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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Established 1973

Volume AA, Number 16 September 14, 2006 Harvest Bounty: Fall Produce! GM Debates Kiddy Carts and Make-Up Policy By Ann Pappert By Hayley Gorenberg Robinson. Murmurs of sup- visit to the Coop in the port responded to the mem- late summer and early he August 29th date of ber who suggested that Afall is a particular treat T the most recent Gener- pre-registration undermined for anyone who loves fruit al Meeting didn’t keep the incentive to attend. and vegetables. The abun- Coop members away. It drew A disabled member whose dance of produce of every almost 100 people who roommate does not want to type overflows the aisles and erupted over the question of join the Coop pled for a is enough to inspire even the toddler-sized shopping carts, change to the rule that most reluctant cook. and members learned about requires all adult members of Last week I toured the pro- an informal workslot make- a household who share food duce department with long- up practice that may become to work. General Coordinator time Coop produce buyer official Coop policy only for Linda Wheeler responded, Allen Zimmerman. Allen is one of the most knowledge- able people on the subject of

fruit and veggies that I’ve ever BY KEVIN RYAN PHOTO met. Over the years, he’s A Coop Cornucopia introduced me to many veg- gies and fruits I had never direct produce supplier, will farm in Milton, New York. tasted before and expanded arrive soon. Amy was a pioneer of what my produce buying. the industry calls integrated What follows is a list of …And Fuel Costs pest management or low some of Allen’s favorite The enormous increase in spray farming—using the produce—some will only be the price of fuel has also had least amount of toxic inter- available for a short time, a major impact on Coop pro- vention to produce a crop. while other produce should duce buying practices. Rising (several years ago I wrote a last into the winter months. fuel costs are one of the rea- profile of Amy and her farm

sons that Zim- for the Gazette, BY LISA COHEN PHOTO August’s general meeting—a great turn-out. It’s All About the Weather merman has and I’ve been a When it comes to produce, become more Things were so bad that huge fan of her members who have owed “One of the fundamental this summer even more than dedicated to one of our favorite suppliers produce ever shifts for long periods of underlying reasons that we usual, it’s all about the weath- buying local. In in California had to plow since.) time, and voted to raise are alive now is that we have er. The extreme heat affected past years Cali- Upwards of Gazette ad prices. a principle that every mem- farms from coast to coast, fornia produce under their entire crop— 75% of our local ber must contribute. If some- devastating crops. was usually nothing was salvageable. produce comes Open Forum body’s going to benefit from Watermelons are one of much cheaper from Hepworth A handful of questions the Coop, they have to con- the most familiar summer for the Coop to Farms. “She is popped up during the open tribute to the Coop.” fruits. But watermelons have buy than locally grown, but our producer supplier,” Zim- forum, starting with why Remarking on the recent been scarce this summer, vic- fuel costs have pushed up merman notes. “She is every- attendees are barred from blackout that necessitated a tim to the awful heat. At a time California prices to the point thing.” receiving workslot credit frozen food giveaway, one when the Coop should be where local produce is less Looking for local toma- unless they have signed up to member inquired about the brimming with variety melons, expensive. toes? Right now the Coop is attend the GM ahead of time. feasibility of having the Coop the selection is limited. “The The price lists posted at overflowing with Hepworth The issue is under discus- buy a portable generator. heat wave killed melons,” the front and back of the pro- tomatoes of every size, color sion, and may be brought General Coordinator Allen Zimmerman explains. Some duce section are now high- and shape. At this time of the before a future GM, according Zimmerman expressed doubt of our regular suppliers were lighted in green to draw year, it’s not unusual for the to General Coordinator Jess CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 only able to harvest their mel- attention to locally grown Coop to sell over 400 cases of ons for a day or two, and then produce. At this time of the tomatoes a week. Next General Meeting on September 27 lost the whole crop.” Things year local produce over- At our request, Amy plant- The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on the were so bad that one of our whelms the selection—in fact ed okra, now on the shelves, last Tuesday of each month.* The next General Meeting will be favorite suppliers in Califor- most of what’s missing are along with four different types Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation Beth Elo- nia had to plow under their tropical fruits, which cannot of red peppers. When Amy him Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Pl. entire crop—nothing was sal- be grown locally. decided she needed to sell The agenda is in this Gazette and available as a flyer in the vageable. Amy Hepworth has been more eggplant, she lowered entryway of the Coop. For more information about the GM and Only now has the Coop our major local produce sup- her price to us. about Coop governance, please see the center of this issue. been able to find sugar baby plier for many years. From * Exceptions for November and December will be posted. watermelons from a new sup- apples to okra, Amy sells the ...And the Taste plier in Pennsylvania, and Coop vast quantities of “mini- When it comes to produce, IN THIS ISSUE watermelons from Hepworth mally treated” fruit and organ- the bottom line is taste. Zim- Farms, the Coop’s major ic vegetables produced on her CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Mission Statement...... 2 GM Agenda ...... 3 Fri, Sep 15 •GM Food, Why Are We Fighting It?: video and Computer and Electronic Recycling Day ...... 4 discussion with the Safe Food Committee, 7:30 p.m. Coops Helping Coops: Working with the East New York Food Coop ...... 5 Coop Sat, Sep 16 •Clothing Exchange: adults, 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. Green Cleaning Comes to NY ...... 6 Thu, Sep 28 •Wordsprouts: Richard Roundy and Marie Carter, Mysteries of Aisle 4: Remedies from the Flower ...... 7 Event 7:30 p.m. Coop Hours, Coffeehouse, Puzzle ...... 8 Thu, Oct 5 •Food Class: Weird and Wild Produce, 7:30 p.m. Coop Calendar, Governance Information ...... 9 Highlights Fri, Oct 6 •Film Night: Call It Democracy, 7:00 p.m. Community Calendar, Workslot Needs ...... 10 Letters to the Editor ...... 11 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Classified Ads ...... 14 06-09/14 p 01-08 9/14/06 11:01 PM Page 2

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Harvest Bounty: Fall Produce! What Is That? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 merman firmly believes that We are sorry they look ugly. garbage than for eating. How Do I Use It? Coop members judge pro- Great tasting,” reads a sign If Allen hadn’t pointed duce by the quality and the over the box of Harrow’s them out and pushed me to Food Tours in the Coop appearance, not by the price. Delight pears. taste them, I would have That’s one reason that he “Hold on, “Allen said to passed them by, and would It's hard to keep up now buys organic locally grown me, as he poked through the have wondered why the Coop it seems we can't eat fast enough garlic every late summer and box. “I want to make sure I was selling rotten fruit. One all that the earth is pushing forth fall. For the last six months find the absolutely ugliest taste dispelled my qualms. A virtually all of the garlic sold pear for you,” With it’s brown delight indeed—succulent, beets beans behemoth baskets of lettuce at the Coop (as well as other spots and discolored skin, juicy and bursting with flavor, four kinds of cucumber, innumerable squash food stores) comes from the pear he gave me looked it was one of the best pears every green thing asserts itself China. For years most of the more like it was ready for the I’ve ever eaten. ■ with a kind of definitive tenacity American garlic sold in this country came from Gilroy, it's almost intimidating California. But over planting But not. has so destroyed the soil in Gilroy that the California gar- People are nothing if not consumers lic crop is pretty much a thing and eat we do—still of the past, and will take you might like to try something new decades to recover. and make a meal to remember: The garlic from both Cali- fornia and China is called marinated tempeh, red cabbage, peppers soft-neck garlic. It’s good and cashews. How's that? and cheap—easy to grow and harvest. But every year Better yet. Come tell me. around this time, the Coop Regale me with your recipes begins selling organic New And I'll give you a tour York state garlic. The New of all that's in season York garlic is hard-necked— very labor intensive to grow. and what from the bulk aisle Every spring the garlic flow- will make it really sing ers (known to many Coop members as garlic scapes) Brought to you by Myra Klockenbrink must be removed by hand. at the one, the only Park Slope Food Coop Each bulb is planted by hand, and this variety can- Dates: not be harvested by machine, Friday, September 29 but must be hand-picked. Friday, October 13 and 27 More expensive than the soft necked variety, Allen Hours: points out that it’s also 12:00–1:00 & 1:30–2:30 p.m. juicier and more flavorful. And although the price is up to three times higher than soft-necked garlic, it is, after all, garlic, a relatively inex- Thursday, pensive product. Oct. 5 classes Sometimes looks can be

7:30 p.m. deceiving. “Best tasting pear. BY KEVIN RYAN PHOTO at the Coop Susan Baldassano, coordinator PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP Park Slope Food Coop Guest Chef: Mission Statement Weird & Wild Michael Welch Michael Welch is Produce a personal chef, The Park Slope Food Coop is a member-owned and operated food store—an Join chef Michael Welch as he uncovers the cooking instructor mysteries of weird looking produce available at and health food alternative to commercial profit-oriented business. As members, we contribute coach based in the Coop. He'll share recipes, demonstrate how our labor: working together builds trust through cooperation and teamwork and to select and prepare the different items and Brooklyn. He is a get you excited about having a new array of graduate of The enables us to keep prices as low as possible within the context of our values and veggies to add to your cooking repetoire. Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts principles. Only members may shop, and we share responsibilities and benefits and the Institute for —TASTINGS TOO! equally. We strive to be a responsible and ethical employer and neighbor. We are RECIPES Integrative Nutrition. He specializes in a buying agent for our members and not a selling agent for any industry. We are a health supportive • That knobby celery root thing Jerusalem artichokes meals for people part of and support the cooperative movement. We offer a diversity of products •Burdock and looking to create •Mustard greens wellness in their with an emphasis on organic, minimally processed and healthful foods. We •Black radishes lives. He is a Coop member. seek to avoid products that depend on the exploitation of others. We support Your pantry may look strange, but your dishes will taste incredible! non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. We respect the environment. We strive to MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS reduce the impact of our lifestyles on the world we share with other species and $4 materials fee WELCOME. Views expressed by the presenter do not Come early future generations. We prefer to buy from local, earth-friendly producers. We recy- necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop. to ensure a seat. cle. 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 wel- coming and accessible to all and to respect the opinions, needs and concerns of every member. We seek to maximize participation at every level, from policy mak- ing to running the store. We welcome all who respect these values. 06-09/14 p 01-08 9/14/06 11:09 PM Page 3

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General Meeting Debates Kiddy Carts and Makeup Policy CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

shopping, the members would consistently have to From left to right: work one makeup and their Childcare at the scheduled shift in a four General Meeting. week period. Please call the office The policy would formal- a week beforehand ize a system used commonly tomake arrangements but not consistently in the for a particular office for quite some time, meeting; Jason Platt and would affect the bulk of Zolov introduces the suspended members, said item he submitted for General Coordinator Jess discussion—toddler Robinson. “They come to shopping carts; work but can’t shop, and it’s

PHOTOS BY LISA COHEN PHOTOS snacks are on hand. a bummer.” With the one-for-one sys- about that option, stating, “a operations as well as small “chained in the back” of the had controlled costs by tem, members would remain portable generator I think farms, with similar products Coop rather than “giving them switching to newsprint in 1994 on work alert while working would not even run the from Organic Valley, which a weapon on wheels.” and that art costs had dropped down their owed shifts, and lights” at the Coop. “The uses milk produced by small- Indeed, the discussion led with digital technology. extensions of the timeframe amount of power that would er outfits, Schumacher said. one member who attended Wheeler projected that its for working down owed shifts be necessary to power our But complicated questions the GM with her baby on her possible advertising units would be limited to six work freezer would be massive.” remain about the multiple hip to comment that even if would not drop significantly cycles. Currently, according But given the “increasingly impacts of organic prac- the carts were available, she with the price hike, and sug- to Robinson, extensions can freaky climate” and questions tices—on food, on animals, might elect not to use them gested the increase would be granted indefinitely, with about Con Edison’s infra- and on people. For instance, “because of the hostility.” eliminate the need for more the record for extensions structure, he agreed that a Schumacher said, some A parent who said she had adjustments over the next held by a member who owed back-up system might be observers have documented discussed the proposal with few years. The proposal car- make-ups for four years. worth considering. decreased pesticide exposure friends at a coop in Ithaca ried, 88-3. The discussion that fol- for farm workers on organic relayed their response: “Why lowed indicated that many New Health Insurance farms, but have noted that wouldn’t you want them?” “Overdue Makeups” members did not know that In answer to a question, organic production requires She then suggested that the The final agenda item con- extensions on owed workslots General Coordinator Tricia more grueling work practices. patience and understanding cerned formalizing a one-for- could be procured by contact- Leith, who reported on She concluded with a sum- carts for children’s use one makeup policy that would ing the Coop office, and many finances, said health insur- mary of the Coop’s beef-buy- require could benefit the allow members owing fewer members who spoke said they ance costs for the Coop ing patterns, remarking that Coop, since “if it was only one than seven makeups to were convinced that the pos- declined over the 24 weeks the Coop purchases whole hour a week, it would be an steadily work down their sibility of extensions was not ending July 16, 2006, due to a grass-fed cows, and that stew experiment in being human.” owed shifts on a one-for-one consistently acknowledged— switch from Blue Cross Blue cuts and shanks had begun to Following soon on her basis while maintaining or perhaps even known—by Shield to Aetna for preventive build up in the Coop’s freezer heels, another member rose shopping privileges. To keep squad leaders. ■ coverage at less cost. as members picked and to say that the carts were “fan- chose other cuts. To cope tastic” but “not feasible,” since Complicated with the imbalance, Schu- in his estimation, “I don’t Organic Picture macher said the Coop might know that the Coop is mature Galloping demand for order beef more sparingly enough to handle this.” PSFC SEPTEMBER organic food and debates and provide education on ENERAL EETING about organic standards took preparing tasty but slow- The U.S. is just really G M center stage in a report by cooking cuts where “you can’t not growing enough food Tuesday, September 26 General Coordinator Janet just throw it on the grill.” anymore. The U.S. is Schumacher who discussed 7:00 p.m. the controversy among dairy Toddler-sized not able to feed itself.’” farmers about who is meeting Shopping Carts — General Coordinator • Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall standards, who is not, and Member Jason Platt Zolov Janet Schumacher 274 Garfield Pl at 8th Ave. how that affects Coop pur- exhibited a modicum of brav- • Items will be taken up in the order given. chasing. Schumacher said ery in presenting a discussion General Coordinator Allen • Times in parentheses are suggestions. that the United States does item where he advocated pur- Zimmerman suggested that not produce enough organic chasing a few toddler-sized the manipulation of u-boats GENDA milk to meet demand, noting shopping carts for about sixty loaded with hundreds of A : that Stonyfield Farms has dollars each, which would pounds of products for stock- Item #1: Disciplinary Committee Election begun importing organic allow children to join their ing might pose a threat to (40 minutes) dried milk from New Zealand. parents on the Coop floor, small children moving around Election: The Disciplinary Committee will present “The U.S. is just really not perhaps during designated the Coop floor, and suggested candidates for the hearing officer and hearing growing enough food any- children’s hours. upgrades to childcare, includ- administration committees. -submitted by the more,” said Schumacher. “The Platt Zolov, who said he’d ing more workshop program- Disciplinary Hearing Committee U.S. is not able to feed itself.” seen the carts in use at ming for children during D’Agostino, suggested chil- shopping hours. Item #2: GM Rules Committee (45 minutes) “One of the fundamental dren would enjoy them, that Proposal: "The General Coordinators, Agenda underlying reasons that we children’s participation might Gazette Ad Prices Up Committee and Chair committee will each choose one help encourage responsible The Linewaiters’ Gazette, con- are alive now is that we have member of the committee. Together, those three shopping, and that children’s ceived as a break-even opera- members will solicit interested Coop members to join a principle that every member presence with carts scaled for tion, has run over $2,000 in the committee. From those who respond, they will must contribute. If some- their use might “lighten and the red for the past couple of body’s going to benefit from brighten” the mood and years, according to General choose three or four additional members, making the the Coop, they have to atmosphere at the Coop. Coordinator Linda Wheeler, membership of the entire committee either six or While Platt Zolov said his who serves as the staff liaison seven. At its discretion, the committee will make contribute to the Coop.” progress reports to the General Meeting. Once the — General Coordinator survey of members on a Friday to the member publication. morning yielded 40% support Based on those figures, revised rules have been proposed to the General Linda Wheeler for the idea, the reception at Wheeler proposed a 50% Meeting, and either accepted or rejected, the the GM fell far short of that. increase in members’ ads committee will disband, Members will receive workslot Furthermore, some smaller Opponents lined up at the (the only ads accepted by credit for their service on the committee." -submitted dairy farms have been taken microphone to say that kids’ the Coop), changing the by the GM Chair Committee over by larger “factory” opera- carts would add to “crowding price for a text or classified- tions, which might arguably and chaos,” interfere with type ad from $10 to $15, and undermine some of the ani- heavy stocking periods, and raising the price for a busi- Future Agenda Information: For information on how to place an Item on the mal-friendly aspects of organ- lead to tension between ness card advertisement Agenda, please see the center pages of the Linewaiters' ic standards. Based upon members with children and from $20 to $30. Gazette. The Agenda Committee these concerns, the Coop has those without. A member who Responding to questions minutes and the status of pending agenda items are replaced some Horizon described himself as “virulent- about the availability of any available in the office and at all GMs. organic milk products, sup- ly opposed” to the idea riffed other savings measures, plied by some large farming that children might be better Wheeler said that the Gazette 06-09/14 p 01-08 9/14/06 11:09 PM Page 4

4 September 14, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY Computer & Electronics Recycling Day

By Cathryn Swan and Michael Rieser

rooklynites are learning up by the Department of but also the whole The Per Scholas Comp2Kids this lesson by heart; Sanitation are getting Member cycle—reducing, reusing, Program provides recondi- Bcomputer and electron- landfilled or incinerated. and rethinking garbage in tioned computers to students ic equipment can be recycled. There are many problems New York City. The goal: a who attend selected schools No one wants to see old with this. Computers and more sustainable NYC! in the South Bronx and computer equipment crushed electronics contain a vari- Contribution Visit the web site: www. Harlem. in a trash truck, burned in an ety of heavy metals and Recycle ThisNYC.org. The Per Scholas ACCESS incinerator, or buried in a other toxic substances Program makes recondi- landfill any more than they including lead, mercury, cad- throughout the five boroughs Electronic waste will be tioned computers available want to bury it in their back- mium, hexavalent chromium, of New York City. The group, handled by Per Scholas to students and families in yard. The question has moved and bromated fire retardants. which meets in Park Slope, Per Scholas does not send low income communities at from, “Why should I recycle e- These toxins have been utilizes creative approaches electronic waste overseas, the lowest possible cost. waste” to: How? Where, and linked to kidney, liver and to bring the topic of trash— bury in landfills, or burn it in And each computer comes When? Since electronics waste thyroid cancer. They are able where it goes, and what to incinerators. In fact, they re- with Windows 2000, Micro- takes up 10% of landfill space to leach into the air and do about it—into the every- use as many computers as soft Office, lifetime techni- and yet provides 70% of the cal support, and a one year toxicity in landfills, responsi- guarantee. ble electronics recycling just Computers and electronic makes sense. equipment that are too old The quest for faster band- to reuse, not working and not width that is delivered by DSL reparable are processed and and Cable makes it possible for sent to smelters who melt us to take advantage of media plastics, metals, and glass rich applications that eventu- which is then returned to the ally outstretch the capability manufacturing process. of our existing PCs. On top of Recycling computers is that, planned obsolescence one thing that pretty much by manufacturers makes our everyone agrees on. People older computers at some genuinely appreciate the point no longer functional. As opportunity to dispose of a result, 20 million PCs their electronic equipment in become obsolete each year. an environmentally responsi- Because monitors are being ble way. Most people don’t replaced at a fast clip with flat really want to throw their old panel screens, the byproduct electronic equipment in the is a virtual ocean of CRTs that trash. They just don’t know are being disposed of at an that there is an alternative. unprecedented rate. Each Tell your friends about this cathode ray tube (CRT) con- upcoming event and help tains an average of 6 pounds plan others. ■ of lead. By estimating that 20 million monitors contain six COMPUTER pounds of lead each, that AND ELECTRONICS means 120 million pounds of water supply. California has day discussion. This is done possible. That’s what makes RECYCLING DAY lead needs to go some- banned the landfill disposal by hosting film screenings & Per Scholas different from where—typically to landfills, of electronic waste. There is discussions (most notably, most recyclers. JJ BYRNE PARK incinerators, to export or recy- nothing in a computer that “Gone Tomorrow: The Per Scholas thoroughly 5TH AVENUE cling. Where does it all go? you would want to find Hidden Life of Garbage,” a trains aspiring computer AT 4TH STREET Although New York City’s buried in your garden. Just wonderful film by Brooklyn- repair technicians from low City Council is working on imagine those tomatoes! based director and writer, income communities. They PARK SLOPE electronics waste recycling This computer electronic Heather Rogers), creative develop a highly sought after BROOKLYN legislation, based on an recycling day is sponsored by actions, Freecycle ‘live’ skill and prepare for the A+ SATURDAY Extended Producer Responsi- Recycle This!, a grassroots Reuse events, Electronics Certification test so that they SEPTEMBER 16 bility model, right now, all waste reduction & recycling Recycling and more. Recycle can get a job and earn a 10 AM–3 PM NYC’s electronics left for pick activist group that works This! focuses on recycling, decent living.

PROGRAMS

Friday, September 15 through Sunday, September 17

The following programs will happen within four days of publication of this issue. For full ads, please look at the August 17 or 31issues or pick up copies of the flyers in the Coop. Friday, September 15 7:30 Genetically Modified Food: Why Are We Fighting It? Saturday, September 16 10:00 Clothing Exchange 4:00 The Zen of Computer Maintenance Sunday, September 17 12:00 Personal Power, Balance and Energy for the Busy New Yorker 06-09/14 p 01-08 9/14/06 11:14 PM Page 5

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Coops Helping Coops Working with the East New York Food Coop By Walecia Konrad

hould we share the wealth? In After Holtz sends the orientation light of the overall success and packet, he makes himself available by Srecent increase in membership, phone, email, and in person to some staffers and members are won- answer questions and give advice. For dering whether the Park Slope Food example, he’s been working off and Coop should get more involved in on for the past three years with a helping other organizations like ours group in Missoula, Montana, who are get started. starting a coop based on the member The interest is clearly out there. worker model. That coop is set to Newly hired General Manager Damien Mercado with Salima Jones-Delay of “One week a couple of months ago, I open in October or November. Holtz the Local Development Corporation of East New York. Salima has been had five different requests for help spent a good chunk of time helping coordinating the development efforts. and information,” says General Coor- the group with its initial financial dinator Joe Holtz. In the past two year statements, which because of the period, I’ve seen more interest in member worker model, are quite dif- starting food coops than at any other ferent from those of other coops. The time since we started in 1973,” said Missoula group had initially Holtz. approached one of the handful of Perhaps the most important start- coop consultants out there for help, up is happening right in the PSFC’s but Holtz discouraged them from that backyard. After months of effort, The idea. The consultants would have East New York Food Coop will be charged $500 to look at the books opening this month and, like the Park and, most likely, would have tried to Slope Food Coop, it will operate with persuade them to follow a more tradi- a majority of volunteer workers. tional approach because they are not familiar with the PSFC structure.

“I’ve seen more interest Workslots at East New York Coop in starting food coops than Although new coops often seek out at any other time since Holtz personally for advice, other members are also lending a helping we started in 1973” hand. Donald Alexis, Receiving Coor- –Joe Holtz dinator, and member Melanie Chopko have both worked closely with the The East New York Coop has found a location. The founders hope to have it East New York Food Coop startup ready in a month. During the week that Holtz team. That number may increase sub- described, he was approached by a stantially now that members can member moving to California who receive FTOP credit for working in the wanted to start a food coop when he East New York store. (Interested got there, another member who had a members should email ellen_wein- friend three hours away who needed [email protected] or call the office.) So help with a start up, a group from Port far, a handful of members have Arthur, Texas, who had gotten a grant already completed workslots helping to start a food coop in the wake of Hur- the East New York store get ready for ricane Rita damage, and a group from its opening. PSFC member Sean Elias Chester, Pennsylvania whose efforts spent a Saturday shift in August at the were just getting off the ground. ENY Coop. “The space used to be a 99 While that was an exceptionally cent store,” he says, “so it’s not real busy week, Holtz says he routinely big but it is deep. I helped take old gets calls from people interested in shelves out of the main area.” Elias starting coops. Initially he sends a hopes to do another shift at ENY in package of information detailing how the future. “I’m 100 percent behind to get start up grants, loans and other PSFC members getting workslot credit funding, how to make sure you’ve got there. It’s great to help out.” the right group of people working Helping other coops is one of the together, food coop economics, principles of cooperation that all food finances and philosophies, ethical coops are based on, so answering food sources, and specifics on the questions and lending a hand is, Park Slope Food Coop model of mem- essentially, part of the job. But now ber workers. Until East New York, the Holtz is wondering if the PSFC should PSFC was the only coop in the country be spreading the word about our that relied on its members for about member worker model in a more for- 75% of the work needed to run the mal, organized way. At the June Gen- place. Keeping paid staff to a mini- eral Meeting, there was discussion Salima reviews the progress of the construction. mum is what saves the Coop money about forming a committee to work and allows the prices to be so low. If specifically on this. Holtz is even another fledgling coop is looking for wondering if the Coop should consid- information on member workers, the er offering low-interest loans to quali- PSFC is the only source of information fied coop startups. “It’s something for available. us all to think about,” says Holtz. ■ PHOTOS BY INGRID CUSSON PHOTOS 06-09/14 p 01-08 9/14/06 11:14 PM Page 6

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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE REPORT Green Cleaning Comes to New York By Cynthia Blayer, for the Environmental Committee

e rely on cleaning products to keep us safe from dirt and germs. In recent years, it has W come to light that many standard cleansers contain ingredients that are actually harmful to us. Although they take away dirt and germs, these cleansers can leave toxic residues on surfaces as well as release them into the air. Green or ecological cleansers, which don’t contain harmful ingredients, give us a safer, healthier alternative. Increased interest in these green cleansers has lead to some positive changes in New York State policy. Manufacturers of cleansers are not required to list all ingredients on the labels of their products, so they are not readily apparent to the average con- commonly used cleaning products can prompt asth- either sewage treatment plants or septic tanks. Not sumer. The popular cleansers Fantastik and Windex ma attacks. all chemicals that go through the sewage system are both contain butyl cellusolve, which is neurotoxic. Deirdre Imus, director of the Deirdre Imus Envi- eliminated by the filtering process. There are situa- Many common cleansers contain asthmagens, ronmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, worked to tions where the chemical waste incapacitates the which are ingredients that can cause asthmatic educate Governor Pataki about the health hazards bacteria used to filter out pathogens. Paints, sol- reactions. A 2001 study reported in the American of many standard cleaning products. This resulted vents, acids, drain cleaners, oils and pesticides can Journal of Industrial Medicine found that janitorial in New York State Education Law 409-1, which pass untreated through a sewage system and conta- workers have twice the rate of respiratory health requires all public and non-public elementary and minate the groundwater. Products that are used out- problems as other workers. Some types of cleansers secondary schools to use environmentally sensitive doors, for cleaning a car or patio furniture don’t tend to contain more toxic chemicals than others. cleaning and maintenance products. The law even go through a filtering system. They go down Disinfectants, for example, can contain chemicals was signed by Governor Pataki in August 2005 driveways and into storm sewer systems, often end- such as cresol, phenol, ethanol, formaldehyde, and takes effect September 1, 2006. Specific infor- ing up in a nearby creek or river. ammonia and/or chlorine. These chemicals can mation and guidelines about products and usage The Coop has always carried a variety of cause central nervous system damage, the effects of are available from the Office of General Services, cleansers, both green and otherwise, but has which can be depression, hyperactivity, and/or irri- www.ogs.state.ny.us/bldgadmin/environmental/defa increasingly urged the use of green cleansers for tability. Floor and furniture polish often contain ult.html. This legislation will help to protect the maintenance workers. Maintenance squad workers phenol, nitrobenzene, acrylonitrile, ammonia, health of school children as well as the adults who as well as checkout workers and others who clean napthalene and/or petroleum distallants, which can work in schools such as teachers, administrators Coop counters, floors, and bathrooms are now lead to cancer, genetic damage, and/or skin, heart, and janitorial staff. required to use only green cleansers, such as Ecov- liver, kidney or central nervous system damage. Green or ecological cleansers voluntarily disclose er, Seventh Generation, Lifetree or Planet. A perfect- Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of all ingredients on their labels and avoid any ingredi- ly fine effective alternative would be to use a environmental toxins, in part because they are small- ents that are harmful to people or the environment. solution of vinegar and water, which has been er than adults and their bodies are still developing. It is worth noting that cleansers affect the environ- shown to kill 99% of germs and bacteria.. Asthma has been a leading cause of school ment outside the home as well as inside. Cleaning There are many green or ecological cleansers absenteeism in the United States; ingredients in residues go down the drain and are processed in available today and prices have become competi- tive. Such cleansers, like those made by Ecover and Seventh Generation, have a policy of disclosing all ingredients on their labels. The ingredients they contain are both non-toxic and biodegradable. The non-profit organization Greenseal (www.greenseal.org) provides information about the safety and efficacy of many green cleansers as well as other products such as carpets, lighting, paper, and tires. With the many alternatives avail- able today for the health conscious consumer, par- ticularly those who are members of the Park Slope Food Coop, it is nice to know how easily we can be both clean and green. ■ ILLUSTRATION BY ROD MORRISON Meet Your Mind

WITH ALLAN NOVICK

The fundamental nature of mind is stable, strong and clear—yet these qualities become obscured by the stress and speed of our lives.

Meditation opens and calms the mind.

This is a basic meditation class for beginners, and for anyone who would like a renewed understanding of the technique.

Allan Novick, has practiced meditation in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition since 1975 and is a certified meditation instructor in that tradition. He lives in Park Slope, has been a Coop member for 14 yars, and works as a psychologist for the NYC Dep. of Education

FREE Friday, September 29 Non-members welcome 7:30 p.m. at the Coop

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Mysteries of Aisle 4 Remedies from the Flower By Dr. Andrea Auerbach, DC, and Carol Patti, MS Clinical Nutrition

hat are those cute the sun. He then treated your water bottle daily as a taken straight from the stock little glass dropper his patients with the water. great antidote for coping bottles or can simply be put W bottles that sit on a The philosophy behind Member with daily stress. Rescue into a glass of water each rack on the back shelf of Aisle the Bach Flower Essences Remedy also comes in a time used. Bach flower reme- 4 opposite the dairy case? is that disease is a way for cream that can be applied dies are used with children, Names like Elm, Pine, Scler- our body to tell us that we Contribution topically to calm skin trau- animals and even plants. anthus and Red Chestnut are are doing something that mas or wounds. Although when diluted the some of the 38 essences that goes against our soul and The Bach Essences are alcohol content is negligible, make up the Bach Flower personality. Dr. Bach believed to a person Dr. Bach felt suf- made from 100% natural those with alcohol sensitivi- Remedies. These remedies that a conflict or disease aris- fered from low self-esteem, spring water infused with wild ties for any reasons may want are formulated to restore es when “our personalities are Mimulus to someone who was flowers either by the sun- to be cautious. emotional balance. led astray from the path laid fearful and Pine for someone steeping method or by boil- We have included a list of Dr. Edward Bach was a down by the soul.” When pre- who felt guilt. Rescue Remedy, ing. Essences are hand the Essences and a brief renowned physician in Lon- scribing the Essences, Dr. the most known of the produced exclusively in Eng- description of their uses. don. For many years he had Bach would look at the patien- Essences, is a compilation of land without the aid of There is a booklet sold in the sought a natural and pure way t’s emotional health and not five flowers: Rock Rose, Star of mechanical devices. Their Coop entitled “The 38 Bach to heal himself and his the disease, since he believed Bethlehem, Impatiens, Cherry power is exponential; there- Flower Essences” by Wigmore patients. In 1928, Dr. Bach dis- disease to be caused by emo- Plum and Clematis. Dr. Bach fore, the small stock bottles at Publications which will give covered the first of the 38 tional imbalances. The created this remedy as an the Coop go a long way. They more detail (usually found by Bach Flower Remedies. Dr. Essences would then be cho- emergency combination to be can be diluted by pouring the Rescue Remedy in Aisle Bach potentized the remedies sen to correspond with their used for shock or trauma situ- spring water into 1 oz. or 2 oz. 4). The brown bottles for dilu- by placing the flowers in a emotional outlook on life, ations or even for just an dropper bottles and then tion are also available at the bowl of spring water and leav- which allowed them to be in upsetting day. Practitioners adding four or seven drops Coop in Aisle 4. If you are ing them in the sun. He harmony with themselves and and clients alike have seen its respectively of the stock bottle interested in further study, claimed that the healing their soul and therefore regain efficacy in dealing with anxiety remedy into the spring water. there are many books written essence of the flowers would health. For example, a remedy and stress. We recommend 10 A small amount of brandy can about Dr. Bach and the Bach be extracted into the water by such as Larch would be given drops of Rescue Remedy in be added to the diluted solu- Flower Remedies. The booklet tion as a preservative. Reme- mentioned above gives many dies are generally taken one references. You can also go to dropperful four times a day. an online website: www.bach- BACH FLOWER ESSENCES The remedies can also be flower.com. ■ Compiled by Andrea Auerbach and Carol Patti Best Eco-Choice Agrimony mental torture behind a cheerful face

Aspen fear of unknown things Presented by the Environmental Committee Beech intolerance Eco-Tip: Non-Toxic Oven Cleaner Centaury the inability to say no To clean an oven, cover the bottom 1/4 of an inch of bak- Cerato lack of trust in one’s own decisions ing soda. Spray the baking soda with water to create a paste. Leave it overnight. In the morning, the baking Cherry Plum fear of the mind giving way soda and accompanying oven grime can easily be wiped Chestnut Bud failure to learn from mistakes out with a sponge. Chicory selfish, possessive love Clematis dreaming of the future without working in the present Crab Apple the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred Elm overwhelmed by responsibility Gentian discouragement after a setback Gorse hopelessness and despair Heather self-centeredness and self-concern Holly hatred, envy and jealousy Honeysuckle living in the past Hornbeam procrastination, tiredness at the thought of doing something Impatiens impatience Larch lack of confidence Mimulus fear of known things

Mustard deep gloom for no reason Oak the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion Olive exhaustion following mental or physical effort Pine guilt Red Chestnut overconcern for the welfare of loved ones Rock Rose terror and fright Rock Water self-denial, rigidity and self-repression Scleranthus inability to choose between alternatives ILLUSTRATION BY ETHAN PETTIT 06-09/14 p 01-08 9/14/06 11:14 PM Page 8

8 September 14, 2006 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY

COOP HOURS

Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shopping Hours: Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Sunday 6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m. *Shoppers must be on a checkout line 15 minutes after closing time. Childcare Hours: Monday through Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Telephone: 718-622-0560 Web address: www.foodcoop.com

The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members. A “Member Submissions” envelope is in the Gazette wall pocket near the exit of the Coop.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions MUST include author’s name and phone number and conform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters and articles BY DEBORAH TINT ILLUSTRATION that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appear in the Coop Calendar opposite. This Issue Prepared By: Puzzle Corner Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be Erik Lewis printed if they conform to the published Contributions from members are welcome. guidelines. Please sign your entries. Answer is on page 15. Editor (development): Tom Moore Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Cryptogram Topic: Apples Reporters: Hayley Gorenberg Submissions on Paper: Double-spaced, typed or The code used on the list below is a simple letter Wally Konrad Ann Pappert very legibly handwritten. substitution. That is, if “G” stands for “M” in one word, it will be the same throughout the list. Submissions on Disk & by Email: We welcome Art Director (development): Mike Miranda digital submissions by disk or email. Email to Illustrators: Rod Morrison [email protected]. QCHRQZCS Deborah Tint Classified & Display Ads: Ads may be placed on Cathy Wassylenko behalf of Coop members only. Classified ads are CUFHE LHEH Photographers: Lisa Cohen prepaid at $10 per insertion, business card ads at Ingrid Cusson $20. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” MUSHBCRR Kevin Ryan category are free.) All ads must be written on a Traffic Manager: Monona Yin submission form (available at the front of the Coop). JWSRAHG Classified ads may be up to 315 characters and Classified Ads Prep: Heather Cottrell spaces. Display ads must be camera-ready and LCHSSF APWXN Text Converters: Joanne Guralnick business card size (2"x3.5"). Andrew Rathbun Recipes: We welcome original recipes from Proofreader: Susan Brodlie members. Recipes must be signed by the creator. CRT TREWDWUZA Thumbnails: Saeri Yoo Park Subscriptions: The Gazette is available free to members in the store. Subscriptions are available by PHDWSXUAN Photoshop: Adam Segal mail at $18 per year to cover the cost of postage (at Preproduction: Susan Louie 1st class rates because our volume is low). NUSRF DCWAG Art Director (production): Doug Popovich Printed by: Prompt Printing Press, Camden, NJ. PHDUZS Desktop Publishing: Lee Schere Andrea Summers Maxwell Taylor RPGWCR Editor (production): Nancy Rosenberg PZXAZ Final Proofreader: Janet Mackin Post Production: Jessica Tolliver-Shaw GWSI EHTF Index: Len Neufeld 06-09/14 p 09-16 9/14/06 10:21 PM Page 9

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COOP CALENDAR New Member Orientations Monday & Wednesday evenings: . . 7:30 p.m. Wednesday mornings: ...... 10:00 a.m. Sunday afternoons:...... 4:00 p.m. Be sure to be here promptly—or early—as we begin on time! The orientation takes about two hours. Please don't bring small children. General Meeting Gazette Deadlines TUE, SEP 26 GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m. The agenda LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: appears in this issue. Sep 28 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Sep 18 Oct 12 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Oct 2 TUE, OCT 3 CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE: AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m.—Items Sep 28 issue: 10:00 p.m., Wed, Sep 20 submitted will be considered for the Oct 12 issue: 10:00 p.m., Wed, Oct 4 September 26 GM. All About the The Coop on Cable TV General Meeting Plastic Recycling "Inside the Park Slope Food Coop" • 2nd Saturdays, noon–2:00 p.m. FRIDAYS 1:00 p.m. with a replay at 9:00 p.m. Our Governing Structure • 3rd Thursdays, 7–9:00 p.m. Channels: 56 (TimeWarner), 67 (CableVision). • last Sundays, 10:00 a.m.–noon If specific programming is available at press From our inception in 1973 to the present, the open • Plastics #1, 2, 4, only those time, it will appear on the Community Calendar monthly General Meetings have been at the center of the not accepted by NYC, plus page overleaf. Coop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop incor- plastic shopping bags porated in 1977, we have been legally required to have a • Plastic #5 (from dairy products only) Board of Directors. The Coop continued the tradition of • All Clean & Dry! 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 required to act legally and responsibly, has approved almost every General Meeting decision at the end of Attend a GM To Receive Work Credit… every General Meeting. Board members are elected at the Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Coop’s bylaws are available in the Membership Office and at every Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the your name in this book. After the meeting the General Meeting. General Meeting has been our decision-making Chair will provide the Workslot Credit Atten- body. At the General Meeting (GM) members dance Sheet. You must also sign this sheet in gather to make decisions and set Coop policy. order to receive credit. Next Meeting: Tuesday, The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit pro- gram was created to increase participation in Being Absent from the GM: September 26, 7:00 p.m. the Coop’s decision-making process. There 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 add your name to the sign-up sheet located in attend. Please do not call the Membership Location the ground floor elevator lobby. On the day of Office with GM cancellations. The temple house of Congregation Beth Elohim (Garfield the meeting sign-ups are allowed until 5:00 p.m. Temple), 274 Garfield Place. 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 meeting, come to the Office to add your name meeting: How to Place an Item to the list and to receive your information You will be given one FTOP credit for atten- on the Agenda packet. Some restrictions to this program do dance at the meeting. You are not required to apply. Please see below for details. use this credit at a particular time. However, If you have something you’d like discussed at a General to use this credit you must follow the Coop’s Meeting, please complete a submission form for the Two GM attendance credits per year: rules for “Using Banked FTOP Time” that are Agenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack near Each member may take advantage of the explained in a flier available in the elevator the elevator and at General Meetings. Instructions and General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit program lobby literature racks and in the Membership helpful information on how to submit an item appear on two times per year. Office. the submission form. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month to plan the agenda for Certain Squads are omitted from the If you are on an ABCorD shift and owe the GM held on the last Tuesday of the month. If you Program: a make-up on the night of the meeting: have a question, please call Linda Wheeler in the office. You may attend the GM for credit only if The GM attendance credit will automatical- you are a member of a Shopping, Receiving/ ly be applied as a make-up. Meeting Format Stocking, Food Processing, Office, Mainte- nance, Inventory, Construction, and FTOP If you are on FTOP: Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) committee. Other Squads are omitted either Recording of your attendance at the meet- • Meet the Coordinators because covering absent members is too diffi- ing and an FTOP shift credit will be applied to • Enjoy some Coop snacks cult or attendance at the GM is already part of your FTOP record after you have attended the • Submit Open Forum items the workslot’s responsibility. meeting. • Explore meeting literature Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) Attend the entire GM: Consider making a report to your Open Forum is a time for members to bring brief items In order to earn workslot credit you must be Squad after you attend the meeting: to the General Meeting. If an item is more than brief, it present for the entire meeting. GMs typically You can help inform other members about can be submitted to the Agenda Committee as an item run from 7:00 p.m.–9:45 p.m., though they current Coop issues, the GM in general and for a future GM. occasionally run longer. the GM-for-credit program in particular by making a brief report about your GM experi- Reports (7:30 p.m.) Childcare is provided at the General ence. You can make this report the next time • Financial Report Meeting location: you meet with your squad or, if you are on • Coordinators’ Report To request that childcare be provided for FTOP, the next time you work on any Squad. • Committee Reports your child at the meeting, you must notify a Generally these reports work best as part of a Agenda (8:00 p.m.) paid staff Office Coordinator in the Member- squad end-of-shift meeting. ■ • The agenda is available as a flyer at the Coop entrance ship Office at least one week prior to the hall and may also appear elsewhere in this issue. meeting date. Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) Sign the Attendance Sheets at the (unless there is a vote to extend the meeting) Meeting: • Meeting evaluation During the GM an attendance book will • Board of Directors vote make its way around the room. Please sign • Announcements, etc. 06-09/14 p 09-16 9/14/06 10:21 PM Page 10

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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. SAT, SEP 16 For more information please visit AAWAA MOVIE SERIES: Asian Ellen’s website, www.ellendreyer. American Women Artists Alliance GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: 9th Annual com. *Ellen was an avid coop mem- presents The Japanese Night- Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time ber before she moved out of state! mare.More and more young Japan- Music Jamboree. Friday, 9/15, James ese women are rebelling against Reams & the Barnstormers. 8:00 p.m. FRI, SEP 22 the societal norm. Instead, these (doors open 7:30),$10 adults, $6 “single parasites” pursue careers children. Saturday, 9/16, 12:30-10:00 AAWAA MOVIE SERIES: Asian and live with their parents, with p.m., $4, workshops in banjo, fiddle, American Women Artists Alliance dramatic impact on the economy guitar, harmonica & bluegrass har- presents Mah Jong Orphan. This and on demographics. AAWAA mony singing plus all-day jamming. real life film focuses on the widen- Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. 718- All acoustic. 718-965-8490, 917-514- ing chasm between a Chinese 788-6170. 7 p.m. By donations. Friday, October 6 • 7:00 p.m. 5364, [email protected]. mother, Suzan, a first generation immigrant, and her daughter Lilly, FRI, OCT 6 at the Coop A CLEAR & DEFINITE PATH: eager to assimilate. AAWAA Miami Beach yoga instructor Fred Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. 718- AAWAA MOVIE SERIES: Asian Busch presents his new book, 788-6170. 7 p.m. By donations. American Women Artists Alliance A Clear & Definite Path: Enlighten- presents Modern Heroes, Modern ment & Health with Yoga & Holis- Slaves. Each day, thousands of tic Living. Integral Yoga Institute, SAT, SEP 23 women leave underdeveloped 227 W 13 St, Manh. 1:00 p.m. MOVIE SERIES: Asian American countries to seek work as domestics PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE: In Women Artists Alliance presents in more prosperous places. This Process…, an African-American Just One Look. A romantic comedy film shows the human and some- women’s a cappella quartet singing drama set in 1970’s Hong Kong, times tragic side of their stories. about issues of love, self-respect, which pays homage to claasic AAWAA Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. family, substance abuse, etc, etc. martial arts films. AAWAA Gallery, 718-788-6170. 7 p.m. By donations. Pam Parker, with a repertoire of 136 15th St. Bklyn. 718-788-6170. Call It Democracy thoughtfully probes events surrounding the U.S. songs of struggle, love & clelebra- 7P.M.. By donations. SAT, OCT 7 tion, performs blues, swing, jazz, presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. Far from being another folk & R&B. DIFFERENT LOCATION, TUE, SEP 26 PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE: Eric attack on the election's much-disputed results, it's an illuminating this concert only: Community Andersen recounts his experiences and engrossing non-partisan look at the longstanding need to Church, 40 E 35 St, Manh, 8:00 p.m. address issues including voters' rights and election reform. Blending FREE! CAREGIVER STRESS REDUC- among the Beat poets and writers Admission: $12, more if you choose, man-on-the-street comments with reflections from legal and political TION workshop led by *Joan Vega. of San Francisco on the evening of less if you can’t. 212-787-3903. experts and journalists from all sides of the spectrum, Call it Learn breath work, guided medita- President Kennedy’s assassina- tion. “Andersen...is powered by the Democracy operates from the premise that with an Electoral College tion, and visualization techniques system the candidate with the most votes does not always win. SUN, SEP 17 to cope with the overwhelming singular mix of irony and high demands of caregiving. Held at romanticism that fuels his classic Commentators including Alan Dershowitz, Vincent Bugliosi and “GOODBYE to NYC” from KAREN Leeza’s Place at Park Slope Geriatric work.”—Rolling Stone. Workmen’s former Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN) examine important historical GLEESON & PAUL SHERIDAN. We Day Center, Tuesdays, 4-5:00 p.m. Circle, 45 E 33 St, Manh, 8:00 p.m. events, including the 1960 Kennedy vs. Nixon campaign, George are moving to Maine! FREE Good- RSVP necessary. Please call 347- $12, more if you choose, less if you Wallace's attempted manipulation of the Electoral College in bye concert: Charlie King/Karen 296-2345 to register. can’t. 212-787-3903. 1968, and prior elections when the popular vote did not prevail. Brandow—political, satiric folk AAWAA MOVIE SERIES: Asian Read more at: www.callitdemocracy.com music; bring $ for worthy fundrais- FRI, SEP 29 American Women Artists Alliance ing & CD purchases. 12-4 P.M., Old Matthew Kohn is the writer, director, researcher, and producer. presents Chinese Classic anima- Stone House, in 3rd St/5th Ave Kohn’s short film, Rosa X Rays Joe, featuring Drama Desk AAWAA MOVIE SERIES: Asian tions. Free for Brooklyn neighbor- park. Info: sheridanpa@earthlink. Nominee Anita Durst, was awarded the title of Best Experimental American Women Artists Alliance hood communities. AAWAA net, [email protected]. Film at SinCine2002. In 1999, Kohn’s Sea Level Inferno, featuring presents Under the Willow Tree. Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. 718- live music by William Hooker screened at festivals, galleries, and ATLANTIC ANTIC: Join the fun at Using old photographs and inter- 788-6170. 7 p.m. alternative screens across the United States. Matt has created music this year’s 32nd annual Atlantic views, this film tells the remark- videos for Stephanie Sayers, Thurston Moore, William Hooker and Antic Street Festival. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. able tale of the courageous Asian SUN, OCT 8 others. Currently, Matt is developing his debut narrative feature, a on Atlantic Avenue between Fourth women who left their families and semi-autobiographic story set in the shadow of 9/11 about a man Avenue and Hicks Street. Activities all that was familiar to settle in the MILES FOR MIDWIVES: Celebrate who uncovers the secret behind a dark hoax. A discussion with for the whole family! Foods from New World and marry men they National Midwifery Week at 10am Matthew will follow. around the world, handmade crafts, had never met. The men had come with our 4th annual 5k run/walk in shopping, puppets, pony rides, belly to build the transcontinental rail- Prospect Park (Bartel-Pritchard FREE dancers, eight live music stages! road. The film is a testimony to the Square, 15th St & PPW). Adults Film Night organizer, Trish Dalton, can www.atlanticave.org. strength, resourcefulness and dig- Non-members $12 advance/$15 day-of, children be reached at [email protected] or nity of these women. AAWAA $3/$5. Applications & more info 718-398-5704. welcome MON, SEP 18 Gallery, 136 15th St. Bklyn. 718- available at www.nycmidwives 788-6170. 7 p.m. By donations. . org/miles.html. Or arrive 8-9:30 a.m. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent CD RELEASE SHOW: Peira to register on race day. Milesfor the Park Slope Food Coop Moinester and Devin Krug invite SAT, SEP 30 [email protected] for questions. you to celebrate the CD release from their band In Flight Radio. PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE: Matt Jones They play original songs with a 70th B’day Bash Concert. Celebrate Wall Chart Updating clean aprons, towels, gloves, etc., and put every- British Rock influence and are per- & honor a Freedom Fighter, Free- thing away around the Coop. For remainder of dom Singer, prolific songwriter & Sundays, 8:00–10:45 a.m. This is the per- forming at Mercury Lounge at the shift, do additional light maintenance tasks 9p.m.. You can hear them at composer. Matt Jones is a former fect job for a detail-oriented person who www.inflightradio.net and on col- Field Secretary of the Student Non- likes a quiet and pleasant work environ- under the supervision of a staff person. lege radio nationwide. violent Coordinating Committee ment. You will be trained by a staff person (SNCC) & a former director of the who will always be available to answer Toy Cleaning WED, SEP 20 SNCC Freedom Singers. He com- questions. You are part of a team of two to posed & arranged over 500 freedom three people, but you will work on your Monday, 8:30-10:30 p.m. This job entails clean- “SUSPENSEFUL, COMPELLING, songs & ballads, including “The ing all plastic toys in the childcare room with Ballad of Medgar Evers,” which can own. Please speak to Judy Nikolai if you HEARTFELT” Come hear author soap and water. Wipe down all wooden toys; be heard in Rob Reiner’s film would like more information. Call her on Ellen Dreyer read from her new clean small chairs and tables; straighten the young adult novel, THE GLOW “Ghosts of Mississippi.” Workmen’s Sunday, 8:00 a.m–4:00 p.m., or Monday– STONE, at Barnes & Noble, 267 7th Circle, 45 E 33 St, Manh, 8:00 p.m. Thursday evenings, 6:00–10:00 p.m. book shelves. In addition to cleaning, sort out Avenue, Park Slope - 6:30 p.m. A $12, more if you choose, less if you anything that is visibly broken and throw it out. Q&A and book signing will follow. can’t. 212-787-3903. Laundry ONGOING SHOWS/EVENTS PART 1: Sunday, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Laundry Office Close and a few other light maintenance tasks. Gather laundry from the ground floor and Wednesday 8:30-11:00 p.m. Our openings TUESDAYS, SEP 19 & 26, OCT 3, 17 & 24 basement, preparing it (check pockets, are on Wednesday at the moment, but if you A.F.R.A.I.D.: A Musical Drama in two acts: New York City, typing apron strings, etc.), take it across like this kind of work, keep an eye out or ask August 1858. The weekly meeting of American Females for the street to the Laundromat and put it about other days. The job is mainly data entry Righteousness Abasement Ignorance & Docility was called in washers. Return to the Coop. For the inputting changes generated by the make-up recorders, attendance workers, and evening

to order by its venerable President, Mrs. Senza Bliss. After WORKSLOT NEEDS remainder of the shift time, you will do singing the national A.F.R.A.I.D. anthem, the meeting was some light maintenance tasks assigned office workers. delightfully disrupted by a group of Women's Righters, Abo- by a Receiving Coordinator. During this litionists, Suffragists, Spinsters, Domestics, Fallen Doves, time, return briefly to the Laundromat to Office Supplies Lunatics and yours truly, Fanny Fern. (Office Coordinator transfer loads to dryers. Kathleen Keske* is Senza Bliss.) 7:30 p.m., The Brooklyn Thursday, 8:30-11:00 p.m. Working with a Lyceum, 227 4th Ave. @President St, $20, students/srs $10, PART 2:Sunday, 4:00–6:00 p.m. multi-page list, count and replenish supplies groups 6+ $15. Info & tickets: www.bropera.org. Pick up laundry from the Laundromat. Sort in all the second-floor offices. 06-09/14 p 09-16 9/14/06 10:21 PM Page 11

Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY September 14, 2006 11 Flooding Statistics and One Farm’s Reality By Sarah Johnston, Executive Director, Northeast Organic Farming Association This article originally appeared in the Mid-Summer 2006 issue of Organic Farms, Folks & Foods. It is reprinted with permission.

he flooding that took farmers, I asked her if we Charles Schumer and Hillary the flood of 2006. disaster and out of a produc- place in late June has could repeat her story here: Clinton have called upon the Certification for land er’s control. Please make sure Tbeen devastating to I spent a totally wasted after- Secretary of Agriculture to involved in the flood of 2006 all records are kept regarding farmers in the Mohawk, noon in Owego at the disaster release funds for critical pro- will not be in jeopardy. Flood- lost crops and fields affected Delaware and Susquehanna assistance center talking to the grams that could provide ing is considered a natural by the flooding. River basins. According to the NYS Dept. of Labor (DOL) (the some relief for New York farm- NYS Dept. of Agriculture and only help we seem to qualify for is a ers hard hit by recent flood- Markets, losses for crops $5000 grant through DOL, but I ing. The senators also asked alone are up to $40 million in already knew about that from for consideration of a crop FLOODING LOSSES—ENGELBERT FARMS the 20 counties designed as Farm Bureau—have application indemnity program similar to The Susquehanna Presidential Disaster Areas. filled out), FEMA, SBA, Disaster the one provided for farmers River crested 32 inch- USDA estimates 290,250 Mitigation (that was really a joke), who suffered losses during es higher than ever acres of crops were destroyed and Social Services. SS offered us Hurricane Katrina. NOFA-NY before, causing dev- by flooding, along with $506 in food stamps, but I told has written letters to Senators astating damage to 28,250 acres of land. Struc- them that there are families that and to our congressional rep- our facility and crops. turally, New York farmers sus- really need that kind of assis- resentatives, urging that they Here is what we esti- tained damage to 60 barns, tance—we don’t unless we can use do everything they are able to mate we have lost so 115 farm structures including the food stamps to buy feed for our provide the needed disaster far: silos, and 122 pieces of farm cows. FEMA told me that they can relief that will keep farmers • 64 acres of field equipment. do absolutely nothing for us since farming. corn, $65,000, 3T to The highly unusual flood- our house wasn’t affected. They 4T/acre shelled corn ing occurred on top of an aren’t dealing with businesses and Farm Aid & NY Farm @ $250.00 to unusually wet spring and certainly not farms. NYS is work- Bureau Help $300.00 per ton. summer, which has made the ing with business, but not farms. Both the NYS Dept of Agri- • 10 acres soybeans, $10,000, 45 to 50 bushels/acre @ season a difficult one for SBA will offer you low interest culture and Markets and the $18.00 to $22.00 per bushel. many farmers. The weather loans, only after you are turned NY Farm Bureau websites and • 52 acres of pasture, $52,000, maybe more—this is at least service’s totals for 48-hour down elsewhere—we wouldn’t be offices are providing lists of 50-60% of our summer forage. We are not sure if it will rainfalls were around 6 inch- turned down. available relief, including pro- come back, what quality it will be if it does come back or es for the counties of Basically, we will have to hope viding listings of any new if we will have to reseed it. Intensive rotational grazing Herkimer, Hamilton, Fulton the USDA comes through with developments. On August 10, system—cows rotate through paddocks 8 to 10 times per and Montgomery, with isolat- some farm aid. I think they will, Farm Aid announced that it is year. ed amounts of up to 8 and 9 but it will be months before we see granting emergency resources • 70 acres alfalfa/ clover second cutting—$20,000. Five 4x4 inches observed by Doppler anything and it won’t come close to to farmers in New York, Penn- bales per acre @ $60 per bale. Plus there is a possibility radar in spots in Hamilton covering our losses. sylvania (21 counties) and that it will have to be reseeded, which means we have and Greene Counties. The 23 Our mortgage requires us to Vermont (the entire state) in lost third and fourth cuttings as well. designated counties are: have flood insurance, but it covers the amount of $20,000. Grants • 60 acres new seeding alfalfa/clover lost. Still can’t get to Broome, Chenango, Colum- mainly structural damage, which are limited to $300 per family most of the field to assess damage. Cost to establish bia, Cortland, Delaware, Ful- we don’t get. We don’t get water farm operation. For New York seeding was about $250/acre. We would have had three ton, Greene, Hamilton, current here at the farm, we get farmers, applications for cuttings off this field and anticipated yields as noted Herkimer, Madison, Mont- backwater. Our bank realizes this funds can be made through above. At least $60,000 loss, including lost feed and gomery, Oneida, Orange, and suggested that we get the lowest the Glynwood Center, located reseeding costs. Otsego, Rensselaer, Sarato- amount of coverage and the highest in Cold Spring, NY. Their web- • 15 acres new seeding alfalfa/clover damaged or lost. The ga, Schenectady, Schoharie, deductible. That’s what we did. site is: www.glynwood.org. Elsbree field west of Nichols has two holes at least 3 to Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Even if we had a higher coverage, it Their phone number is: 845- 4 feet deep and 10’x20’ wide. We are guessing at dimen- Ulster and Warren. wouldn’t pay for the damage we 265-3338. sions, since it is still filled with water. (This field has Good soils, along with the have to crops and lost milk income, For those wishing to help, never had water on it before). Cost to establish seeding water needed to make crops or most of the other damage. donations can also be made was about $250.00/acre. There would have been three grow, are located in the flood Aside from the above, the organ- to Farm Aid for farm disaster cuttings from this field and we anticipated yields as plains of rivers and streams. ic community has been phenome- relief. Individuals and com- noted above. At least $15,000 loss, including lost feed Flooding is nothing new, but nal! We have had calls, emails, panies can contribute to and reseeding costs. Figure does not include filling weather patterns this spring offers of help, hay, etc. We had sev- Farm Aid’s Family Farm Dis- holes and repairing field. New seeding fields will have to and summer caused what eral loads of hay donated to us by aster Fund online at www. be brush hogged and we will determine if it all has to be seems to be a flood that can some of our organic farming farmaid.org. For more infor- reseeded, or just what has drowned out and/or washed. be expected only once every friends. I have MANY thank-you mation, call them at 1-800- • 400 first cutting bales lost, $24,000, $60.00 per bale. 200 years. This is hardly reas- notes to write! We continue to 327-6243. Or send your check • Lost milk production is at least $150.00 per day. Twelve suring, since several parts of count our blessings that no one was to: 11 Ward Street, Suite 200, cows dried themselves off about 8 weeks early and the the state have suffered 100- hurt, but it will take a long time. Somerville, MA 02143. Let rest are far below normal production. Hard to measure year floods several times in Also our local FSA office and Farm them know that you want the production loss because we have lost the production the last 10 years. Bureau have been incredible. What money to go to NYS farmers. from the twelve that dried themselves off (most would We know that Richard and a great bunch of folks! They are yet The NY Farm Bureau is also have milked for two more months), and the rest are Holley Giles at Lucky Dog another blessing. providing an opportunity for below normal production. Milk has been dumped for the Farm in Delaware County, There are many farmers in our people to give to aid farm past two weeks due to high bacteria counts. and Wes and Amy Gillingham area and through the state that flood victims. Donations can • Clean up costs will be astronomical once we can get on at Wild Roots Farm in Sulli- have suffered almost crippling loss- be made to their Feed & For- the fields. The barns are full of mud. There appears to be van County, were hit particu- es. Two factors are contributing to age Fund, aimed to help damage to the manure pit walls, and possibly to our larly hard. John Gorzynski and the problem—DEC won’t allow farmers recovering from June milkhouse wastewater system. Our farm well is contami- Greg Swartz were also hit gravel to be removed from the rivers and July flood damage cover nated with coliform bacteria, and has been treated two hard. For those removed from and streams, so it has been build- the costs of transporting times with no results. the areas of flood damage ing up for 20 years or so; and all of replacement hay and other • There is damage to our fences, we had to replace/repair and the business of being the development upstream. People feed. Donations to the fund milking equipment, electrical components of water pump. dependent on the weather for need to be aware thatf arms provide can be made by calling the • Organic feed costs a great deal more than conventional one’s livelihood, here is one more than food and pretty open New York Farm Bureau Foun- feed. It will be problematic for us to purchase feed family’s story. space—that open space slows the dation at 1-800-342-4143. because: 1) availability of organic feed, 2) proximity of Kevin and Lisa Engelbert water down. Blacktop doesn’t. I Their mailing address is: PO organic feed (none available locally), 3) cost. and their three sons, Kris, Joe, would like to see some legislation Box 5330, Albany, NY 12205. and John, farm in Nichols, NY, giving tax breaks to farmers who Both organizations are tax The figures do not include future structural issues with and the family farm is located keep the land in agriculture. We exempt, so your contribu- buildings because of rot, etc. They don’t include figures to in the flood plain of the are providing a huge service to tions are tax deductible. fix manure pit, milkhouse wastewater system or milk- Susquehanna. Their crop everyone; unfortunately most peo- Please consider giving gener- house repairs. Also doesn’t include any estimate from our losses are staggering. ple don’t have a clue. ously if you are able. These farm well, which is contaminated with coliform. It is get- When I asked the Engel- efforts will help farmers. ting better but it is still high. At least they can actually berts about how they were Federal Government NOFA-NY Certified Organ- measure the coliform—before today it was off the chart. doing with available assis- Farm Crops & Disaster ic, LLC staff and committee The estimates are based on replanting costs and/or lost tance, Lisa wrote back. Her Relief members wish to extend their feed for the year based on organic prices. We can’t really reply was so detailed and so Will it happen? How much heartfelt thoughts and put a figure on lost milk production. descriptive of the plight of will it be? Both Senator prayers to those affected by 06-09/14 p 09-16 9/14/06 10:21 PM Page 12

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ORGANIC FOOD – The Beer You Like Supports the I opened had a cap-seal and an inner A PRIVILEGE Developer You Can’t Stand foil seal over the mouth of the bottle. By Scott M. X. Turner When I opened the second bottle I new production line to meet consumer needs. Brooklyn Brewery, a heretofore favorite opened the cap-seal but was sur- The new line uses a cap that includes a foil DEAR GAZETTE, with Brooklyn-philes, has been a vociferous prised to see that there was no foil safety seal. I really enjoyed Katie Brenner’s cheerleader for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards seal over the mouth of the bottle. I Our other lines use a different cap, which article, What We Talk About When We project. Owner Steve Hindy, who built his felt a little confused and torn between includes safety and quality safeguards with- Talk About Food. As a member, I business on the back of Brooklyn’s history and trusting the Coop and Stonyfield and out the use of a seal. As long as the outer safe- sometimes take the Coop and the mythology, backs a project that would over- not wanting to risk getting sick from a ty ring is in tact the product is fine. We are access it provides to reasonably run the borough’s special qualities with box- contaminated product. working toward using the same type of priced organic food for granted. It’s store blandness. In February, the political I turned the smoothie over to the cap/seal on all bottles, but it is likely that the sad that most people do not have sports fans’ group Fans For Fair Play squad leader explaining my concerns two different caps—with and without foil— access to this same privilege—which launched a boycott of Brooklyn Brewery. The and I got another smoothie which it will continue to be available this year. ought to be a right. It’s sadder still “Think Before You Drink” campaign intends turns out also did not have an inner If I can be of further assistance, please feel that organic food might be increas- to keep consumers who oppose Ratner from seal. It was suggested that I take the free to contact me at 1-800-PRO-COWS ingly viewed as a luxury indulgence. inadvertently aiding him. Brooklyn Lager is a bottle to receiving and ask for some (776-2697) M-F 9-5 EST. Brenner’s suggestion that we stop sponsor of Ratner’s New Jersey Nets basket- guidance from the receiving squad We are passionately committed to produc- grumbling as much about our work ball team, has hosted parties for the Nets, and leader. I was assured that since the ing the best tasting, healthiest yogurts avail- slots and celebrate them as a way to owner Hindy has spoken publicly in support bottle had a cap-seal that it was prob- able, and trying to do some good in the world extend access to—and awareness of Ratner’s luxury development. Fans For ably ok to drink. I requested that while we’re at it. Please visit our web site at of—healthful, planet-friendly food is Fair Play and Develop Don’t Destroy Brook- Stonyfield be contacted to get verifi- Stonyfield.com to learn more. right on target. Coop participation lyn met with Hindy, walked him through the cation that it was no problem with the Sincerely, not only helps us care of ourselves, neighborhood targeted by Ratner and pre- bottle having no inner foil seal. Since Diana Godbout but it is also allows us to contribute sented him with evidence that Ratner’s sky- it was mid afternoon I assumed that I Consumer Relations Coordinator to the larger community. scrapers and arena are bad for Brooklyn. The would get an answer by that day. For all the folks at Stonyfield Farm Thanks for publishing this article. next day Hindy told the press he was 100 per- I checked in with receiving a few Robin Campbell cent behind Ratner. So much for loving hours later and was told that Stony- Brooklyn. Brooklyn bars have stopped selling field had still not been contacted. A KID’S Hindy’s beer, including Freddy’s, the commu- The receiving person said she would BULK AISLE nity pub that would be destroyed if Ratner drink the smoothie to show me that it COMFORT FOOD gets his way. These days, “whattya got that was ok. PRICE LIST isn’t Brooklyn Lager?” is being heard more I left the Coop after my shift ended Feeling blue and more. without ever having received a reply As blue can be, DEAR GAZETTE, to my inquiry. I reach out for I am a huge fan of the bulk aisle! I I thought about this incident for a My remedy: purchase rice, beans, nuts and coffee THANK YOU COOP! few days and decided to contact —Peanut butter! with regularity. One suggestion: just Stonyfield and relate my concerns. I occasionally I am surprised by the DEAR GAZETTE, received the following email Dad caught a peek price of an item once I get to the When my mother was diagnosed response: Of my online pal, checkout. Might there be a better way with terminal cancer, I came to the Asked, “That a guy to label items in the bulk aisle so that PSFC staff to take a temporary leave of Dear Mr. Rivera, that a gal?” prices are more apparent? absence. I could hardly manage my Thank you for taking the time to contact —Peanut butter! I realize there is a printed list up on primary care-giving responsibilities for us. We always welcome comments and ques- the wall, but I must say that on more my mom and my full time job. I knew tions from our yogurt lovers and are grateful Mom found than one occasion, I have had trouble that I needed to find small healthy when someone takes the time to let us know somethingIn my drawer finding the PLU number on the list. ways for caring for myself during this what they think of our company and products. her socks With regards to the coffee bins in par- sad and stressful time, but I could not We apologize for the confusion regarding And dropped her jaw. ticular, I don’t really mind what flavor imagine how I would get through. the lack of safety seals on some our smoothies. —Peanut butter! or strength I buy. However, I would The COOP staff said that policy Please don’t be alarmed! Thanks to smoothie like to clarify the cost of different cof- allowed a care-giver to take a tempo- lovers like yourself, the sales of our organic fee beans per pound. rary leave with shopping privilege and smoothies have been growing and growing. Just a suggestion! a doctor’s note. PSFC offered real sup- As a result, we’ve recently had to add a LETTERS CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 Best regards, port—good nutritious healthy food Chrissie Dugan with kind consideration of my situa- LETTERS POLICY tion. Thank you so much. My mom passed away this summer RATNER AND and I look forward to full return. I We welcome letters from members. Submission deadlines appear in the Coop deeply appreciate the thoughtful poli- Calendar. All letters will be printed if they conform to the published guidelines. BROOKLYN LAGER cy of the PSFC. This is one important We will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist or otherwise discrim- reason why I have been a member inatory DEAR GAZETTE, since 1979 and will continue as long The maximum length for letters is 500 words. Letters must include your name This article [appears top of next col- as I can. and phone number and be typed or very legibly handwritten. Editors will reject umn]in the current issue of the Sincere thanks, letters that are illegible or too long. Indypendent newspaper has me thinking Susan Perlstein You may submit on paper, typed or very legibly handwritten, or via email to twice about buying a product sold at [email protected] or on disk. Disks are returned through an enve- the Coop which I once enjoyed, Brook- lope at the back of the Gazette submissions box. lyn Brewery Beer. With so much effort SAFER SMOOTHIES going into the campaign Develop Anonymity Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, it would be DEAR GAZETTE, Unattributed letters will not be published unless the Gazette knows the identi- working against us to carry this beer. I recently purchased two bottles of ty of the writer, and therefore must be signed when submitted (giving phone Victoria Booth Stonyfield smoothies. The first bottle number). Such letters will be published only where a reason is given to the edi- tor as to why public identification of the writer would impose an unfair burden of embarrassment or difficulty. Such letters must relate to Coop issues and avoid any non-constructive, non-cooperative language.

Fairness Save the Date In order to provide fair, comprehensive, factual coverage: 1. The Gazette will not publish hearsay—that is, allegations not based on the Memorial Service for Israel Fishman author's first-hand observation. 2. Nor will we publish accusations that are not specific or are not substantiat- Sunday, October 22, 2006, 12:30 p.m. ed by factual assertions. Union Temple, 17 Eastern Pkwy at Grand Army Plaza 3. Copies of submissions that make substantive accusations against specific individuals will be given to those persons to enable them to write a response, A reception will follow. and both submissions and response will be published simultaneously. This Come and celebrate the life of Israel Fishman, means that the original submission may not appear until the issue after the one for which it was submitted. president of the Coop, friend, teacher. The above applies to both articles and letters. The only exceptions will be arti- We will have a special guest from Toronto, Canada. cles by Gazette reporters which will be required to include the response within the article itself. 06-09/14 p 09-16 9/14/06 10:21 PM Page 13

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Permaculture: An Introduction

WITH PHILIP BOTWINICK WITH M ORAIMA S UAREZ Permaculture is… • Permanent culture/agriculture • A sustainable lifestyle • A way of building community Is there someone you need to forgive? Holding on to feelings of hurt, guilt, resentment, Permaculture promotes… blame, anger and the need to punish binds up a lot • Care for the earth • Care for people • Sharing the surplus of your own energy and keeps you locked in the past, instead of being fully present. Permaculture can be found in… The Forgiveness Process allows you to release • Backyards • Deserts • Flooded New Orleans these negative feelings and completes your own healing. There will also be a screening LEARN TO: • Forgive yourself and others of “The Power of Community: • Focus and use the power of unconditional love How Cuba survived Peak Oil.” • 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® Healing Practitioner, certified Bowen Therapist, and Reiki practitioner. She has studied Philip Botwinick is a Coop member who has completed the Permaculture and practiced the healing arts for over 20 years and her healing practice in Design Certification course. Andrew Philips is founder of Hancock Permaculture the Park Slope vicinity. in Hancock, NY.

FREE Saturday, September 30 FREE Saturday, October 7 Non-members welcome 7:00 pm at the Coop Non-members welcome 3–5:00 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 Public Speaking for Everyone

WITH JEZRA KAYE

Do your speeches drive results? Whether you give business presentations… speak out for a cause… or talk to your civic organization, this hands-on coaching workshop will help you clarify your message, organize your thoughts and find the most powerful way to deliver them.

Learn how to: ❍ Find and develop your best speaking style ❍ Outline and write a speech ❍ Prepare to deliver it flawlessly ❍ Handle Q&A and media interviews

All are welcome. No prior public speaking

experience is needed. Wear comfortable PHOTO BY JHAZEL HANKIN clothes, and bring a notebook and pen.

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 the 17-skyscraper Atlantic Yards Complex, and has been a PSFC member since 1981.

FREE Friday, October 13 Non-members welcome 7:30 p.m. at the Coop

Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop. MINDBODY MEDICINE Lasting Relief for Chronic Stress

WITH A LBERT S PERANZA, MD

➥Do you ever feel that your life would be wonderful if only you did not have to deal with a par- ticular problem which doesn't seem to get better? ➥Did you know that chronic stress resulting from such difficulties caus- es detrimental health effects? ➥Do you believe that you just have to put up with this problem? The truth is: No one has to suffer with chronic stress. There is a solution to your problem. Your MindBody holds the solution. Join us to find out how you can find relief. There will be a presentation, open discussion and a guided meditation. Bring an open mind and open heart.

Dr. Albert Speranza is a Coop member since 2004. He is a board certified psychiatrist who has been practicing MindBody Medicine and Psychiatry since 1993. FREE Saturday, October 14 Non-members welcome 10:30–noon at the Coop

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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 “Merchandise–Non-commercial” category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form. Classified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads must be camera-ready and business card size (2" x 3.5" horizontal). Submission forms are available in a pocket on the front wall of the Coop near the exit door.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 icy decisions to themselves while Arithmetic, 2) Claiming that each and INDEPENDENCE Arithmetic, every member has a say in this 5) EDUCATION, TRAINING It makes me sob, planning and policy. At the AND INFORMATION makes me sick. same time they 6)COOPERATION AMONG —Peanut butter! 3) Insulate themselves COOPERATIVES from*even stating what these 7) CONCERN FOR THE Why’d I shout, plans and policies are, with COMMUNITY “Mrs. Pell which they could never get away We’re okay on 1), but 2) says Is the designated if there were any kind of a real (our comments in square brack- Teacher from hell”? democratic assembly in power. ets [ ] ) “Cooperatives are demo- —Peanut butter! Thus, our Co-Op Rulers have cratic organizations controlled provided themselves with the by their members [Hidden I called the schoolguard most cushy, luxurious autocra- Rulers], who actively participate A dizzy dame. cy—all the while claiming the in [are never even told about] I hope she doesn’t honor and credit they would setting their policies and making Know my name. deserve if they gave us the fair- decisions. Men and women serv- —Peanut butter! ness and responsibility of ing as elected representatives democracy! are accountable to the member- ADVERTISE ON THE WEB My best friend talked Periodically, our Luminous ship. Behind my back, Rulers give out “The Interna- [People come in and out of If your ad would benefit from broader exposure, try Told all the kids tional Cooperative Alliance our meetings and vote without the Coop's web page, www.foodcoop.com. The ads are I’m a sad sack. Statement of Cooperative Prin- even giving their names. The FREE. —Peanut butter! ciples.” The current one is dated Board of Directors, whom we do September 1995. Let us see how elect, has been neutralized for Will I marry we are allowing them to violate thirty years, essentially wasting Answer to Puzzle on page 8 And divorce it. our votes and allowing these Braeburn, Royal Gala, Jonafree, Winesap, Granny Like the neighbors? The Statement has para- same unnamed and unchosen Smith, Red Delicious, Macintosh, Honey Crisp, Horrors! Of course. graphs called DEFINITION, VAL- people to speak for us.] Macoun, Empire, Mutsu, Pink Lady —Peanut butter UES and PRINCIPLES (the Number 3) says “Members headings are capitalized) and contribute equitably to, and My worst enemy, then seven principles. Altogeth- democratically control, the cap- I hate to admit, er there are ten paragraphs fill- ital of the cooperative,” and Is twice as smart ing only one page. The that surpluses should “[benefit] And twice as fit. DEFINITION says a Co-Op is a members in proportion to their —Peanut butter! “democratically-controlled transactions with the coopera- Ad Rate enterprise.” Huh! The VALUES tive.” I do not very well under- No one knows include “self-responsibility, stand finances, and help would the troubles I’ll see. democracy, equality, equity, and be welcome! But that said, we Increase But if they do— solidarity.” Well, forget about do know that Mr. Eakin, our The August General Meeting authorized DO NOT TELL ME. democracy, equality and equi- CFO, regularly decides about an increase in the cost of both classified —Peanut butter! ty—you’re okay unless you get our surpluses without asking and business card ads. —Peanut butter! into trouble; if they want you us, often using them to pay Leon Freilich out their cop-like and unfriendly down debts. As to our rule that Beginning with the October 12 issue, Disciplinary Hearing Complex expenses over $10,000 must be classified ads will be $15 per issue, and will spit you out faster than you taken to the General Meeting, business card ads will be $30 per issue. THE PSFC AND can say Jack Robinson—and he says that he does not con- humiliate you to boot! The sider these surpluses expenses, DEMOCRACY PRINCIPLES paragraph only thus evading the issue of mem- says that these are principles. ber control. Continued Part 2… TO MY DEAR COMRADES The principles themselves Albert Solomon REPORTER'S QUERY IN THE STRUGGLE FOR are 718-768-9079, We're working on a story about Coop members CO-OP DEMOCRACY: 1) VOLUNTARY AND OPEN [email protected] directly affected by Iraq/Afghanistan. Is there any- Our Rulers of the Co-Op MEMBERSHIP one out there who has taken a leave due to military maintain a subtle deception 2) DEMOCRATIC MEMBER service, or with a spouse or partner in Iraq or wherein a small coterie of man- CONTROL Afghanistan, or who has been affected in some agers and their friends and 3) MEMBER ECONOMIC other way? Please contact Masha Hamilton at appointees PARTICIPATION [email protected] or 917-821-6119. Thanks. 1) Hoard all planning and pol- 4) AUTONOMY AND 06-09/14 p 09-16 9/14/06 10:21 PM Page 16

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WELCOME!

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

Anita Adalja Diane Cluck Sussan Giallombardo Max Liebowitz Corrine Proctor Joseph Termini Yuri Akiyama Mitchell Cohn Ernesto Gianella Emily Linsay Katy Pyle Nerissa Theobald Mary Alexander Bill Colavito Kenrick Gihon Jamie Lombardo Gad(y) Ramon Christy Thornton Sandy Alexander Chad Coleman Carla Gittens Lauren Loukia Marganit Ramon Tanya Tiangco Sven Allebrand Shara Collins Lakinda Gittens Frannie Lyons Dan Ray Melinda Tracy Gavin Allen Kristin Connor Shelley Goldman Patrick MacGowan Elif Refig Stephanie Trager Jessica Almy Melissa Conrad Elizabeth Gonsiorowski Sabrina Malach Rosa Regincos Alexander Trendelman Alana Alpert Nicole Conway Sarah Green Karen Malaga Roddey Reid Quassia Tukufu Morgan Altman Rebekah Cook-Mack Lei Grismer Meghan Manahan Thomas Reilly Jr Rebecca Utech Evan Anderson Hilary Corrigan Chelsea Grogan Wiesa Mancewicz Jeff Repanick Jennifer Utz Emily Anthony Patrick Courtney Daniel Rodriguez Stephen Mandiberg Timothy Reynolds Matt Van den Hangel Laura Araman Descha Daemgen Guerra Maura Marcheski Mara Richard Stephanie Van Winkle Taiwan Armstrong Jaimeson Daley Taylor Lewis Guthrie Katy Mastman Anica Rissi Jeanette Vargas Diane Arndt Rachel Dannefer Hugo Gutierrez Michael Mastman Maritza Rivera Lee Varian Colleen Arnerich Caryn Davidson Joey Guttman Breye Mata Fabio Roberti Nicolas Veroli Samira Asas Lisa Davis Ginger Hargett Amaris Matos Clare O. Rocha Amaranta Viera Giovanna Assenso- Alexandra de Shazo Aimee Hartmann Sandy Mayson Anita Rohra Kate Waldeck Termini Emily Decker Jody Heisler David McCabe Samuel Ronfard Peter Waldman Geraldine Barneau Andrew Deemer Emily Hellman Johanna McCarthy Martin Ross Bradley Walkes Laurie Basloe Susan Deford Silke Hermes John McCutcheon Renee Ross Jared Walkowitz Alexander Basson Michael Delfin Corin Hewitt Cricket McLeod Avi Roth Nathaniel Walsh Sara Beck Taylor Delhagen Alyson Holsclaw Rebecca Mehl Elisheva Roth Rachel Waltz Arik Ben-Avi Elisabeth Demko Uhuru “Bin” Howard Katrina Meier Hannnah Roth Li-Wen Wang Elissa Berger Amanda Donnan Christopher Huckfeldt Margaret Middleton Michael Rothman Anna Weissman Mariel Berger Casey Driskill Stewart Isbell Yoshiki Mishima Mireia Rozas-Simon Ashley Wenham Sylvia Binns Alex Driver Peter Jenkins Saeed Mody Alison Sager Daniel Werges Andrea I. Blinth Joanna Drusin Elby Jones Sara Mody Clara Sala Shana Wertheimer Lisa Bloom Phan Dung Pooja Joshi-O’Hanlon Lisa Monda Ann Marie Salmon Nicholas Wexler Lawrence E. Bonk Camden Dunning Angela Juneau Alba Morales Inez Samuels John White Rica Borich Bobbie Edwards Deborah Kaplan Anne Morgan Paul Sanders Tiffany White Alisson Attwood Jenn Edwards Wendy Kaplan Daniel Morris Elana Santo Megan Whitney Boudreau Janet Eisenband Jennifer Karakat Rachel Mosler Anja Sautmann Nyree Whittaker Wil Boudreau Benelita Elie Jessie Karsif Tara Mulqueen Christopher Schmitt Sarah Jane Wick David Bowman Alison Ellsworth Stephan Kass Soniya Munshi Matthew Schneider- Nathalie Wiesner Michael Branley Deniz Erkmen Sara Keenan Zenona Mystowska Mayerson Jen Wilson Andrew Breck Nuria Estape-Cot Irene Kellogg Iki Nakagawa Stuart Schrader Pablo Wolfe Kate Broad Evan Ewing Annie Kelly Nicholas Nappy Cristina Schreckengost Aaron Wong Helena Brody Zoya Eydelman Kate Kendall Amber Nelson Beth Schwartzapfel Annie Wong Gil Browdy Charles Farre Linda Kay Klein Judith Nelson Francesca Sciandra Howard Wong Cheryl Brown Stephen Farrelly Amelia Koethen Mary Anne T. Nieves Charley Scull Benjamin Wood Thomas Brown Scott Feiner Paul Koors Mary Rose Nieves Megan Selby Nancy Woodruff Zachary Bruder Stacy Feldman Tarikh Korula Heather Nordstrom Eve Seltzer Matthew Zablocki Alexandra Budabin Kate Fenton Shaunna Kotka Michael O’Connell Courtney Sheetz Josh Zelenka Keo Bun Brenna Fischer Natalie Kresen Molly O’Connor Lisa Shepard Christopher Valentina Cadrobbi Laura Fisher Martina Kucerova- David O’Hanlon Donald Sheriff Zimpleman Anne Carkeet Eric Forman Levisohn Anja Olsen Phyllis Sheriff James Zito Catherine Carruth Vivian Freund Liz Kueffner Amallia Orman Michal Shilo Rachel Zito Elton Carter David Friedman Christopher Kuffner Oscar Owens Aysha Siddique Joseph Zizzi Rene Catano Lezlie Frye Nicholas Kuhn Carmen Pagan Alyssa Siegel Rebecca Zuber Sarah Caufield Erin Fuchs Virginie Ladisch Meredith Palmer Jason Siegel Sadelle Chain Margaret Fullerton Christine Lagorio Christina Pasquest Ami Silkey Ana Champeny Jay Fung Mark Lancaster Brigitte Pauli Adam Simon Kevin Champeny Carly Gaebe Tessa Landreau- David Pedulla Aadika Singh Joseph Chick Catherine Gaffrey Grasmuck Annie Pelletier Brooke Smith Michael Chladek Genevieve Gagne- Angela Larsen Laura Pennington ELizabeth Snyder Susan Choi-Hausman Hawes Jeff Larson Miriam Perez Rhys Southan Ted Choi-Hausman Luz Gandulla Eleanor Leahy Sylvia Pertzborn Kathryn Spirer Maxwell Ciardullo Michael Garcia- Yumi Lee Peter Philips Shoshanna Spitalny Abbe Dalton Clark Montoya Anthony Leo Dan Polito Sophie Statzel Benjamin Clark Vance Gathing Karen Levine Adina Popescu Chae Sweet Christian Clarke Jonathan Gaugler Benjamin Levisohn Fabricia Prado Laura Swindler Travis Clarke David Gersholowitz Oriana Lewton-Leopold Elizabeth Pratt Michelle Swinehart Dana Clawson Mairim Gersholowitz Jing Li Megan Prince Jasmine Sykes Jessica Clegg Theresa Getchius Eric Liebman Theodore Prince Adrienne Teleki

THANK YOU!

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

Heidi E. Albee Brian Edgar Adam Graham- Michael Mandiberg Peter Philips Aaron Streiter Sarra Alpert Thomas Eells Silverman Mandy Pony Cory Styranko Lourdes Amato Tony Elitcher Morgan Hall Andrew McNamara Nicole Possin K. Young Jacqueline Arasi Tami Ephross Aneal Helms Toni Melaas Matthew Robinson Zoe Sylvester B.R. Nicole Esquibel Megan Hertzig Carmichael Monaco Bess Rogers Andie Taras Susan Baldassano Maria Estrada Jacob Hodes Sharon Montoya Heidi Ruffler Alix Teleki Myra Batchelder Christopher Extine Carl Horowitz James Morris Sam Sadigursky Leah Tepper-Byrne Lisa Benger Meghan Falvey Pier Imbriano Soniya Munshi Avi Sharon Emily Thuma Vilasinee Bunnag Erica Forrence Satinder Jawanda Mitchell Murdock Alyson Shotz Tod Jean-Claude Chetrit Amy Fullerton JoAnn Dolores Natividad Gina Siepel Jill Vinitsky Matt Coffman Ian Gaffney Cameron Kane E. Wynne Noble Josh Slater Ana Wagner Connor Michael Garcia- Mary King Rhea Nodel Peter E. Solomita Rachel Waltz Rebekah Cook-Mack Montoya Devin Krugman Lindsay Nordell Babak Somekh Adam Weinstock Jocelyn Davis Jack Garrett Ian Kuhnert David Nygren Bill Spirer Andre Williams Jeffrey Domanski Meghann Gerber Lise Iris Packman Paul Stanis Sabrina Wu Amy Dona Nancy Giallombardo Meghan Manahan Max Perelman Maunica Sthanki Iwona Zych