Piggery, located in Trumans- usually increase the amount the amount of braised slow- the following from all burg, NY, several years ago. of braised slow-cooked meats cooked meats that we’re buy- community members: After a recent visit to their that we’re buying.” ing. Short ribs, roasts, and farm and retail store, Lem- stew meats are more popular.” Pre-sort and separate according to the categories below. pert was impressed with their No matter the weather, Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes (any brand/size) standard of care for the pigs, Coop members have vora- however, the Coop buys two Baby food pouches and caps (any brand) which are raised outside in a cious appetites, and some- steers a week, plus several Energy bar wrappers (any brand) wooded area. She is looking times suppliers just can’t pigs and lambs, all year long. to add products from them keep up. Take Early Bird gra- A cow is a cow and a pig is a Water filters (Brita and other brands) and other as they become available for nola bars, a current Coop pig, but buyers adjust how Brita branded filter products wholesale. Minnesota may obsession. Chi cannot order the meat is cut to fit seasonal Plastic re-sealable food storage bags, not be close to this region, enough of these things. “Peo- demand. “We have short ribs small Coop bulk bags, cling wrap but our newest beef supplier ple asking for Early Bird get cut differently in summer,” Cereal and cracker box liners (any brand) Thousand Hills is committed frustrated because they’re Lempert explains. “Kore- Food residue and paper labels OK. to working with cattle farmers under the impression we an-style short ribs are thinner No shopping bags. who are good land stewards didn’t order enough,” she says and easier to grill. In winter, through humane and careful in a bemused tone. In spite of they go back to the thicker, Donations in any amount are welcomed to help offset management of their 100% complaints—including one braisable cuts.” the cost to the Coop of this collection. pastured herds. The quality of recent page over the intercom Interested in joining the squads that run the Wednesday/Saturday collection, the meat is flavorful, excellent- from a member claiming that Trendspotting or in starting a third collection time as your workslot? ly priced, and Coop members the lack of Early Bird granola Even the most stalwart Contact Cynthia Pennycooke in the Membership Office. love it. For all of those reasons, bars was ruining his life— Coop shopper is susceptible For more information about Terracycle, visit terracycle.com it’s a fair trade-off to go outside the Coop is not intentional- to food trends. Buyers like Questions about items we accept should be e-mailed to [email protected] of this region to round out our ly withholding. “We ordered Lempert and Chi try to stay more local offerings. a ton,” Chi says. “The baker abreast of the latest craze to Alas, not every product can cannot make enough. Our anticipate what shoppers will make it in the Coop. After a demand is higher than the want. When paleo hit, Chi

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SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT Plow-to-Plate Movie Series Presents: The Fish on My Plate

By Adam Rabiner, where he meets Bren Smith, See upcoming events, past reviews Safe Food Committee a former fisherman turned and a comprehensive list of films f I were pitching The Fish on sustainable shellfish and shown at www.plowtoplatefilms.com IMy Plate to a big-shot Hol- seaweed farmer. which can now also be reached via a lywood mogul, I’d sell it as The Fish on My Plate, a folksy link on the Park Slope Food Coop’s Supersize Me meets Salmon whirlwind of a film with great home page at www.foodcoop.com. Confidential and Sushi: The Glob- depth and breadth, comple- al Catch, three films that have ments yet contrasts with last The Fish on My Plate will be pre- all appeared as part of the month’s Plow-to-Plate film, sented on Tuesday, December 12, 7 Plow-to-Plate movie series. Fish Tails, a lyrical documen- p.m., at the Park Slope Food Coop, Of course, you’d need to be tary about small-scale com- 782 Union St., 2nd floor. Free and a faithful fan of the series or mercial fishing in the Azores open to the public. Refreshments a reader of these reviews to at the dawn of the 21st Cen- will be served. appreciate the comparison. tury. It’s worth seeing, if just On the one hand, The Fish for the world tour. n on My Plate, like the latter two

documentaries, is a prob- ILLUSTRATION BY TOMMY KANE ing film about the state of our oceans and seas as they relate to the fishing indus- will publish The Omega Prin- fraction of which is actually try, as well as a look into the ciple, about his year-long fish consumed by human beings. pros and cons of aquaculture diet. Ninety-nine percent of the Special Ordering versus wild fishing. One dis- The Fish on My Plate catch is ground into meal and turbing discovery is that very appeared on Frontline this boiled down for oil, then sent little of the seafood that we year, but does not have the to China as fertilizer, animal, Temporarily Suspended buy today actually is wild; the hard-hitting journalistic and fish feed. Anchovies, not vast majority is raised on fish gravitas of the typical Front- the most popular of pizza �� farms. line episode. It is serious toppings, turns out to be the On the other hand, like journalism but also person- best food for aquaculture. We will not be taking Supersize Me, The Fish on My al, autobiographical, and lit- He pays a visit to Copen- Plate uses the diet of the erary—not the usual fit. For hagen, Denmark’s capital, to special orders filmmaker to study the link example, the documentary is interview Jorn Dyerberg MD, between food and personal divided into chapters, each “the father of the omega-3 11/13/17 through 1/4/18 health. Like Morgan Spur- of which contains an illustra- movement,” who in his youth lock, who ate McDonald’s for tion. Chapter one is “The Big- in the 1970s studied Inuit (special orders resume 1/5/18) an entire month, Paul Green- gest Little Fish in the Sea,” Eskimos north of the Arctic berg included shell or regular and the first several lines Circle, a population which Vitamins/Supplements special orders fish in every meal for a year appear on the screen, read ate a high-fat fish and marine are suspended indefinitely and will not to increase his Omega 3 fatty by Greenberg, as if from the animal diet, yet had very low resume on 1/5/18 acids and test health benefits pages of a book. rates of heart disease. He of a fish diet. Greenberg journeys to goes to the top of the world No special orders on fresh baked goods Greenberg, a middle-aged many exotic places and to talk to Steve Damato, New Yorker, grew up on Long explores a variety of issues. founder of Blue Circle Foods, Orders for bulk or produce by the case Island, where he developed The first stop is Peru; in its an innovative fishery com- must be placed directly with a love for fishing. His books coastal waters lives one of mitted to sustainably sourc- a bulk or produce buyer include: American Catch and the world’s largest popula- ing from Norway and Iceland, Four Fish. Next summer he tions of anchovies, a tiny and treks to Alaska, where wild salmon have made a comeback. It’s not all international STATEMENT ON THE globe-trotting though. You find Greenberg in his home, COOPERATIVE IDENTITY hosting a dinner party of DEFINITION experts with diverse opin- A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united ions, chartering the Lady L voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural II fishing boat from Sheeps- needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically head Bay with his young controlled enterprise. son Luke, and visiting his doctor on lower Broadway VALUES Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, in the Financial District to democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their receive his test results—he founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of discovers that although he honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. has extremely high levels of Omega 3, his vitals are pretty PRINCIPLES much identical to what they The cooperative principles are guidelines by which cooperatives put had been a year ago, and their values into practice. The International Cooperative Alliance promptly and disappointedly adopted the revised Statement on the Cooperative Identity in 1995. heads to a hamburger joint. They are as follows: 1. Voluntary and Open Membership A little farther afield you 2. Democratic Member Control find him in Lazy Point, Long 3. Member Economic Participation Island chatting, rod and reel 4. Autonomy and Independence in hand, with a childhood 5. Education, Training and Information friend, now a naturalist, fel- 6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives low writer, and fisherman, 7. Concern for Community and to Thimble Islands, Reference: ica.coop

ILLUSTRATION BY ROD MORRISON in Branford, Connecticut,

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Friday, December 15, 8:00 p.m.

The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215, 718-622-0560. Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles and letters from members. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The Gazette will not knowingly publish letters, articles or reports that are hateful, racist, sexist, otherwise discriminatory, inflammatory or needless- ly provocative. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, letters and committee reports from members that follow the published guidelines and policies. The following is a summary—please see the detailed guidelines for each type of submission on the Coop website: www.foodcoop.com. All submissions must include author’s name, phone number and e-mail address, conform to the following guidelines and to the Fairness, Anonym- ity and Respect policies. Editors will reject letters, articles and reports that do not follow the guidelines or policies. Submission deadlines appear each edition in the Coop Calendar section. For topics that generate a large number of submissions (letters or Mem- ber Articles) serially and continuously over an extended period of time, the Gazette will not necessarily publish all submissions, but the editors will use “Local folkie Robin Aigner croons witty, vin- their editorial discretion to select a small number of submissions (whether let- tage-sounding tunes with dashes of klezmer and ters or Member Articles) from each side as representative of that viewpoint of the issue. The selected submissions will also adhere to the current guidelines swing.”—Timeout New York. A founding member of of civil discourse and should serve to advance the discussion in new ways. Brooklyn’s Antique-Garde, Aigner plays original, en- You may submit on paper, typed or very legibly handwritten, or via e-mail to [email protected] or on disk. gaging and emotive history vignettes on guitar and Letters: Maximum 500 words. tenor ukelele, taking cues from 1930s novelty tunes, Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. A Voluntary Article is held to a old-time folk, mid-century country-and-western, and higher standard than a letter and must meet at least the following criteria: A Voluntary Article must analyze the topic it is discussing; it must present Eastern European traditions. accurate, verifiable corroboration for factual assertions; it can criticize but not attack Coop practices and personnel; if critical it must present positive solutions; it cannot be solely or mainly opinion. It must strive to make a Valerie Farber is a Brooklyn- positive contribution to the understanding of the reader on a topic. If a sub- based vocalist with an incur- mitted Voluntary Article is substantially opinion, it must be re-submitted, under 500 words, as a Letter to the Editor, possibly to a future issue. Edi- able jazz soul. Trained classically on both voice and tors will reject articles that are essentially just advertisements for member violin and fed a steady diet of bluegrass at home, her businesses, those of family and friends of members, solely expressions of opinion or that do not follow the guidelines and policies. interest in music developed early on. Once she was Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words. Reports must follow the introduced to jazz she fell head over heels in love. published guidelines and policies. Valerie has collaborated with musicians, DJs, and LETTERS, ARTICLES AND REPORTS SUBMISSION POLICIES fine/performance artists across the globe and self- Letters must be the opinion of the letter-writer and can contain no more than 25% non-original writing. released her first EP, So This Is Love, in February of 2016. All submissions must be written by the writer. Letters or articles that are form letters, chain letters, template letters or letters prepared by someone other than the submitting member will be rejected. Letters, articles and reports must adhere to the Fairness, Anonymity and www.facebook.com/ProspectConcerts Respect policies. They cannot be hateful, needlessly inflammatory, discrimina- tory libelous, personal attacks or make unsubstantiated claims or accusations 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doors open at 7:45] or be contrary to the values of the Coop as expressed in our mission statement. Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. All submissions must be legible, intelligible, civil, well and concisely written with Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 accurate, attributed, easily verifiable statements of facts separated from opinions. Letter and article writers are limited to one letter or article per issue. PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP 782 Union St., Brooklyn, NY 11215 (btwn 6th & 7th Av.) • (718) 622-0560 Letter and article writers cannot write gratuitous serial submissions. Edi- tors may reject submissions to consecutive editions of the Gazette on the This Issue Prepared By: same topic by the same writer. Coordinating Editors: Erik Lewis Editor-Writer Guidelines: All submissions will be reviewed and, if neces- sary, edited or rejected by the editor. Writers are responsible for the factual RETURN POLICY Alison Rose Levy content of their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort to contact Editor (development): Ed Levy and communicate with writers regarding any questions or proposed edi- The Coop strives to REQUIRED FOR ANY RETURN keep prices low for our torial changes. Writers must be available to editors to confer about their 1. The Paid-In-Full receipt MUST m embership. Mini- Tom Moore submissions. If a writer does not respond to requests for editorial chang- be presented. mizing the amount of es, the editor may make the changes without conferring with the writer, 2. Returns must be handled Reporters: Gayle Forman returned merchandise or reject the submission. If agreement between the writer and the editor within 30 days of purchase. about changes does not occur after a first revision, the editor may reject is one way we do this. Hayley Gorenberg the submission, and the writer may revise and resubmit for a future issue. 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They may not be personally and unused in re-sellable condition Puzzle Master: Abdul Powell derogatory or insulting, even when strongly criticizing an individual member’s actions. Final Proofreader: Lisa Schorr The Gazette is a collaboration among Coop members. When submitting, The Coop reserves the right to refuse returns on a please consider the impact of your words on the writers, editors and produc- case-by-case basis. If you have questions, please contact Index: Len Neufeld tion staff who use our limited workslot time to try to produce an informative a staff member in the Membership Office. and cooperative publication that reflects the values of our Coop community. Printed by: Tri-Star Offset, Maspeth, NY. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY November 23, 2017 7

WELCOME!

A warm welcome to these new Coop members who have joined us in the last two weeks. We’re glad you’ve decided to be a part of our community.

Fadwa Abbas Deirdre Brill Gerrit Devynck Hannah Johnson-Walsh Antara Nader Beldan Sezen Bridgid Abrams Grace Cho Claudia Di Martino Yuko Kawasaki Leslie Nash Saron Smith-Hardin Jordan Abrams Michelle Cohen Raygine DiAquoi Kristi Kleila David Nusan Robert Stevenson Jonathan Adams Nicholas Cohen Jessica Espinoza Stanley Knights Mathieu Oudot James Strosahl Juan Alduey Lauren Collins Danna Feintuch Noah Koch Abishek Pai Clark Thorne Calvin Atwood Taisy Conk Adam Flomenbaum Lauren Kolm Ambika Pai Sara Thorne Brian Baade Emilie Cresp Alfred Gingold Sofia Kriger Eric Paskin Brittany Tiger Zula Babayeva Gustavo D’Amico Nicole Grijnsztein William Jess Laird Derek Petersen Jermaine Tracey Dylan Baker-Rice Ari Danhi Steven Hall Danielle Lam Katherine Petito Rufus Urion Kayla Bennett Caitlin Davey Emma Hathaway Sarah Levine Alexander Points-Zollo Emma Wade Cat Beurnier Mary Davis Richard Heidel Ashleigh Lovelace Alessandro Preda Joyce Wah Jessica Blauvelt Daniel DeBonis Sophia Heinke Federico Manaigo Helen Rogan Jordyn Wells Jessica Bookout Kelly DeBonis Jana Herman Jen Marlowe Jamie Lee Rotell David Wetherell Julianne Branda Liz (Ann) Deluca Charlotte Heyrman Peter Marvelli Angela Ruggiero-Corliss Daphne Yeh Elizabeth Breit Savannah DeMontesquio Michael Hisry Tomek Miernowski Zachary Schoenhut Zacmari Zamostina Seraphine Brenac Cynthia Denimis Chithra Jeyaram Lauren Modiano Maria Sevilla

ALL ABOUT THE COOP CALENDAR GENERAL MEETING New Member Orientations General Meeting Info Our Governing Structure From our inception in 1973 to the present, the open Attending an Orientation is the first step toward TUE, NOVEMBER 28 monthly General Meetings have been at the center of Coop membership. Pre-registration is required for GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m. the Coop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop all of the three weekly New Member Orientations. To pre-register, visit foodcoop.com or contact the incorporated in 1977, we have been legally required Membership Office. Visit in person or call 718-622- TUE, DECEMBER 5 to have a Board of Directors. The Coop continued the 0560 during office hours. AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 7:30 p.m. tradition of General Meetings by requiring the Board Have questions about Orientation? Please visit Submissions will be considered for the December 19 www.foodcoop.com and look at the “Join the Coop” to have open meetings and to receive the advice of the page for answers to frequently asked questions. General Meeting. members at General Meetings. The Board of Directors, which is required to act legally and responsibly, has The Coop on the Internet Gazette Deadlines approved almost every General Meeting decision at www.foodcoop.com LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: the end of every General Meeting. Board members are Dec 7 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Nov 27 The Coop on Cable TV Dec 21 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Dec 11 elected at the Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Inside the Park Slope Food Coop Coop’s bylaws are available on foodcoop.com and at The fourth FRIDAY of the month at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. every General Meeting. Channels: 56 (Time-Warner), 69 (CableVision), 84 (RCN), CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE: 44 (Verizon), and live streaming on the Web: www. Dec 7 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Nov 29 bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bcat-tv-network. Dec 21 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Dec 13 Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 28, 7:00 p.m. The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each Attend a GM Park Slope Food Coop month. and Receive Work Credit Mission Statement Location Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General Meeting The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem- St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President Street, between has been our decision-making body. At the General ber-owned and operated food store—an Sixth and Seventh Aves. Meeting (GM) members gather to make decisions and alternative to commercial profit-oriented busi- set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit ness. As members, we contribute our labor: program was created to increase participation in the working together builds trust through coop- How to Place an Item Coop’s decision-making process. eration and teamwork and enables us to keep Following is an outline of the program. For full details, see on the Agenda prices as low as possible within the context the instruction sheets by the sign-up board. If you have something you’d like discussed at a General of our values and principles. Only members • Advance Sign-up required: may shop, and we share responsibilities and Meeting, please complete a submission form for the To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your benefits equally. We strive to be a responsible Agenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby or sign- and ethical employer and neighbor. We are near the Coop Community Corner bulletin board and at up at foodcoop.com. The sign-ups sheet is available all a buying agent for our members and not a month long, except for the day of the meeting when you General Meetings. Instructions and helpful information selling agent for any industry. We are a part of on how to submit an item appear on the submission have until 5 p.m. to sign up. On the day of the meeting, the and support the cooperative movement. sign-up sheet is kept in the Membership Office. form. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesday Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please We offer a diversity of products with an of each month to plan the agenda for the GM held on the see below for details. emphasis on organic, minimally processed and healthful foods. We seek to avoid prod- last Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, please • Two GM attendance credits per year: ucts that depend on the exploitation of others. call Ann Herpel at the Coop. Each member may take advantage of the GM-for- We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. workslot-credit program two times per calendar year. We respect the environment. We strive Meeting Format • Squads eligible for credit: to reduce the impact of our lifestyles on the Shopping, Receiving/Stocking, Food Processing, world we share with other species and future Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Submit Open Forum items Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, and FTOP generations. We prefer to buy from local, • Explore meeting literature committees. (Some Committees are omitted because earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try Open Forum is a time for covering absent members is too difficult.) Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) to lead by example, educating ourselves and members to bring brief items to the General Meeting. • Attend the entire GM: others about health and nutrition, coopera- If an item is more than brief, it can be submitted to the In order to earn workslot credit you must be present tion and the environment. for the entire meeting. We are committed to diversity and Agenda Committee as an item for a future GM. • Signing in at the Meeting: equality. We oppose discrimination in any Reports (7:30 p.m.) • Financial Report • Coordinators’ After the meeting the Chair will provide the Workslot form. We strive to make the Coop welcoming Report • Committee Reports Credit Attendance Sheet. and accessible to all and to respect the opin- Agenda (8:00 p.m.) The agenda is posted on • Being Absent from the GM: ions, needs and concerns of every member. foodcoop.com and may also appear elsewhere in this issue. We seek to maximize participation at every It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) • Meeting evaluation • Board you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Please level, from policy making to running the store. of Directors vote • Announcements, etc. do not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations. We welcome all who respect these values.

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S ud 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- able between 7:00 7:15 p.m. Meeting Location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple) 274 Garfield Pl. at 8th Ave.

u o o u Election: The committee will present four members to be re- elected.submitted by the Disciplinary Committee

od o o dd o u Discussion: “Presentation by candidates for the Board of Directors followed by questions for the candidates”

uu d oonov 28 dec 3 For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please seePSFC NOV General Meeting Holiday Card-Making Party the center pages of the eate Gazette The Agenda Committeetue minutes 7 and pm the satatus of pending sun 12 pm agenda items are available in the office and at all GMs. Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in paren- Bring family and friends of all ages to a Holiday Card-Making theses are suggestions. More information on each item Party in the Coop’s Meeting Room. We’ll supply the glue, may be available on the entrance table at the meeting. markers, paper, and some fun art-making tips. You supply the We ask members to please read the materials available rest! Bring any other special art materials you would like to between 7 and 7:15 p.m. use or contribute. Seasonal refreshments will be available! Meeting location: St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between Sixth and Seventh Aves. I. Member Arrival and Meeting Warm-Up II. Open Forum dec 5 III. Coordinator and Committee Reports tue 7:30 pm Agenda Committee Meeting IV. Meeting Agenda Item 1: Dispute Resolution Committee Election (20 minutes) The Committee reviews pending agenda items and cre- Election: Two potential new members to the DRC will stand for election. DRC ates the agenda for future General Meetings. Drop by members work on a FTOP basis and serve three-year terms. and talk with committee members face-to-face —submitted by Grace Protos of the Dispute Resolution Committee between 7:30 and 7:45 p.m. Before submitting an Item 2: Creating a Walker Squad (25 minutes) item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Item for the Discussion: To separate the walkers from the Shopping Squad and make them General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission their own entity. —submitted by David Bijur Form, both available from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. The December General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 7 p.m., at Item 3: Proposal to Temporarily Boycott Tom Cat Bakery Products (45 minutes) John Jay High School, 237 Seventh Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Proposal: To conditionally cease purchase of Tom Cat Bakery products in soli- darity with former Tom Cat immigrant workers who have specifically asked the Coop to support their fight for justice. Food Class: Hanukkah Cooking —submitted by Erika Inwald, Nancy Romer, David Pratt and Genna Cherichello dec 7 thu 7:30 pm V. Board of Directors Meeting for a Blended Family VI. Wrap-Up. Includes member sign-in for workslot credit. The working title of this collection is “Seders by For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center Baldassano, Recipes for a Blended Family.” The pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the demonstration will be a Hanukkah-themed class status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. inspired by Chef Sue Baldassano’s own blended fami- ly. A long-time Coop member, Baldassano created the Coop’s Food Class in 1997, and continues today as a team member. For 25 years she was employed by the Natural Gourmet Institute as a chef instructor, and direc- tor of the Chefs’ Training Program. She was also the head chef of Angelica nov 28 Kitchen, and has been a private chef as well. In order to pursue her inter- tue 7:30 pm Meet Your Mind est in legacy cooking, she led tours for 20 years through her company, “To Grandmothers House We Go” cooking tours. These tours included cooking A Class in Basic Meditation. The fundamental nature of our mind is stable, classes with grandmothers in New York City, Mexico, Italy and Turkey. strong and clear—yet these qualities become obscured by the stress and Currently she is a part-time culinary instructor at the Natural Gourmet speed of our lives. Meditation opens and calms the mind. This is a basic Institute, and retreat chef with First Descents, an organization that spon- meditation class for beginners, and for anyone who would like a renewed sors adventure trips for young cancer survivors. Her most recent culinary understanding of the technique. Allan Novick has practiced meditation since project includes putting together a collection of recipes, stories, and draw- 1975. He is a meditation instructor at the New York Shambhala Center and ings based on her culinary experiences. Menu includes: Grandma Sue’s lat- Nalandabodhi New York and has taught meditation at corporate venues. He kes; applesauce with lemon & Mexican cinnamon; green beans with fried lives in Park Slope, has been a Coop member for many years, and is a retired chickpeas; pickled red onions & roasted garlic tahini dressing; dark choco- school psychologist. late date bar with toasted coconut & golden raisins. ASL interpreter available upon request, please contact: [email protected] by November 23. Materials fee: $5. To inquire about leading a Food Class, contact dec 1 Film Night: Fix It: Healthcare [email protected]. fri 7 pm at the Tipping Point dec 8 Wordsprouts: Stay Cool, Calm, Fix It: Healthcare at The Tipping Point is a powerful doc- fri 7 pm umentary that reaches across the political and ideologi- & Connected This Holiday cal divide. It takes an in-depth look into how our Dian Killian, PhD and a Certified Trainer with the dysfunctional healthcare system is damaging our econo- International Center for Nonviolent Communication, is the my, suffocating our businesses and discouraging physi- WORDSPROUTS author of two books, Urban Empathy: True Life Adventures cians, while remaining unaffordable for a third of our of Compassion on the Streets of NY, and Connecting citizens. The film was two years in the making, with more than 40 voices advo- Celebrate Father’s Day and meet Brian Gresko, across Differences: How to Connect with Anyone, Anytime, cating for reform, including: activists, health-policy experts, economists, physi- Anywherethe editor of the just-published (now anthologyin its on third edition, and in German). She’s also a certified life cians, nurses, patients, business and labor leaders. coachfatherhood (a graduate When I First Held You of the Coaching for Transformation program) and the founder and former director of the Center for Collaborative Communication. She offers To book a Film Night, contact Gabriel Rhodes, [email protected]. When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the coachingTriumphs, Challenges, and and Transformative training Experience of Fatherhood. via her company, Work Collaboratively, to diverse organiza- tions fromBecoming a father can be onesmall of the most profoundly exhilarating, and terrifying, large NGOs to multinational and Fortune 100 companies. life-changing occasions in a man’s life. In this incomparable collection of She alsothought-provoking leads essays, 22 of today’s masterful thewriters get straight toannual the heart of East Coast Women’s Retreat and has regularly offered modern fatherhood. From making that ultimate decision to having a kid to making it through the birth, to tangling with a toddler mid-tantrum, and eventually letting a teen loose in the world, these fathers explore every facet of fatherhood and show how being a father changed Friday, June 13 For more information on these and other events, the wayvisit they saw the world—and themselves. the7:00 p.m. at the Coop Coop’s website: foodcoop.com FREE Brian Gresko is the editor of the anthology When I Non members Welcome All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted.First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Nonmembers Writers Talk are welcome to attend workshops. About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood. His work Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily hasrepresent appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine, Glimmer Train Stories the, and The Brooklyn RailPark, Slope Food Coop. and online at The Huffington Post, Salon, TheAtlantic.com, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and many other sites. Read the while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com Gazette Refreshments will be served. All Wordsprout participants are Coop members. Bookings: John Donohue, [email protected]

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public programming at Kripalu, the 92nd St Y, Omega, the NY Open Center, NVC Academy, and in the Bahamas and Europe. dec 12 Safe Food Committee Film Night: Free for all Coop members & non-members. Refreshments will be served. tue 7 pm Bookings: John Donohue, [email protected]. The Fish on My Plate “What fish should I eat that’s good for me and good for the planet?” Bestselling author and lifelong fisher- man Paul Greenberg sets out to answer that question dec 9 in The Fish on My Plate, a PBS Frontline documentary. sat 12 pm Headaches As part of his quest to investigate the health of the ocean—and his own—Greenberg gave up meat and spends a whole year eat- Pain is one of the most common reasons cited for visits to doctors and hospitals, ing seafood at breakfast, lunch and dinner—some 700 portions—while and headaches can be one of the most debilitating types of pain. Whether it’s investigating open-sea fishing and fish-farming practices in places like from sinus pressure, tension or allergies—from cluster headaches to migraines—if Alaska, Norway and Peru. See what effect this diet had on his cholesterol, you’ve ever suffered from chronic headaches, you know how miserable they can high blood pressure, weight and omega-3. make you feel. While there are lots of remedies—both natural and pharmaceutical, See upcoming events, past reviews and a comprehensive list of films shown at over-the-counter and prescription—getting to the root cause of why you’re having www.plowtoplatefilms.com which can now also be reached via a link on the chronic headache pain is the only way to begin to reduce/eliminate your condition. Park Slope Food Coop’s home page at www.foodcoop.com. Join us for an in-depth look at the various types of headaches and what can be done to get rid of them! Nutrition Response Testing is a precise analytical tool that helps the clinician custom-design a health improvement program by identifying dec 15 Robin Aigner; Valerie Farber what nutritional imbalances your body is experiencing and what specific nutrition fri 8 pm will help correct it. Coop member Diane Paxton, MS, LAc, has been a colon hydro- Friday, Oct 19, 8:00 pm therapist and digestive health specialist for more than 25 years. She is a licensed “Local folkie Robin Aigner croons acupuncturist, advanced Nutrition Response Testing practitioner and the founder witty, vintage-sounding tunes of Inner Fire Integrative Health. with dashes of klezmer and swing.”—Timeout New York. A Friday evening music at the Good Coffeehouse, brewing a new beat founding member of Brooklyn’s 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, Antique-Garde, Aignerrocking clear- plays original, engaging and emo- 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 tive aroundhistory town for her Piedmont- vignettestravels—on on the guitar and tenor ukelele, taking style fingerpicking chops, her big road and around deep voice and her self-penned the heart. Detecting Early Symptoms antique-sounding songs. She’s played music all over the world dec 9 cuesand Brooklyn,from with all kinds of 1930s novelty tunes, old-time folk, mid-cen- excellent people, including Dayna Kurtz, the Roulette Sisters, sat 3 pm tury Jimbocountry-and-western, Mathis and CW Stoneking. and Eastern European tradi- of Dementia www.ProspectConcerts.tumblr.com 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doors open at 7:45] Performerstions. are Park SlopeValerie Food Coop members Farberand receive Coop workslot is credit. a Brooklyn-based vocalist with an Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 Have you experienced trouble remembering? Is it serious? Join us for an infor- incurablePARK SLOPE FOOD COOP 782 Union St., Brooklyn,jazz NY 11215 (btwnsoul. 6th & 7th Av.) • (718) Trained 622-0560 classically on both voice mational meeting where your questions will be answered. The presentation will and violin and fed a steady diet of bluegrass at home, highlight what dementia/Alzheimer’s is, the warning signals/risks and the process her interest in music developed early on. Once she was of obtaining diagnosis as well as an overview of NYC–based support organizations introduced to jazz she fell head over heels in love. and their services. Coop member Corinna Zuckerman partners with low-income Valerie has collaborated with musicians, DJs, and fine/ performance artists across the globe and self-released communities in NYC to develop worker-owned businesses, such as Golden Steps her first EP, So This Is Love, in February of 2016. Eldercare Cooperative—a caregiver-run business serving elderly New Yorkers and Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect specializing in dementia care. Corinna will host this workshop with Roberto Reyes Park West (at 2nd St.), $10, doors open at 7:45. Prospect Concerts is a Jr. from Caring Kind and Sara Paredes, member/owner of Golden Steps. monthly musical fundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.

dec 10 Move Better, Feel Better, jan 2 Agenda Committee Meeting sun 12 pm Live Better tue 7:30 pm The Committee reviews pending agenda items and cre- Learn about practical approach to eliminating pain and tension based on the ates the agenda for future General Meetings. Drop by Feldenkrais method of somatic education. Thanks to its non-corrective nature, and talk with committee members face-to-face this work is more gentle and more effective than massage or physical therapy. It is between 7:30 and 7:45 p.m. Before submitting an designed to facilitate lasting improvements by meeting each person where they are item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Item for the at and helping them naturally discover more ease and freedom of movement. In General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission this workshop you will have an opportunity to experience the benefits of the meth- Form, both available from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. od firsthand through group exercises and personalized hands-on mini-sessions. The January General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 30, 7 p.m., at People of all levels of fitness and ability can benefit. Igor Shteynberg, Feldenkrais St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President St., between Sixth and Seventh Aves. practitioner and a Coop member, whose goal is to help people feel better naturally and enjoy their daily life without being distracted by pain and tension. His clients jan 4 appreciate his ability to relate to their concerns, as well as his patience and care Food Class thu 7:30 pm in helping them improve how they feel on a daily basis. Food Class to be announced. To inquire about leading a Food Class, contact [email protected]. still to come jan 5 Film Night jan 7 Don’t Make Pain the Enemy

jan 6 Happy Tummy, Happy Life jan 9 Plow-to-Plate Film

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SHOPPING CARTS a member had entered their than I had apparently already carts outside Seventh Avenue Coopers did after we got carts ASTRAY residence with groceries, and called the Coop to report the retail stores and banks. and before the innovation of then planned to return the errant cart: after I walked a While members may enjoy “walkers.” The carts the Coop TO THE EDITOR: cart to the Coop, this cart was few dozen yards towards the and even expect the luxury of uses are expensive pieces of Monday morning, not for still dripping wet, apparently Coop, a vested “OUTS” worker a “walker” to bring their cart equipment, and as coopera- the first time, I noticed an having been out in the rain with no cart was walking in the back to the Coop, the impa- tors we are all responsible to abandoned PSFC grocery during a storm which had opposite direction, in search tient member, when “walkers” preserve them. cart outside a building a few ended before 8 a.m. Mon- of it.) are scarce, is responsible for Janet Gottlieb blocks from the Coop. While day morning. (An eagle-eyed I have also, from time to returning any cart s/he push- ordinarily it’s possible that member on a tighter schedule time, seen empty unattended es to her home or car. What MEMBER SUBMISSION

The BOD Squad meeting who was elected.” were published. During her pel explained. Board elec- The truer story is we did presentation Metz gleeful- tion procedures are already By Jesse Rosenfeld, Secretary to their responses. return the results before ly recalled my typo, as if it bound from start to finish the General Meeting She focuses her concerns the meeting officially proved something. But a vet- by two documents—PSFC’s t the October 2017 Gen- through the prism of our adjourned, something Metz eran like her already knows by-laws, and The Guide to Aeral Meeting (GM), Susan 2015 Interim Board of Direc- herself admits. It’s just that that minutes errors are given the GM: all available to the Metz presented her latest tors elections, in which, the meeting ended so late official time at each GM public. Additionally, every agenda item to improve gov- boasting higher-than-usual the chair gave our impa- to amend. So, why a BOD ballot is counted twice by ernance of our Food Coop. attendance for eight can- tient audience permission Squad should elbow in now volunteer members. Plus, She said, “The idea is that didates competing for two to leave (while still getting remains a mystery. under NY State law, ballots we form a squad of mem- seats, only one candidate workslot credit) before all Next, Ms. Metz thinks the are saved for auditing pur- bers to plan and implement won outright. Ms. Metz the ballots were counted. It General Coordinators (GCs) poses. Finally, Ms. Herpel the elections for the Board thinks a BOD Squad could may be a distinction with- shouldn’t endorse candi- offered that no one has ever of Directors (BOD). At the have explained voting pro- out a difference, but regard- dates. This is an odd posi- submitted evidence of any moment there is no one who cedures to the audience and less, an overseeing BOD tion for a democracy activist improper elections to begin has jurisdiction over this job. in turn avoided this unusual Squad would not have sped to take, going against tradi- with. So the BOD Squad The General Coordinators are (but nonetheless legal and up this process. More likely, tions of free speech. Anyway, here would be, predict- stretched…the Agenda Com- transparent) outcome. The they would have weighed it her BOD Squad could have ably, apropos of nothing. mittee or Chair Committee Chair Committee, however, down. no power over the GCs. But instead of appreciat- can’t plan these elections.” already has this task and Ms. Metz suggested the Ms. Metz’s most impas- ing a healthy debate, these As Secretary for the have admitted they could BOD Squad should also sioned argument alleges simple facts seemed only monthly GM, I record each have done the job better. oversee the minutes. Indeed, that the BOD Squad would to irritate Ms. Metz, who meeting in order to ensure Dedicated members, they’ve in my October 2015 draft, I have created “…an open, disrupted the proceedings accuracy in the minutes. demonstrably improved overlooked a whopper erro- transparent, inclusive, more than once and at Having listened to Ms. since. So the BOD Squad is neously showing candidate clean, fair, and democrat- length (grounds for mem- Metz’s presentation several redundant. Tim Platt had won a Board ic…” election procedure bership suspension, by the times, this is a summary of Ms. Metz says of 2015: seat, and this a full month that we all understand. way), forcing the Chair Com- her discussion points and “We never found out in the after the actual results Too late, as GC Ann Her- mittee to ask her to desist over and over again. Now, let’s fill in a huge blank. The run-up to the 2015 interim Board election was a public weigh-in on whether the Board could be potentially split over boy- cotting Israel. This aroused the opposition of a huge Join our small research- and education-based committee to help provide animal-related portion of our membership, reference materials, articles, workshops, and product suggestions as they relate to Coop so much so that we cam- products (meat, eggs, dairy, and products tested on animals). paigned behind a candidate who emphatically belabored CAN YOU… the point that partisan poli- Use your research, writing, editing, design, presentation, publicity, or marketing tics and the Board don’t mix: skills to serve our mission of providing our entire membership with transparent your author. If we factor in information on animal-welfare issues? as well that four candidates Interview farmers and vendors about how they treat their animals? were unknowns, three of them were openly pro-BDS, Attend monthly committee meetings (Monday C week, 7-8:30 p.m.) at the Coop, one of them withdrew their logging agreed-upon committee work so that you work an average of 2.75 candidacy, one sent a proxy hours/month? (Applicants must have good attendance records and be Coop instead of showing up, and members for a least a year.) again, that the Chair Com- If so, please apply at psfcanimals.blogspot.com, telling us as much as possible about mittee didn’t fully explain yourself, your passion for the cause, and why you’d like to join us. Deadline for all voting procedures, then my applicants is Friday, December 1. (Paper copies of the application are available in the exclusive win in an open Animal Welfare Committee wall pocket outside the copy room on the second floor.) election becomes under- standable. No specialized team has We seek to reflect the racial, ethnic, sexual jurisdiction over planning orientation, and gender diversity of the and implementing the Board Coop (including dietary diversity—we’re elections because there is not all vegans!). We strongly encourage no need for one. The BOD people of color to apply. Squad is a solution in search of a problem. n

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Tom Cat cerned about this and told CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 them there is a democratic process that could result in “The game of life is like chess. the removal of the product The pawns take the hits, are from the PSFC. This is some- on the frontlines, live with thing membership should the most risk, work the hard- come out and vote on. We est, and yet they are the most want to see how other mem- expendable. The severance bers feel about this issue.” offered is often insulting, Another member attend- especially for those who are ing the October GM was not laboring. I feel that the Coop as certain. “I feel like the should move into political union failed, and I’m not sure activism through consumer boycotting the bakery is the purchasing power.” best idea,” she commented. “I ecokvetch Morales says I-9 audits are feel like the severance pack- as devastating to immigrant age is fair. A lot of people get i]ZZck^g dcbZci Va communities as workplace fired, and they get nothing. X dbb ^ i i ZZWa d \ raids. “This is another tactic I’m curious about the union of ICE. . . . What happened and why the union accepted at Tom Cat was the first I-9 it if it’s not fair.” audit in 11 years. The Member Audrey  first was in 2006 with Komaroff wish- I^ed[i]Z Fresh Direct.” And es all of the

while it’s hard to say Tom Cat workers BY LISA COHEN PHOTO why ICE used an I-9 would’ve taken Erika Inwald hopes the BDCI= audit as opposed the original sev- membership will vote to to a raid, Morales erance package. “I boycott Tom Cat Bakery at says “we know wish the employ- the November GM. that it’s upend- ees took the sever-

ILLUSTRATION BY BRIANNA HARDEN ed people’s lives. ance package they what to do.” Worried about These raids and audits are were offered and then Morales, however, is clear Tip Title tearing immigrants’ families tried to have the Coop try to about what he wants to hap- apart. In Baltimore, there was get them more. I don’t know pen. In a statement to the Loremclimateipsum dolorchange?sit amet, an I-9 audit, and those work- how many employees Tom Linewaiters’ Gazette, he wrote, consectetur adipiscing elit. ers, they just vanished, they Cat still has, so boycotting “Following the I-9 audit cri- Spend three minutes just vanished. Immigrant fam- them might affect many more sis at Tom Cat Bakery, Brand- Pellentesque ut orci quis ilies are torn apart.” people,” adds Komaroff, who workers members shared sapieneachiaculis day rutrum.writing or, Erika hopes the Coop believes the issue of worker’s learnings and insights with  membership will vote to boy- rights is complicated. “I would National immigration law Suspen cott the bakery on November be a part of a boycott if the advocates, including NELP even better, calling 28. Erika also says the Coop Coop felt it would help. I don’t [the National Employment leadership has been in touch agree with these immigration Law Project] and the Nation- Loremone ipsumof yourdolor electedsit amet, with Tom Cat. “They called the rules that hurt hard working al Immigration Law Center. consectetur adipiscing elit. bakery and told them there people, but until the laws are These groups helped develop officials. Then, go were members who were con- changed, it’s difficult to know a set of common sense poli- Pellentesque ut orci quis cies specifically designed to sapien iaculis rutrum. protect immigrant workers check the air in your in their workplace.” Morales Suspen wants Tom Cat to adopt those tires; it’s safer and you’ll policies. “Rewarding Tom Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, The Coop’s Food Class needs to add two assistants to its team. Cat’s negligence with contin- use less fossil fuel. ued ‘business as usual’ risks Tasks include: setting a very dangerous and Preparing and pre-cooking ingredients for the recipes poor standard for all NYC demonstrated in class • Preparing and serving food samples • employers and workers. Le AZVgcbdgZVi/ Cleaning up after the event. Bernardin dumped Tom Cat. ZXd`kZiX]#Wad\hedi#Xdb The assistant should be familiar with That’s huge. If Le Bernardin cooking and should be proficient in basic can be a leader in this fight, knife skills. Professional training is not we’re hoping that the PSFC required. can be a leader in the same.” The vote to temporarily Requirements: cease buying products Hair cover and closed-toe shoes to be worn during shift • from Tom Cat bakery Punctuality • Timely responses to team communication will take place at the outside of class • Excellent attendance record at your current November 28 Gen- Coop shift. eral Meeting. n

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If interested, please tell us about yourself, explaining your interest in this shift. Please include your member number and contact information for a short interview by a current team member. ILLUSTRATION BY BRIANNA HARDEN Send materials to: [email protected] “Tom Cats’ tasty baguettes will disappear if the GM votes for a boycott.”

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