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Volume AA, Number 13 June 22, 2006 ORGANIC AND GOLIATH The battle over organic food heats up as Wal-Mart enters the fray By Katie Benner

What is THAT? Endorsements for products that are never going to get the advertising campaigns they deserve.

April, re g a r ding the store ’s new dire c t i o n . o v e This year’s Wall Street earnings re s u l t s e ry few people seem to long been a staple amongst it or hate it, have demonstrated that businesses that believe that what they vegetarian Chinese monks, L Wa l - M a r t is a loaded word; and the cater to wealthy customers have been able to Vshop for at the Coop is Russian wheat farmers, Mor- mega-retailer has made waves once again with keep their mark-ups, profits and same-store in any way unusual. But mons and peasants of South- its decision to sell more organic foods. The sales high. Wal-Mart sales and stock have lan- glance at the contents of east Asia. Huston learned to move will accelerate an existing crisis within guished against high-end retailers, and the their baskets and carts, dear love seitan, which can be the organic food movement: organic food company says it partly because higher gaso- re a d e r, and you and I know s e r ved raw or cooked, fro m demand is rapidly increasing. line prices are keeping lower-income con- d i f f e r ent. So what are all her husband, Dave, a vegan. At this rate, it seems doubtful that produc- sumers from being able to spend. those odd things? And what Some vegetarians avoid it ers will be able to feed new consumers and No matter what the reason, there is little to will these people do with because the texture is too still remain true to stringent organic stan- indicate that life will get better for poore r them once they get home? d a rds . With the nation’s largest gro c e ry chain Americans any time soon, and surely it would This intrepid G a z e t t e re p o r t e r So what are all those odd and the world’s largest retailer offering organic behoove Wa l - M a rt to get in on the high-end, decided to find out. things? And what will these food at prices likely to beat big-box gro c e r s high-mark up game. Good manners prevent me people do with them once like Whole Foods and smaller food co-ops, this O r ganic competitors like Whole Foods and f rom describing exactly what could create a glut of organic food consumers Wild Oats mark up their goods a great deal. seitan resembles. Pro- they get home? gobbling up the green goods faster than we’ve Consumer Reports released a recent study nounced like “SAY-tan,” the ever seen before. that found organic food can cost on average b r ownish blobs, packaged in “meaty,” according to Barbara “ We’ve reached a point where our choices as 50% to 100% more than conventional pro d - plastic tubs, float in clear liq- and Leonard Jacobs co-writ- shoppers must be thought of as political,” says ucts. In contrast, the Coop has a 21% mark up uid. Shanna Huston rare l y ers of Cooking with Seitan, Ronnie Cummins, national director of the on all goods. If Wal-Mart marks up its goods by shops at the Coop without The Complete Ve g e t a r i a n O rganic Consumers Association. “The pro d u c t s 55%, it can still beat the competition and tucking several containers of “Wheat-Meat” Cookbook. But we believe adhere to organic standards could pocket a significant profit. the stuff into her shopping seitan cravings are common soon include genetically modified elements or The most obvious loser in the game seems c a rt. Derived from the pro t e i n in her family according to be produced just like mass agriculture, and to be Whole Foods, which has had a hammer- p o rtion of wheat, seitan has C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 2 people will lose faith in the organic label.” lock on organic food, the fastest growing niche sector in the gro c e ry industry. The company has Organic Apple of Wal-Mart’s Eye made its money by catering to a higher- i n c o m e General Meeting & Annual Meeting—June 27 Wa l - M a rt spokeswoman Karen Burke told demographic that can aff o r d its steep mark The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on the the Linewaiters’ Gazette that the store has made ups; and this has meant profit margins that last Tuesday of each month.* The next General Meeting will fol- this decision “because our customers are a r e the envy of rivals like Wa l - M a rt, Kro g e r’s low the Annual Meeting on Tu e s d a y, June 27 at the Congre g a t i o n telling us that they’re wanting these selections.” and Safeway. For example, Whole Foods post- Beth Elohim Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place But what consumers are she talking about? ed a generous 3.05% profit margin in 2005 ver- and Eighth Avenue. The Annual Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. It has been well publicized by the company that sus a more typical 1.48% from Safeway. The agendas for both appears in this issue and is available as this move is also part of an eff o rt to draw bet- T h e r e are fears that Wa l - M a r t—with its a flyer in the entryway of the Coop. For more information about t e r-h eeled consumers to its stores. To whit, economies of scale and consequent power to the GM and about Coop governance, please see the center of Wa l - M a r t has begun offering plasma televi- control suppliers—will push organic food pro- this issue. sions, better quality furn i t u r e and high-end ducers to sell their wares at prices so low that * Exceptions for November and December will be posted. fashion, in addition to organic foods—going so they get hurt. But with mark ups so high at far as to pay for advertising in Vo g u e magazine. o r ganic retailers, Wa l - M a rt wouldn’t have to I N T H I S I S S U E “We are going to focus on the best price, not re s o rt to squeezing producers for lower cost just the lowest price,” Wal-Mart vice-chairman goods until stores like Whole Foods lowere d New Coop Exit/Entry Area? ...... 3 John Menzer said at a news conference last prices significantly. Spreading the Coop Love ...... 5 C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 4 Why Diversity Education ...... 5 Jun 22–24 •Blood Drive: Thursday through Saturday—see Survival for Sale: The Privatization of Water ...... 7 inside for hours Mysteries of Aisle 4, the “Supplement Aisle” ...... 7 Coop Thu, Jul 6 •Film: Genetically Modified Food: Why Are We Coop Hours, Coffeehouse, Puzzle...... 8 Fighting It?, 7:30 p.m. Coop Calendar, Governance Information...... 9 Event Community Calendar ...... 10 Fri, Jul 7 •Film Night: A Walk Through the Footprint, 7:00 p.m. Letters to the Editor ...... 11 Highlights Jul 8 & 9 •Food Drive: Sat. & Sun., 9-5:00 in front of the Coop. Entire Coop Benefits from the Food Stamp Program ...... 13 Classified Ads ...... 14 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Workslot Needs ...... 16 2 F June 22, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY

respect: when you combine a cucumbers and peppers Dancy Tangerine and a Dun- PR I C E : $1.03 a pound when can Grapefruit it looks like this article went to press. this. Once home the fruit was If you know of other easy to peel, juicy and utterly unusual products available at delicious. Mmmmm. The the Coop that you believe are g r a p e f r uit taste adds a nice u n d e r- a p p r eciated please let kick to the sweetness of the me know for consideration in tangerine. “You’ll be addict- f u t u re articles in the G a z e t t e . ed,” Elizabeth had pre d i c t - Please put “Gazette pro d u c t ” ed—she got that part right. in the subject line and send LO C AT I O N : seasonal; in the them to barbara@barbaraen- p r oduce section below sor.com. Thanks. ■

…young Thai coconut…many are picked by monkeys. Food Tours at the Coop

What is That? pears into salad dre s s i n g s Hawaii, turmeric re s e m b l e s What Is That? and as a dip for dishes like ginger in both taste and C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 1 baba ganoush. Greek yogurts appearance. “It adds a nice How Do I Use It? Huston. Ten-year old (non- do not curdle at high temper- color” says Lofflin, who colors vegan) Dakari clamors for the atures, making them a useful grain salads (made with We're under the influence now soup which is a cinch to pre- i n g red ient in sauces as well. quinoa, for example), with see how the aisles are leafing out: p a r e—cooking the noodles Coop member Lisa Auerbach the dark orange root plant. baby lettuces and wild greens takes longest. His father is likes to include a dollop of Tu r meric “is also extre m e l y lambs quarters, tats-oi, vitamin greens p a r tial to the seitan sand- Fage Greek yogurt in her deli- good for you” says Loflin, move over spinach - make room broccoli wich. (To pre p a r e: slice and cious morning smoothie, full with obvious satisfaction. the competition is coming though b r own the seitan, then serv e of “everything that I ought to LO C AT I O N : seasonal—in the day by day on a cibatta roll with eat.” If you listen care f u l l y p r oduce section, top level, c a rmelized onions.) But will you can almost hear the between the green and the sun is working it red-meat eaters touch the catchy jingle on the commer- orange sweet peppers all the leaves and flowers watch it pass s t u ff? “My mother-in-law was cial. Everything tastes better PR I C E : $5.65 a pound when we bask and draw it in definitely skeptical at first,” with Fage Authentic Greek. It this article went to press qui prana hara says Huston. “But I think she is also possible to buy con- live life in all things green really liked it.” tainers with a little tub of Papaya Spears laying down our bones and blood LOCATION: in the egg cooler, on accompanying jam or honey It was the dried papaya our skin, cells and eye shine the left to mix in. spears that first drew my strawberries so sweet PR I C E : $2.25 for 8 ounce pkg LOCATION: yogurt cooler attention to Elizabeth’s shop- their aroma intoxicates PR I C E: $1.57 - $1.67, individ- ping basket. Since the that's what it is to eat one ual serving size. enzymes from papaya are Neti born in the season's ground “People worry they will feel notoriously healthful, Eliza- right here in New York as though they are drowning,” beth reasons the chewy Thai Coconut Brooklyn the Park Slope Food Coop says Anna, a Coop cashier It doesn’t get much more orange spears are a good way at your fingertips you lucky dog whose enthusiasm for a prod- exotic than the young Thai to satisfy her sweet tooth. As uct called a neti turns out to coconut, when you consider we spoke Elizabeth caught check it out be contagious. The nasal that many are picked by mon- sight of another favorite: “We what's it all about cleaning pot, a small ceramic keys. (I was not able to deter- often don’t stock these,” she in the bulk and produce aisles of your store pitcher makes it easy to irr i- mine whether this is true of said, grabbing several pack- gate the nasal passages on a the ones stocked at the ets of Soken Sea Ve g e t a b l e s . come tour with me Myra Klockenbrink regular basis. “You pour Coop.) “What are you going (A happy discovery from a day there is not a moment to lose saline solution in one nostril to do with that?” I asked one the express shopping line Next Tours: and out through the other, ” Coop shopper who told me snaked back to the place it is Friday, June 30 explains Anna. But why she was going to put a hole in shelved.) Soak the contents New dates will be posted by the elevator as they are would you want to do that? hers when she got home and of the package in water for 10 scheduled. C o n s i d e r ed as basic as drink it, pure and simple. “It’s minutes and you have an tooth brushing in parts of delicious,” she insisted. Thai a s s o r tment of the tasty sea- Tour Hours: India and south east Asia, Coconut is also an essential weeds pictured on the out- 12:00–1:00 & 1:30–2:30 p.m. use of the neti is thought to i n g redient in the marv e l o u s side, says Elizabeth. Yes, but speed up the healing process peanut sauce that goes with then what? “I’m going to put for common colds and ward Chicken Satay. them into some miso soup o ff other infections. Regular LO C AT I O N : p r oduce section with tofu,” she said. use of the neti has cut down near oranges LO C AT I O N: at the end of aisle considerably on Anna’s ten- PR I C E: $1.82 each when this 6B, near the cooler with dency to get colds and nasal article went to press. chicken infections, she says. She is PRICE: $2.79 a packet careful to use it after her daily Quinoa swim. Recommended in par- Margareth Dominique says Tangelos ticular for coping with dusty the hefty bag of grain in her As I waited in line myself, and polluted environments, I shopping basket is a weapon next to Elizabeth, another bought one for my friend in her ongoing “battle with item in her basket caught my Stanton, who frequently suf- my big stomach.” Dominique, eye. What are those? I fers from post-nasal drip. who appears to be winning i n q u i r ed, pointing to some While Stanton is not yet the battle, says she grew up orange citrus fruit that looked ready to endorse the healing in the Caribbean where white like a tangerines with ele- properties of the neti, he has rice is a popular staple. phantiasis. “Tangelos,” she clearly made a friend, aff e c- Quinoa, according to her told me, “They are so sweet tionately calling it his “snoot “health nut friend” is a far and juicy—better than flute.” healthier alternative. Cooking oranges. “The more Elizabeth LOCATION: way down low at the it in a similar way with two rhapsodized about the fru i t end of aisles 5B and 6A, fac- p a r ts water and olive oil the more I began to salivate. ing yogurts Dominique says she sort of “You really have to try them,” PRICE: $10.10 likes it. But she speaks wist- she said. She was right, I did. fully still of that yummy white Giving up my place in line I Greek Yogurt rice. went to grab six tangelos. A Another Coop shopper LO C AT I O N : in bulk items sign posted nearby explained (who claims never to buy any- beneath the cashew nuts . that the wrinkly oversized thing unusual) says she PRICE: $1.75 a pound skin was not an indication “could not live without” Fage that the fruit was in any way Authentic Greek yogurt . Fresh Turmeric damaged, or diseased, or Greek yogurt is “a lot like sour F r esh turmeric is Coop ought for any reason to be c r eam,” she explains. Once member Lynn Loflin’s favorite put aside as a donation for home, the tub quickly disap- “Coop oddity.” Grown in the soup kitchen. Have some Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY June 22, 2006 f 3 New Coop Entry/Exit Area? By D. S. Aronson

ttended by more than 10.31% in April 2005 to 8.80% to Gazette advert i s e m e n t s . checked. ping privileges could slip past 90 members and ably in May 2006. A slowdown, The advisory group also H a rris stressed that under a busy exit worker and gain A c h a i r ed by Imani Eakin observed, that was includes three general coor- the current configuration, a access to the shopping aisles Q ’ R yn, the May 2006 Park anticipated. dinators: Mike Eakin, Joe significant Coop security flaw without having shown Coop Slope Food Coop General Eakin took a question from Holtz and Jessica Robinson. is shared access from the out- ID to an entrance worker. Meeting started with the tradi- B o a r d member John Urd a , Exit Circulation Advisory side to our entrance and exit H a r ris continued by tional open forum, when who queried if the annual G r oup member Sylvia Harr i s points. A non-Coop member explaining that some short - members have an opport u n i t y financial statement would be gave the bulk of the presenta- or a member without shop- term changes were already in to ask straightforw a rd ques- available ahead of the Coop’s tion. Harris asked the GM to C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 1 5 tions. One member re c o u n t e d Annual Meeting. Eakin consider the one experience how she saw a shopping replied, “We hope so.” all Coop members share : squad worker filling a bulk entering and leaving the PSFC ANNU A L MEE T I NG food container using bare Harris stressed that under Coop, and that we think hands, and she asked if squad the current configuration, a about enhancing this by & JUNE GENERAL MEE T I NG members could be trained in significant Coop security i m p roving congestion, secu- food handling. General Coor- rity and movement on the Tuesday, June 27, 7:00 p.m. dinator Joe Holtz brought up flaw is shared access from shopping floor. the effective signage and the outside to our entrance Introduction of debit cards • Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall training for bulk food handlers and exit points. and how that change will 274 Garfield Pl at 8th Ave. who work in the basement, a ffect the flow of people was • Items will be taken up in the order given. and concurred emphatically The May GM moved on to also part of the advisory • Times in parentheses are suggestions. that education along the an exploration of two agenda g r o u p ’s design pro g r a m . same lines is needed for all items that together pre s e n t Debit transactions mean the ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA: members who stock food. some of the dilemmas of point of payment moves up Next was the coord i n a t o r s Coop membership. How do to the checkout worker, with Item #1: Presentation of the audited report, when General Coordi- we experience the Coop as cashiers re s e r ved for cash financial report for the year ended nator Mike Eakin gave the shoppers and as members and check transactions. The January 29, 2006 financials. Among other high- who have to work for the priv- result will be faster flow of Following the presentation members will have the lights, Eakin pointed to our ilege of shopping? members through checkout, 17.02% gross margin, or what For discussion only, the but a larger potential for bot- o p p o r tunity to pose questions to our outside auditor, we keep in sales. Perfect, in first agenda item, pre s e n t e d tleneck with our current exit R o b e r tReitman of Cornick, Garber & Sandler, LLP. his description, would be by the Exit Circulation Advi- setup. Members will then vote whether to acccept the 17.70%. According to the s o ry Group, sought to, in the Some of the physical limi- audited statement. Item #2: Board of Directors Election Election: Two positions are open this year for full three-year terms.

GENERAL MEETING AGENDA: Item #1: Renewing the Services of the Auditor Proposal: “To retain the services of Cornick, Garber & Sandler, LLP, to perform an audit of the Coop for the fiscal year ending January 28, 2007.” — submitted by the General Coordinators Item #2: Election of Officers of the PSFCoop Clockwise from above: •A Election: Following the election of members to the p re l i m i n a ry plan shows an Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, we must extension to the front of the elect officers of the corporation at the General Coop with a separate exit Meeting—president, vice president, secretary and and entry. •Coop member Sylvia Harris was the treasurer. principle presenter for the [PSFC Bylaws: “Article IV, Officers: §3. The President Exit Circulation Advisory and Vice-President shall be, at the time of election, Group. With her is James directors of the corporation.”] Cleary, architect of the preliminary plans. •Mem- Future Agenda Information: bers at the GM discuss the For information on how to place an Item on the proposal to allow suspend- Agenda, please see the center pages of the Linewaiters' ed members to shop after Gazette. The Agenda Committee doing a make-up. minutes and the status of pending agenda items are financial report distributed at w o r ding of a GM handout, tations of the Coop include available in the office and at all GMs. the May GM, our 21% mark- “discuss the idea of obtaining the clogged passageways: up compares with the “typical a ‘revocable consent’ fro m think of a busy day when you ‘extra-large’ ” coop markup of New York City to extend the almost collide with another 61%. We turn stock 61 times a entrance/exit area out onto member as you puzzle out y e a r, contrasted with a larg e the sidewalk…. Also discuss the end of the cashier line, or IN T E RIM BOARD OF coop’s turn of 22 times. the cost of the project which the relay course you navigate Tools and maintenance could be in the neighborhood as you re t u rn a shopping cart DIREC TORS ELEC T I ON expenses have jumped when of $200,000.” The second to the cart corral. Add to this compared to a similar period agenda item, which was pre- a squad meeting on a B o a r d member Israel Fishman passed away June 14. in 2005 because of extensive sented for a vote by the GM, bustling shopping day, and Please see page 13. repairs to our ecofriendly roof sought to modify member you have an over- c r o w d e d There will be an interim election to fill the vacancy on air conditioner. During his shopping-suspended status shopping floor. the Board of Directors at the July General Meeting. report, Eakin mentioned that to “permit shopping after The presentation also A c c o rding to our bylaws the election must be held "no the Coop may need to think doing a workshift.” highlighted security con- less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the vacan- about another necessary General Coordinator Joe c e r ns, with a focus on exit cy occurs," and "A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall i n f r a s t r u c t u r e investment: Holtz began the presentation workers tasked with too many serve only until the next Annual Meeting, at which meet- replacing a fifteen-year- o l d of agenda item one by responsibilities: comparing a ing the membership shall elect a director to serve for the chiller. reminding the GM that the bag or box count against a balance of the term." The Coop has 12,945 Exit Circulation Advisory s h o p p e r’s receipt, stamping Nominations may be made at the July 25 GM. Candi- members, compared to G r oup was staffed through a receipts and watching to dates are encouraged to provide a brief written state- 11,729 in late April 2005, but selection among Coop mem- make sure that somebody ment. the percentage of member bers with relevant back- d o e s n ’ t exit the Coop shop- g r owth has slowed fro m grounds, who had responded ping floor without being 4 F June 22, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY

ORGANIC & i n c r eased 1,000% between Without the huge govern m e n t GOLIATH 1945 and 1989, and U.S. Geo- subsidies bestowed upon big logical Survey data shows a g r i c u l t u re, organic pro d u c e C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 1 that groundwater stre a m s tended to be sold at higher T h e re have also been wor- w e re contaminated with pes- price points. Over time, the ries that Wal-Mart could start ticides as the result of agri- p e r ception that organic = getting food from China, a cultural ru n - o f f from farm expensive would allow big- country with lax organic stan- fields. The organic farm i n g box retailers like Whole Foods d a r ds, in order to boost its movement arose in large part to charge astro n o m i cal mark bottom line on organic pro- as a response to chemical ups and pitch food as a duce. But this possibility f a r ming technology and its status-conscious item. seems less likely in the cur- attendant contamination of rent environment, given that food and water, signifying a Natural Dilemma the massive expense of ship- commitment to agricultural B e f o re Wa l - M a r t entere d ping refrigerated foods over a methods that improve soil the fray, these stringent great distance like the Pacific f e rti lity and biological diver- organic production standards O c e a n — f u r ther exacerbated s i t y. Crop rotation, cultiva- w e r e in jeopard y, says the by re c o rd high oil prices and tion, mulching and the O C A’s Cummins. OCA litera- to undermine organic stan- s t r uggles along with the re s t shipping costs. encouragement of “benefi- t u r e says “after 35 years of d a r ds and get the USDA to of the retail world to meet “Our fresh organic produce cials,” meaning pre d a t o r h a r d work, the U.S. org a n i c allow conventional chemical- consumer demand. is currently sourced from the insects that keep pests in community has built a multi- intensive and factory farm Even an independent food U.S. and we have no curre n t check, are essential to organ- billion dollar alternative to practices on organic farm s . p r oducer like Eart h b o u n d plans to go elsewhere,” says ic food production. industrial agriculture. Now This would allow them to F a r ms has received a lot of Wa l - M a r t spokeswoman large corporations, aided and boost production, meet media attention as an opera- Karen Burke. abetted by the USDA and g rowing demand for “org a n i c tion that embodies the At this rate, it seems doubtful members of Congress, are labels” and make money by o r ganic food movement’s Back to Basics that producers will be able to moving to lower organic stan- selling more expensive food. explosive growth. From a It’s important to go back in feed new consumers and dards and seize control.” The OCA is campaigning three-acre roadside farm to a time to truly understand Why? Because people will against two of the larg e s t 28,000 acre operation in the what’s at stake here, to a time still remain true to stringent pay more if the word org a n i c o r ganic dairy companies in U.S. and abroad, the compa- b e f o r e “organic” became a organic standards. is slapped on their lettuce the nation, Horizon Org a n i c ny is the nation’s larg e s t w o r d that retailers latched bag, and commercial food and Aurora Organic, which g r ower of organic pro d u c e onto to bump up profit mar- p roducers have known this for supply to Wa l - M a r t, Costco, and its greens can be found gins and lure rich customers Going organic also created a long time. Dean Foods now S a f e w a y, Giant, Wild Oats in more than three quart e r s who pay top dollar for health. a way for farmers to make owns Horizon; M&M Mars and others, because they pur- of all U.S. supermarkets. B e f o r e food signified status, money without creating the owns Seeds of Change; Kel- chase the majority of their Michael Pollan, a journ a l- o rganic food simply re f e rre d m e g a f a r ms that eventually logg owns Kashi and Morn- milk from feedlot dairies ism professor at the University to sustainable food pro d u c- d e s t r oy the soil and make ingstar Farms, while General w h e re the cows have little or of California, Berkeley, and tion and farming methods. fields reliant on chemicals to Mills owns Cascadian Farm no access to pasture. Togeth- author of The Omnivore ’s In the late 1940s, there yield crops. Ideally, a certified and Muir Glen. Eart h ’s Best, er, these corporations control Dilemma, points out that was a radical change in o r ganic product means that G a r den of Eatin, Arro w h e a d up to 65% of the organic dairy when organic farming scales American agriculture as o r ganic and conventional Mills, Westbrae, Bearitos, market, but, according to the to this size, downsides are f a rmers moved from a model i n g r edients are not mixed in Rice Dream, Soy Dream and OCA they do not adhere to inevitable. In short, it widens of locally produced and sold any part of the food pro d u c- Walnut Acres, they’re all t rue organic food pro d u c t i o n the gulf between contempo- a g r i c u l t u r e to one of mass tion process, and that no owned by Heinz. And all of practices. r a ry organic farming and eco- f a r ming that included the genetically engineered or these organic offerings sell for “ W a l - M a r t was alre a d y friendly systems that off e red a i n t r oduction of new pesti- i r radiated ingredients are m o re than the conventional experiencing organic milk real connection between con- cides, herbicides and syn- used. More o v e r, no pre s e rv a- p roducts off e red by the same s h o r tages,” says Cummins. sumers and the land that pro- thetic chemical fert i l i z e r s . tives or additives that would p ro d u c e r. “They want these softer stan- duced their foods. Instead of planting a little degrade the quality of the Cummins says that dards to meet demand.” I t ’s also a dilemma for of everything, farmers mass- organic crop are used. agribusiness front gro u p s , Wa l - M a rt ’s Burke says the those who believe more peo- p r oduced a single crop, a While these agricultural such as the Farm Bureau, big company “supports the USDA ple should eat and buy practice that necessitated g rowing methods were never food corporations, biotech and their [organic] standards o rganic foods. The growth of e v e r- m o r e - p o w e r ful chemi- intended to be a health claim companies such as Monsanto and believe they should be the movement is essentially cals, as insects and weeds or a status symbol, the lack of and right-wing think tanks maintained.” good. Earthbound spokes- developed resistances to old pesticide residue gave it like the Hudson Institute H o w e v e r, softer standard s people have pointed out that pesticides. health cachet for those wor- have joined with industry - and more organic-label food their mass production means Pesticide use in the U.S. ried about eating poisons. friendly government agencies c o u l d n ’t hurt the giant, as it that more people have access to good food, and that it has democratized a food OOD RIVE that, for whatever reason, has F D been a more costly choice. to benefit If Wa l - M a rt can democra- CHIPS Soup Kitchen tize a food choice that has been out of reach for low- Saturday, July 8 income consumers who do Sunday July 9 not live near food co-ops or affordable health food stores, from 9:00 – 5:00 maybe there is something CHIPS Soup Kitchen, located at 4th Avenue and Sackett Stre et, is the good in that. Low-income re c i p i e nt of much of our edible but unsaleable perishable food. They Americans have higher inci- also need donations of non-perishable fo o d s. Consider donating some- dences of health pro b l e m s thing from the "Do" list below at the collection table outside the Coop. like diabetes and it is impor- This food will go to CHIPS to help them feed people in the neighbor- tant for children of all income hood who are in need of a nutritious meal. brackets to have access to wholesome food. Do Contribute Don't Contribute “The vast majority of food Non-Perishable Foods and is bought in superm a r k e t s , ” Perishables Earthbound’s Myra Goodman Commercially Packaged Foods Items from bulk bins & silos Items packaged in the Coop told the Associated Press ear- a lier this year. “Those people Canned Fish should have an org a n i c Canned Fruits & Vegetables a Refrigerated foods choice.” Pasta Sauce Frozen foods Pasta While Cummins would not Tea s u p p o r t shopping at Wa l - Pre-packaged Rice Sweets M a r t for any reason, he Pre-packages Beans Juice (bottles or Canned Beans juice packs) agrees that there needs to be Canned Soups Baby Food better distribution of org a n i c Parmalat Milk Crackers foods for people, no matter Dry Milk their income level. Peanut Butter “We need an intense nutri- Boxed Raisins tion outreach to low-income Americans,” he says. ■ Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY June 22, 2006 f 5 C O O R D I N A T O R S ’ C O R N E R Spreading the Coop Love Harlem finds inspiration in the Park Slope Food Coop and other successful cooperatives By Karen Mancuso, Office Coordinator n mid-April on the L e o n a rd Lopate Joe Holtz, was invited to the summit p o rt they received from welfare. Joe talk these days about reducing our S h o w food writers Ruth Reichl and to speak on a panel discussion on Holtz recalled the risky financial sys- work requirement, sometimes we for- IMichael Pollan off e r ed shopping cooperatives, which also included the tem in the early days of the Coop, get why the Coop (or any coop) exists alternatives for consumers interested p r esident and CEO of the Bethex when the store was only open for in the first place, and that many com- in supporting sustainable agriculture, Federal Credit Union, the president of shopping one day a week: On Fridays munities, especially those who feel local farms and the organic food the Cooperative Home Care Associ- Joe paid the wholesaler for pro d u c e disenfranchised, could greatly benefit movement. The guests talked up ates, and the co-director of Colors, with a check drawn from an empty from a cooperative system. Whole Foods and farmers markets yet, the cooperative Manhattan restaurant bank. Luckily, we were always able to What would worker-owned busi- curiously enough, coops were left out s t a r ted by former employees of the sell enough the next day and deposit nesses mean to a neighborhood like of the conversation entire l y. If you World Trade Center’s Windows on the the proceeds into the account by Harlem? Coops enable people on d o n ’t hear the praises of food coops World. Among the politicos in Monday when the wholesaler cashed several levels, one being that pooled on a WNYC broadcast dedicated to attendance were Congre s s m a n their check. Fekkak Mamdouh re s o u rces translates to benefits usu- g r o c e ry shopping in the Big Apple, Charles Rangel, Senatorial hopeful recounted with frustration the many ally unattainable by one person w h e re can you expect to hear them? Bill Perkins, Manhattan Boro u g h times he was turned down when seek- alone. Another is that the profits of In Harlem, as a matter of fact. As P r esident Scott Stringer and ing investors to back Colors. It wasn’t the business go to the workers, not gentrification threatens to leave Manhattan Deputy Borough President until a coop in Italy, where the coop- the CEO or the investors. Of course, long-time residents behind and own- Rosemonde Pierre-Louis. erative-ownership model is common t h e re ’s more than one type of cooper- ership comes at a steep price, some Holtz is no stranger to offering his in the food service industry, lent Col- ative. At the Coop, “profit” comes community leaders think the cooper- e x p e r tise to those interested in ors start-up money that other Ameri- back to us in the amount of money we ative model would be a great way to implementing the cooperative busi- can lenders signed on. Once the save by shopping here. It’s no secre t empower the people of Harlem. To ness model, because as most of us business gets off the ground, all that access to healthy food is often get the ball rolling, Edmund W. Gor- know firsthand, creating and sustain- speakers agreed that the key ingre d i- h a r d to come by in low-income don, Director for the Institute for ing a coop is no easy task. (Holtz has ent to keeping it going is never- e n d - n e i g h b o r hoods. Wo u l d n ’ t a food Urban and Minority Education at also been lending a helping hand to ing hard work. coop that offers aff o rdable prices and Columbia University, hosted a sum- the fledgling East New York Food Holtz believes what has held the living-wage employment be better mit on April 28 titled “Uplifting & Coop.) Coop together all these 33 years is our suited to Harlem than the arrival of S t r engthening Our Community: The common point that the speak- work re q u i r ement. “We ’ r e unusual,” an overpriced gourmet superm a r k e t ? Through Alternative Economic Devel- ers on the cooperative panel made Joe admitted. “We require a lot of our Or how about a restaurant like Col- opment & Action.” The event took were the challenges of getting such an members.” But, he noted, without ors, where all the workers, from dish- place at the Abyssinian Development enterprise off the ground. Joy member participation, the benefits washers to managers, own a piece of Corp. on 125t h S t r eet, a block away Cousminer explained how the Bethex we receive from cooperating would be the business? from Bill Clinton’s office. Federal Credit Union began in 1970 much less, not just in the form of In addition to the cooperative The Park Slope Food Coop’s gen- with capital from low-income mothers cheaper groceries but social and com- panel discussion, the summit also eral manager and founding member, willing to invest a portion of the sup- munity benefits as well. With all the C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 9 D I V E R S I T Y & E Q U A L I T Y C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T Why Diversity Education By Tony Mondesire as a civil engineer specializing in rail a strong mercantile background fro m win the contest. Lissette intro d u c e s transit projects for a world-re n o w n e d the capital); from the urban northeast; John to the Coop as she notices his oes the Park Slope Food Coop consultant firm. He relocates on employed as a high school teacher in dietary orientation and mutual Brook- need Diversity Education? Yes. assignment and settles right here in the South Bronx. Lissette is a vegetar- lyn residence. John joins the Coop DMost organizations in today’s the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn. He is a ian, student of New Age spirituality, with the hopes of getting quality food w o r l d — f rom private corporations to n e o - c o n s e rvative Republican, identi- sees herself as left-of-center and is and perhaps fellowship with clean- not for profits—have a diversity fies with being a Jacobin, and has g r een in her politics. She loves Afro - minded people with values. They will component. become active in the evangelical Latino folkloric dancing on the week- soon join the same shift. Why do we need diversity educa- Christian movement in his pare n t ’s ends. To be in sync with her students, Questions to contemplate: tion at the Coop? Are n ’t we beyond hometown. He hunts on the weekend she also listens to Latino Hip Hop • How will John, Lissette and the that? Haven’t we—as an organization with other vets from Fort Hamilton. and Reggaeton and studies the per- students’ collective diverse back- and a community—transcended the His parents trace their ancestry back sonalities of the stars her students are g r ound and diff e r ent identity re f e r - issues that society still grapples to England and their families had excited about like Daddy Yankee, Ivy ences work together in their work with?—like racial, ethnic, class and l a r ge plantations during ante-bellum Queen, Tego Calderon, Don Omar and p r oject? Identify potential stre s s gender issues? The answer is No! We period. He listens to Christian music Luny Tunes. Lissette also donates to points. Identify points of re s o n a n c e . need diversity education. In fact, read exclusively and has found a temporary Native American causes and re s - How about in the Coop? carefully: fellowship home at the Bro o k l y n onates with Native American spiritu- • What factors could you identify What is diversity? Directly fro m Ta b e rnacle. John has strict dietary a l i t y. Lissette has self-imposed that could reduce their pro d u c t i v i t y G o o g l e ’s online American d i e t a r y habits she on the job? What factors would Heritage dictionary l e a r ned from yoga. She enhance productivity on the job? How a. The fact or quality of buys exclusively org a n- about at the Coop? being diverse; diff e r e n c e . ic and finds that she • Will diversity training help them b. A point or respect in resonates with the val- on the job? How about at the Coop? which things differ. ues and advocacy activ- What about in our Coop? Is there a Diversity is beyond issues ities of the Coop. sense the Coop’s culture is flavored by of gender, race, sexual orien- Both John and Lis- a vibe that is left-of-center, green, veg- tation, ethnicity, (dis)ability sette are assigned to an etarian, maturing baby boomers from and class. It also includes, exclusive, special, fed- the counter- c u l t u r e 1960s/1970s? but is not limited to, other erally sponsored pro j e c t Does this group have distinct identity identity re f e r ences pro f e s - to help inner-city high references that create an insular orga- sion, military experience, school students excel in nizational Coop culture that might geographic residence, re l i- engineering by cre a t i n g not resonate with potential members gious tradition and age/generation. habits he learned from the Seventh a portable model rail transit system like right-of-center folks, fundamen- L e t ’s take a totally hypothetical Day Adventists and likes to buy for a national science/engineering talist Christians or Muslims? How case to analyze some diversity dynam- o r ganic produce, farmed fish and is competition. John and Lissette are about generation X, Y and Z folks who ics that could possibly occur right anti-GMO, feeling that if food is not assigned to work together—for a spec- vibe on other wavelengths? Is there a here in the Coop: f r om God’s creation, it is the work of ified period—in a high school here in problem with attrition, attracting new John Smith: Anglo-American the adversary. B r ooklyn; with 20 qualified students members and retention based on Methodist Protestant male from a Lissette Rodriguez: Single Genera- f r om the city’s toughest high these factors? small inland town in Mississippi; mar- tion X (1975-1984) Brooklyn Latina schools—winners of a competition— Beginning this spring the Diversity ried with two adult children; re s i d e n t female (African-Puerto Rican musi- to participate in this pro j e c t . Education Committee will offer work- of an affluent Washington, DC suburb; cian Father from PR’s northeast coast John and Lissette will be working shops. Watch for your opportunity to World War II Marine veteran employed and Chinese Dominican mother fro m under a lot of pressure to produce and participate. ■ 6 F June 22, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY Past Life Regression Public Speaking THINKING Through Hypnosis for Everyone OUTSIDE THE W I T H JE Z R A KAY E COMPUTER BOX W I T H J E F F R E Y T . C A R L , C H T . W I T H P H O E N I X S O L E I L DO YOU HAVE THE FEELING THAT YOU H AVE LIVED BEFORE? Do your speeches drive results? Whether you give business presentations… What are the philosophical Have you ever just met someone and felt speak out for a cause… frameworks that help you like you have previously known them? or talk to your civic organization, this hands-on coaching workshop will help you clarify your approach and solve technology Are there other countries or cultures that problems? seem familiar to you? message, organize your thoughts and find the most powerful way to deliver them. Well there might be an explanation for Learn practical techniques to this. Learn how to: help technophobes and novices increase joy and skill level. Through hypnosis we can tap into the ❍ Find and develop your best speaking subconscious mind, as well as enter into style There will be an overview of the major parts of the com- a peaceful trance-like state to retrieve ❍ Outline and write a speech memories of our past lives. puter using fun metaphors that help you visualize how ❍ Prepare to deliver it flawlessly your system operates. Good for beginners. Relax and take a journey within. ❍ Handle Q&A and media interviews Find out about some recent movements aimed at Gain: • Realizations All are welcome. No prior public speaking democratizing technology. We discuss perspectives that • A deeper understanding of who you are experience is needed. Wear comfortable • Retrieve memories • Pass beyond death and back again geeks bring to their technical goals and successful trou- clothes, and bring a notebook and pen. bleshooting strategies. “You’re OK. Your computer’s OK.” Bring: A blanket to lie down on or a comfortable lawn chair to relax into A note book to write down anything that comes up Jezra Kaye is a professional speechwriter and presentation skills coach who works with busi- ness and non-profit leaders. She is active in Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, which is fighting Phoenix Soleil is a Coop member with ten years professional experience Jeffrey T. Carl, CHt, a Coop member, is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, the 17-skyscraper Atlantic Yards Complex, and has been a PSFC member since 1981. working with and troubleshooting computers. She is a creative and spirit- and a member of I.A.C.T. Jeffrey is also certified in past regression though ual person who enjoys technology and wants to spread the joy around. the Wiess Institute. F R E E S a t u r d a y, July 8 F R E E Friday, June 30 Non-members welcome 10:30 p.m. at the Coop F R E E Saturday, July 8 Non-members welcome 7:30 pm at the Coop Non-members welcome 3:00 p.m. at the Coop Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop

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Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY June 22, 2006 f 7 E N V I R O N M E N T A L C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T Survival for Sale: The Privatization of Water By David Barouh

All day I face the barren waste without the Beyond the immediate purity and have made massive demands on of E/The Environment Magazine o f f e r e d taste of water, safety of bottled water are the iro n i c e a r t h ’s fresh water re s o u rces, re s u l t - this alternative to drinking bottled Cool water. consequences of the bottling process ing in looming water shortages. The water: Expose tap water in a clear, Ol’ Dan and I with throats burned dry and itself. The $100 billion industry, domi- w o r l d ’s poor need to have access to u n c o v e red bottle to sunlight for an souls that cry for water, nated by multinationals like PepsiCo, clean and safe drinking water. Failure hour, or leave tap water in the refriger- Cool, clear, water. C a d b u ry, Nestle, and Coca-Cola, has to ensure this access is a potential ator (in an open container) for 24 – Old cowboy song exploited springs, lakes, aquifers, and time bomb that could eclipse, in its hours. This will allow the volatile municipal water supplies, usually at threat to world stability, access to that chlorine and trihalomethanes to dis- no charge, and local residents have other liquid gold—oil. sipate out of the liquid. To remove any watched water levels in their stre a m s At the Fourth World Water Foru m , lingering chlorine odor, pour the and aquifers drop. Communities have held every three years (this year in p rocessed water from one container fought back, notably in Maine and Mexico City, amid protests by peas- to another around ten times. Michigan; and worldwide, for exam- ants and farmers directly affected by The most popular alternative to ple, against Coca-Cola bottling initia- high-level decisions about water), a buying bottled water is buying a water tives in India. declaration was issued, whereby the f i l t e r. Why? The per-gallon cost is a In addition to draining water ministers “reaffirmed” that: fraction of bottled water; one need tables, the 35 billion plastic bottles G o v e r nments have the primary not lug heavy gallon jugs and the city used annually in the US are petro l e- role in promoting impro v e d chlorinates tap water to ensure its um derivatives, and toxics from their access to safe drinking water, m i c robiological purity, and then the m a n u f a c t u re are major sources of air i m p roved governance at all lev- filter removes the chlorine. This is an and water pollution. The bottles end els and appropriate enabling especially attractive strategy for New up in the waste stream, where they e n v i r onments and re g u l a t o r y York City residents because our high s t r ess overloaded landfills or are frameworks, adopting a pro-poor quality municipal tap, which comes incinerated, releasing yet more toxins a p p r oach and with the active from reservoirs and lakes upstate and that pollute air and water sources. involvement of all stakeholders. is still unfiltered. This water is deliv- Pollution also results from the inci- And also “reaffirmed” “…the impor- e r ed to the City by a series of aque- okes about drinking the water in dentals of retailing bottled water. tance of the involvement of re l e v a n t ducts that are considered an many third-world nations aside, While municipal water is delivered to stakeholders, particularly women and engineering marvel, being powered to Jg o v e r nments there have done a our taps by in-place plumbing infra- youth, in the planning and manage- the city’s taps almost exclusively by poor job of providing safe water to s t r u c t u r es, heavy cases of bottled ment of water services and, as appro- gravity. When put through a home fil- their populations, and bottled water water are transported to retail outlets priate, decision making pro c e s s e s . ” t e r, our tap water is re s t o r ed to fre e - sales have exploded. In contrast, by trucks, whose emissions pro d u c e “ R e a f f i r med” is in quotes because flowing, pure water that hasn’t sat for developed nations generally have safe g r eenhouse gases and air pollution these two statements actually re f l e c t indefinite periods in plastic bottles. public water systems. Nonetheless, yet are exempt from the pollution a reconsideration of a trend, evident New York City instituted a compre- bottled water has long been a big sell- c o n t rol regulations that govern auto- during past World Water Foru m s , hensive protection plan for the water- er because people assume it is pure r mobiles. The few plastic bottles that w h e r e municipalities in both devel- shed in 1997, which involves the than the water coming from their taps. get recycled ultimately become fiber oped and third-world countries gave State, watershed municipalities, the But is it? for synthetic material and carpets, ownership or administration of their E PA, and five environmental gro u p s : Tap water is usually chlorinated to delaying but not eliminating their water supplies to large multinational R i v e r k e e p e r, New York Public Intere s t kill bacteria. While bacteriologically final destination—the overburd e n e d corporations. But those trends have Research Group, Catskill Center, Trust safe water is a must for modern civi- waste stream that feeds landfills and met with disturbing and high-pro f i l e for Public Land, and Open Space lizations, chlorination can affect taste incinerator ovens. So by re s o rting to failures, in some cases leading to vio- Institute. Under the plan, the City and can combine with organic matter water sold in plastic bottles, we are lent confrontations with citizens sub- either buys the forest and agricultural to form trihalomethanes, which are contributing to the very pollution of jected to them. Since then, the lands of the watersheds outright, or suspected carcinogens, but the levels our water sources that we seek to e m e r ging trend in controlling and p rovides financial incentives for the of which are regulated. Numero u s avoid by buying bottled water in the profiting from water has been bottling landowners to employ agricultural re p o r ts, however, have shown that first place—a true Catch-22. and selling it. This stealth privatiza- and forestry practices that protect the bottled water is not really safer, and tion of a public resource is now begin- w a t e r ’s purity. So for now, our tap that tap water is in fact far more regu- Political dimensions of ning to draw the attention referred to water is still the best source of non- lated in the U.S. than bottled water. commercialized water above. polluting hydration for you and your (See the 1999 study by the Natural The world’s population explosion family to consume. ■ R e s o u r ces Defense Council: B o t t l e d and the twin Industrial and Gre e n Alternatives to bottled water Part I of two articles. In Part II we will discuss Water, Pure Drink or Pure Hype.) Revolutions of the last two centuries The September/October 2003 issue the different types of water filters.

Mysteries of Aisle 4, the “Supplement Aisle” By Dr. Andrea Auerbach, DC, and Carol Patti, MS Nutrition

How many of you have ular cartilage and joint fluid c a rtilage in your joints while condition or if you have an heard of Glucosamine Sulfate cushion the surfaces of the encouraging the pro d u c t i o n a l l e r gy to shellfish, which is on more than one occasion? bones, working like a shock of new chondrocytes. Glu- found in some brands. What is Chondroitin Sul- cosamine Sulfate acts as a A typically re c o m m e n d e d fate anyway? As wellness building block of cart i l a g e dosage is 1500 mg/Glu- becomes a mainstre a m by supplying a key compo- cosamine Sulfate 1200 mg/ word and more and more Member nent that keeps cart i l a g e Chondroitn Sulfate. Most for- holistic products are cells healthy and function- mulas have this combination. available to us, you may ing pro p e r l y. Chondro i t i n H o w e v e r, formulas vary and encounter these ques- Contribution Sulfate blocks the enzymes often you can find additional tions while working your that break down cart i l a g e . nutrients, such as MSM or Coop shift! Let’s try to make absorber to allow flexible Flexibility impacts our mobil- Boswellian, that help with sense of the mystery by start- joint function. Cartilage con- ity and can affect the quality inflammatory conditions. The ing with the most widely sists of the substances colla- of our lives. Coop carries several form u - known and questioned. gen, a tough, ropy pro t e i n Unlike steroids and some las. Activity and simple indi- Glucosamine and Chon- that connects the tissues and NSAIDS, which can damage viduality may necessitate d r oitin Sulfate are scientifi- p r ovides resilience and ten- c h o n d r ocytes, Glucosamine varying the dosages. Remem- cally re s e a r ched dietary sile strength and pro t e o g l y - and Chondroitin Sulfate are ber to listen to your body, supplements formulated to cans, sugars that provide the not drugs—they are nutriceu- which is your best guide. help maintain the health of compressive resilience of car- ticals. There are no known T h e re are many situations function due to an injury. It is your joints. A joint is made tilage. Chondrocytes are cells interactions or side eff e c t s that impact the functioning also used as a pro t e c t i v e up of two separate bones that that produce new cartilage. with these supplements. of your joints. You can use measure and is important for “ a r ticulate”or join together Glucosamine Sulfate and However, always consult your Glucosamine and Chon- maintaining an active and are separated by cart i - C h o n d r oitin Sulfate help h e a l t h - c a r e practitioner or droitin Sulfate for stiffness or lifestyle. Your dog will benefit lage and synovial fluid. Artic- maintain the stru c t u re of the physician if you have a known a change in flexibility or joint from its use as well! ■ C O O P H O U R S

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Two of them, a doc- Coop and others present at Monday & Wednesday evenings: . . 7:30 p.m. t o r / e n t re p r eneur and a suc- the summit, a dialogue will Wednesday mornings: ...... 10:00 a.m. cessful businessman, ad- begin. The first step is educa- Sunday aftern o o n s : ...... 4:00 p.m. mitted their lack of knowl- tion, and as long as Holtz Be sure to be here promptly—or early—as we edge about worker- o w n e d and others continue to get begin on time! The orientation takes about two TUE, JUN 27 hours. Please don't bring small children. ANNUAL MEETING & GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 businesses. Even Congre s s- the word out and visionaries p.m. The agenda appears in this issue. Flyers are man Rangel, who gave a like Gordon make it possible Gazette Deadlines available in the entryway of the Coop . s h o rt speech, conceded, “We for them to be heard, we have have a lot to learn.” reason to be optimistic. ■ LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: THU, JUL 6 Edmund Gordon hopes Jul 6 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Jun 26 •DATE change because of holiday Jul 20 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Jul 10 AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m.—Items submitted will be considered for the July 25 GM. CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE: Jul 6 issue: 10:00 p.m., Wed, Jun 28 The Coop on Cable TV Jul 20 issue: 10:00 p.m., Wed, Jul 12 A l l A b o u t t h e "Inside the Park Slope Food Coop" G e n e r a l M e e t i n g Plastic Recycling FRIDAYS 1:00 p.m. with a replay at 9:00 p.m. Channels: 56 (TimeWarner), 67 (CableVision) • 2nd Saturdays, noon–2:00 p.m. • 3rd Thursdays, 7–9:00 p.m. GE Campaign Meeting Our Governing Structure • last Sundays, 10:00 a.m.–noon F r om our inception in 1973 to the present, the open • Plastics #1, 2, 4, only those TUE, JUL 11 monthly General Meetings have been at the center of the not accepted by NYC, plus SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE: (formerly GE Coop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop incor- plastic shopping bags Campaign Committee): Open meeting for • Plastic #5 (from dairy products only) porated in 1977, we have been legally required to have a members & non-members. 6:30 p.m. for training Board of Directors. The Coop continued the tradition of • All Clean & Dry! on genetic engineering; 7:00 for work session. General Meetings by requiring the Board to have open meetings and to receive the advice of the members at General Meetings. The Board of Directors, which is re q u i red to act legally and re s p o n s i b l y, has appro v e d almost every General Meeting decision at the end of Attend a GM To Receive Work Credit… e v e ry General Meeting. Board members are elected at the Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Coop’s bylaws a re available at the Coop Community Corner and at Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the your name in this book. After the meeting the every General Meeting. General Meeting has been our decision-mak- Chair will provide the Workslot Credit Atten- ing body. At the General Meeting (GM) mem- dance Sheet. You must also sign this sheet in bers gather to make decisions and set Coop order to receive credit. Next Meeting: Tuesday, p o l i c y. The General-Meeting-for- w o r k s l o t - June 27, 7:00 p.m. credit program was created to increase partici- Being Absent from the GM: pation in the Coop’s decision-making process. T h e r e is no penalty if you sign-up for the The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each meeting and then cannot attend. We do ask month. Advance Sign-up Required: that you try to keep the sign-up sheet current To be eligible for workslot credit, you must and remove your name if you know cannot Location add your name to the sign-up sheet located in attend. Please do not call the Membership The temple house of Congregation Beth Elohim (Garfield the ground floor elevator lobby. On the day of Office with GM cancellations. Temple), 274 Garfield Place. the meeting sign-ups are allowed until 5p.m. and the sign-up sheets will be located in the If you are on an ABCorD shift and are Membership Office all day. On the day of the “ACTIVE” for work on the night of the How to Place an Item meeting, come to the Office to add your name meeting: on the Agenda to the list and to receive your inform a t i o n You will be given an FTOP credit for atten- packet. Some restrictions to this program do dance at the meeting. You are not required to If you have something you’d like discussed at a General apply. Please see below for details. use this credit at a particular time. However, Meeting, please complete a submission form for the to use this credit you must follow the Coop’s Agenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack near Two GM attendance credits per year: rules for “Using Banked FTOP Time” that are the Coop Community Corner bulletin board and at Each member may take advantage of the explained in a flier available in elevator lobby General Meetings. Instructions and helpful inform a t i o n G e n e r a l - M e e t i n g - f o r- w o r k s l o t - c red it pro g r a m literature racks and in the Membership Office. on how to submit an item appear on the submission two times per year. form. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesday If you are on an ABCorD shift and owe of each month to plan the agenda for the GM held on the Certain Squads are omitted from the a make-up on the night of the meeting: last Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, please Program: The GM attendance credit will automatical- call Linda Wheeler in the office. You may attend the GM for credit only if ly be applied as a make-up. you are a member of a Shopping, Meeting Format Receiving/Stocking, Food Processing, Off i c e , If you are on FTOP: Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) Maintenance, Inventory, Construction, and Recording of your attendance at the meet- • Meet the Coordinators FTOP committee. Other Squads are omitted ing and an FTOP shift credit will be applied to • Enjoy some Coop snacks either because covering absent members is your FTOP record after you have attended the • Submit Open Forum items too difficult or attendance at the GM is already meeting. • Explore meeting literature part of the workslot’s responsibility. Consider making a report to your Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) Attend the entire GM: Squad after you attend the meeting: Open Forum is a time for members to bring brief items In order to earn workslot credit you must be you can help inform other members about to the General Meeting. If an item is more than brief, it p r esent for the entire meeting. GMs typically c u rrent Coop issues, the GM in general and can be submitted to the Agenda Committee as an item run from 7:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m., though they the GM-for- c r edit program in particular by for a future GM. occasionally run longer. making a brief re p o rt about your GM experi- Reports (7:30 p.m.) ence. You can make this re p o rt the next time • Financial Report Childcare is provided at the General you meet with your squad or, if you are on • Coordinators’ Report Meeting location: F T O P, the next time you work on any Squad. • Committee Reports To request that childcare be provided for Generally these reports work best as part of a your child at the meeting, you must notify a squad end-of-shift meeting. ■ Agenda (8:00 p.m.) paid staff Office Coordinator in the Member- • The agenda is posted at the Coop Community Corner ship Office at least one week prior to the and may also appear elsewhere in this issue. meeting date. Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) (unless there is a vote to extend the meeting) Sign the Attendance Sheets at the • Meeting evaluation Meeting: • Board of Directors vote During the GM an attendance book will • Announcements, etc. make its way around the room. Please sign 10 F June 22, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY C O M M U N I T Y C A L E N D A R Community calendar listings are free. Please submit your listings in 50 words or less by mail, the mailslot in the entry vestibule, or [email protected]. Submission deadlines are the same as for classified ads. Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the center of this issue. *Denotes a Coop member. Place at Park Slope Geriatric Day FRI, JUN 23 C e n t e r. Weekly on Tuesdays, 4- SAT, JUL 8 GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Season 5:00, FREE. RSVP necessary: 347- ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN Finale—singer songwriters Te r - 296-2345 to register. ARTISTS Alliance Movie Series. Nu ence Martin & Ned Massey. $10 Shu: A Hidden Language of adults, $6 kids. Bkln Ethical Cul- FRI, JUN 30 Women in China. In Jian-yong ture Society. 8:00 p.m. 53 Prospect c o u n t y, Hunan province, peasant Pk W. 768-2972. ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN women developed a separate writ- A R TISTS Alliance Movie Series. ten language, called Nu Shu, The World of Mei Lanfang. A beau- meaning “female writing.” Believ- FRI, JUN 23 tiful woman moves demure l y, but ing women to be inferior, men dis- re g a r ded this new script, and it ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN with a hint of seduction. Mei Lan- Friday, July 7 • 7:00 p.m. A R TISTS Alliance Movie Series. gang became an international sen- remained unknown for centuries. 718-788-6170. 7PM. By donations. Chinese animation, Monkey made sation for his portrayal of women at the Coop havocs in Heaven, for neighbor- in Chinese Opera. Reserv a t i o n hood children. AAWAA Gallery, re q u i r ed – if reaches 50, a cos- SAT, JUL 8 136 15th St. Bklyn. 718-788-6170. tumed perf o r mance by Chinese 7PM. By donations. Opera star Alan Chow will follow. ROOFTOP FILMS Letters From the $10. 718-788-6170. Other Side Video letters from Mex- ico tell the stories of women left SAT, JUN 24 SAT, JUL 1 behind. @ roof of The Old Ameri- can Can Factory (232 3rd St @ 3rd ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN Ave) Park Slope Indoors in rain A R TISTS Alliance Movie Series. ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN Seventeen Years. Eng. Subtitles. A A R TISTS Alliance Movie Series. 8PM: Music | 9PM: Films $8 | $5 Food Coop members w. ID (use young girl is convicted of murd e r M a o ’s New Suit. Two young Chi- discount code “Coop”) www. and sentenced to a long stay in nese women designers are out to ro o f t o p f i l m s . c o m / s h o w _ 0 6 - l e t - Prison. After 17 years she is grant- make their mark in the intern a - ed a special furlough for New Year. tional fashion industry. Their opti- ters.html AAWAA Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. mism shows the human face of 718-788-6170. 7PM. By donations. changing China. AAWAA Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. 718-788-6170. FRI, JUL 14 ROOFTOP FILMS: Who is Bozo 7PM. By donations. ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN Texino? The name Bozo Texino has A R TISTS Alliance Movie Series. been scrawled on a million rail- ROOFTOP FILMS INDUSTRI- Colonel Jin Xing. China’s Most cars—but who the hell is he? @ ANCE™ Shorts: This Land is Not Yours Short films about contested Emblematic Tr a n s s e x u a l … a n roof of The Old American Can Fac- extraordinary portrait of a Chinese A Walk Through the t o r y (232 3rd St @ 3rd Ave) Park spaces and artists reclaiming their ballet dancer who underwent one Slope Indoors in rain 8PM: Music / land. @ roof of The Old American of the first sex change operations F o o t p r i n t 9PM: Films $8 / $5 Food Coop Can Factory (232 3rd St @ 3rd Ave) Park Slope Indoors in rain 8PM: in China to become a woman. members w. ID (use discount code AAWAA Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. This 18-minute short film profiles several Prospect “Coop”) www. r o o f t o p f i l m s . c o m / Music | 9PM: Films $8 | $5 Food 718-788-6170. 7PM. By donations. show_06-bozotexino.html Coop members w. ID (use discount Heights residents who face eviction due to developer code “Coop”) www. ro o f t o p f i l m s . Bruce Ratner’s Brooklyn Arena project. Ratner’s plan com/2006_shorts.html SUN, JUN 25 SAT, JUL 15 to erect not just an arena, but a 16-skyscraper mega- ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN development complex would displace some 800 peo- F U LTON ART FAIR: 48th Annual. FRI, JUL 7 A R TISTS Alliance Movie Series. ple who live in the vibrant community of Prospect Fulton Pk, Bkln, btw Fulton St & Reunion. During the Cultural Rev- Stuyvesant Av, noon til dusk. Info: ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN Heights. The film follows the model of the PBS “Walk olution a daughter was given up 718-707-1457. A R TISTS Alliance Movie Series. A Through” series that profiles neighborhoods around for adoption to a farm family. Now, Soul haunted by Painting. Chinese New York, but in this film the tour guides are com- painter Pan Yuliang (played by a parent herself, she journeys to TUE, JUN 27 Gong Li) was raised in a bro t h e l meet the father she never knew. munity activists, members of Develop Don’t Destroy and later rescued by a man who AAWAA Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. Brooklyn, who visit several of the residents facing CAREGIVER STRESS REDUCTION: married her to be his concubine… 718-788-6170. 7PM. By donations. eviction. The characters are funny and poignant, pas- Workshop led by *Joan Ve g a . AAWAA Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. Learn breathwork, guided medita- ROOFTOP FILMS Plagues & Plea- sionate and compelling, as they describe the life of a 718-788-6170. 7PM. By donations. s u r es on the Salton Sea A sea in tion, & visualization techniques to vital community. the middle of a desert that is even cope with the overw h e l m i n g m o r e unusual than you would demands of caregiving. Leeza’s imagine. @ roof of The Old Ameri- Coop member and filmmaker, George Lerner has can Can Factory (232 3rd St @ 3rd made a series of short films on Brooklyn neighbor- Ave) Park Slope Indoors in rain hoods Crown Heights and Red Hook for the travel 8PM: Music | 9PM: Films $8 | $5 website TurnHere.com. As a long-time CNN producer, the Coop on Cable Food Coop members w. ID (use discount code “Coop”) www. he spearheaded CNN investigative series on Al Qaeda FRIDAYS 1pm with a replay at 9pm ro o f t o p f i l m s . c o m / s h o w _ 0 6 - links in Canada, Saddam Hussein's money trail and ppss.html abuses by U.S. contractors in Iraq. As a reporter for Channels: 56 (TimeWarner), 67 (CableVision) Reuters in the 1990s, he covered global poverty issues, reporting on Latin America’s 1995 economic M u l t i - p a rt series on Ve g e - eating and the merits of crisis and Asia’s 1998 financial meltdown. tarianism and Meat Eating. vegetarianism. It then goes A discussion with the filmmaker and the film’s June 23 on to visit with a strict raw- Episode One includes food eater and longtime subjects will follow. interviews with Coop mem- Coop member, Daniel bers who have diverg e n t Marshall, who shares with F R E E us what he eats in a typical views on meat eating and Come early to ensure a Non-members d a y. It ends with Joe Holtz vegetarianism. The show seat. welcome visits a couple that lives tracing the history of meat this divide. He eats meat; sales at the Coop. she doesn’t. How does this July 7 work? The answer lies in Episode Three includes a Film Night org a n i ze r, Trish Dalto n , can be p a r t with his cooking. See h u m o r ous look at the his- reached at [email protected] or how he keeps the peace t o r y of food fads, a view of 7 1 8 . 3 9 8 . 5 7 0 4 . with a delicious polenta- meat-eating from the vege- Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop s t u f fed Portobello mush- tarian perspective, as well room with chard and tofu. as a visit to 3-Corner Field June 30 F a rm, an upstate New Yo r k Episode Two starts with an supplier of lamb to the i n f o r mative discussion Coop. about the merits of meat Inside the Park Slope Food Coop Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY June 22, 2006 f 11

the items they’ve consumed. Hey, shoppers to their cars] are doing a job In a very crowded part of the store t h a t ’s what I’ve observed. I haven’t that doesn’t need to be done.” people were moving slowly, because A N O THER SIDE TO THE e n c o u n t e r ed the reverse although I drive to the Coop because I only that was the only choice. Too many p e r haps it does exist. It’s just not have time to shop once a week so I people going through a narrow aisle. COOP’S RU L E S what I’ve seen. buy a lot. Often it takes me 10-15 min- Suddenly, a woman pushing a stroller Yet some writers to the G a z e t t e utes to find a parking spot and fre- demanded in an obnoxious tone: TO THE EDITOR, make it seem as though what they call quently I have to park at a parking “Excuse me, please let me thro u g h , During my last shift (I’m a cashier “grazing”—eating while shopping—is meter, so I have an hour to shop and I’m speed-shopping!” No, I’m not on Thursday mornings every four just a heinous attempt to steal fro m check out. making it up. And she wasn’t joking. weeks), I witnessed an incident that the Coop, and they call for rules to be For me the people who walk me to She genuinely believed other mem- speaks to some of the concerns raised a g g ressively enforced for no real re a- the car provide an invaluable serv i c e bers should get out of her way repeatedly in these pages. son other than that they exist. because they save me time and gre a t l y because she was “speed-shopping.” A member of the Coop was shop- In my opinion, the anti- reduces my stress level! On a Saturday evening. In the Coop. ping with his young daughter as she eating/drinking rule itself is mis- M o re importantly they contribute Of course she got a rather incredulous rode in the shopping cart. She placed, let alone the demand to to the safety of our community reaction from all who heard her, but grabbed an apple—fortunately organ- e n f o r ce it re g a r dless of circ u m - because they prevent members fro m sadly her sentiment is not isolated. ic, no pesticides—and started eating stances. The crime, if there is one, is “standing” in the loading zone. This is Others may not be stupid enough to it. A shift supervisor at the Coop con- NOT in drinking a bottle of tea or in CRITICAL to the safety of our commu- actually declare themselves superior f r onted him, citing the rule pro h i b i t- eating some chips as one shops, but nity because of the fire station next to everyone else, but many behave as ing “Eating While Shopping,” (will this in not paying for it. IF that is an actual d o o r. When we block fire fighters’ though they believe exactly that. This become the Coop’s version of the p r oblem, then we should hear the access out of the fire station we delay woman believed that her time was police state’s “Driving While Black”?) facts and figures concerning it at a their arrival at a fire. This could mean m o r e important than that of all the The little girl was traumatized and General Meeting and come up with the diff e r ence between life or death other people in the Coop at the started crying. Her father first tried to c r eative, non-destructive ways to for people trapped in a fire. moment, and if we only realized that, console her and then leapt to her address it. B e f o r e this job was established, we grunts would part before her and defense. A very nasty arg u m e n t The joy in that young child’s face as after shopping I left my groceries in a she could achieve her goal of “speed- ensued, during which he stated that she grabbed and began feasting on c a rt, which also cluttered up the exit shopping.” Lady, on a Saturd a y the Coop was losing its reason for that apple as her dad carted her a rea, slowing down shopping, to get evening the Coop has only one existing and that he was considering a round finishing his shopping is, to my car and usually when I re t u r n e d speed—SLOW. If you want to “speed- quitting the Coop. me, a beautiful experience that was there would be no place to put the car. shop” perhaps you should go to your All the cashiers on my shift were t u rned into a crushing one—for no Often there were one or two cars ille- local bodega, or be here when the astounded at the aggressiveness by good reason. That beauty—and not gally parked there with the remaining Coop opens in the morning. Exactly which the supervisor was pursing the the de-contextualized enforcement of space filled by members’ spouses what is it that makes you think you “ r ule enforcement” without consider- rules—is what the Coop is supposed and/or friends in their cars parked in have a right to push others aside and ing the context. There had been no to be all about. the loading area. Whenever I politely “speed-shop” during the Coop’s attempt to conceal the remainder of Mitchel Cohen asked these people to please move busiest time? But then this attitude is that apple to avoid paying for it—that their cars, reminding them about the not so diff e r ent from that of some was not the issue here. Some of the fire house next door and the danger of recent letter writers who want a “pay cashiers intervened quietly to defuse double parking they were unwilling (!) m o re” option for members who have the situation, and later noted that COOP WALKERS: AN to move so I could load my groceries. lots of money, but find doing their some of us had never even heard of On several occasions people actually shifts inconvenient. Both want things that rule before. A Coop official fro m I N VA L U ABLE JOB a rgued with me about their “right” to to change for their sake. Neither the 2nd floor office came down and sit parked in their cars at a loading understands what a Coop is. interceded, calming things down. HI FELLOW COOP MEMBERS: zone! I also used the paging system in Between those deluded souls, and As a cashier, I’ve often observ e d I’m writing to respond to the letter case our members had parked in the the people who use their carts as bat- people eating or drinking while shop- “Ease up on work requirements” from loading area and never got a tering rams to push in front of anyone ping. It’s part of what makes the Coop Beth Harpaz in the March 30, 2006 response. who dares stand where they want to pleasurable, as one waits on very long issue, and the subsequent letter to This uncooperative behavior forced be, it was quite a little shopping lines surrounded by food, food, food! the editor expressing similar senti- me to either sit double parked in my excursion. I really don’t know why ( W e are all cre a t u r es of advert i s i n g , ments. car and wait for their spouses/friends these people are members. They’re no?) But I have observed that Coop I disagree with Ms. Harpaz’ state- to finish their shopping (eek!) or to obviously far too important and far members always—always!—pay for ment that “the workers [who walk double park, leave my car, run in to too busy to shop with the rest of us at get my groceries, load and return the our normal pace. I sincerely hope L E T T E R S P O L I C Y c a rt. Sometimes the entire length of that they, and others of their oblivi- the loading area had double-parked ous ilk, realize that and go elsewhere . We welcome letters from members. Fairness cars, obstructing Union Street. What Yes, I do have a particular place in Submission deadlines appear in the In order to provide fair, compre h e n - may seem to us a few minutes of mind, but I’ll let you fill in your own Coop Calendar. All letters will be sive, factual coverage: inconvenience could be critical in the d e s t i n a t i o n . printed if they conform to the pub- 1. The G a z e t t e will not publish response time of our fire fighters. Sela Francis lished guidelines. We will not know- hearsay—that is, allegations not This situation was very disturbing ingly publish articles which are racist, based on the author's first-hand to me personally and reflects badly on sexist or otherwise discriminatory observation. us as a socially responsible organiza- The maximum length for letters is 2. Nor will we publish accusations tion. Every time I arrive and leave the ATTENTION COOP 500 words. Letters must include your that are not specific or are not sub- Coop and see the loading zone open name and phone number and be stantiated by factual assertions. and available for actual loading I am WO R K E R S ! typed or very legibly handwritten. Edi- 3. Copies of submissions that make t remendously relieved and proud to tors will reject letters that are illegible substantive accusations against spe- be a member! TO THE EDITOR, or too long. cific individuals will be given to those Walking members and their carts to I know that most people who work You may submit on paper, typed or persons to enable them to write a their cars is a very valuable and in public positions at the Coop do a v e r y legibly handwritten, or via email response, and both submissions and important job. v e r y nice job, but fairly often it hap- to [email protected] or response will be published simultane- Cooperatively, pens that the person stamping on disk. Disks are returned through an o u s l y. This means that the original Laura Ann Wilson receipts is staring motionless into the envelope at the back of the G a z e t t e submission may not appear until the ether while sporting a friendly-yet- submissions box. issue after the one for which it was u n a p p roachable Park Slope pseudo- submitted. smile. Their unresponsive eyes lie still Anonymity The above applies to both art i c l e s “ELITE” MEMBERS— in their sockets while a huge line Unattributed letters will not be and letters. The only exceptions will f o r ms behind the checkout worker, published unless the G a z e t t e k n o w s be articles by G a z e t t e re p o rte rs which CUT THEM OFF NOW and the Directionless Smile of the identity of the writer, and there- will be re q u i r ed to include the C r unchy Friendly Friendliness pre- f o re must be signed when submitted response within the article itself. TO THE EDITOR, vents anyone from saying so much as (giving phone number). Such letters S a t u rday evening, the Coop’s very “excuse me.” will be published only where a reason c r owded, things moving slowly. So I understand that this is a hard is given to the editor as to why public what else is new. I’ll tell you what. A shift to get. It would be nice if some of identification of the writer would new tactic: the self-declared “elite” the people who get it paid a little impose an unfair burden of embar- member. This is not merely the mem- more attention. rassment or diff i c u l t y. Such letters ber who acts self-important—we have John Wright must relate to Coop issues and avoid lots of those. This one takes the final any non-constructive, non-coopera- step of claiming superiority because, tive language. well, just because. L E T T E R S C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 1 3 12 F June 22, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY

W I T H M O R A I M A S U A R E Z

Is there someone you need to forgive? Holding on to feelings of hurt, guilt, resentment, blame, anger and the need to punish binds up a lot of your own energy and keeps you locked in the past, instead of being fully present. The Forgiveness Process allows you to release these negative feelings and completes your own healing.

LEARN TO: • Forgive yourself and others • Focus and use the power of unconditional love • Align your head and your heart • Use the power and energy of love to relieve stress • Participate in a group unconditional love meditation

Moraima Suarez is a Coop member, certified Holoenergetic ® H e a l i n g P r a c t i t i o n e r, certified Bowen Therapist, and Reiki practitioner. She has studied and practiced the healing arts for over 20 years and her healing practice in the Park Slope vicinity.

F R E E Saturday, July 22 Non-members welcome 4-6:00 p.m. at the Coop

Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop Park Slope Food Coop Mission Statement The Park Slope Food Coop is a member-owned and operated food store —an alter- native to commercial profit-oriented business. As members, we contribute our labor: working together builds trust through cooperation and teamwork and enables us to keep prices as low as possible within the context of our values and principles. Only members may shop, and we share responsibilities and benefits equally. We strive to be a responsible and ethical employer and neighbor. We are a buying agent for our mem- bers and not a selling agent for any industry. We are a part of and support the coopera- tive movement. We offer a diversity of products with an emphasis on org a n i c , minimally processed and healthful foods. We seek to avoid products that depend on the exploitation of others. We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. We re s p e c t the environment. We strive to reduce the impact of our lifestyles on the world we share with other species and future generations. We prefer to buy from local, eart h - f r i e n d l y p roducers. We recycle. We try to lead by example, educating ourselves and others about health and nutrition, cooperation and the environment. We are committed to diversity and equality. We oppose discrimination in any form. We strive to make the Coop welcoming and accessible to all and to respect the opinions, needs and concern s of every member. We seek to maximize participation at every level, from policy making to running the store. We welcome all who respect these values. Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY June 22, 2006 f 13 L E T T E R S T O V I D E O S Q U A D R E P O R T T H E E D I T O R

C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 1 1 tees that are supposed to make them run better. Meat Eating and Vegetarianism at the I am not an enemy of the B OARD ELECTION Co-Op. I just want to make Coop—and Other Fresh Fare S E A S O N one thing better, I want to By John Donohue make it real—and I want TO MY DEAR e v e rybody to know it wouldn’t COMRADES IN THE necessarily be that big of a The Video Squad produces a weekly show Last summer, Video Squad members visited STRUGGLE FOR CO-OP c h a n g e . called Inside the Park Slope Food Coop, which 3-Corner Field Farm, in the Battenkill Valley, a D E M O C R A C Y: I’ll be around the Co-Op to airs Fridays at 1:00 pm and 9:00 pm on Brook- scenic portion of New York State just north of meet you and discuss more lyn Community Access Television, otherw i s e Albany and east of Vermont. They interviewed So, we have another year, about this while you’re shop- known as BCAT (which is Channel 56 and 67, in the owners, learned about their seasoned and again it is Board Election ping. B rooklyn). It has been doing this for the past views on sustainable agriculture and what lead season! And again the Gener- Thanks again —— :) —— ten years. Recently, the shows have become them to sheep farming. The trip also included al Coordinators (er, rulers as I Albert—718-768-9079, available on the Internet. The shows are a stop at Dines Farms, in the Catskills, which is call them) have endorsed the [email protected] streamed from a link on the home page of the one of the prime suppliers of pork to the Coop. other candidates without Food Coop’s website (www. f o o d c o o p . c o m ) . Footage from that visit will become part of the endorsing me. Surprise, sur- They are updated periodically. series’ final episode, to be broadcast soon. prise! And the emphasis this C O R R E C T I O N At the moment, the site features episodes Kevin Burget, a Video Squad member, year is on smoooooooooth. f r om a series on meat eating and vegetarian- recently traveled to Albany with members of “If you don’t regularly fol- TO THE EDITORS: ism. The series is also being screened on the the Safe Food Committee. They were in the low governance discussions [she off e r ed me a thor- cable channel, starting Friday June 23 with a state capital to lobby the government about at the Co-Op,” they say, “it ough and satisfactory answer m i n i - re t rospective. Screening commences with genetic-food regulations. Burget is busy edit- would be difficult to know that she would have given me episode one, which has aired pre v i o u s l y, and ing the footage of the trip into an informative just how much the smoooooooth had I asked her a year ago!] continues over the next two Fridays, leading up show about this complicated and import a n t [emphasis added] function- This clause in my letter to the premier of episode three, on July 7. subject. Burget is also working on what he ing of our Co-Op depends on printed in subject issue of the In case you missed the previous airings of calls “a birds eye view energy delivery to the having a board that re s p e c t s G a z e t t e was re n d e r ed as the series, the first episode includes inter- Coop, its neighborhood, and ultimately NYC the Co-Op’s tradition of “…that she would not have views with Coop members who have divergent itself.” The show, which is in the planning members gathering at Gener- given me…” This change views on meat eating and vegetarianism. The stages, will look at various types of energy sup- al Meetings to discuss and i n c o r rectly imputes bad show visits a couple that lives this divide. He plying city (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, vote on agenda items.” We l l , intentions to Ms. Wheeler— eats meat; she doesn’t. How does this work? solar, geothermal) and will devote an episode i t ’s smooth all right. It’s and it ascribes an accusatory The answer lies in part with his cooking. See to each type of energ y. “I want to explore the smooth because it’s a smoke- tone to me! Since it is Gazette how he keeps the peace with a delicious relative costs in dollars as well as the environ- screen for collective domina- policy to print letters “unedit- p o l e n t a - s t u f fed Portobello mushroom with mental costs,” Burget says. tion by the Rulers (the higher ed,” I would appreciate your chard and tofu. Another new show in the works is a series management) and a coalition printing an erratum in the The second episode, airing June 30, start s on unusual products for sale at the Coop. If of people, essentially select- upcoming issue. with an informative discussion about the mer- you’ve ever wondered what to do with sea- ed by them, who staff the Very truly yours, its of meat eating and the merits of vegetarian- weed, you’ll soon have some suggestions. meetings and the commit- A. Solomon ism. It then goes on to visit with a strict E l s e w h e re around the squad, its leader, Carl raw-food eater and longtime Coop member, Picco, is at work on a show about re c y c l i n g , Daniel Marshall, who shares with us what he covering everything from paper to concrete. eats in a typical day. It ends with Joe Holtz trac- The squad is always interested in Coop- IN MEMORY: ing the history of meat sales at the Coop. member feedback. “As ever,” Picco says, “we’re The third episode makes its premier on July open to topics and suggestions from the mem- 7. It includes a humorous look at the history of bership.” ISRAEL DAV I D food fads, a view of meat-eating from the vege- To contact the video squad, email carlpic- F I S H M A N tarian perspective, as well as a visit to 3-Cor- [email protected] or [email protected], ner Field Farm, an upstate New York supplier or call 718-522-0325. ■ B o rn in We s t e r l y, Rhode of lamb to the Coop. Island, Febru a r y 21, 1938 and died June 14, 2006, beloved life partner of Carl Navarro since 1974. He was President of the Entire Coop Benefits from the Park Slope Food Coop since 2005 and had served on its b o a rd of directors since 1998. He worked tirelessly to maintain the Coop’s stability and further its growth. Federal Food Stamp Program Graduated City College B.A. magna cum laude and By Linda Imonode Columbia University M.S. with honors. He overc a m e i n c r edible hardships to become a unique and beautiful person. He had a brilliant and creative mind, was an ethi- When people use food stamps to purchase coupons to rip out while in line for gro c e r i e s . cal and spiritual person. He was a lover of all things food at the Coop, they are bringing federal Statistics provided by the Human Resourc e Italian, of the Yiddish language and Ashkenazik culture , funds to our market. This revenue impro v e s Administration reflect that over half of food and of Chazzanuth (cantorial music) of the Golden Age. the Coop and helps everyone! stamp recipients in New York City do not He was an avid race walker and passionate and skilled It is a common myth that food stamps drain receive public assistance or income fro m vegetarian cook. At various periods in his life, he was a money from the econ- social security. They rabbinical student, professional librarian, massage thera- o m y. In fact, they do a r e the working pist, and businessman. just the opposite. p o o r. And many are His prophetic passion for social justice led him to When people use members of the found, in 1970, the first gay professional organization in food stamps in your Member Coop who are the world—the Task Force on Gay Liberation (now known n e i g h b o r hood they u n a w a r e that they as the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Tr a n s g e n d e r a r e providing busi- may be eligible for Roundtable) of the American Library Association. In 2001 ness for gro c e r y Contribution food stamps. By let- he was honored by this group who renamed one of their s t o r es, bodegas, and ting go of any nega- two annual Stonewall Book Awards as the “Israel Fishman markets (like this tive perceptions of nonfiction book award.” coop); they are fuel- food stamps, we can Also in 2001 he appeared as one of the featured sub- ing the economy and creating jobs. So where encourage these individuals to apply, and in jects in the acclaimed documentary, Trembling Before G- is the money coming from? Food stamps are doing so, we will bring money to the local d, a film dealing with lesbian and gay Orthodox and funded by the federal government, not by local e c o n o m y, the Coop, and improve the lives of Hassidic Jews. or state budgets. The money is out there and if potential food stamp recipients. If you have The world is a better place because he walked on this you don’t use it in your community, then some any questions about the Federal Food Stamp planet. His physical presence and the blessings he other community will. P r ogram, call the Urban Justice Center at bestowed will be sorely missed by all who were fortunate Food stamps are an under-utilized re s o u rc e 646-602-5641. to have been in his presence. The memory of the right- for many reasons. Some people are embar- *This institution is an equal opport u n i t y eous is indeed a blessing. rassed to apply, but food stamps are not a provider Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Gay handout, they are an entitlement, and with * * P r e p a r ed by a project of the Nutrition Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Round Table of the the new food card, which works like a debit Consortium of NYS, USDA/FNS, NYSDOH, and American Library Association’s Endowment Fund. c a r d, there are no longer embarr a s s i n g NYSOTDA. ■ 14 F June 22, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY

To Submit Classified or Display Ads: Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Classified ads are prepaid at $10 per inser- tion, business card ads at $20. (Ads in the “Merc h a n d i s e – N o n - c o m m e rcial” category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form (available in this issue and at the front of the Coop). Clas- sified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads must be camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5"). Submission forms are available in a pocket on the front wall of the Coop near the exit door.

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be freestanding and would Vishnu Khalsa wondere d too far and taking up too to “entrapment.” New Entry/Exit? run the length of the Coop’s if the current Coop fro n t much of the sidewalk. Wendy Ferguson felt that C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 3 front. Features would include could be re c o n f i g u r ed to Linda Nagel queried for what was missing from the a separate access to entrance allow for separate entrance clarification about the term s conversation was a sense of H a r ris continued by and exit points, and the plan and exit access. Farber of a revocable permit. Reno- personal re s p o n s i b i l i t y, and explaining that some short - c u r rently calls for exterior advised that this wouldn’t be vations done under this sort that the shopping suspen- term changes were already in seating as well as space for a a possibility. of permit would mean that a sion rule shouldn’t change. place to help alleviate some public art showcase. Under A u d r ey Miller Komaro f f f r eestanding front stru c t u re Kip Hakala commented, “If of the congestion and securi- the proposed new configura- asked if an entrance door would need to be designed to you don’t know you can get ty concerns: better cart and tion, entrance and exit work- could be designed much in be secure but also to be easi- an extension [and maintain curb management, traff i c ers would face those entering the way a bank branch is set ly dismantled by the Coop, shopping privileges] you managers to help direct the and leaving the Coop, rather up—those with valid Coop on the off chance the city don’t deserve one.” flow of shoppers and bump- than current setup of workers c a r ds could swipe into the revoked the permit. At least one member who ing up the number of exit to the side. building. A few other members spoke during the comment workers to two. Jonathan Farber, another Wally We n t w o r th share d s h a r ed opinions or ques- period expressed confusion But to improve security, member of the Exit Circ u l a - his impressions as a member tions. Then Steve Faust about the rules re g a r d i n g address the increased bottle- tion Advisory Group and a of a Coop membership satis- closed for the Exit Circulation suspension of shopping privi- necking anticipated by debit landscape architect, briefed faction committee active A d v i s o r y Group, and he leges. c a r d use and ease general the GM about what the next some years ago. Overw h e l m- s t r essed that physical General Coordinator Jessi- congestion in the long term , steps would be. The GM i n g l y, he recalled, members changes at the Coop would ca Robinson encouraged the Exit Circulation Advisory would need to approve a objected to the amount of reflect differences in how the members to pick up a booklet G r oup felt the current Coop p r oject budget. City agen- time necessary to exit the Coop worked. called, “How the Park Slope entrance and exit layout cies, including the Depart- Coop. He urged that the Barbara Mazor pre s e n t e d Food Coop Works.” She also would need physical ment of Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n , a d v i s o ry group “focus on the agenda item two, which u r ged that shopping-sus- changes. The group has had would need to be consulted time component.” would change rules to allow pended members contact the p r e l i m i n a r y meetings with and more meetings with the Mike Lustig observed that shopping-suspended mem- Membership Office. the city and has called the community board would be the shopping floor loses a lot bers to shop after completing After a few more com- local community board to n e c e s s a r y, too. of space from shopping carts. a workshift. During her pre- ments, agenda item two went investigate what would be After the advisory gro u p He wondered if we could gain sentation, Mazor questioned up for a vote. The result was required to build out onto the finished their pre s e n t a t i o n , m o r e space if the carts were the enforceability of the cur- 65 voting against a ru l e existing sidewalk space in member questions and com- kept outside, and if members rent rule, and she also change that would allow front of the Coop. A build-out ments followed. Lucinda could check in before they o b s e r ved that suspended shopping-suspended mem- would re q u i re city appro v a l s H u g h e y - W iley was pleased enter the building. shoppers meant lost sales to bers to shop after working and is currently budgeted at with the plan to have seating Esther Podemski felt that the Coop. one shift; 30 voted for the between $200,000–$300,000; in front of the Coop. Claire Lustig’s point about the carts Members’ comments and proposal. GM approval is re q u i r ed for Dishman congratulated the was “crucial.” She also questions were varied. The May 2006 GM finished e x p e n d i t u r es over $10,000. g r oup for a great pre s e n t a - thought there should be A l b e r t Solomon wondered if with the board voting unani- The advisory group has tion and encouraged them another shopping floor squad the checkout computers mously to accept the meet- also retained the services of “to take it to the next step.” leader slot, who would be c o u l d n ’ t be set up so that ing’s agenda item vote as well a r chitect James Cleary, and She did comment that she responsible for seeing that suspended shoppers would as the minutes for the Febru- he spoke to the GM about thought some of the pro- things “don’t get jammed up.” be stopped at checkout. ary and March General Meet- some possible designs for posed post-renovation space John Urda was concern e d Although, he observed that ings. ■ the additional space. It would was undefined, though. about the Coop sticking out this system would be similar 16 F June 22, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY W E L C O M E ! W O R K S L O T N E E D S

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.

Zainab Abdul-Rahim Brianna Nichols Elizabeth Adams Michael O’Regan Ayobami Adedoja Anne Parker Bianca Agustin Katey Parker Signage Committee Luke Allen Parisa Parnian The Signage Committee is a group of graphic designers Ivy Ames Valerie Pearce and sign fabricators who are working together to upgrade Sachin Anand Naima Penniman all the signage in the Coop. We have installed the new Malcolm Armstrong John Pinckard aisle signs and the "Express/Regular" checkout line signs, Jacob Arnold Jennifer Rajotte and we are working on a number new projects. Megan Arnold Aaron Reser We generally meet the first Monday of every month, at Jared Ashling James Gilmartin Melissa Rivera 7:00 p.m. at the Coop, We are looking for self-motivated, Hilda Blyn Laura Gordon Alexa Robinson detail-oriented people with graphic design skills who are Bertha Bolanos Kyle Haden Nicole Rosario proficient in Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop. We need Maria Bolanos Paul Haley Stefani Roscoe members who work as commercial artists or graphic Matthew Borden Latoya Hall Joshua Rosenblum designers or who have experience working with enviro n- Lance Brown Luke Hamilton Jared Rust mental graphics or digital printing. Erin Buckley Rebecca Hazes Jessica Rust Please submit your resume, website address and/or John Chernack Christopher Henry Theresa Salvanti examples of your work to Jess Robinson. Robyn Chernack Kumiko Hishida Anna Sarfaty ([email protected]). Chauna Chew Naoki Hishida Anita Sarrett Siena Chrisman Dale Ho Kim Scafuro Sarah Cline Jane Hodge Lisa Scally New Member Orientation Deborah Cohen Ellen Huang Raouf Scally We are looking for energetic people with a teaching or Royston Coppenger Hisao Ihara Cliff Schuman training background who can work Sundays, 3:30 p.m. – Antoinette Costa Steven Johnson Emily Scollon a p p r oximately 6:00 or Monday or Wednesday evenings, Rebecca Cousin Anastacia Junqueira Rebecca Semrali 7:00 p.m. – approximately 9:30. Orienters lead sessions Nick Crocetti Nadine Kaplan Junko Shimanoe every six weeks alternating on the third week in between Jackie Cuscura Aaron Kaswell Brian Smith to be available as back for emergency coverage. Deslene Danvers Nabila Khalifa Conan Smith Workslot credit will be given for training sessions. An Emily Date Haena Kim Katheryn Soleil annual meeting of the full committee is part of the work Dorcas Davis Lauren Kitz Elizabeth Sorce requirement. Serena Deng Rebecca Koladycz Abbe Stein Germaine Dona Matt Komonchak Andrew Steinmetz Hazel Duke Zoya Korshun Scott Surrency Olive Inventory Dena Edelstein Sachie Kumano Suzanne Theberge No that sounds diffferent! Another behind-the-scenes job Dana Ehrlich Arnold Lee Theodore Turner in the Coop. Monday, 8:00 a.m. Meghan Eplett Melanie Levy Marguerite Vanderpool- Lancelot Esteibar Joseph Maceda Nielsen Lama Fakih Deepinder Mayell Nandi Warner Office Jobs Without Phones Bob Fesselmeyer Latifah McKinney Tara Weikum Checkwriting (Tu e s d a y, 6:00 p.m.), Make-up re c o r d i n g Brendan Fitzgibbons Tara Medley Khalid West (Sunday 1:00 p.m.), data entry (Monday or Friday, 4:30 Toby Flynn Brigid Milligan Luci Westphal-Solary p.m.), "Office Close" (Monday 8:30 p.m. or Friday 6:00 p.m., Erica Forrence Chris Mooney Scott Westphal-Solary and more. The availability these jobs changes—as one fills, Karen Frangipane Peter Moses Kelly Wise another opens. If you are interested, please inquire. Alixa Garcia Darryl Nau Francine Zerfas Peter Garner Mark Naughton Marsha Zumwalt Plastics Recycling Staff the table outside the Coop collecting plastic recyclables T H A N K Y O U ! not accepted by New York City. Thank you to the following members for referring friends who joined the Coop in the last Saturday, 11:45-2:30. two weeks.

Kate Adjemian Joe Holtz Caroline Sharman Jenny Aisenberg Kelly Howard Alex Sierck Reporters Please Apply Sascha Alper Rachel Iannelli Irene Stater Alyssa Alpine Olga Itkin Jeffrey Stein Job Description Eric Altschul Risa Johnson Lucy Stein We have four distinct G a z e t t e Jessica Ames Glendoria Jones Sonja Sweeney teams—each producing an Andrea & Charlene Bonnie Kaplan Steve Theberge issue every eight weeks. Yo u Alice B. Randy Karr Nicholas Thompson will develop and produce an Fern B. Ruth Katz Cay Tolson article about the Coop in coop- Kate Bradford Sara Katz Uma eration with your team’s editor Brigid Hollyamber Kennedy Joseph Walsh every eight weeks. Dawn Brighid Amanda Key Jessica Weber Veronica Carnero Christopher Kubiak Michele Wiemer Seeking to Diversify the Gazette Staff Tyler Caruso Jojo Li Molly Weingrod The G a z e t t e is looking for re p o rters. We are interested in Colin Cheney Koren Manning Joanne Wright using this opportunity to diversify our staff. We believe Adrienne Cohen Tyler Matta Robert Yagley that we can enrich the quality of the G a z e t t e and serve the Sarah Corman Demian McKinley Delia Yarrow membership better with a re p o rting and editing staff that Lillian Dalke Tara Medley Ben Z. m o re closely resembles the mix of Coop members. Angela Davis Abby Miller Beth Zarret Miya Drucker Safiya W. Mohammed Kathleen Ziegenfuss For More Information Emily James Mulry If you would like to speak to an editor or another Nicole Fennimore Shanti Nagel re p o r ter to learn more about the job, please call Linda Jennifer Fiedler Phebe Palin Wheeler in the office. Josse Ford Jordan Pender Renee Gonzalez Tricia Perry To Apply Robert Gwizdala Adrienne Piras Please send a letter of application and a writing sample Emily Hagburg Tracy Podell to the office. Your letter should state your qualifications, Ali Harrington Matthew Reid your Coop history, relevant experience and why you would Jenn Harris Carrie Roberson like to re p o r t for the Coop. Your application will be Christopher Henry Brandon Rust acknowledged and forwarded to the coordinating editors, Sondra Hodges Carla Rzeszewski Stephanie Golden and Erik Lewis.