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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP
Established 1973
Volume II, Number 13 June 26, 2014 Amber Waves of Grain By Alison Rose Levy ver the last decade, a regional grain initiative has been spearheaded Oby farmers, artisanal bakers and a trio of regional non-profit and educational institutions. These include Cornell University College of Agricultural and Life Science’s Small Grains Project, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) and Greenmarket GrowNYC. On June 23rd, their event, “Reinventing the Hudson Valley Breadbasket,” was held in Red Hook, New York to showcase small grains varieties for local and specialty markets.
Why Eat Ancient? starch,” says Russell. “Starchy mother grain—the original ILLUSTRATION BY DEBORAH TINT Emmer, an “ancient” grain, foods are not healthy. Some the others descended from. differs from the refined and people feel grain must be fer- The heritage grains grown in bleached wheat used in mented to promote better this region include rye, buck- Walk-to-Live: Imani House Wonder Bread. The vintage, digestion—as is done in wheat, non-GMO corn—and ecological role and nutri- preparing sourdough bread. barley for both food and Fights Childhood Obesity tional composition of each But mass produced food beer,” says Russell. By Ed Levy “Fruit for life” was this grain is unique. According to products are cooked rapidly. igh-poverty communities year’s walkathon theme, June Russell, Manager of This doesn’t allow the Receiving Coordinator Hmust take the keys to inspiring many parents and Farm Inspections and Strate- enzymes to break down. Ron Zisa reports that the health into their own hands. children to wear the colors gic Development at Green- Along with bleaches, brown- Coop currently offers This is the message of Coop and photos of their favorite market, GrowNYC, healthful ing and caking agents and member Sister Bisi Iderab- fruit. After-walk festivities ancient and heritage grains other unlabeled additives, all spelt flour and berries, and dullah, founder and head of included music, African are nutritious and flavorful, of this may contribute to the emmer flour and berries Imani House, a youth devel- drumming and dance, CPR with good vitamin and min- uptick in allergy incidence.” from Small Valley Milling, opment and family support and health demonstrations, eral uptake and higher pro- Ancient and so-called her- a Pennsylvania-based mill organization that addresses prizes and, of course, lots of tein content than refined itage grains also have a lower which sells organic products. issues of poverty and nutri- free fruit. and denatured flours. It’s glycemic index and higher This summer, the Coop will tion. In keeping with that Sister Bisi created the these refined, commodity protein content, making mission, Imani House spon- Walk-to-Live Walkathon as a grains and their products, them good transitional foods also begin carrying sored its second Walk-to-Live way for communities in high- which most people con- from high meat consump- oats from Maine Grains, Walkathon on Sunday, June ly affected areas in New York sume, which may have given tion, Russell says. Plus they a mill in Skowhegan, Maine. 22, when adults and children City, especially communities grains a bad name. taste good. came together in Prospect of color, to take preventive “All the nutrition is “Emmer tastes sweeter. Park to walk off extra calories, action against childhood stripped out and what’s left is Einkorn is nutty. It’s the Finding the Best develop the habit of exercise obesity. The walk is a chance Grain Varieties and learn about healthier to counter the cultural con- Via a four-year long grant eating. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 from the federal government, Cornell’s Dr. Mark Sorrells is Next General Meeting on July 29 identifying the grain varieties The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on the that grow best in New York’s last Tuesday of each month. The July General Meeting will be on varied micro-climes. He Tuesday, July 29, at 7:00 p.m. at MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between notes that both ancient and Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. The Fourth heritage grains are older and St. entrance is handicap-accessible. in many cases more adapt- For more information about the GM and about Coop CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 governance, please see the center of this issue.
Update on Location of IN THIS ISSUE June 26 CB6 Landmarks/Land Use Why Isn’t Anybody Listening to This Guy? ...... 3 Committee Meeting Puzzle ...... 4 Calendar of Events ...... 5 The meeting will be Coop Calendar, Governance Information, held at the YMCA on Mission Statement ...... 7 Ninth St. between Fifth Letters to the Editor ...... 8 and Sixth Aves. The Plow-to-Plate Movie Series Presents: Nothing Like Chocolate. . . 10 meeting will begin at Classifieds ...... 11 6:00 p.m. Exciting Workslot Opportunities ...... 12 Thank You ...... 12 14-06-26 pp1-12_Layout 1 6/25/14 2:31 PM Page 2
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Grains enriches the soil, prevents CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 soil depletion and helps to lessen the prevalence of able and resilient than the insects, disease and crop grains developed after the loss in all crops rotated, so-called “Green Revolution.” says Sorrells. That so-called revolution occurred in the 1960s, and History of the resulted in the hybridization Grain Renaissance of many grain crops for ease According to NOFA-NY’s in mass production. Robert Perry, the grain resur- Green revolution grains gence began about a decade were bred for specific traits, ago, when New York’s Green- such as shorter height to market began requiring bak- facilitate fertilizer use, ers to use 15% grains from aimed at enhancing mass the local region in their output. In contrast, ancient baked goods. “That started and heritage grains, most of the hunt for products. which are organic, still have Although Champlain Valley the genes that can adapt to Milling and Wild Hive Mill fluctuations in weather pat- began to grow local grains, terns and other risks to good many artisanal bakers seek- crop yield. ing to fulfill that quota lacked “When you grow different access to the necessary crops, they are attacked by grains. There was not a lot of
different insects, fungi and hard red or white wheat ILLUSTRATION BY LYNN BERNSTEIN bacteria, and when you grown in the region—for the rotate, that breaks up the new artisanal bread market,” ding grain resurgence. They cycle of diseases and insects Perry recalls. also offer an annual winter GRAINS: HEALTHY OR NOT? that attack just one crop. It conference, along with field reduces the problems,” Sor- “Using fresh flour days and workshops for For decades, grains have been considered a “healthy rells says. is similar to using farmers and others. Perry food,” by health-oriented people as well as the USDA fresh garlic or vegetables, estimates that there are food pyramid. Nearly 20 years ago, the USDA Food Regional Food Resilience currently 3,000 acres of Pyramid recommended six to 11 daily servings. But One of the prime goals of and more people are alternative small grains recently, the obesity epidemic has led researchers to expanding ancient and her- discovering that. grown in New York State. rethink the health up and down sides of widespread itage grain cultivation is to If you pick up a Most are either organic or grain consumption, especially of refined grain prod- assure food resilience in the loaf of bread—it makes a could be so certified if the ucts, including breads, crackers, pasta, pizza, cereals Northeast. Traditional crop difference whether it is from farmers elected to go and sweets. varieties developed over cen- China or the Hudson Valley. through the process. He is Recent research connects high glycemic foods with turies may withstand chang- pleased with this develop- weight gain—leading grains to fall from favor. With ing weather patterns and That is a food choice ment. “I can grow vegeta- current books like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly urging resist disease better than and if we want to be bles and sell them at the people to reduce their consumption of high carb newfangled hybrids. Accord- self-sufficient in this region, market in 30 to 60 days. processed foods, it may come as a surprise to find a ing to Russell, “Emmer is it’s important to Grain takes longer. These grain resurgence—here in New York State, and else- resilient and scrappy—it’s understand that.” are grains we haven’t grown where in the Northeast. But the distinctions between hardy.” Getting grains back —Robert Perry, in 75 years—so to bring processed grains and heritage or ancient grains makes into production is important them back entails a learn- all the difference. because “if we are going to NOFA-NY ing curve. It is not as easy have a decentralized food as putting seeds in the system we need to have Cornell, NOFA-NY and ground. There are new demonstrates equipment understand that.” grains.” the Greenmarket partnered kinds of challenges. But we new and old. “I take old “If it works here, it can Rotating ancient and her- to obtain a grant to develop are meeting them.” threshing tables, and show work elsewhere,” says June itage crops with first, veg- and research the grains and At the events NOFA-NY the process from the freshly Russell. “New York is the etables and then, legumes processes to help this bud- hosts, and others, Perry picked grain to the flour to place to leverage these the bread and pasta,” he things.” reports. “It always amazes me For Coop members wish- how many people don’t know ing to try traditional grains that those amber waves of for themselves, Receiving grain are what make up a loaf Coordinator, Ron Zisa of a bread.” reports that the Coop cur- rently offers spelt flour and Trying Ancient and berries, and emmer flour and Heritage Grains berries from Small Valley O To break the domination Milling, a Pennsylvania D SH ES of commodity crops—corn, based mill which sells organ- OE Please protect your feet and -T soy and conventional ic products. N toes while working your wheat—local grain growers This summer, the Coop E need help and part of that is will also begin carrying P building a market for them. oats from Maine Grains, a O shift at the Coop by not
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Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY June 26, 2014 3 ‘Why Isn’t Anybody Listening to This Guy?’ Coop Members and the Biking Community Remember Steve Faust By Frank Haberle munity for decades. Because engineering standpoint how for an extension ongtime Park Slope resi- of his background as an a path could be built at very of the Coop Ldent, Coop member and engineer and transportation little cost. I comprehended entrance out onto bicycling enthusiast Steve planner his assessments only about a third of what the street. With Faust passed away in March, carried an authority that few he said, but it was impres- his city experi- following complications others could match, and no sive. I kept wondering, ‘why ence, Steve knew from leukemia. A longtime one had his attention to isn’t anybody listening to that the bureau- federal transportation plan- detail. He was involved in this guy?’” cracy involved in ner, Steve is remembered at virtually every major biking extending the the Coop for his contribu- advocacy campaign over the Bringing His Talent and entrance would tions to the popular bike past nearly half-century. His Skills to the Coop be formidable, valet service and for his research was instrumental At the Coop, Steve con- and he encour- help redeveloping the in the city’s decision to tributed his skills and talents aged the commit- Coop’s entrance and exit remove stairs from the in two key areas: the Exit and tee to focus its
systems from 2006-2008. Brooklyn Bridge, giving Entrance Committee work, energy on reorga- PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE FAUST FAMILY Citywide, Steve was known cyclists easy access to the during the Coop’s big expan- nizing the check- Steve Faust with his wife Linda. for his leadership in devel- crossing. He discovered that sion; and then to the Shop out stations. oping the Five Borough Bike the original bridge had had and Cycle Committee, where Steve’s technical skills the committee’s work. Steve Tour and his efforts to cre- no stairs, and he also he helped develop the bike came into play in develop- was passionate at meetings ate bike access across city demonstrated that bridges valet system. Steve’s wife ing the debit card system, and had so much to con- bridges. Steve is survived by scanners and other techni- tribute; it was sometimes his wife Linda, daughter cal components of the hard to keep up. At commit- Juliette, son Nathan and checkout stations. tee meetings he’d opine two grandchildren. Just as this work was about the bad old days of winding down, Linda saw cycling in the city. It was A Leader in the another Gazette ad, for mem- helpful to place our work New York City bers to join the Shop and within the context of the Biking Community Cycle Committee. “Steve work of cycling advocates Since the 1970’s, Steve—a helped with the planning who helped pave the way for Vietnam veteran and a grad- and created the procedures,” all cyclists in the city. In uate in Urban Planning from she remembers, “but he also addition to being the Shop Harvard—was an early helped assemble the racks, and Cycle ‘historian,’ Steve leader in efforts to make the set up the pipes and order was our committee’s engi- city safe and accessible for the tent.” Sarah Phillips, a neer, handyman and tinker- bicyclists. In 1977 Steve and Steve Faust was a tireless campaigner for the biking 10-year member of the Coop er. He custom designed and a group of friends worked movement. built some of the parts we with the American Youth use to run bike valet such as Hostel Association to must conform to the the brackets we use to store launch the Five Borough requirements of Americans the equipment when it’s not Bike Tour. Steve served on With Disabilities Act. He tes- in use.” former Mayor Ed Koch’s tified before the MTA As Ken remembers it, “I bicycling committee and numerous times on bicycle only knew Steve’s work at worked with Transportation access to trains. the Coop starting in 2008 Alternatives since 1992. He “Perhaps Steve’s greatest when he joined the Shop was particularly committed passion,” Ken continues, and Cycle committee. I’m to opening bridges to bicy- “and something that he did sure he had many contribu- cle and pedestrian traffic, a not live to see realized, was tions before that. Steve was goal he achieved with the the creation of a bike and a huge help and outstanding East River bridges but not pedestrian path on the Ver- resource in getting the with the Verrazano Bridge. razano-Narrows Bridge. His Building an effective Bike Valet program was a major focus Coop’s bike valet service off “One of Steve’s great accom- advocacy on that issue for Steve Faust. the ground. He retrofitted plishments was getting the the hardware to suit our city to make bridges accessi- and the chair of the Shop needs, and always had a cre- ble to bikes,” says Coop “Steve was a great resource to the cycling community for and Cycle Committee, ative idea for solving a prob- member Rod Morrison, a decades. Because of his background as an engineer and remembers when Steve first lem. As we struggled to staff longtime neighbor and fami- transportation planner his assessments carried an authority that got involved in the spring of up the shifts when bike valet ly friend. “Steve would go to few others could match, and no one had his attention to detail. 2008. “Back then it was an was first getting underway, City Hall with the original exploratory committee with Steve would readily volun- plans for the bridges, which He was involved in virtually every major biking advocacy the mission to promote teer to fill in—sometimes clearly outline bicycle campaign over the past nearly half-century.” bicycling as a sustainable pulling two shifts in succes- access, even though they —Kevin Coughlin mode of transportation and sion as squad leader. were altered later. Steve as a convenient way to shop. “When Steve focused on a fought for years to get these began when the bridge Linda, who joined the Coop The idea of a bike valet ser- problem he would investi- original plans reinstated.” opened in 1964 and Steve, when she retired from teach- vicing the Coop was floated gate all angles with great Ken Coughlin is a Coop still a teenager, took part in ing in 2003, remembers that by some members who thoroughness and come up member who knew Steve a demonstration protesting at first, Steve was reluctant wanted to see secure bicycle with a solution that often since the early ’90’s at Trans- the lack of a ped-bike path, to get involved. Then Linda parking in the Coop neigh- made use of his engineering portation Alternatives and which apparently had been spotted an advertisement in borhood. They formed an background. He looked at who served with him on the in the original designs but the Gazette, seeking members exploratory committee to things in ways few others Coop’s Shop and Cycle Com- which Robert Moses to join the Exit and Entrance research the issue and run a would or could. Steve always mittee. Ken remembers: “A dropped, allegedly to secure Committee, which was set bike valet trial. had time for any question, fellow advocate said at a lower insurance premium up to plan the flow of mem- “Working with Steve was project or request, and he Steve’s memorial service, ‘It for the Port Authority. bers into and out of the educational and fun,” Sarah did it all cheerfully, especial- would take many volumes “A few years ago,” Ken Coop. “I said to him, ‘You’re says. “He had a long-term ly if it presented an intellec- to document Steve’s biking adds, “I stood with Steve a city planner! This is some- institutional memory of the tual challenge for him. He advocacy.’ Steve was a great under the bridge as he thing you should be interest- Coop and the New York City was a sweetheart of a guy, a resource to the cycling com- explained to me from an ed in.’” Original plans called cycling scene that informed real mensch.” ■
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Imani House the emotional scars of rejec- and broader array of gut bac- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tion. Some studies have also teria. According to Georgina linked obesity to poor acade- Hold, of the Institute of Med- ditioning that tells us eating mic performance. ical Sciences, Aberdeen Uni- at McDonald’s is fun and versity, the lack of a broad “chubby is cute”—a condi- Why a Walkathon? spectrum of bacteria in the tioning that puts kids, espe- While jogging can place a gut has been implicated in cially those in communities lot of strain on bones and many health conditions and of color, at greater risk for joints, particularly in obese in how well we harvest the Type 2 diabetes, heart dis- or heavy people, walking is nutrition and energy from the ease and cancer. considered by many to be the foods we do eat. A study reported this ideal exercise for those who Sister Bisi advises that we month in The New York Times are obese. It’s safe, it’s easy, should look closely at statis- has also shown a sharp (we all know how to walk), it’s tics citing a decline in obesity increase among adolescents good for the heart and blood among children. “Obesity is in a disease known as nonal- pressure and it’s relaxing. declining only among chil- coholic fatty liver. Damage dren between the ages of one from the disease, which caus- “We should look closely at and five,” she said. “Among es the liver to swell with fat, is statistics citing a decline in children 10 to 19, who are nearly identical to that obesity among children. under less parental control,
caused by alcoholism, only in it’s rising.” In fact, she added, PHOTOS BY ED LEVY this case the damage is done Obesity is declining only these older children often Imani House sponsored its second Walk-to-Live Walkathon by poor diet and excess among children between the turn away from healthier on Sunday, June 22, when adults and children came togeth- weight. Fatty liver is particu- ages of one and five. school menus in favor of the er in Prospect Park to walk off extra calories, develop the larly widespread among His- Among children 10 to 19, cheap calories of fast foods. habit of exercise and learn about healthier eating. panics, many of whom carry a who are under less parental The lure of many fast-food variant of a gene, that drives control, it’s rising.” restaurants starts with mar- contributed to their decision the liver to aggressively pro- keting that builds associa- to emigrate. Born and raised duce and store triglycerides, a —Sister Bisi Iderabdullah, tions in kids’ minds in Brooklyn, Sister Bisi had type of fat, the Times reported. founder of Imani House beginning when children are been an activist and commu- Overall, the number of very young, associating nity organizer most of her obese children in communi- Walking reduces body French fries and super sodas life, and as new arrivals in ties of color has skyrocketed, weight not only by burning with indoor play places, jun- Liberia, she and her husband and now affects one out of calories but by reducing gle gyms and slides. “The created a nonprofit with the five children, Sister Bisi told stress as well—if you have message,” she said, “is that intention of starting a the Gazette. The condition is a too much stress, you eat food outings, even when the school, a health and educa- double-edge sword, she more. No special equipment food consists of largely empty tion program for women, and noted. On the one hand, the or training is required. All you calories, are fun. The annual a farm project. Instead, soon health is affected; on the need for walking are the moti- Walk-to-Live Walkathon is after their arrival, they found other, obese children are vation and a good pair of intended to break those pat- themselves in the midst of a often bullied, isolated and shoes. The Walk-to-Live terns, to show that walking, violent civil war. Sister Bisi marginalized by other chil- walkathon can provide the bonding, fresh air and volunteered in a hospital dren. As a result, they end up first, and possibly even the healthy nutrition can be even ward for wounded and aban- dealing not only with the second. And exercise can do more fun.” doned children and eventu- serious and long-lasting more than burn off calories. It The link between fast food ally created a safe house for health issues, but also with can also ensure a healthier restaurants and obesity is over 40 children, naming the also based on hard data program after her daughter, showing that the trends in Imani. Imani House Liberia eating away from home in today provides health ser- Sudoku the United States parallel vices and health education trends in obesity. That is, the to over 17,000 women and Sudoku is a puzzle. You are presented with a 9x9 grid of more we tend to eat out as a children each year. squares, and that grid is divided into 3x3 zones. nation, the fatter we have In 1997, Sister Bisi returned You solve the puzzle by filling the empty squares with become, and fast food out- to Brooklyn, and out of this single-digit numbers so that every zone, column and row lets have been by far the experience, and her observa- uses each of the numbers from 1 to 9. most rapidly expanding sec- tion that families living in tor of the U.S. food distribu- poverty in America were facing tion system. Foods typically many of the same challenges sold at these restaurants, as those in Liberia, was born burgers, soda and fries, are Imani House Brooklyn. statistically associated with higher body weight and are Free Summer Day Camp inexpensive. Imani House Brooklyn pro- The Walkathon is looking vides free after-school youth forward to an even bigger programs that engage chil- turnout next June. dren in performing arts, ath- letics, academic support and the Hanson Place Church, as Origins of Imani House social and emotional devel- well as information and refer- Sister Bisi started Imani opment. This summer it will ral services from its office on House when she, her hus- again provide seven weeks of Fifth Avenue. band and five children emi- free day camp for 120 inner- A 501(c)(3) nonprofit orga- grated to Liberia, West city children ages five to 12. nization Imani House, has Africa, in 1985, as they Instead of being babysat by won a number of awards for attempted to leave behind the TV, campers will be mak- the excellence of its pro- what she felt were limited ing friends, going on trips, grams in both Brooklyn and possibilities for children of taking dance, music and art Liberia. To learn more, to color in the U.S. The tragic classes, exploring the world donate or to volunteer, visit death of their daughter around them and getting www.imanihouse.org, Imani, in South Carolina, tutored. Imani House Brook- WWW.IHIWALKTOLIVE.COM, Puzzle author:author: JaJamesmes Vasile. ForFor answers, seesee pagepage 11.xx. which Sister Bisi attributes lyn also offers free adult liter- write to [email protected], to racism and classism, also acy/ESOL and GED classes at or call 718-538–2059. ■
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An Update About jun 27 Cheese Class jul 11 fri 7 pm fri 6:30 pm Fast Track Legislation We invite Coop members to learn more about the wonderful cheeses the Coop An update about ‘Fast Track’ for ‘Free Trade’ legislation in Congress with a focus on has to offer. This event will be limited to 30 people on a first-come, first-seated how passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would affect internet access. IT heads basis. It will be like musical chairs—come and claim your seat—there should be take note. We will also discuss the proposal to form a Coop Fair Trade Committee that room for you. Guest speaker Michelle Loayza began her career in cheese behind would offer work-slot credit to continue this campaign. Bring questions, concerns and the counters of Murray’s in the West Village, while completing an M.A. in Food suggestions to this informative and stimulating session. Susan Metz is presenting on Studies at NYU. She now works for Forever Cheese, an importer of specialty behalf of the Coop Fair Trade Group. A member since 1980, she was a Shopping Squad foods and cheeses from Italy, Spain, Portugal and Croatia, and enjoys writing Leader for 22 years before retiring. Her letters appear regularly in the Coop's about food (cheese included) on the side. This workshop is brought to you by Linewaiters' Gazette and other prestigious publications. Coop member Aaron Kirtz, who has worked in the cheese industry since 2003, and sells cheese to the Coop via Forever Cheese.
jul 29 PSFC JUL General Meeting jun 29 tue 7 pm Compassion & Vitality Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to sun 12 pm place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of Bringing the Alexander Technique to chronic pain. Pain can make us feel helpless, the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and frustrated, and less of the person that we’d like to be. Physically, pain tends to also the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop have a shrinking effect: we tighten our muscles around the discomfort and stiffen office. Meeting location: MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter our bodies to either numb or protect against further injury. In this workshop, you on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. Fourth St. entrance is handicap-accessible. will be introduced to a set of skills to respond differently to pain, so that it can become a wake-up call to expand and grow rather than retreat and shrink. The Alexander Technique is a century-old method for improving one’s mind-body coordi- nation, balance, and well-being. Coop member Dan Cayer is a nationally certified aug 5 Alexander Technique teacher working in the field of pain, injury, and stress. His per- tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting sonal experience with the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of pain, inspired The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the him to help others. agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with committee members face-to-face between 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission Form, both available from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. The next jul 1 General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 7 p.m., at MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting between Fourth and Fifth Sts. The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the
agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with committee members face-to-face between 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda aug 26 Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission tue 7 pm PSFC AUG General Meeting Form, both available from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. The next General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 29, 7 p.m., at MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to between Fourth and Fifth Sts. place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. Meeting location: MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. Fourth St. entrance is handicap-accessible. jul 8 Safe Food Committee Film Night: tue 7 pm Nothing Like Chocolate Deep in the rain forests of Grenada, anarchist chocolatier sep 2 Mott Green seeks solutions to the problems of a ravaged tue 8 pm Agenda Committee Meeting global chocolate industry. Solar power, employee share- The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the holding and small-scale antique equipment turn out deli- cious chocolate in the hamlet of Hermitage, Grenada. agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with Finding hope in an industry entrenched in enslaved child labor, irresponsible committee members face-to-face between 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. corporate greed, and tasteless, synthetic products, Nothing like Chocolate Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda reveals the compelling story of the relentless Green, founder of the Grenada Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission Chocolate Company. Nothing Like Chocolate traces the continued growth of Form, both available from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. The next Mott’s co-operative, exposing the practices and politics of how chocolate has General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 7 p.m., at MS 51, 350 Fifth moved worldwide from a sacred plant to corporate blasphemy. Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts.
For more information on these and other events, visit the Coop’s website: foodcoop.com All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted. Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.
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Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. SUMMERTIME Friday & Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shopping Hours: DON·T FORGET YOUR COOP SHIFT! Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Oh %#@&!! Sunday I forgot my 6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m. Coop shift! *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 If you plan on being away during one of your workslots, please make arrangements to have your shift covered.
The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope Food One way to do it is to use the Shift Swap at www.foodcoop.com! 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 oth- If you plan on being away for eight weeks or more, contact the erwise discriminatory. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members. Membership Office to take a leave of absence. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions must include author’s name and phone number and conform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters and articles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appear in the Coop Calendar opposite. YOUR CO-WORKERS WILL LOVE YOU FOR IT! Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be printed if they conform to the guidelines above. The Anonymity and Fairness policies appear on the letters page in most issues. Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Editors will reject articles This Issue Prepared By: that are essentially just advertisements for member businesses and services. Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden 2%452. 0/,)#9 Erik Lewis Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words. I]Z 8dde hig^kZh id 2%15)2%$ &/2 !.9 2%452. Editors (development): Erik Lewis Editor-Writer Guidelines: Except for letters to the editor, which `ZZeeg^XZhadl[dgdjg I]ZEV^Y">c";jaagZXZ^eiBJHI bZbWZgh]^e# B^c^" are published without editing but are subject to the Gazette letters WZegZhZciZY# Joan Minieri b^o^c\ i]Z Vbdjci d[ policy regarding length, anonymity, respect, and fairness, all '#GZijgchbjhiWZ]VcYaZY gZijgcZY bZgX]VcY^hZ Reporters: Frank Haberle submissions to the Linewaiters' Gazette will be reviewed and if l^i]^c(%YVnhd[ejgX]VhZ# ^h dcZ lVn lZ Yd i]^h# Ed Levy necessary edited by the editor. In their review, editors are guided >[ ndj cZZY id bV`Z V by the Gazette's Fairness and Anonymity policies as well as stan- gZijgc! eaZVhZ \d id i]Z #!. ) %8#(!.'% -9 )4%- Alison Rose Levy dard editorial practices of grammatical review, separation of fact 'cY;addgHZgk^XZ9Zh`# Cd!lZYdcdiÆZmX]Vc\ZÇ^iZbh# from opinion, attribution of factual statements, and rudimentary NdjbjhigZijgci]ZbZgX]VcY^hZ Art Director (development): Eva Schicker fact checking. Writers are responsible for the factual content of VcYgZ"ejgX]VhZl]VindjcZZY# their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort to contact Illustrators: Lynn Bernstein and communicate with writers regarding any proposed editorial Deborah Tint changes. Writers must make a reasonable effort to respond to #!. ) 2%452. -9 )4%- and be available to editors to confer about their articles. If there Photographer: Rod Morrison is no response after a reasonable effort to contact the writer, an EgdYjXZ 7ja` ^cXa#8dde"WV\\ZYWja` Thumbnails: Mia Tran editor, at her or his discretion, may make editorial changes to a 8]ZZhZ HZVhdcVa=da^YVn>iZbh submission without conferring with the writer. 7dd`h HeZX^VaDgYZgh .%6%2 Photoshop: Terrance Carney 8VaZcYVgh GZ[g^\ZgViZYHjeeaZbZcih 2%452.!",% Submissions on Paper: Typed or very legibly handwritten and ?j^XZgh D^ah Hjh]^ 6WjnZg^hVkV^aVWaZYjg^c\i]ZlZZ`" Quark: Helena Boskovic placed in the wallpocket labeled "Editor" on the second floor at the YVnhidY^hXjhhndjgXdcXZgch# base of the ramp. Art Director (production): Dilhan Kushan 2%452.!",% Digital Submissions: We welcome digital submissions. Drop Desktop Publishing: Joe Banish GZ[g^\ZgViZY