OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Established 1973

Volume NN, Number 17 August 29, 2019 Fight Food Waste by Eating Pizza and Drinking Beer By Rene Brinkley t’s the last days of summer and the living is still easy. Free Iconcerts, picnics, getaway beach vacation days are all still calling your name. So is the perfect snack—like pizza and beer—to enhance that summer vibe. But what can kill that mood is the thought of all the food waste generated during the summer months and throughout the year. According to the National Defense Resource Council, up to 40% of food in the U.S. is wasted. That waste occurs at every stage of the supply chain including on the farms, where produce is left to rot; in the supermarket, where less than per- fect food is thrown away; and in the home where leftovers grow old in the back of the refrigerator and end up in the garbage. Fortunately food and beverage entrepreneurs are taking on the challenge of using food that might otherwise be headed for the garbage dump and creating some of America’s favorite items that are tasty and good for the environment.

Pizza With a Twist Jessica Smith is a former corporate lawyer turned food entre- preneur. She was always passionate about the environment and issues around food inequality. While working at the law firm Smith became increasingly aware of how much food was wasted. “I was eating take out every night and not only was it expensive but it was waste- ILLUSTRATION BY VALERIE TRUCCHIA ful from an environmental perspective,” she said. “I started learning about the issue of food waste and it seemed like a crazy problem.” Smith couldn’t wrap her head around how society can throw Two Years On, the Coop away so much food while some go hungry. She decided to do something about this problem. She eventually met Jane Katz who had experience in the food industry and the two teamed App Continues to Evolve up to create a product to help fight food waste. By Leila Darabi the Coop app continues to self Swift, the programming After spending a year talking to food waste experts, farmers t has been two years since grow in use—and in capabili- language used to design iOS and potential consumers, they launched the company Scraps Imember Jonah Burke made ties. On the second anniversary apps for iPhones and other with a frozen pizza product. Why frozen? “I was interested in his iOS application “Coop” of the app, the Gazette checked Apple products. He was look- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 available in the Apple App in with its creator to find out ing for a meaty project—and Store. A month later, when the more about how members are a problem to solve. “The Next General Meeting on September 24 Gazette first reported on a new using it and what features we app really helped me learn The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on iPhone app that could be used can expect next. [Swift], which has been the last Tuesday of each month. The September General Meet- to scan into the store and look super-valuable. I’ve gotten ing will be on Tuesday, September 24, at 7:00 p.m. at John Jay up available produce, most The History contracts based on my profi- Educational Campus, 227 Seventh Ave., between Fourth members we interviewed didn’t As we reported in October ciency with Apple platforms. and Fifth Sts. yet know it existed. Nearly half 2017, the Coop app began as So that’s really good,” Burke For more information about the GM and about Coop a million user sessions later, a way for Burke to teach him- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 governance, please see the center of this issue.

Thu, Sep 5 • Food Class: IN THIS ISSUE Roll-Your-Own Summer Rolls 7:30 p.m. Horoscope ...... 3 Why Grazing Matters in Coop Meat Buying ...... 4 Fri, Sep 6 • Film Night: Coop Governance Information, Mission Statement, Welcome . . . 9 Frozen River 7:00 p.m. Calendar of Events ...... 10 Event Letters to the Editor ...... 12 Tue, Sep 10 • Plow-to-Plate Movie Series: Safe Food Committee Report ...... 14 Highlights Steak (R)evolution 7:00 p.m. Community Calendar ...... 15 Classifieds ...... 15 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Exciting Workslot Opportunities ...... 16 Thank You ...... 16

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Coop App ing up ways it could do more. the app and to print and share CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 An early version of the app issues from the app. He also PLEASE RETURN FOOD COOP included a list of available pro- added a feature for members said. “But I think the main duce, without much context. to track work slots on the app. BOX CUTTERS AND PENS TO THE benefit has not really been Produce buyer Ken MacDonald Jennifer Smith and other that. It’s been meeting peo- suggested that the produce list members asked for a way to FOOD COOP, IF you HAVE THEM ple at the Coop and seeing include prices. Member Matt track multiple work shifts, people use the app. It’s just a Hampel, who had been using so he added that. Astrid IN YOUR POCKETS10N. OR AT HOME. fun project that people have the Coop website on his own Cravens asked for a Soup been really positive about.” to track changes in produce Kitchen Committee tracker, Burke started out by creat- prices, provided historical data so he added that. Box Cutters ing a barcode app that could that Burke used to add graphs act as a virtual membership to the app showing shifts in As many as 3,000 card. In speaking with Coop price. Today, users can launch Coop members are likely staff, all agreed that the the app, click on “produce” at THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION. project should remain an the bottom of the screen and using the app. external, volunteer project select any item to see how rather than consume work the price has changed. For shift hours or excessive staff example, while bananas have The Information time. Still, Coop staff offered remained flat in price in recent Members Seek Interested in Engaging Coop Work? their insights and feedback months, baby bok choy has When a member down- Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) seeks NEW members along the way. fluctuated peaking at $3.08 per loads and opens the app, pound in September, dropping the home screen lays out SKILLS NEEDED Community Input to $2.42 per pound around at-a-glance key information: • Communication • Problem solving • Conflict resolution Over the past 24 months, November and currently whether the Coop is current- • Dealing with complex situations Burke has added numerous weighing in at $2.75 per pound. ly open, what time it closes • Investigation • Writing • Research features, many at the sugges- Over time, Burke has added or when it reopens; the letter OUR WORK INCLUDES tion of Coop members and other features, including the of the work week; the time • Resolving conflicts between members staff using the app and dream- ability to read the Gazette from of your next shift if you have • Applying Coop rules and regulations entered that info into the • Discussing policy issues related to the Committee’s work tracker; a list of recent pro- • Investigating allegations of uncooperative behavior by members and duce arrivals and their cost; engaging in problem solving PLASTIC PACKAGING RECYCLING • Frequent contact with committee members a link to call the office; a link • Participating in mediation, disciplinary hearings, and other conflict to the Coop website; links to resolution methods Wednesday, September 11, 3:45-6 p.m. the Coop Instagram and Twit- Saturday, September 28, 1:45-4 p.m. ter feeds and a menu at the REQUIREMENTS bottom including links to the In order to be considered for this position, any candidate must: • Be a member for at least a year Gazette and to the virtual mem- • Have an excellent attendance record For Coop members only bership card feature. “I’ve also • Possess the ability to work on a team • Have good writing skills Please be prepared to show your Coop membership card. gotten a lot of suggestions I haven’t been able to imple- • Have computer proficiency (excel, word, email)—this is essential • Attend evening meetings every six weeks ment,” Burke explained. “I’d say Plastic bags/wrap/packaging from most products the top three are 1) shift swap, sold at the Coop—food and non-food. We often work more than the 2.75 shifts in a 4 week period. 2) FTOP signup, and 3) indica- These hours are credited and can be banked for future use. Thin plastic film wrap—from notecards, tea boxes, tion of how busy the Coop is. We recognize the importance of various points of view when considering pre-packaged cheese, household items, pet food, juice packs, etc. And of course Android!” As an cases brought to us. We are seeking a candidate pool that reflects Plastic roll bags distributed by the Coop—please use roll iOS programmer, Burke has the diversity of the Coop’s membership. focused on the iPhone app, bags only as necessary, reduce usage whenever possible, and CONTACT re-use any bags you do take before recycling. acknowledging that this limits the accessibility of the tool for [email protected] with the subject line: Joining the DRC Plastic food storage zip lock bags (any size), plastic cling Join us to make the Coop the best place it can be for everyone. wrap, and small bulk bags. members who use other kinds of smart phones. He says he is open to other programmers fy you when the next General side projects, unpaid work, NO food residue, rinse as needed. building an Android version of Meeting is,” Burke said. “I just even if it’s more fun [than paid Only soft plastic from Coop purchases. the app to reach more people. don’t have too much time. work].” Also, members should The main barrier to expanding And there’s a pretty big oppor- be aware that the app and the the app is time. “I could noti- tunity cost spending time on Coop’s official foodcoop.com For all community website aren’t synched-up on everything. The Member Ser- members: vices section of the Coop’s Pre-sort and separate according to the categories below. official foodcoop.com web- site is linked directly to the Coop’s membership database. Toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes This means that any chang- Energy bar wrappers and granola bar wrappers es a member makes to their Brita water filters and related items (other brands account, e.g. a shift change, also accepted) will be reflected in Member Cereal and cracker bags/box liners Services automatically. This is not true for the app. Donations in any amount are welcomed to help offset the cost to the Coop of this collection. Growth in Users As a matter of principle, Interested in joining the squads that run the Wednesday/Saturday collection? Burke doesn’t use the app to Contact Jacquelyn Scaduto in the Membership Office. collect personal information For more information about Terracycle, visit terracycle.com about who is using it—so Questions about items we accept should be e-mailed to [email protected] there’s no way to gauge age or gender of users, where peo- ple live or how long they have been members. Users can opt in to sharing data on what app features they use. The

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August 29 – September 18, 2019

Aries: Eat your broccoli while your ruler Mars transits your Libra: Like the eggplant, you will thrive best in a spicy house of health. The simplest things keep you running strong situation. Don’t choose security over a chance for something this month. more passionate.

Taurus: Blackberry pie will satisfy your hunger for richness, Scorpio: Melons in your mocktails will hydrate you and keep Taurus. And that’s what this month holds in love and in your synapses fired up for the next big idea. creative success. Sagittarius: Pears are calling to you now, Sagittarius. And if Gemini: Fennel can be an acquired taste, and so can you. This you are going to be part of a pair, don’t repress your seedy side. is a time to lead with your individuality, not follow the pack. Capricorn: Radishes are no nonsense just like you, Capricorn. Cancer: Someone may want to peel you a grape, but it could If anyone tries to cross your boundaries now, give them the toss. be hard to discern how serious they are. Don’t pin yourself down. Aquarius: Peaches are sweet and so are you right now, as Leo: For several years it’s been kale, kale, kale! The people are co-workers lean on you for support. Your generosity draws obsessed. You may feel the same energy, especially when you great luck. speak out for things that matter. Pisces: So many squash and so little time. This is a popular Virgo: Green beans are in season and so are you, Virgo. This is a season for you, Pisces as the Sun transits your house of time to punch up your leadership skills. Be pro-active not reactive. relationships. Shop around.

App Store records that one received to date have come could fully check out using name on the card.” While the features, says Burke, came in three users of the Coop from members who have his Apple Watch. Greenberg app began as a solo project, at the suggestion of former app has done this. Based found his personal Twitter is full of ideas for added fea- Burke says he is more and produce buyer Ana Gallo on this limited information, account and tweet ideas at tures that the app could take more open to other mem- who suggested linking to a Burke can multiple by three him. One enthusiastic user on, though he recognizes the bers with programming skills directory created by Special- to estimate how many people is Ari Greenberg who met limitations of Burke’s time. and knowledge of tech prod- ty Produce. “It’s this store use the app each month. For Burke by tweeting sugges- ucts lending a hand to build out in San Diego which has example, analytics recorded tions to him about new fea- Over time, Burke has out features. an exhaustive database of more than 1,000 users each tures. “I asked him to make produce,” Burke explained. month this summer, meaning an Apple Watch capability, added other features. Hidden Gems “If you tap on an item, you that as many as 3,000 Coop which he did,” Greenberg What members who use get lots and lots of recipes, members are likely using the said. Greenberg had figured At the top of his list is the app may not know is including the recipes that app. “That’s a significant pro- out that by adding his Coop making the virtual card fea- that by going into “Settings” those recipes were used at.” portion of the membership,” membership card to the Wal- ture more robust. “I have in the app, you can turn on Specialty Produce lists 26 Burke notes. let feature on his iPhone, young daughters and I put “New Farm” notifications to recipes for celeriac and 15 he could scan in and out of them in childcare,” Green- get updates on new produce for purslane. “If there’s an A Growing the store without launching berg explained. “Childcare providers. For example, the item of produce that you’re Collaboration the Coop app. Because the doesn’t let you use the Coop Coop recently added greens not so familiar with, it can be Many of the suggestions Coop now accepts Apple app to validate membership from Square Roots in Brook- really useful to learn more and support Burke has Pay linked to debit cards, he because there’s no photo or lyn. One of the best “secret” about it,” says Burke. n

Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 4 August 29, 2019 Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY Why Grazing Matters in Coop Meat Buying By Jess Powers Agroecology is an approach hese days, it’s hard to to farming that makes the Timagine that the Coop best use of nature’s resources, didn’t start carrying beef until while not damaging them, in it was approved at a Gener- food production. al Meeting in 2003. There Conventional or industri- are more regional producers al agriculture strips the land of sustainable animals now of nutrients, pollutes the and the Coop is able to carry planet with fossil fuel and a wider range of locally and chemical-based pesticides responsibly produced meat. and fertilizers, abuses ani- But the Coop meat pur- mals, and drives wages to chasing practices remain the bottom for farmers and deeply grounded in stew- farmworkers. In contrast, ardship of the land and ani- agroecology applies the mals, as Margie Lempert, the principles of ecology to farm lead meat buyer since 2017, design and management as explains. well as supporting biodiver- Members might not be sity to enhance resilience, fully aware of the intricacies of reduce dependence on meat purchasing at the Coop, harmful methods, and cre- Lempert says. The Coop’s ate economic opportunity

current buying policies deter- and fairness in sustainable PHOTO COURTESY SNOWDANCE FARM mine who sells us meat and food systems. how we develop relationships with new vendors. Soil is Magic Lempert explains that the Educational materials policies dictate that we buy available on the GrassWorks only organic or 100% grass Inc. website explain that fed beef and lamb—which is “perennial grasslands con- ”really fresh stuff.” But pork tinually produce roots that and chicken are different, feed the soil.” During the because the animals “don’t Dust Bowl, monoculture led eat the same stuff, so we try to clouds of dust blowing to look at farmer practices from the Midwest to as far and sustainability and ani- as New York as the soil rap- mal welfare,” she says. idly eroded. Today, industrial The challenge, Lempert agriculture and monoculture explains, is volume and cost. rob the earth of vital nutri- “How do you source the best ents. Soil, on the other hand, you can when thinking about is rich with a microbial com- the environment and sup- munity—living organisms ply enough food to all of the like bacteria, fungi, and nem- members at price points peo- atodes that are responsible ple can afford,” she asks. for nutrient cycling. After a career in the non- Grasses with a robust root profit arts sector, Lempert system are vital to the health earned a Masters in Agro- of the soil. ecology from the Universi- ty of Wisconsin, where she Part of the strategy is focused on livestock agricul- ture and managed grazing. In to purchase whole

Wisconsin, Lempert worked animals that are processed PHOTO BY WILLIAM FARRINGTON at GrassWorks Inc., a non- and butchered. From top: Turkeys on Snowdance Farm in Livingston Manor, NY; Margie Lempert, the profit that educates farmers Coop’s lead meat buyer since 2017. and consumers, developing Healthy, well-managed educational materials on pasture plants—alfalfa, dan- protection products. It also livestock through managed meat. The Coop purchases managed grazing. delion, different clovers and creates habitats for other grazing, “there’s a whole art two whole steers every week, Managed grazing, as the grasses—renovate the land, wildlife species. When rumi- to it, takes a long time to two to three pigs, and two phrase suggests, is a sus- reduce soil erosion, filter nants graze in one area and develop that skill,” she says. to three lambs. Additional tainable farming method for water, build organic matter, are then cycled to anoth- meat is purchased to sup- raising poultry and rumi- sequester excess carbon from er, they help to “reduce Meat Throughout the plement that, but “moving a nants—cattle, sheep, goats, the atmosphere, encourage the regeneration of inva- Seasons whole animal is a challenge,” pigs, and bison—which have plant biodiversity, and create sive shrubs, restore diverse Part of the Coop meat Lempert says. At the Coop, different digestive systems wildlife habitat. native plant species, provide buying strategy is to procure they price, store, and sell and eat grass, green vegetar- Managed grazing mimics manure for invertebrates... whole animals that are pro- the product, that’s butchered ian, and shrubs. The animals the vanishing natural prai- and leave sites undisturbed cessed at a USDA-approved elsewhere. graze on pastures in con- rie ecosystems and reduces for ground-nesting birds.” facility and butchered accord- Some of the specifications trolled rotations, to ensure the need for refined petro- It’s not an easy task, Lem- ing to our “cut sheets,” which change according to the sea- the re-growth of high-quality leum-based inputs by farm- pert explains. For farmers are instructions for finished son. In winter months, Lem- legumes and grasses. ers—feed, fertilizer, plant who manage vegetation and cuts and grinding ground pert buys more slow braised

Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY August 29, 2019 5 cuts, short ribs, shank, stew meat. “People have the oven The Animal Welfare Committee on. They do big roasts,” she EXPERIENCED REPORTERS explains. In summertime, the Seeks New Members! Coop sells more steaks and ground beef, and less pork. Please Apply Join our small research- and education-based committee to help Pigs and chicken can tol- Workslot Description provide animal-related reference materials, articles, workshops, and erate and need more variety We have four distinct Linewaiters’ product suggestions as they relate to Coop products (meat, eggs, in their feed than cattle, she Gazette teams—each producing an dairy, and products tested on animals). continues. Even when they issue every eight weeks. You will are grazed in pastures, they develop and produce an article about always eat some supplemen- the Coop in cooperation with your CAN YOU: tal feed, usually made of corn team’s editor every eight weeks. and soy, to ensure a sufficient Interview farmers and vendors about how they treat their animals? (this requires diet. “They root around and For More Information some availability during business hours) find some of their own food,” If you would like to speak to an editor or another reporter to Lempert says, “they’re not learn more about the job, please contact Annette Laskaris in Use your research, writing, editing, design, presentation, publicity, or marketing true grass fed.” the Membership Office or e-mail her at annetteATpsfcDOTcoop. skills to serve our mission of providing our entire membership with transparent In terms of seasonality, information on animal-welfare issues? To Apply with beef, lamb, and pork in Please send a letter of application and two writing samples at Attend monthly committee meetings (Monday C week, 7-8:30 p.m.) at the Coop, the northeast growing sea- least 800 words long (one sample must be a reported interview, son, it depends on “the grass logging agreed-upon Committee tasks so that you work an average of 2.75 not a Q&A) to annetteATpsfcDOTcoop. Your letter should hours/month? (Applicants must have good attendance records and be Coop itself, the lushness of it,” she state your qualifications, your Coop history, relevant experience says. From mid-spring to late and why you would like to report for the Coop. Your application members for a least a year.) fall, the grass is high quality, will be acknowledged and forwarded to the coordinating editor, Please apply at psfcanimals.blogspot.com, telling us as much as possible about growing well, and dense in Alison Rose Levy. nutrients, but in the winter yourself, your passion for the cause, and why you’d like to join us. Deadline for all months, between the cold Seeking Diversity on the Gazette Staff applicants is Friday, October 4. Paper copies of the application are available in the and snow, animals are fed The Gazette is looking for qualified reporters. We are interested in Committee's wall folder by the second oor oce, to the right of the stairs. more hay. Dried grass starts using this opportunity to diversify our staff. We believe that we can We seek to re ect the racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, and gender diversity of the to degrade and lose nutri- enrich the quality of the Gazette and serve the membership better tional value. with a reporting and editing staff that more closely resembles the Coop (including dietary diversity—we’re not all vegans!). We strongly encourage At the end of winter and mix of Coop members. people of color to apply. early spring, the animals are at their smallest. “They’re not unhealthy, they just don’t is true of meat purchasing “growing indoors, it’s okay, to our climate. Their birth ly life. Sure it’s a drag when grow, it’s the seasonality of throughout the country. Lem- it’s not unhealthy for them, weight is about three pounds, a thunderstorm appears out size,” she adds. For chickens, pert explains that it is more if the conditions are good.” they are weaned at about six of nowhere and everyone birds can’t tolerate the cold difficult to assess or evalu- Accessing the conditions is weeks old and roughly 30 to has to drop everything and weather, so there isn’t 100% ate the welfare of chickens “really complicated” and she 35 pounds, and by six to eight rally to move the baby chick- pastured poultry in the win- than beef, but by purchasing says that for consumers to months, “they’re 250 pounds ens under a tent, but there’s ter in New York. locally, it is easy to go and try to understand the meth- walking around!” usually a moment when we Some cuts don’t sell well visit the farm. The Coop sells ods that producers are using Jaffe encourages visitors look at each other and rec- at the Coop and are then dis- four to five thousand pounds is harder at a grocery store, to the farm. “Unlike my pre- ognize how lucky we are to counted in the freezer. “Trot- of chicken a week, and in where there aren’t transpar- vious corporate existence,” be together, that any job has ters are never great,” Lempert order to supply it at that vol- ent evaluation criteria and he says, “farm life is inti- ‘drags,’ but they don’t all explains. Trotters, or pig’s ume, Lempert seeks out a buying practices. mately integrated into fami- have love and family.” n feet, for the uninitiated, are variety of supply chains. This Marc Jaffe of Snowdance a great addition to stocks includes Murray’s, D’Artag- Farm in Livingston Manor, because the gelatin adds nan, and Smart Chicken, who New York, is one of the farm- body to any liquid. grow at much larger scales, ers that the Coop buys from, and have contracts with farm- and he is warm and enthu- Chickens are the biggest ers. In our area, Murray’s and siastic about his animals. D’Artagnan work with a lot of He and his wife tend to ban- seller at the Coop. Amish farmers. tams, layers, Cornish Cross, and heritage chickens as well There are recipes online Farm Life as Tamworth pigs, sheep, for Chinese and Korean vari- To a grower, the labor pigs, and cows. “The layers ations of braised pig’s feet involved is harder and more are for eggs,” he explains or Creole style pickled pig’s unpleasant with pastured by email, “and we also ‘rent’ feet. Chef Fergus Henderson birds. They are moved in them out to camps and fam- makes a now famous Trotter hoop houses and brought ilies for the summer. (I’m a Gear, a jellied broth made to fresh ground regular- city kid who only made it to from slow cooked trotters, ly. “They’re kind of mean farm life in my 30’s, so I love vegetables, peppercorns, animals,” Lempert says, sharing the experience).” herbs, and madeira, that whereas “egg laying hens The Cornish Cross chickens many people swear by as are lovely. But meat birds are a commercial breed that an addition to soups and are not bred for personality are raised on grass, reaching stews, or to tenderize meat because we eat them pretty butchering weight in as little in any dish. soon. It’s also true in cows: as six weeks. The heritage Lempert says the primary black Angus are said to not breed, on the other hand, goal of the meat department have a very nice tempera- takes 11 to 12 weeks to reach at the Coop is being part of ment, and Jersey [dairy cows] market weight. the regional food system and are known to be lovely, sweet They don’t incubate the supporting farmers at a fair animals because you have chickens on the farm. “Fun cost to members, not making those animals around for a fact,” he writes, “they arrive big profits. The Coop “can long time. They are pleasant at our farm weekly via U.S. take a loss and make it up to work with.” postal service!” elsewhere,” she said. As for those large poul- Tamworth pigs are a her- Chickens are the biggest try operations, Lempert itage breed originally from seller at the Coop, which explains that if they’re the U.K. and are well-suited

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Pizza and Beer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 creating a frozen product because it offers a more affordable price point, it’s more accessible for people who don’t have time to cook and it helps mitigate waste in our homes,” Smith said. Why pizza? Smith explained that the team considered grain bowls, soups, and bur- ritos but ultimately decided to do a food waste twist on an already popular item.

“I started learning about the issue of food waste and it seemed like a crazy problem.”

She recalled, “Pizza is the most popular frozen food sold in the U.S. We also felt there was a lot of room for improvement in the frozen pizza market.” Scraps is a company on a food waste mission. The web- site states: “We create the most delicious frozen pizza out there, and we set out to reduce waste by incorporat- ing imperfect and underused veggies in our sauces.” The company currently has two products, a green pizza and a red pizza. The green pizza uses broccoli leaves in its pesto. These leaves are typically left to rot in the fields. Smith explains. “Broc- coli leaves are half the plant

so farmers are losing half the ILLUSTRATION BY CATY BARTHOLOMEW amount of money they could be making with this crop,” pers and farmers can’t sell tive with Roberta’s and Table types of products depending erything idea and applied it Smith said. “We are purchas- peppers that never grow 87, our two closest compet- on what customers like and to bagel waste. ing items like this that don’t into one shade or another itors.” She expects once the what farms are telling us they Kauffman explained: have a market so farmers can so those peppers are left to company is able to produce need,” Smith said. “Noah and I have been recoup work they put in and rot,” Smith said. pies at a larger scale the price friends for years. He had a lot minimize the environmental Scraps pizza is not priced of the pizza will come down. Beer That Saves the of bagel waste on his hands impact of tons of broccoli like food scraps. It retails at If you are now hungry for Planet and he was racking his brain leaves rotting in the fields.” $11.99 per pie. The company a slice of this unique twist What beverage goes great trying to figure out how to The green pizza also uses is still a two-person opera- on New York pizza, Scraps with pizza? Beer of course! As use it without throwing it basil stems and bruised tion and costs are high. The can be found at several America’s most popular adult away.” basil leaves that are often pizza is handmade and uses retail locations in the city beverage, beer goes with just thrown away. The red pizza premium quality ingredients. and online. Smith hopes to about anything. “He had a lot of bagel waste uses imperfectly shaped “We are using things like fresh expand the product offering Travis Kauffman of Folk- and multi-color peppers in mozzarella cheese and stone soon. “The plan is to expand bier brewery and Noah Ber- on his hands.” its sauce. “Grocery stores ground whole wheat,” Smith to more pizza flavor products namoff of Black Seed Bagels buy purely green or red pep- said. “The price is competi- and then move on to other embraced the beer-with-ev- Bernamoff approached Kauffman and asked if it was possible to make beer out of THE GAZETTE INDEXES bagels. “A lot of people make If you are interested in the history of the Coop or in when and beer and put pastries in them how particular subjects have been discussed in the Linewaiters’ to flavor them and we weren’t Gazette... interested in making bagel Send an e-mail to Len Neufeld, Gazette indexer, at lenneufeld@ flavored beer,” Kauffman verizon.net, to request PDF files of either or both of the following D SHOES recalled. “We were interested indexes: OE Please protect your feet and -T in fermenting bagels as base • An alphabetized list of the titles of all articles published in N toes while working your E malt and getting alcohol out the Gazette from 1995 to the present, with issue dates. P O shift at the Coop by not

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lier years are being added). K open-toed footwear. R all the more so because he Many of the Gazette issues referenced in these indexes are O could get the bagels at no W available as PDFs on the Coop’s website. (Copies of these and W UR Thanks for your cooperation, cost because it was a waste HIL YO additional issues are also available at Brooklyn’s Central Library, E DOING The Park Slope Food Coop product for Black Seed. The located at Flatbush Ave. and Eastern Pkwy. on Grand Army Plaza.) two companies decided to

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ued, “If other vendors were in Scraps pizza sauce. to approach us with products Coop shoppers have that have similar qualities we shown they are willing to would absolutely give them a purchase produce that is not spot on our shelves to see exactly perfect but edible what members think. nonetheless. That means one In addition to carrying mis- day we may see Scraps pizza sion-based products, the Coop on the Coop shelves ready purchases produce that super- for purchase to take along to markets might reject such as that final summer BBQ—and the multicolored peppers used don’t forget the beer! n collaborate and the beer made from leftover bagels, officially called Black Seed Glow Up, rolled out to local area bars and restaurants on April 25 of this year. The first batch of beer ARE YOU A used approximately 100 pounds of bagels, which BROOKLYN-BASED equates to roughly a week’s worth of waste. The limited FILMMAKER? edition beer sold out quickly and Kauffman says anoth- Would you like to er batch is on its way but screen your work the plan is to mix things up even further. “We will make Are you a writer? at the Coop? bagel beer like normal and add fruit on it,” he said. “We Do you want FTOP credit? Then submit your film want to experiment with reusing fruit we use in our for possible inclusion other beers so that may be Wordsprouts, the Food Coop’s in the Coop’s cherries, raspberries, black- Friday Film Night berries and other fruits.” reading series, is looking for you, Screening Series. for its monthly events in the At the Coop If you’re a Coop member you’ll receive one FTOP The Park Slope Food Coop second-floor meeting room. credit for screening and offering a Q+A with your doesn’t carry either of these products, but it does carry film. If you’re not a member, it’s still a chance to items that have a mission to Please contact the organizers at spread the word about your work and build your fan reduce food waste. One such base by screening for a local audience. item is Gotham Greens Ugly [email protected]. Greens (are beautiful). These are less than perfect salad We accept documentary and fiction, both features greens that would otherwise and shorts (we program shorts as a group). be thrown away. Instead, Gotham is selling PleasePlease e-mail e-mail Faye LedermanGabrielfor Rhodes details at the greens to retailers, such [email protected] detailsor at mail your DVD to: as the Coop. “Members have [email protected]. Lederman, 2000 Linwood Ave, #9E responded well to Gotham Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Greens ugly greens—likely because they’re a high quality product at an affordable price Available for PSFC STATEMENT ON THE that reduces food waste,” FUN Committee's states Joseph Szladek, a Gen- COOPERATIVE IDENTITY eral Coordinator. He contin- International Dance Night DEFINITION A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural Friday, November 22, 7 - 9pm needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

        VALUES        Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their  
  founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.     
    PRINCIPLES The cooperative principles are guidelines by which cooperatives put their values into practice. The International Cooperative Alliance adopted the revised Statement on the Cooperative Identity in 1995. They are as follows: 1. Voluntary and Open Membership 2. Democratic Member Control 3. Member Economic Participation 4. Autonomy and Independence 5. Education, Training and Information 6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives 7. Concern for Community

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The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215, 718-622-0560. Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles and letters from members. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The Gazette will not knowingly publish letters, articles or reports that are hateful, racist, sexist, otherwise discriminatory, inflammatory or needless- ly provocative. The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, letters and committee reports from members that follow the published guidelines and policies. The following is a summary—please see the detailed guidelines for each type of submission on the Coop website: www.foodcoop.com. All submissions must include author’s name, phone number and e-mail address, conform to the following guidelines and to the Fairness, Anonym- ity and Respect policies. Editors will reject letters, articles and reports that do not follow the guidelines or policies. Submission deadlines appear each edition in the Coop Calendar section. For topics that generate a large number of submissions (letters or Mem- Brian’s Big Bad Brass Band is an intergen- ber Articles) serially and continuously over an extended period of time, the Gazette will not necessarily publish all submissions, but the editors will use erational Park Slope Community Brass their editorial discretion to select a small number of submissions (whether let- ters or Member Articles) from each side as representative of that viewpoint of Band comprised of brass, wind and percus- the issue. The selected submissions will also adhere to the current guidelines sion players of all levels and ages and fea- of civil discourse and should serve to advance the discussion in new ways. You may submit via e-mail to [email protected]. tures brass music from around the world. Letters: Maximum 500 words. From Brazil and the Balkans to Mexico and Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. A Voluntary Article is held to a higher standard than a letter and must meet at least the following criteria: New Orleans, expect high-energy, infec- A Voluntary Article must analyze the topic it is discussing; it must present tious grooves that will get you dancing, accurate, verifiable corroboration for factual assertions; it can criticize but not attack Coop practices and personnel; if critical it must present positive moving and singing. Featuring Brian Drye, solutions; it cannot be solely or mainly opinion. It must strive to make a positive contribution to the understanding of the reader on a topic. If a sub- tuba/trombone; Charlotte Greve, alto mitted Voluntary Article is substantially opinion, it must be re-submitted, under 500 words, as a Letter to the Editor, possibly to a future issue. Edi- saxophone; Lily White, trombone; Caro- tors will reject articles that are essentially just advertisements for member line Davis, alto saxophone; Jay Rodri- businesses, those of family and friends of members, solely expressions of opinion or that do not follow the guidelines and policies. guez, bari saxophone; Scott Neumann, Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words. Reports must follow the pub- lished guidelines and policies. percussion; Caleb Curtis, saxophone; Liam LETTERS, ARTICLES AND REPORTS SUBMISSION POLICIES Robinson, baritone horn; Matt Pavolka, Letters must be the opinion of the letter-writer and can contain no more than 25% non-original writing. trombone; Dan Blankinship, trumpet; All submissions must be written by the writer. Letters or articles that are Hugo Moreno, trumpet. form letters, chain letters, template letters or letters prepared by someone other than the submitting member will be rejected. Letters, articles and reports must adhere to the Fairness, Anonymity and www.facebook.com/ProspectConcerts Respect policies. They cannot be hateful, needlessly inflammatory, discrimina- tory libelous, personal attacks or make unsubstantiated claims or accusations 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doors open at 7:45] or be contrary to the values of the Coop as expressed in our mission statement. Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. All submissions must be legible, intelligible, civil, well and concisely written with Booking: Bev Grant, [email protected] accurate, attributed, easily verifiable statements of facts separated from opinions. Letter and article writers are limited to one letter or article per issue. PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP 782 Union St., Brooklyn, NY 11215 (btwn 6th & 7th Av.) • (718) 622-0560 Letter and article writers cannot write gratuitous serial submissions. Edi- tors may reject submissions to consecutive editions of the Gazette on the same topic by the same writer. This Issue Prepared By: Editor-Writer Guidelines: All submissions will be reviewed and, if neces- sary, edited or rejected by the editor. Writers are responsible for the factual RETURN POLICY Editor (development): Peter Grant content of their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort to contact and communicate with writers regarding any questions or proposed edi- The Coop strives to REQUIRED FOR ANY RETURN Reporters: Rene Brinkley torial changes. Writers must be available to editors to confer about their keep prices low for our 1. The Paid-In-Full receipt MUST submissions. If a writer does not respond to requests for editorial chang- m embership. Mini- be presented. Leila Darabi es, the editor may make the changes without conferring with the writer, mizing the amount of 2. Returns must be handled or reject the submission. If agreement between the writer and the editor returned merchandise within 30 days of purchase. about changes does not occur after a first revision, the editor may reject is one way we do this. Jess Powers the submission, and the writer may revise and resubmit for a future issue. If you need to make a FAIRNESS, ANONYMITY AND RESPECT POLICIES return, please go to the CAN I EXCHANGE MY ITEM? Art Director (development): Deborah Urra In order to provide fair, comprehensive, factual coverage: 2nd Floor Service Desk. No, we do not “exchange” items. Fairness You must return the merchandise Illustrators: Caty Bartholomew 1. The Gazette will not publish hearsay—that is, allegations not based on and re-purchase what you need. the author’s first-hand observation. Valerie Trucchia 2. Nor will we publish accusations that are unnecessary, not specific or are not substantiated by factual assertions. The Gazette will not publish gra- CAN I RETURN MY ITEM? Photographers: William Farrington tuitous personalization. That is, no unnecessary naming of Coop members in polemical letters and articles. Writers must address ideas not persons. Produce* Bulk* (incl. Coop-bagged bulk) Thumbnails: Mia Tran 3. Submissions that make substantive accusations against specific indi- Cheese* Seasonal Holiday Items viduals, necessary to make the point of the submission and within the Books Special Orders NEVER Fairness, Anonymity and Respect policies will be given to those persons to Calendars Refrigerated Supplements RETURNABLE Photoshop: Adam Segal-Isaacson enable them to write a response, and both submissions and response will Juicers & Oils be published simultaneously. This means that the original submission may Sushi *A buyer is available during the week- Art Director (production): Phan Nguyen not appear until the issue after the one for which it was submitted. days to discuss your concerns. Anonymity RETURNABLE Desktop Publishing: Dana Faconti Unattributed letters will not be published unless the Gazette knows the Refrigerated Goods (not listed above) ONLY IF SPOILED identity of the writer, and therefore must be signed when submitted (giving BEFORE Midori Nakamura phone number). Such letters will be published only where a reason is given Frozen Goods to the editor as to why public identification of the writer would impose an Meat & Fish EXPIRATION DATE Bread Packaging/label Erin Sparling unfair burden of embarrassment or difficulty. Such letters must relate to must be present- Coop issues and avoid any non-constructive, non-cooperative language. ed for refund. Respect Editor (production): Lynn Goodman Submissions to the Gazette must not be hateful, racist, sexist, otherwise dis- Items not listed above that are unopened RETURNABLE criminatory, inflammatory or needlessly provocative. They may not be personally and unused in re-sellable condition Final Proofreader: Lisa Schorr derogatory or insulting, even when strongly criticizing an individual member’s actions. The Gazette is a collaboration among Coop members. When submitting, The Coop reserves the right to refuse returns on a Index: Len Neufeld please consider the impact of your words on the writers, editors and produc- case-by-case basis. If you have questions, please contact tion staff who use our limited workslot time to try to produce an informative a staff member in the Membership Office. and cooperative publication that reflects the values of our Coop community. Advertisment: Eric Bishop Printed by: Tri-Star Offset, Maspeth, NY. Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY August 29, 2019 9

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

Jarily Alvarez Matt Burke Jacob Fiss-Hobart Susanne Kongoy Mary McPheeley Alice Ren Andez Torres Charles Anderson Melissa Cail Paulina Flint De Jacob Kronenberg Alexandra Miller Samuel Roberts Kea Trevett Kathryn Anderson Jan Calloway Castro Molly Landis Petula Moi-Thuk- Charles Robinson Joel Troge Matthew Angulo Glenda Capdeville Daniel Frankel Randi Lee Shung Gail Robson Tiffany Tseng Caroline Bannan Michelle Cohen Pamella Green Rachel Lewis Charlotte Moore Elena Rodriguez Rebecca Turnbull Jennifer Baron Lael Costa Anna Gregor Hannah Lewman Erika Neuhaus Olivia Schwob Luisa Velez Henao Rachel Baron Isobel Cully Robert Guzman Steven Li Thu Nguyen Rishi Shah Stephanie Waterman Claudia Becerra- Melinda Delis Jill Heller Ran Livneh Lena Opper Svetlana Shaknes Fiora Watts Mendez Martha Edwards Stacy Holbrook Rachel Lowdermilk Efe Osaren Brett Sherman Elizabeth Wells Astrid Benedek Sydney Jonathan Mark Hurwitt Roberts Cody Osterman Edward Singleton Avery Wolff Rachel Benner Emery Anna Jacobs Maha Mamish Chris Perez Kevin Smearsoll Kristine Woolery Antonino Boornazian Vanessa Fahmy Ingolf Janerus Daniel Markiewicz Joaquin Perez Marissa Solomon Al Yener Melanie Brusseler Sherman Benjamin Kafoglis Rosaura Martinez- Brenna Rabinowitz Akari Stimler Roxanne Zech Patricia Bryan Nicole Ferris Miranda Katz Ruiz Dmitri Rabinowitz Aviva Teitelbaum Diana Buchanan Stephen Firrincieli J Kauffman Ethan Matlin Abigail Rappaport Michael Testa

ALL ABOUT THE COOP CALENDAR GENERAL MEETING New Member Orientations General Meeting Info Our Governing Structure From our inception in 1973 to the present, the open Attending an Orientation is the first step toward TUE, SEP 3 Coop membership. Pre-registration is required for monthly General Meetings have been at the center of all of the three weekly New Member Orientations. AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 7:30 p.m. the Coop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop To pre-register, visit foodcoop.com. Submissions will be considered for the September 24 incorporated in 1977, we have been legally required to Have questions about Orientation? Please General Meeting. visit www.foodcoop.com and look at the “Join have a Board of Directors. The Coop continued the tradi- tion of General Meetings by requiring the Board to have the Coop” page for answers to frequently asked TUE, SEPTEMBER 24 questions. GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m. open meetings and to receive the advice of the members The Coop on the Internet at General Meetings. The Board of Directors, which is www.foodcoop.com Gazette Deadlines required to act legally and responsibly, has approved LETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: almost every General Meeting decision at the end of The Coop on Cable TV Sep 12 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Sep 2 every General Meeting. Board members are elected at the Inside the Park Slope Food Coop Sep 26 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Sep 16 Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Coop’s bylaws are The fourth FRIDAY of the month at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Channels: 56 (Time-Warner), 69 available on foodcoop.com and at every General Meeting. (CableVision), 84 (RCN), 44 (Verizon), and live CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE: streaming on the Web: www.bricartsmedia.org/ Sep 12 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Sep 4 Next Meeting: Tuesday, community-media/bcat-tv-network. Sep 26 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Sep 18 September 24, 7:00 p.m. The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each Attend a GM Park Slope Food Coop month. Mission Statement Location and Receive Work Credit John Jay Educational Campus, 227 Seventh Ave., Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the General The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem- between Fourth and Fifth Sts. ber-owned and operated food store—an Meeting has been our decision-making body. At alternative to commercial profit-oriented the General Meeting (GM) members gather to business. As members, we contribute our How to Place an Item make decisions and set Coop policy. The General- labor: working together builds trust through cooperation and teamwork and enables us to on the Agenda Meeting-for-workslot-credit program was created keep prices as low as possible within the con- If you have something you’d like discussed at a to increase participation in the Coop’s decision- text of our values and principles. Only mem- General Meeting, please complete a submission form making process. bers may shop, and we share responsibilities for the Agenda Committee. Forms are available in and benefits equally. We strive to be a respon- the rack near the Coop Community Corner bulletin Following is an outline of the program. sible and ethical employer and neighbor. We board, on foodcoop.com, and at General Meetings. • Advance Sign-up required: are a buying agent for our members and not a selling agent for any industry. We are a part of Instructions and helpful information on how to sub- To be eligible for workslot credit, you must sign- and support the cooperative movement. mit an item appear on the submission form. The up at foodcoop.com. A computer dedicated to We offer a diversity of products with an Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesday of each sign-ups is located in the elevator lobby. You may emphasis on organic, minimally processed month to plan the agenda for the GM held on the last sign up for the meeting all month long, until 5 p.m. and healthful foods. We seek to avoid prod- Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, please ucts that depend on the exploitation of others. call Ann Herpel at the Coop. of the day of the meeting. We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. Some restrictions to this program do apply. We respect the environment. We strive to Meeting Format Please see below for details. reduce the impact of our lifestyles on the world we share with other species and future Warm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Submit Open Forum items • Two GM attendance credits per year: generations. We prefer to buy from local, • Explore meeting literature Each member may take advantage of the earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) Open Forum is a time for GM-for-workslot-credit program two times per to lead by example, educating ourselves and members to bring brief items to the General Meeting. others about health and nutrition, coopera- calendar year. tion and the environment. If an item is more than brief, it can be submitted to the Agenda Committee as an item for a future GM. • Attend the entire GM: We are committed to diversity and equal- ity. We oppose discrimination in any form. Reports (7:30 p.m.) • Financial Report • Coordinators’ In order to earn workslot credit you must be We strive to make the Coop welcoming and Report • Committee Reports present for the entire meeting. accessible to all and to respect the opinions, Agenda (8:00 p.m.) The agenda is posted on needs and concerns of every member. We • Signing in at the Meeting: seek to maximize participation at every level, foodcoop.com and may also appear elsewhere in this issue. After the meeting, the Workslot Credit from policy making to running the store. Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) • Meeting evaluation • Board of Attendance Sheets will be available to sign in. We welcome all who respect these values. Directors vote • Announcements, etc.

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Frozen River will be presented by the film’s composer Shahzad Ismaily who has recorded or performed with an incredibly diverse assemblage of musi- cians, including Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Jolie Holland, Work to upgrade the Laura Veirs, Bonnie Prince Billy, Faun Fables, Secret Chiefs 3, John Zorn, Elysian Fields, Shelley Hirsch, Niobe, Will Oldham, Nels Cline, Mike passenger elevator Doughty (of Soul Coughing), Graham Haynes, David Krakauer, Billy Martin has begun. The (of Medeski Martin and Wood), Carla Kihlstedt’s Two Foot Yard, the Tin Hat Trio, Raz Mesinai and Burnt Sugar. elevator will not To book a Film Night, contact Gabriel Rhodes, [email protected]. be available for use throughout August. Check foodcoop.com sep 7 Brilliant Pixels—Part 2 for updates. sat 11 am Take better and fewer photos on your iPhone. Now that you have learned how to declutter your family photo collection, we will eliminate the root problem of digital photo overwhelm: snapping too fast and creating a huge amount of photos, hoping that at least one of the hundreds taken will work out. Come and learn tips and tricks to use your iPhone mindfully and take your photos sep 3 to the next level. You’ll learn to: plan ahead what you want to capture; look at tue 7:30 pm Agenda Committee Meeting the world with the eye of a photographer; edit quickly on the go; and most of all, enjoy the moment! Isabelle Dervaux, Coop member, uses her artist’s eye The Committee reviews pending agenda items and cre- and sensibility to help busy New Yorkers tell their family stories; empowering ates the agenda for future General Meetings. Members them to organize, rediscover, and curate their photo collections so they can be may submit in person their agenda item between 7:30 passed on to the next generation. and 7:45 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 avail- Safe Food Committee Film Night: able from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. sep 10 The September General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 7 p.m., at tue 7 pm Steak (R)evolution John Jay Educational Campus, 227 Seventh Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. A global pursuit (with layovers in Japan, Argentina, Brazil, France, Spain, the U.S. and other countries) for the best steak in the world, Steak (R)evolution features exclusive conversations with chefs, farmers, butchers, sep 5 Food Class: Roll-Your-Own steakhouse owners, journalists and experts about the thu 7:30 pm many variables that affect the quality of our meat. Director Franck Ribiere Summer Rolls explains a variety of farming methods and offers a clear description of how This part-demo, part hands-on class will teach how to the humane treatment of animals positively impacts our meals. Steak (R)evo- be creative in making vegan summer rolls, the perfect, lution, a must-see for any steak enthusiast, unravels how small-scale opera- customizable snack/meal popular in sub-tropical tions have raised the bar of the industry and how meat producers have Southeast Asian countries. Among the variety of fillings implemented sustainable farming practices. to put into your rolls, we will learn to make a quick pickle and a versatile sauce See upcoming events, past reviews and a comprehensive list of films shown at for dipping. Barry Schwartz, minister of culture for Grown In Brooklyn, makers www.plowtoplatefilms.com which can now also be reached via a link on the Park of Barry’s Tempeh, will teach a class on Southeast Asian Cuisine. He has Slope Food Coop’s home page at www.foodcoop.com. served food at Smorgasburg for two years and has done numerous pop-ups around the city. He loves to mix food cultures and mostly cooks vegan. Menu includes: Vegan Summer Rolls with seasonal vegan fillings; Quick Red Onion Pickle; Almond Cilantro Pesto. ASL interpreter available upon request, please contact the Membership Office. sep 13 Wordsprouts Materials fee: $5. First come, first seated. To inquire about leading a Food Class, go fri 7 pm to bit.ly/CCCChef1. Authors to be announced. WORDSPROUTS Bookings: Sarah Schenck, [email protected]. Film Night: Celebrate Father’s Day and meet Brian Gresko, sep 6 the editor of the just-published anthology on fri 7 pm Frozen River fatherhood When I First Held You Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 sep 20 When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Brian’s Big Bad Brass Band Sundance Film Festival, Frozen River is the story of Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood. friFriday, 8 Oct pm19, 8:00 pm Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly exhilarating, terrifying, Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom who is life-changing occasions in a man’s life. In this incomparable collection of lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling thought-provoking essays, 22 of today’s masterful writers get straight to the heart of Brian’s Big Bad Brass Band is an modern fatherhood. From making that ultimate decision to having a kid to making it when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reser- through the birth, to tangling with a toddler mid-tantrum, and eventually letting a teen intergenerational Park Slope loose in the world, these fathers explore every facet of vation that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. fatherhood and show how being a father changed Friday, June 13 Community Brass Band com- the way they saw the world—and themselves. 7:00 p.m. at the Coop Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new Friday evening music at the Good Coffeehouse, brewing a new beatprised of brass, wind and percus- FREE Brian Gresko is the editor of the anthologyWool &When Grant I . Two veteran singer/songwriters with doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two a mutual passion forNon songs, members stories, Welcome harmonies andsion players of all levels and ages guitars. Bev Grant and Ina May Wool create a musi- First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writerscal alchemy Talk of fire and feistiness, wisdom and wit, rocking clear- Park Slope local singer and eyed political begin making runs across the frozen St. Lawrence River carrying illegal and guitaristfeaturesAbout Mamie the Triumphs, Minch soundsChallenges, and Transformative brass Experience of Fatherhood . musicHis worksongs along from around the world. From something like a well-fleshed- with a window out 78-rpm record. She’s known on to their around townhas appeared for her in Piedmont-Poets & Writers Magazine, Glimmer Train Stories, and The Brooklyn Railtravels—on, the style fingerpicking chops, her big road and around Chinese and Pakistani immigrants in the trunk of Ray’s Dodge Spirit. Brazildeep voice and her self-penned the Balkansthe heart. to Mexico and New Orleans, antique-soundingand online at songs.The Huffington She’s Post, Salon, TheAtlantic.com, The Los Angeles Review of played music all over the world and Brooklyn,Books, and with many all kindsother sites. of excellent people, including Dayna Kurtz, the Roulette Sisters, Jimbo Mathis and CW Stoneking. Refreshments will be served. www.ProspectConcerts.tumblr.com

53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8pm [doors open at 7:45] Performers are ParkAll Slope Wordsprout Food Coopparticipants members are Coop and members. receive Coop workslot credit. Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 For more information on these and other events,PARK SLOPE FOODBookings: COOPvisit 782 John Union Donohue, St., Brooklyn, [email protected] NY 11215 (btwnthe 6th & 7th Av.) • (718) 622-0560Coop’s website: foodcoop.com All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwiseViews expressed noted. by the presenters do not necessarilyNonmembers represent the Park Slope Food Coop. are welcome to attend workshops. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.

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expect high-energy, infectious grooves that will get you dancing, moving and singing. Featuring Brian Drye, tuba/trombone; Charlotte Greve, alto saxophone; oct 3 Food Class Lily White, trombone; Caroline Davis, alto saxophone; Jay Rodriguez, bari saxo- thu 7:30 pm phone; Scott Neumann, percussion; Caleb Curtis, saxophone; Liam Robinson, baritone horn; Matt Pavolka, trombone; Dan Blankinship, trumpet; Hugo Food Class to be announced. Moreno, trumpet. To inquire about leading a Food Class, Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect go to bit.ly/CCCChef1. C CH EE EE esPark hWest (at p 2nd St.), $10, doors open at 7:45. Prospect Concerts is a Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in parentheses are suggestions. monthlyMore information on each itemmusical may be available at the fundraising entrance table partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn at the meeting. We ask members to please read the materials avail- able between Society7:00 7:15 p.m. for Ethical Culture. Meeting Location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple) Bookings:274 Garfield Pl. at 8th Ave. Bev Grant, [email protected]. E oct 4 te nnl isiplin Coittee Eletion Film Night intes Election: The committee will present four members to be re- fri 7 pm elected.submitted by the Disciplinary Committee

te o o ietos Cnites esenttions Film to be announced. intes Discussion: “Presentationsep by candidates 24 for the Board of Directors followed by questions for the candidates” PSFC SEP General Meeting To book a Film Night, contact Gabriel Rhodes, te gen notion For information ontue how to place 7 an pm item on the Agenda, please see [email protected]. the center pages of the Linewaiters azette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the satatus of pending agenda items are available in the office and at all GMs. Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop office. Meeting location: John Jay Educational Campus, 227 Seventh Ave., between Food Drive to Benefit Fourth and Fifth Sts. oct 5-6 sat-sun 9 am–7 pm CHiPS Soup Kitchen CHiPS Soup Kitchen, located at Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street, is the recipient of much of our edible but unsaleable perishable food. They also sep 26 Learn About Cheese need donations of nonperishable foods. This food will go to CHiPS to help thu 7 pm them feed people in the neighborhood who are in need of a nutritious at the Coop meal. Consider contributing nonperishable foods and commercially pack- Cheese education at the Coop continues with another tasting session led by aged foods; canned fish; canned fruits and vegetables; pasta sauce; pasta; Coop member and American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional, pre-packaged rice; pre-packaged beans; canned beans; canned soups; Elena Santogade. This month’s class will feature a selection of unique cheeses Parmalat milk; dry milk; peanut butter; cooking oil; or boxed raisins. Give from around the world and fun pairings you can try at home! donations to the collection table outside the Coop.

sep 28 New Paradigm Multi- How to Have Great Sleep: sat 10 am oct 6 Dimensional Transformation sun 12 pm Herbal Remedies We will discuss the energy of Shamballa, build vortexes, do clearing medita- The National Sleep Foundation states that 58% of American adults expe- tion, and receive activations calling on the Ascended Masters and Archangels rience symptoms of insomnia a few nights a week or more. In NYC, the for their healing Love and Light. Join me for two hours to introduce New percentage is likely higher! Your biggest ally in immune and mental health, Paradigm MultiDimensional Transformation. Esme Carino is a New Paradigm sleep is the most important part of the day. Come learn what herbs can MDT facilitator, a published author and an ancient Coop member. help you fall asleep and stay asleep, as well as herbs that balance your nervous and endocrine systems. Because you deserve the sleep of your dreams! Complimentary herbal tea will be provided. Maria Christodoulou oct 1 is a Clinical Herbalist and graduate of ArborVitae School of Traditional Agenda Committee Meeting Herbalism. She combines Western Herbalism, Traditional Chinese tue 7:30 pm Medicine, and Ayurveda in her practice, and is currently researching herbal medicine in ancient Greece. She is also founder of Bliss Without Bother, a The Committee reviews pending agenda items and cre- wellness retreat planning service. ates the agenda for future General Meetings. Members may submit in person their agenda item between 7:30 and 7:45 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 avail- able from the Membership Office or at foodcoop.com. The October General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 7 p.m., at John Jay Educational Campus, 227 Seventh Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts.

still to come oct 8 Plow-to-Plate Film oct 16 Cheese Class

oct 11 Wordsprouts oct 18 Prospect Concert

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OUTAGE CAUSED ing power could possibly tics situation worsens. We all ipates in), that hopes to recy- Israel. But BDS supporters MISSED SHIFT change the amount of plas- contribute daily to the issue, cle plastic collected from the are no more anti-Semitic tics used in the packaging of and need to work together ocean. Jim told them if they than Vietnam antiwar pro- TO THE EDITOR: our products. to figure out a solution to a could use non-silicone plas- testers were un-patriotic I was scheduled to work So, let us look at our seemingly unsolvable prob- tic, he would be interested or traitors. The critique of the 6 p.m. shift at the Coop shelves and eyeball the prod- lem. I think that the best in investing in this. However, Israel’s policies towards the the night of the power out- ucts that through a change in things the Coop could do he is skeptical that the start- Palestinians is based upon age. As readers may or may packaging could reduce their are: 1) to transition to carry- up will succeed, due to the opposition to military inter- not know, the outage caused plastic impact and help us in ing more bulk items and 2) a nature of startups and the vention and colonialism, not the Coop to close Sunday our daily endeavor to thwart tare system where you could economy of plastic recycling. an attack on Jews as Jews. afternoon (July 21) and it climate change. bring your own container to I also suggested a con- Boycotting Israeli products remained closed through the The most noticeable over- shop with. tainer with a 30-day shelf life, is entirely consistent with our evening. I was fully prepared use of plastic is found in the As the vitamin and sup- in which you brought your previous boycotts of South to work my scheduled shift. aisle of vitamins and herbal plements buyer, I agree with product home and trans- Africa, Chile, and Coca Cola’s Imagine my surprise when supplements. A few compa- your sentiment, Gerry. It is ferred it to your own bottle subsidiary Odwalla. I went to shop the next week nies use glass such as Solgar, truly breaking my heart buy- with a re-usable label which There are reasons to boy- and found myself on work but the majority are using ing and selling so much plas- NOW could sell? He men- cott Israeli products that alert for the missed shift! plastic bottles when glass is tic for my job. So much so, tioned that NOW tried this extend far beyond Palestine: I feel strongly that we easily available. I can’t think that just last week I visited and only the most dedicat- Israel’s support for South should not have been sub- of any reason these items the NOW Foods brand fac- ed of people follow through, African apartheid; its arming ject to a make-up given the could not be in glass. tory in Illinois and sat down meaning their products end of paramilitary death squads last-minute nature of the Beauty products seem to with the company CEO, Jim up going bad. in Central and Latin America; shift cancellation. I was be dependent on plastic. Ebbe, to ask him about the So where does this leave its arms exports to the Serbi- ready to work and so were It’s true that shampoo and possibility of changing their us? Between a rock and a an army during the Bosnian my colleagues on the shift. I conditioner sit near or in the packaging. As we are now all dead plastic bottle out in genocide; and its military aid applaud the efforts of office shower/bath and in plastic becoming aware of, China is the environment where it to the Nicaraguan Contras. staff to notify people, but they don’t break. However, no long accepting the Unit- shouldn’t be. Between 1976 and 1983, even so, I’m sure that some what about everything else? ed States’ plastic (good for Thank you for your concern when Jews comprised just workers did not get the notifi- Deodorant, face creams them) so the market is way and please know I am con- 1% of the Argentine popula- cation and showed up for the and other beauty products, down for plastics recycling. cerned as well. In this letter, tion, Israel recognized and shift anyway. unless used in the bath And only 33% of glass is recy- I am speaking and represent aided Argentina’s military I understand that make- could all be put in recyclable cled in the U.S. Which made solely myself. Let’s continue junta, who made Jews their ups are required when the glass jars. me think…what if vitamins to put our attention on this. primary target. The junta Coop is closed for a holiday, One of the worst areas for were packaged in cardboard Jessa Fisher killed over 3,000 Jews, or but in that situation the fact plastic containers is found containers with an inner wax Receiving Coordinator, 12% of the total number of that the Coop will be closed in the yogurt cooler. Could bag to seal in the product? I Vitamin and Supplement Buyer victims. While engaging in is known well in advance by yogurt be put in a contain- envisioned a box, but it could token efforts to obtain pas- the respective squad mem- er such as the ones used in even be thicker and shaped sage for a small number of bers, and they can plan for soup or milk cartons? So like a bottle. Cardboard is GAZETTE POLICY Jews to Israel, Israel never a makeup. In the case of an much plastic used to package readily recycled and there is AND BDS severed diplomatic or trade emergency closing like the our instant yogurt—aren’t a larger market for post-con- relations with the junta. power outage, squad mem- there alternative packaging sumer paper products. DEAR GAZETTE: When the U.S. imposed an bers can’t plan in advance for available? I suggested this idea to I attended the May Gen- arms embargo in the late a makeup. All of our spices, packaged Mr. Ebbe who was receptive. eral Meeting and was dis- 1970s, Israel stepped in and I take my attendance and here in the Coop, are in small He seemed to share our con- mayed to listen to a Gazette sold warplanes, patrol boats the Coop’s work requirement plastic bags. I can’t think of cerns with plastic packaging, editor chasten the “small and missiles to the generals. very seriously and have not any reason this couldn’t be and his answer suggested he group of people” who advo- In 2018, the Grand- missed a squad in almost 18 changed to small cellophane had thought things through. cate for BDS as burdening the mothers of Plaza de Mayo years of membership. I would bags and so much better Of course, packaging is a Gazette staff due to our letters were nominated for the like to suggest a change in for the environment. When complex problem. Supple- allegedly being replete with Nobel Peace Prize, for their policy so that makeups are I bought cheese in France, ments require a strong bar- distortions, inaccuracies, 40-year struggle on behalf of not required in the event of they wrapped it in what I call rier to moisture, light, and exaggerations, and anti-Se- “los desaparecidos.” an emergency that,(1) forces “butcher paper.” Is this not a oxygen; the latter is, as its mitic content that required The Coop appears to have the Coop’s closure and (2) possibility for us to do here? name implies, a powerful extensive fact-checking. lost its moral compass. It does not allow for at least Just a few ideas as I don’t oxidizer. As he explained, If the anti-BDS support- has bowed to the pressure one day’s notice to the affect- pretend to be an expert. Per- glass is superior. However, as ers have evidence to support of conservative forces that ed squads. haps a committee could be I can attest to, glass is prone these allegations, let them stridently claim we’re “only Respectfully yours, appointed to ask our suppli- to breakage—in shipping, produce it. My own letters about food,” which hasn’t Kathy Evers ers to change their packag- and on the shelf. Also, glass have meticulously refer- been the case from Day One. ing. Your thoughts and ideas is heavy, meaning increased enced Amnesty Internation- Let’s not make neutrality a would be most welcome. transportation costs and al, B’Tselem, the Goldstone virtue in this time of moral PRODUCTS Sincerely, energy spent on fuel. Second, Commission, Human Rights crisis. Let’s resume the con- PACKAGED IN Gerry McCleave he mentioned metal, but Watch, and United Nations versation about food justice PLASTIC expressed health concerns critiques of Israel. Hurling and the Middle East and have about aluminum packag- these epithets at BDS sup- an electronic referendum on TO THE PARK SLOPE RESPONSE ing. The third best container porters serves to smear every whether our current food LINEWAITERS’ TO LETTERS is PET (Polyethylene tere- BDS proponent with the taint choices are consistent with GAZETTE: ON PLASTIC phthalate), which is what of anti-Semitism. It consti- our mission statement. I am sure a majority of POLLUTION NOW uses. It is “recycleable” tutes libel per quod, which Carol Lipton Coop members are serious- but not made from recycled is libel directed at a group ly concerned with not just Thank you to Gayle For- plastic, because of concerns whose members’ identities climate change but how man for the excellent article with silicone content in recy- may be readily ascertained. It PSFC UNION they can help in reducing on plastics reduction, and to cled plastic affecting the is clearly against Coop policy. ORGANIZING their individual impact on Damien, Lisa, Ann and Gerry integrity of the supplement. The conflation of Judaism UPDATE this environmental waiting for your responses. I am glad He mentioned a startup, itself with the State of Isra- to happen catastrophe. We this issue is receiving more a spin-off of the TerraCycle el has become a constant DEAR MEMBERS: in the Coop with our buy- attention as the global plas- program (which NOW partic- theme in discourse about The National Labor Rela-

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tions Board completed the When we value the individ- VACCINATION that vaccines were “unavoid- the line of carts at an angle. Unfair Labor Practice pro- ual experience of every staff GROUPTHINK ably unsafe” (Bruesewitz vs. Within seconds, a green bas- cess and found merit in member, we make the Coop Wyeth, 2011). ket flew by me from the back charges that the PSFC vio- a more democratic and effec- MEMBERS: Might this freedom from and landed on the pile of lated the federal labor laws tive organization, but we can- The Coop recently insti- liability have also compro- baskets, resting at an angle that protect workers’ rights not do our best work without tuted a vaccination policy for mised their commitment to on the top basket. The basket to organize. An outline of a contract. childcare. As announced in the utmost product safety? flew by about a foot from my the process is available here: We’re excited to be orga- the August 1st letter by Joe Such a profit-driven attitude body and was projected to fly https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/ nizing at a time when work- Holtz, “only sign your child would not be unprecedented horizontally about 2.5–3 feet nlrb-process. By choosing to ers at many other New York into childcare if you follow in the corporate world gener- above the floor (just below my sign a settlement with the institutions and food cooper- this: children should receive ally, and the pharmaceutical waist, since I am 5 feet tall). NLRB, General Coordina- atives are growing the labor the measles, mumps, and companies specifically, as, for I went up to the woman tors can still legally claim movement too (e.g. Brooklyn rubella (MMR) vaccine at example, when at the phar- who threw the basket and was that they “admit no wrong- Academy of Music, The Ten- age 12-15 months, and again maceutical company Merck walking quickly to a nearby doing” despite the findings ement Museum, GreenStar at 4-6 years,” following the deliberately designed stud- checkout station. I asked her and the remedial order to Food Coop.) recommendations of the ies to obscure initial cardio- if she knew she was throwing post an official notice stat- We are inspired by the sol- American Academy of Pedi- vascular warnings over what a projectile. She said sorry— ing they will not further vio- idarity of the thousands of atrics. The ostensible reason became its blockbuster osteo- no emotions on her face at all. late the law. people who have signed the is to protect children under arthritis drug Vioxx, resulting This is my fifth experience We hope this can be a PSFC member-led petition: 12 months, considered too in estimates of 140,000 heart of hit-and-run on the Coop learning opportunity for the Coop Values Are Union Val- young to receive these partic- attacks and 60,000 deaths. shopping floor, for which I have Coop. As we’ve grown, our ues. For members, you can ular vaccines. Vaccines have Laypersons don’t general- been on the receiving end. It’s systems have not kept up add your name in support been credited with controlling ly possess the wherewithal to taken me years to get it togeth- with our needs. Long-stand- here: www.coworker.org/p/PSFC- many infectious diseases past determine with scientific cer- er to be able to immediately ing inequities and lack of MemberPetition and present, but is that credit tainty the protective poten- confront the perpetrator. structure negatively affect We believe it is possible to deserved? And is the proce- tial of vaccines, and look to I have shared incident staff and all members. The find solutions that work for dure itself completely safe? “Science” for reassurance. details with Joe Holtz and the desire for stronger support everyone. For coworkers who Vaccination entered prime- But “Science” working under Gazette reporter. systems to help us make have concerns or questions, time concurrent with innova- industrial imperatives can be It is about certain mem- the Coop the best it can be we will continue to work tions in public health: indoor compromised, as we’ve seen bers’ sense of entitlement that prompted staff to organize in together to address them. running water, cold and hot, above. We can and should what they want at the moment the first place. Talk to us or email to meet up indoor flush toilets, chlori- deduce for ourselves and our trumps other members’ phys- The Coop means many with a coworker: psfc-union@ nation, food inspections, the children whether to comply ical presence and our collec- things to many members. For protonmail.com widespread availability of with the demands of prevail- tive safety and well-being. staff, it is also a workplace Eddie Rosenthal, Marc fresh fruits and vegetables, ing dogma before submitting Other Coop members would where we earn our liveli- Thompson, Ev Ruch, Kimberly refrigeration, and sanitation to these injections, and con- look on. After I screamed, some hoods and spend a large part Curran, Janet Farrell, Kusi measures like garbage collec- sider common sense lifestyle would ask if I was alright. No of our waking hours. In the Merello, Miriam Eusebio, Theresa tion and pollution controls. choices and our public health one would go after the hitter. U.S., the default low bar set- Gray, Dominique Esser, Jessica Consider what life would be milieu to maintain our health ting for employment means Gath, Lauryl Berger-Chun, Sara like without these measures, and treat life’s inevitable ills. Recommendations that workers must check Greenfield, and Eric Vazquez for instead replaced by outhous- And here at the Coop, we Resign the accident-prone democratic decision-making the PSFC Organizing Committee es, public wells or downstream could have left the onus for area behind the check-in rights at the door. The PSFC is www.psfcunion.org river water, spotty or absent protecting children under 12 workers, stacked high with unique, but its employment fresh foods for entire seasons, month to the parents them- shopping baskets, and change structure is unexceptional in uninspected meat, no refriger- selves, instead of making the traffic patterns. this respect. We can raise the COOP SAFETY ation, no showers, and spotty other parents pay the price Staff coordinators should bar for ourselves and others ISSUES baths at best. Which scenario for having chosen to exercise set good examples of safe through mutual aid. Too many shoppers leave presents the greater possibil- their freedom of thought and behavior on shopping floor. We are committed to form- their shopping baskets on ity for disease: the rustic and choice, and have decided not Staff coordinators should ing a union of Area Coordi- the floor and walk off to pick unsanitary conditions of the to play a kind of Russian Rou- be trained to intervene when nators within the Coop as an item or items from other past, but with all the vaccines lette with their children. member shoppers engage part of a broader vision of locations. we have today, or our modern David Barouh in UNsafe/accident-prone justice throughout the food Can announcements sanitary lifestyles, but with- behaviors. system and beyond. We want be made by shift leaders out vaccines? Squad leaders should be to move from at-will-employ- through the day as a remind- And vaccines themselves NEAR ACCIDENT trained to observe UNsafe/ ment where staff can be fired er to shoppers that this cre- have caused harm! Vaccines ON SHOPPING accident-prone behaviors. for any or no reason, to “just ates a hazard to all shoppers? contain a mix of chemical FLOOR Squad leaders should be cause” job security and basic I nearly had an accident adjuvants, preservatives, and required to include safety due process; from a hand- when a shopper left a full stabilizers that are injected MEMBERS, incidents in shift reports. book controlled by GCs, to a basket at the head of an directly into, and circulate My experiences were the Discussions in the Gazette collective bargaining agree- aisle opposite the meats among, the body’s vulnerable impetus for the article, “Safe- and General Meetings about ment with enforceable poli- and chicken. internal tissues and organs, ty at the Food Coop: Taking RESPECT and an organiza- cies that all staff have a voice I have seen this several bypassing its primary defens- Care, Making Change,” in the tional and cultural environ- in creating and approving. times and I have used the es of skin and digestion. 8/1 Gazette issue. I write to ment for safety. By forming an independent loud-speaker requesting The federal government has shed light on a very real par- Empowering member organization, resourced and shopper who left basket on assumed most liability for allel picture of safety at the interventions to stop inci- governed by Area Coordi- floor to pick it up. vaccine-caused harm via the Coop, that is not covered in dent perpetrators and stand nators, we can add needed Thank you, National Vaccine Childhood the article. On a relaxed Tues- for Safe Shopping for All. support for our work that the Gloria Tepper Injury Act of 1986, and the day (8/13) mid-afternoon, I Screaming in pain is not Coop cannot currently offer National Vaccine Compensa- was getting ready to pick up enough! Post-incident reporting (e.g. the ability to file griev- tion Program. A steep rise in a shopping cart. I was stand- is not enough! Members can be ances against unfair treat- the number of vaccines man- ing about equal distance from educated to take care of our- ment and establish clear ufactured by pharmaceuti- the green baskets, shopping selves. At a minimum, we can processes for addressing cal Companies predictably carts and a nearby checkout call out over the Intercom—with conflict; holistic safety train- followed. And the Supreme station. Suddenly, a small or without support from Staff ing to make the Coop more Court, in defending this shopping cart slid across the Coordinators or Squad Leaders. accessible and inclusive.) freedom from liability ruled floor in front of me and hit Marion Yuen

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SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT

Plow-to-Plate Movie Series Presents: Steak (R)evolution he converses with Toron- to writer Mark Schatzker, By Adam Rabiner, strong point. It’s come a protein the enemy of ten- at the restaurant 30 years author of Steak: One Man’s Safe Food Committee long way since the 1950s derness. Boiled, collagen ago as the best meat he had Search for the World’s Tastiest he title of the movie when beef was mostly turns into jelly. But grilled, ever had. Peter Luger, stay- Piece of Beef and dines with TSteak (R)evolution sug- boiled due to its tough- it’s problematically tough. ing true to its flavor profile, the owners of Montreal’s gests that it’s either a doc- ness. But France still lags Turning from France, doesn’t use grass-fed beef, Joe Beef. Further culinary umentary on rotisserie beef behind other nations in Ribiere lands in Brooklyn which has a totally differ- adventures take him to the or futuristic action movie the kind of fatty, marbled and drops in at The Meat ent taste from what their highlands of Scotland where about carnivores battling cuts that sizzle on a grill. Hook and Fleishers Craft customers expect—more the Aberdeen Angus breed back against the vegetarian As we learn, fat is critical Butchery, which specializ- robust and beefier than originated 140 years ago; ruling class. to a great steak, a point es in meat that is ecologi- milder grain-finished beef. England, to learn about But you can’t read too elaborated by chefs copi- cal, purchased from small But Peter Luger aficionados the Hereford breed; Swe- much into the title. French ously drizzling oil or slath- local farms, fully pastured den to interview Anders director Franck Ribiere is ering butter. and grass fed, and is raised Larson, founder of iWagyu; not overly concerned with The problem with France’s without antibiotics or hor- and a Japanese farm dating an overarching theme as he cows is that until the mid mones. Here a pound of from the Meiji era where travels the world’s destina- 20th century they were just New York Strip might set pampered Black Cattle are tions interviewing chefs, too scrawny. Flab is what you back $24.99. The meat played Mozart, sprayed with butchers, and cattle breed- gives steak its flavor and is ungraded because it’s not sake and massaged with ers in pursuit of a perfect, tenderness, terrifying to the well-suited to the U.S.D.A. straw to facilitate blood cir- world-class steak. There’s French who have a phobia system designed for west- culation and the marbling of little discussion of differ- about it and don’t under- ern feedlots producing Tajima Kobe beef. ences in taste, environmen- stand that most blubber thousands of heads a day. Ribiere voyages to an tal, and social impact. melts away while cooking. Employee Bill Cavanaugh organic farm in Florence, Rather, Ribiere’s globe- Age is also a factor. Ribi- predicts that we’ll eat less Italy where its owners raise trotting boils down to a ere observes that “in France meat in the future, but it Chianina cattle, and Corsica travelogue ranging from we eat old cows” compared will be better and cost more. where an entire island com- plow-to-plate. The educa- with nations like the United On the opposite end of munity gathers en masse tional parts of the film are States. (Note, however, that the spectrum, Ribiere also once a year for a traditional limited to such things as some of the best steak in stops at the world-famous rotisserie picnic. He pauses the distinction between the world comes from Span- Peter Luger Steak House. in Galicia, Spain to sample pasture-raised cattle and ish cows who can be slaugh- Brazilian chef Marcos Bassi, a seven-year-old steak from conventional grain-fed, in tered as late as the ripe old who died in 2013 shortly a Rubia Gallega breed, the concentrated animal feed- age of fourteen.) after filming, discovered best in the world. Butchers ing operations (CAFOs), France also has a prob- superior grade prime beef may also be surprised to must cut each muscle in subject to such things lem with breeds. Its ani- at Peter Luger. Prime beef find that now even 100 per- a specific way. He finds it as growth hormones and mals are heavy, muscular, is known for amazing ten- cent grass-fed beef can be better than Wagyu. Then he antibiotics. lean, and athletic, qualities derness, juiciness, flavor, spectacularly well-marbled. circles back to France to dis- One of the first stops on not well adapted to the grill. fine texture, and the high- Elsewhere on his jour- cuss efforts to improve upon the tour is France, a coun- Breeds like the Maine Anjou est degree of fat marbling. ney, In Argentina, the aver- the local breeds of Baza- try known for food. But mature late and produce Bassi reverentially remem- age person eats 60 kilos of daise in Sauternes (better steak is not the country’s lots of collagen, a structural bers a porterhouse he ate red meat per year compared known for its wine), Aubrac, with 18 in Europe and 25 to and the Blonde d’Aquitaine, 30 in the U.S. Ribiere dis- a breed with no fat and no covered that ribs are more taste. Ribiere (did the film popular than rib-eyes and crew rib him with the mon- that you should use cook- iker “Ribeye?”) has done ing salt because regular the exact opposite of what table salt does not pen- author Paul Greenberg did etrate meat. Fifteen min- in the previous Plow-to- utes into Steak (R)evolution Plate film screening of Fish Ribiere is in Brazil where on My Plate. While Greenberg locals love meat but not attempted to lower his cho- too fatty. A favorite cook- lesterol by eating nothing ing method is brining in but fish for a year, Ribiere salt water—but not overly seems hell-bent on sending long—putting beef on metal his through the roof. n sticks and grilling on a spit over coals. A local cattle See upcoming events, past reviews breed is Nelore, not high and a comprehensive list of films quality, but well-suited to shown at www.plowtoplatefilms.com Brazil’s climate. Experi- which can now also be reached via a ments cross-breeding with link on the Park Slope Food Coop’s European Angus or Sim- home page at www.foodcoop.com. mental to improve quality have not been successful Steak R(evolution) will be pre- due to lowered resistance to sented on Tuesday, September 10, Lyme disease, heat, worms, 7 p.m. at the Park Slope Food Coop, and other conditions. Both 782 Union St., 2nd floor. Free and Argentina and Brazil are open to the public. Refreshments will increasingly adopting the be served. intensive feedlot systems found in the United States and Europe. From the Southern Hemi- sphere Ribiere decamps to the Great White North where

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Includes all utilities + internet/ HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS. cable. No smoking. No pets. Rent Color, low lights, highlights, hot oil Community calendar listings are free. Please submit your event listing in 50 words or less to $1,900, security $1,900. References treatments in the convenience of your [email protected]. Submission deadlines are the same as for classified ads. req. Near 2/5/Q/B subways. Con- home or mine. Kids $20+up. Adults Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the center of this issue. tact: 917-589-3948 or 718-619-9020 $35+up. I also specialize in autis- or [email protected]. tic and special needs children and SUN, SEP 8 SAT, SEP 21 adults. Call Leonora, 718-857-2215. Corn Symposium, Sept. 8 and 9. Presentations, conver- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Brooklyn Public School Gar- MADISON AVENUE HAIRCUTTER sations, demonstrations, tastings and cooking classes. dens Crawl in School District 15 (where is right around the corner from the Primary focus is on corn as food with art, culture and Coop is geographically located). Free tours Food Coop, so if you would like a politics coming into discussions. First day at The New and activities at participating school gar- really good haircut at a decent price, School‚ Tishman Auditorium. Second day at locations dens. Details at nycgardentrain.org and please call Maggie at 718-783-2154. around the city. Ticketed separately. topic48.com. facebook.com/gardentrainD15. I charge $60. I work from Wednes- days thru Sundays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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N EXCITING WORKSLOT OPPORTUNITIES N THANK YOU! Thank you to the following members for referring friends Dairy Inventory Bathroom Cleaning who joined the Coop in the last four weeks. Monday, 6–8:45 a.m. Monday, Thursday, Friday, 12–2 p.m. This is the perfect job for someone who Isatta A. Terri Kohler This job involves cleaning the Coop’s prefers to work alone and on a single Zayne Abdessalam Herve Lafond 6 bathrooms: 2 on the shopping floor, project for the majority of your shift. Aki Susan Lapidus one in the basement, and 3 on the sec- Necessary skills: good handwriting, abil- Turkessa Alexander Madeline Lasky ond floor. Using a checklist of tasks, the ity to count by 6, 12 and 24, reliability Jose Alzorriz Eliana Lauter squad of two members will coordinate and very good attention to detail. Under Sam Anderson Beth Lawrence the work by dividing up various cleaning the supervision of the Coop’s dairy buy- Dan Arlein Amos LeBlanc ers, you will take an accurate inventory tasks that include, but are not limited to, scrubbing floor tile, cleaning toilets Leah Asher Deena Lefkowitz of unsold product in the walk-in coolers Dan Becker Margie Lembert on shopping floor and in the basement and sinks, mopping floors, and re-sup- plying the bathrooms. The Coop only Maya Bennardo Natalie Levy (we provide appropriate warm outer- Jesse Blachman Thomas Lewin wear). Please ask for Eddie upon arrival. uses all natural products for its main- tenance tasks. This job is perfect for Barbara Blechman Jesse Liebman members who like to clean and will be Jennifer Bombardier Shaun Lin Receiving Produce Isa Brito Flo Lunn Monday–Friday, 5–7:30 a.m. conscientious about doing a thorough Yandra Cano David Mantell Start your day early with a workout and a job. Please report to the Membership Office on your first shift. Amy Caramore Carmen McLeod sense of accomplishment! Work side-by- Louisa Carroll Temmi Merlis side with our paid staff receiving daily Sally Caruso Weston Minissali fresh produce deliveries. If you are will- Environmental Issues Sean Clapis Erika Niwa ing to get your hands a little dirty, lift Committee - Terracycle Alex Cuervo Melanie O. and stack boxes, and work in our base- Tim D. Tanya Olszewski ment coolers, then you’ll fit right in. We - Plastic Recycling Wednesday, 3:30–6:30 p.m. Emily Decola Tiffany Pai promise your energy will be put to good Three hours per shift, one shift per Joe Dolce Noel Paul use. Boxes usually weigh between 2–30 month, shift meets on the second Jessica Doyle Mireya Perez lbs., but can weigh up to 50 lbs. Wednesday of the month. Must be pre- Nancy Doyle Faran Peterson pared to work outdoors in front of the Eve Duboys Adam Rabiner Maintenance Coop, winter months included. Tasks Sunday, 9–11p.m. Heather Elgin Alicia Jo Rabins include: setting up the Terracycle table Grace Ezzell Raj Rao This shift includes a variety of cleaning and bringing supplies down to your Jennifer Friede Jan Rigsby tasks that focus on deep cleaning the work area; staffing the Terracycle table Cecilia Galarraga Leah Rinaldi refrigerated cases. The work includes throughout the shift; helping to educate Thomas Gallagher Jake Rothenberg removing products from particular cases, recyclers about the Terracycle program; Lydia M. Gaston James S. scrubbing, hosing down shelves, and making sure only acceptable recycla- Orit Gat Jared Schiffman restocking the cases. Other tasks may bles are donated; packing the Terracycle Michael Gelman Madeline Scholl include cleaning, sweeping, mopping shipping box/boxes and taking them to Michael Gold Marisa Soghoian areas of the shopping floor and base- the UPS store. More details provided Andrew Granowitz Emma Steinbergs ment. Gloves and cleaning supplies are once you sign-up. This squad commu- Lisa Guido Gabriella Stern provided. Because the shift is only two nicates via e-mail so please make sure hours arriving on time is essential. Pilar Guzman Eugenia Tempesta the Membership Office has your correct Tiffanie Harris Sophie Theis Office Set-Up e-mail address on file. Janine Hodgkins Hannah Van Winkle Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Weishin Huang Dawn Webb Thursday, 5:45–8:15 a.m. Soren Hughes Jenna Weiss Need an early riser with lots of energy Gittel Jacobs Christine Wertheimer to do a variety of physical tasks, includ- Michael Jacobson Brooke Winter- ing setting up tables and chairs, buying Jules DiGirolamo food and supplies, labeling and put- Anika Kabani Yael ting away food and supplies, recycling, Eugene Kim Yuko washing dishes and making coffee, John Landis Kauffman Michael Zelenko drying, folding and distributing laun- dry. 6-month commitment is required. Please speak to Mary Gerety or Jana Cunningham in the Membership Office for more information. Office Post-Orientation Wednesday, 11:15 a.m.–2 p.m. Work with a small, dedicated team to facilitate new members joining the Coop after orientation. Attention to detail a plus. Must have excellent atten- dance and Membership Office experi- ence. Contact Jana Cunningham in the Membership Office at 718-622-0560 to sign up for this shift.

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