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But recently your home life feels like therelationship budget has undergone a bit of abust. Communication has devolved into terseanswers or lengthy silences. Planning a Coopshop is analogous to Cold War détente. Bicker-ing has supplanted meal preparation. You loveyour better half, but you just don’t like whereyou two are headed.

What if you could tap the advice of two sagefinancial writers who labor in the trenches ofwork (filing financial copy under deadline),married life and child rearing, and who offer aloving, rational approach to domestic problemsolving? Perhaps the path back to what youhad in mind when you and your love became acouple lies in taking a whole new view of theterm “economics.”

Szuchman and Anderson characterize a marriage as “for all intents and purposes…

a business”

Back to BusinessIn their book Spousonomics, coauthors Paula

Szuchman—a Coop member—and JennyAnderson characterize a marriage as “for allintents and purposes … a business, a busi-ness that flourishes in boom times but atother times feels like running a marathon …. Itfeels like work.” It is this very description ofmarriage that provides a great starting point tore-chart a course for a relationship in need ofrighting. It allows you a fresh frame of refer-ence, a way to step back from all the emotionalagita and trauma for a moment and look at the

relationship as something you and your part-ner, as co-owners of this romantic business,want to see succeed.

Perhaps you and your mate vowed you’dsplit meal prep and clean-up 50-50. Shoppingat the Coop, cooking delicious food and clean-ing up would be divided strictly down the mid-dle, and you’d take turns doing each task. Onthe fridge hangs a chart tracking who needs todo what. Recently, you look forward to consult-ing that chart just about as much as you’d lookforward to a root canal—each chore seemsmore and more insurmountable.

Next General Meeting on March 29The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on thelast Tuesday of each month.* The next General Meeting will beon Tuesday, March 29, at 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation BethElohim Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place.

The agenda is in this Gazette and available as a flyer in theentryway of the Coop. For more information about the GM andabout Coop governance, please see the center of this issue.

* Exceptions for November and December will be posted.

IN THIS ISSUEDegrees in Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Board of Directors Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Disaster Preparedness, Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Fun Committee Report, 5th Kids’ Variety Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Turn “Spoils” into Soil at Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket . . . . 7Coop Hours, Coffeehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement. 9Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Community Calendar, NOFA NY 2011: Diggin’ Diversity. . . . . 14Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Workslot Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Marital Happiness Curve Sagging?Check Out Spousonomics andBoost Your Romantic Bottom LineBy Diane Aronson

Basically, you think of yourself as very much a dues-paying, Coopcard-carrying member of Homo Economicus: a rational human, able

to make the right decisions about life at the optimum moment. You andyour significant other have joined the Food Coop to enjoy good food andhelp maximize your dollars and cents.

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Ain’t NoMountainHigh EnoughBy Jill Dearman

Iremember breaking into acold sweat when I first heardthat the beloved B71 bus line

was going to be discontinuedlast June. How could I possiblydrag my groceries back to myapartment (a 15-minute walkaway) on a rainy day? It seemedincomprehensible.

So imagine my shock andawe when I learned that hid-den in the roster of Coopmembers are those rare indi-viduals who are so dedicatedto the fab food and communi-ty commitment that they arewilling to travel from otherstates to shop here!

Philadelphia FreedomAlison Rosa Clark has been

a member since Michael Jack-son’s “Beat It” and Prince’s“Little Red Corvette” weretopping the charts. Wind yourclock back to late spring,1983! She joined while shewas living in Park Slope. Butas the years passed her zipcode changed, first to Hud-

son, New York and morerecently to Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. One thing hasremained constant for Clarkthroughout the moves: herCoop membership.

When asked what was thedraw of the Coop, Clarkexplained, “I’ve been a coop-erator in my heart of heartsfor a long time. When I livedin Seattle before I moved toNew York I was a member ofFuture Consumers Coop. So Ihave a deep appreciation ofthe cooperative paradigm.”

Her passion for the Coop,though, is clearly about one

CoopEventHighlights

Fri, Apr 1 • Film Night 7:30 p.m.

Thu, Apr 7 • Food Class: Textures & Tastes of Thailand 7:30 p.m.

Fri, Apr 8 • Blood Drive 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Sat, Apr 9 • Blood Drive 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Sun, Apr 10 • Wordsprouts Reading at Union Hall5:00–6:30 p.m.

Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue.

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How about looking at mealchores from a different prob-lem-solving perspective?What if you’re better at clean-ing than shopping, and yourmate is more adept at navi-gating the Coop on a crowd-ed Sunday than scrapingplates? If you were a business,you’d each find your strongerability and specialize, andfocus on those services.Szuchman and Andersonwould counsel both of you tofollow, as an economistwould advise, your compara-

tive advantages within therelationship and divvy upchores according to eachpartner’s strength.

When contemplating a strategy change, don’tmake a hasty decision.

That Old Division Of Labor

You and your mate haveimplemented splitting upmeal shopping, prep andclean-up according to yourrelative talents, and all isgoing pretty well in that quar-

ter. You also like to planmeals together. Lately,though, you’ve gone divergentways about some choices.Party A wants to stick withstrictly organic, while Party Bis more concerned about buy-ing local. Debates have erupt-ed; neither side wants to giveground. Suddenly, it seemsmore than just a disagree-ment over organic versuslocal. Neither Party A norParty B wants to be peggedthe loser, or, as Spousonomicsdetails it, “When loss aversionkicks in, you’re liable to stayup all night arguing becauseyou don’t want to lose a fight.”

The solution? AccordingSzuchman and Anderson, dowhat the president of a majorfinancial fund does when con-templating a strategy change.Don’t make a hasty decision.When you’re inclined tobecome angry at your mate,try sleeping on the problembefore you engage. Maybe inthe calm of a new day, Party Aand Party B can work out acompromise; each picks thetop three fruits and veggiesthat he or she really wants tosee land in the shopping bas-ket. Party A can opt for organ-ic, Party B for local, and thenboth should have many of

their produce choices covered.In Spousonomics, Paula

Szuchman and Jenny Ander-son have written a wonderfulblend of theories from theeconomic greats, DavidRicardo (responsible for theidea of comparative advan-tage) among them, andresearch from their own cou-ples’ survey and othersources. The result is aneminently readable, enlight-ening and entertaining guideto the investment you hopewill pay steady dividendsover a very long future—yourmarriage or committedequivalent. ■

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Q: How did you come up with the book’s primary theme:Economic theory can be used to explain and to help improvecouples’ relationships? What was the a-ha moment whenyou felt the topic merited a book?

A: It was actually my husband who gave me theidea—though that wasn’t his intention. During arough patch in our marriage, he drew a graphtracking our marital mood over the course ofabout two weeks. We were trying to get a handleon what was going on. Looking at the highs andlows was actually pretty illuminating, and it gotme thinking whether there might be a more effi-cient—even mathematical—way to approachproblems in a marriage than the stuff you comeacross in most self-help books.

It also happened to be around the time the U.S.economy was about to implode, in mid-2008, andas a financial journalist, I was mired in economics,so I kept seeing all these cool parallels with mar-riage—things like incentives, loss aversion, moralhazard.

The a-ha moment was when I called Gary Beck-er, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and one ofthe first in his field to study the economics of mar-riage, to ask him what he thought of my idea. Hesaid it was great.

Q: Did you find the book idea a hard sell during one ofthe worst economic downturns of recent times? Who thoughtof the title?

A: It was the opposite—because economicswas all over the news, it was easy to relate to. Andof course, with the title (suggested by my boss atthe time at the Wall Street Journal) reminiscent ofFreakonomics, people also got it immediately.

Q: What was the hardest chapter to write? How was it towork with a coauthor, and do all of this with young childrenin the household?

A: The hardest chapter was probably the lastchapter, on game theory. It’s basically the study ofstrategy, but it’s still hard for a noneconomist like meto wrap her head around. Once I did, I had to writeabout it in a way that other noneconomists wouldfind interesting and easy to follow. That was tough.

Working with Jenny was mostly fantastic. Shequickly became my wife, which meant we were verydependent on each other, had great times togetherand also butted heads quite a bit. We’re very similarin our drive and curiosity about the world, but we’realso very different, which was great for the book

because we were able to bring different experiencesand approaches to it. Between the two of us, wehad three kids during the writing of the book—alsonot an easy feat, and something that further addedto the stresses on our marriages.

But that’s how it goes. You do what you gottado and you get it done. Kind of like showing up foryour shift at the Coop.

Q: If you were going to write a revised edition or a secondvolume, what would you rewrite or add?

A: Good question. I’m not sure I would do any-thing differently. We had a great editor at RandomHouse, Andy Ward, and I wouldn’t want to workwith anyone else. The only thing I wish is that Icould have taken time off from my job at the Jour-nal. But I wasn’t granted a leave and I couldn’t quit,so that meant that I woke up every morning at 5:30a.m., worked on the book until about 9 a.m.(assuming I didn’t have a Coop shift) and thenrushed off to the office. Came home, worked moreon the book and worked on weekends.

Now that put a lot of pressure on my marriage.But we made it through, thanks in part to a sup-portive husband who picked up the slack of Coopshopping and kept me fed with organic vegetablesand grass-fed beef.

Q: How did you find people to interview? Was it hard toget them to talk?

A: You’d be surprised how freely people will talkabout their marriages to a complete stranger.Jenny and I are reporters, so we tackled the bookthe same way we would tackle any story—wepounded the pavement to find people of all agesand backgrounds who would open up to us indi-vidually, and we also conducted discussion groupsaround the country. We’d meet with a group ofpeople in someone’s living room, ply them withwine and pizza and ask them about their sex lives,what they argue about, what works in their mar-riage and what they wish would work better.

Q: How long has your household been part of the PSFC?What made you join?

A: We joined shortly after we moved in togetheron President Street in Park Slope (we now live inSunset Park) in mid-2006. We were so excited tojoin. I think I’ve never looked happier than I do onmy Coop ID card.

Q: What work task do you do in the Coop?

A: I just joined the office staff on Wednesdaymornings. I’ve spend most of my time at theCoop trying to find a shift that I don’t mind work-ing. My dirty secret, which I guess won’t be asecret if you publish this answer, is that I don’treally enjoy working at the Coop. Not at all. Ihave friends who love working their shifts, andI’ve just never been able to relate. After doingreceiving, then shopping, then independentoffice, then FTOP, I’m now hoping I finally landeda shift that I can handle. My first time was actual-ly pretty pleasant. I answered the phone, didsome data entry, drank my coffee, and before Iknew it, the shift was over.

Q: As a financial writer, what do you think of the econom-ics of the Coop—of member labor hours to hold down costs?When members ask why the work commitment can’t bereduced, other members and Coop staff often point to the factthat a certain membership number requires a certain numberof Coop member labor hours, to keep the markup from rising.As a financial writer, what do you think of this explanation?

A: I think it’s a great concept, but I don’t knowenough about the inner workings of the Coop’sfinances to give you an answer. I only know twothings: the prices and offerings at the Coop areunparalleled, and so are the checkout lines.

Q: What economics-theory-based advice would you givea household where one adult is willing to work at the Coopwhile the other adult isn’t? What compromise could bereached, and what might be the economic-theory-basedmeans for reaching the compromise?

A: Hey, if one of you is willing to do all the workand all the shopping, God bless. I assume the per-son who doesn’t handle Coop stuff picks up theslack in other ways. Each person specializes inwhat they do best.

Q: Any other thoughts or musings you’d like to shareabout the Coop?

A: Yes. One more thing. I have a real objectionto the set-up of childcare. From an economic per-spective, letting people take their own kids tochildcare while they’re working childcare is a per-verse incentive. Meaning: They have less of anincentive to make sure the other kids are safebecause they are naturally going to be morefocused on their own kids.

Spousonomics Coauthor Paula Szuchman on Writing a Book, Becoming a Mother and Being a Coop Member

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Sustainability has been abuzzword for more than a

decade—and now studentscan actually design a degreethat defines what it means tothem. “Sustainability meansso many different things todifferent people,” says BethKneller, the Deputy Directorof The City University of NewYork’s (CUNY) Baccalaureatefor Unique and Interdiscipli-nary Studies Program, whichoffers bachelor’s degrees insustainability. “CUNY hasoffered students the ability todesign their own interdisci-plinary majors since 1971,but it was not until the latenineties that students startedasking to focus on issues ofsustainability—so we decid-ed to concentrate our effortson those students.” Sincethat moment, 25 studentshave graduated with BAs inthe field and more than 400students have enrolled in anarea that Kneller defines asliving “at the crossroads ofecology, economics, socialscience and internationalrelations.” But, she adds, sus-tainability could really beapplied to most any field—journalism, science, biolo-gy—which is why CUNY is theperfect place to offer such aprogram.

An InterboroughInterdisciplinary Program

The nation’s leading urbanpublic university oversees 23colleges and institutions inall five boroughs—includingBaruch, Hunter, City College,Medgar Evers, John Jay Col-lege of Criminal Justice andThe College of StatenIsland—which together servemore than 480,000 students,according to its website(www.cuny.edu). In order toapply for a degree in Sustain-able ____(fill in the blank:food, tourism, biology, etc.),students first must matricu-late into any one of theundergraduate programs,and then must apply to theinterdisciplinary program. Todo so, they need at least 15college credits, a proposal fortheir own self-designed inter-disciplinary major, a CUNYprofessor as their “mentor”and a self-designed curricu-lum created from the hun-dreds of courses from amongall of the CUNY schools.“We’re looking for studentswho are mature, who canwork independently,” Knellersays. “No student can beundecided when they applyto this program—not only

about what they want to dobut about what courses theywant to take.”

This is an area “at the crossroads of ecology,

economics, social science and international relations.”

So far, 25 students havegraduated with degrees insustainability and are eitherworking directly in a relatedfield or are continuing inrelated graduate programs.Elise Gornish, for instance,did her degree in Conserva-tion Biology based on a cur-riculum she designed thatwas focused on sustainingand conserving coastlines.She has since graduated andis now a Ph.D student at theUniversity of Florida, contin-uing with her coastal restora-tion course. Another CUNYgrad, Pricila Maldonado, didher degree in SustainableTourism and has sincereturned to her nativeEcuador to work withAguarongo, an environmen-tal management programthat is focused on protectingthe Andes by promotingtourism in a safe, respectfulway. “Our graduates all seemto find jobs working in theirarea of interest and exper-tise,” Kneller says. “One stu-dent did her degree on thesociology of volunteering—and wound up getting a jobas the head of volunteers forNew York Cares, which is herdream job.”

Study at CUNY, See the World

But most CUNY studentsinterested in sustainability,Kneller says, have been gravi-tating towards food. TakeDiane Kolack, who is currentlyworking on her BA in Sustain-able Food Studies. Kolackwas working as a paralegalwhen she decided to finishher bachelor’s degree. “I wasalready doing a lot of volun-teering and organizingaround food in my life andwanted to turn it into acareer,” she explains. “I wasthinking about going to NYUfor their food studies pro-gram. But that would alsomean student loans morethan my mortgage. So Ithought I could replicate theSustainable Food program atCUNY prices.” Kolack notonly helped start a CSA in 2006 in Sunnyside, where she lives, she is also currentlyworking on opening a

coop in Long Island City. (see www.queensharvest-coop.com.) When Kolack firststarted the program, shethought about sustainabilityin environmental terms. Now,as a result of her studies, shethinks about it in terms ofaffordability and accessibilityas well. “Someone living in ahousing project in Queens ispaying four times as much asyou are at the Park Slope FoodCoop,” she ex-plains. “That’snot sustainable.”

“We’re at present the onlyplace in New York, and

possibly the only place on theEast Coast, where one can

earn such a degree.”

Kolack chose ProfessorJonathan Deutsch, who spe-cializes in Tourism and Hos-pitality at KingsboroughCommunity College, as hermentor and designed a cur-riculum that included a classat Baruch College calledGreening and Growing Cities:Sustainability and Public Pol-icy Choices, several coursesat Brooklyn College on Culi-nary Arts and an Environ-mental Ethics class focusingon eating, agriculture andbiotechnology offered atHunter. She received creditfor an internship at the FoodNetwork as well as for a six-week cooking class she tookin Italy this past summer.“That may be one of thecoolest things about this pro-gram,” she explains. “You canget credit for travel as long asit makes sense for yourmajor.” Travels aside, Kolackcites social responsibility asthe real driving force behindher pursuing this particulardegree. This is true for all ofthe students in this program,Kneller says.

Clint Porter was one of the

first CUNY students to gradu-ate with a Sustainable Degreein Energy Resources and Pol-icy. “He got a job offer work-ing with photovoltaic panelsfor a company in Californiabefore he even graduated,”Kneller says. Noah Ginsberg,another graduate from theprogram, is now the ombuds-man for CUNY for Sustain-ability and recently prepareda presentation on the NYCSolar America Cities Initia-tive, which is a partnershipamong CUNY, the NYC May-or’s Office of Long-Term Plan-

ning and Sustainability, andthe NYC Economic Develop-ment Corporation. Kneller,who has been at CUNY for thelast 16 years, is particularlyproud of the University’s con-tributions to this field. “We’reat present the only place inNew York, and possibly theonly place on the East Coast,where one can earn such adegree,” she says. “There aregraduate programs nation-wide, but we’re starting earli-er than that.” And it is a goodthing—especially since ourfuture depends on it. ■

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Degrees in SustainabilityBy Liz Welch

In honor of Earth Day, the Northeast Organic Farming

Association of New York (NOFA-NY)will be hosting a membership drive

outside the Food Coop on Sunday, April 10,

from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

By joining NOFA, you help to create a larger voice for the organic

movement, so that we as a body canmake the most impact in creating ahealthy New York State food system.

During the Park Slope membershipdrive, NOFA is offering a $10 annual

membership (75% discount!).Park Slope Food Coop is an

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thing above all else: thepeople.

“I’ve been a member longenough to experience theCoop as a member of myfamily. There are people Ihave known since I joined. It’sa big deal for me to make thetrip. It’s not easy. Some peo-ple would say it’s not cost-effective at all because I haveto make such a big trip to getto Brooklyn.”

My Baby Takes theMorning Train

Clark has been living inPhiladelphia for five yearsand her commute runsbetween three and a half andfour hours. First she takesPhiladelphia public trans-portation, and then the NewCentury 2000 (Chinatownbus) to Manhattan, and from

there it’s still a subway ride toBrooklyn.

“Sometimes I will buythings in Brooklyn and mailthem to Philadelphia,” Clarksays with a laugh. “Some-times I carry the box that I amgoing to use from Philly allthe way to Brooklyn. When Ilived in Hudson, New York Itook two big telescope fruitboxes with me, so I could fill’em up and schlep ’em backon the train!”

Homeward BoundClark is not the only mem-

ber who resides in the swingstate of Pennsylvania. Musi-cian Andy Milne lives inShohola. Never heard of it?It’s about 84 miles northwestof Brooklyn—probably notdoable by bike. Milne livedin Brooklyn for about 15years and was a member ofthe Coop for eight yearsbefore moving out of the

city. He continued his mem-bership because he valuedthe Coop as an importantpart of his life.

Throughout her moves, one thing has remained

constant for Clark: her Coop membership.

“I had developed friend-ships through the Coop overthe years and I had a desireto retain ties to that sense ofcommunity. I continued mymembership because I don’tenjoy shopping at the super-markets in my area and it’shard to give up the greatquality, choices and prices.”

Milne explained that hecomes to the city for workand can’t always come toBrooklyn to shop, but ulti-mately he still believesstrongly in being part of acooperative society.

“When I come to work, Ialmost always enjoy a mean-ingful exchange with a fellowmember.”

Milne has been an FTOPmember since the beginningbecause he travels for workso frequently.

Baby Work OutMilne has worked various

jobs at the Coop, mostrecently as a cashier andcashier trainer. “I typicallytake the subway from theUpper West Side (where I staywhen I’m in New York City)when I come to work a shift.Before leaving to returnhome, I drive over to Brook-lyn from the city, which issomewhat inconvenient asit’s the opposite direction,and then drive home to Penn-sylvania, which usually takesabout two hours.”

Clark is also an FTOP work-er. She explained that evenback when she was living inHudson she was given theopportunity to work on inter-esting special projects, thekind that demand precise

attention to detail. She’sdone bookkeeping and gen-eral ledger work for the Coop,and organized office files aswell as vendor files.

Jersey BoyThe Coop also has at least

one staff member who makesa lengthy commute to do hiswork on Union Street. MikeVoytko lives in Little Falls,New Jersey, near MontclairState University. He says heknows of at least two otherCoop households in the area.

“My family and I used tolive on Pacific Street and 4thAvenue. I joined the staffshortly before our move,”Voytko says.

“When I’m home in Pennsylvania,

it pains me when I have to buy dismal, desiccated veggies.”

As a Membership Coordina-tor, he works in the office onSaturday afternoons, and doestech support work as well.Before joining the staff, Voytkoworked in the office and didcashier shifts for his wife.

“My commute is about 90minutes during the week, viasubway and express bus.Driving in on weekends mayor may not save time. Myrecord for longest trip homefrom the Coop was 4 hoursduring the December 26blizzard.”

Eat to the BeatWhen asked what makes

the Coop worth the trip,Voytko replied, “My familyand I are vegans, so access toorganic fruits and veggies isimportant. I’ve found a hand-ful of coop-type efforts inNorth Jersey, but none comeclose to what we have here:an established community ofpeople sharing the commongoal of great food at lowprices, all while getting toplay store at the same time.”

Milne says, “I think thequality and price of the freshproduce is a major contribut-ing factor to my coming back.When I’m home in Pennsylva-nia and need to hit the localShop Rite for spinach orbasil, it pains me when I haveto buy dismal, desiccatedveggies. I’ve always loved thebulk aisle, as well as the vari-ous snacks that we packageat the Coop.”

Love is in the AirClark also is drawn here for

the food, but even more forthe intangible feeling shegets from items grown,bought and shelved with loveat the Coop.

“It’s not so much that Ican’t get these items any-where else,” she says.“Though actually there is anitem I can’t get elsewhere:sprouted dehydrated seedmixes from ‘Go Raw.’”

More importantly, sheadds, “I must put in a plug forGerry and Amy Hepworth ofHepworth Farms. Their pro-duce is unparalleled; it has somuch life force, so much fla-vor. I can get apples anywhere.I can get a pear anywhere…”

But for Clark it’s the qualityof some of the producers,especially at Hepworth Farms,that makes her trip to Brook-lyn worthwhile. She speakswith great joy about the timeshe came into Brooklyn espe-cially to meet Amy and Gerry.“It was a blessing.”

Plus, there are so many oldfriends she runs into when shecomes to Union Street. “It’s ahugfest for me at the Coop. Idon’t get that in Philly.” ■



The General Meeting &the Board of DirectorsFrom our inception in 1973to the present, the monthlyGeneral Meeting has beenthe decision-making bodyof the Coop. Since theCoop incorporated in 1977,we have been legallyrequired to have a Board ofDirectors.

The Bylaws of the ParkSlope Food Coop state:“The portion of the Boardof Directors meeting thatis devoted to receivingthe advice of the mem-bers shall be known asthe General Meeting….The members who gatherto give advice to thedirectors may choose tovote in order to expresstheir support or opposi-tion for any of the issuesthat have come beforethe meeting.”

Duties of theDirectorsThe Board of Direc-tors is comprisedof five elected Coopmembers and thesenior GeneralCoordinator pre-sent. Members servethree-year terms. Mem-bers of the Board areexpected to attend GMsmonthly. They receive Coopwork credit for their attendance.

The Board of Directors con-ducts votes at the end ofevery GM whether toaccept the advice of themembers that night. Mem-bers of the Board arerequired to act legally andresponsibly.

OpeningWe have one three-yearterm open this year.

Candidate DeadlineIf you wish to place yourname into nomination, you must declare your can-didacy by Monday, March28. Please submit a state-ment of up to 750 words to [email protected]. Please include asmall photo for publicationin the Linewaiters’ Gazetteand the member proxy

mailing.

Deciding andVoting

Candidates will havethe opportunity to

present their platformat the April 26, 2011,General Meeting.

Every member willreceive a proxy pack-

age in the mail in lateMay. Members may vote

by returning their ballot bymail or by bringing it to theCoop. Members may alsovote at the Annual Meetingon June 28, 2011.

Board of DirectorsElection

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This is an introduction tothe concept of a Commu-

nity Emergency ResponseTeam (CERT), and an invita-tion to all members of thePark Slope Food Coop to jointheir local CERT.

CERTs are groups of localvolunteers trained and orga-nized as a supplement to pro-fessional first responders inthe event of a major emer-gency such as, but not limitedto, hurricanes, earthquakes,major fires, or epidemics. Inthe period immediately following such an event,households, even entireneighborhoods, may have torely on their own resources toprovide food, water, first aid,shelter and other urgent ser-vices. In such cases, individu-als and community groupssuch as CERTs will be neededto serve as a crucial resourcecapable of performing manyemergency functions.

1. CERTs prepare for thatperiod during emergenciesbefore the arrival of firstresponders—“what to do untilthe doctor comes.”

2. CERTs may be mobilizedto assist first responders in avariety of ways (traffic control,dealing with onlookers, assist-ing displaced persons, assist-ing at shelters) so that the firstresponders can concentrateon their primary tasks.

3. CERTs may be mobilizedto prepare for predicted,impending emergencies ordisasters (such as filling sand-bags to prevent flooding incoastal neighborhoods orassisting in the distribution ofpharmaceuticals in the eventof an epidemic).

4. CERT members meet reg-ularly and continually trainwith each other to work as ateam and to develop helpfulskills.

5. CERTs provide informa-tion to their communitiesabout preparation for emergencies and disasterresponse and, if requested to, act as a liaison betweencommunity members and theCity government with regardto disasters.

6. CERTs empower mem-bers to help themselves,their neighbors and their

communities byorganizing mutualaid in emergencies.

HistoryThe CERT program was

established nationally by theFederal Emergency Manage-ment Agency, FEMA, to pro-vide training and organizationto ordinary volunteer mem-bers of communities acrossthe country in responding tomajor emergencies: hurri-canes, tornadoes, fires, floods,earthquakes, epidemics andthe like.

In New York City, the CERTprogram is administered bythe New York City Office ofEmergency Management(OEM), to provide a frameworkfor citizen participation inemergency response and man-agement. OEM coordinatesthe City’s interagency effortsduring disasters. The OEM hasproduced 11 publications in23 languages in order to reachout to the public.

In creating the citywideCERT program, OEM deter-mined that the most feasible

means of proceeding wouldbe for it to help create a CERTteam in each of the 59 com-munity districts in the City.OEM has nearly reached thatgoal. The Park Slope FoodCoop is within BrooklynCommunity District #6 whichdoes have a CERT.

OEM is asking for addition-al volunteers to increase thestrength and functionality ofevery CERT.

Team membership is FREEand men and women areequally welcome; however,team membership requires:

1. Minimum age of 18 years(no maximum).

2. The investment of yourtime.

3. Completion of the basicCERT training course given bythe New York City Office ofEmergency Management(OEM).

4. While not required,technical skills and fluency inadditional languages are con-sidered assets.

NOTE:The OEM training is FREE

(except for transportation toand from the course loca-tion). The OEM trainingcourse typically lasts for 10weeks, one night a week, forabout three hours per ses-sion, during which traineeslearn basic self-help andmutual aid emergency func-tions such as disaster pre-paredness, fire safety,disaster medical assistance,light search and rescue, traf-fic control, CERT organiza-

tion and disaster counseling.Upon graduation, volunteersreceive a free response bag, aCERT shirt, a hard hat, a safe-ty vest, and various otheruseful items. After gradua-tion from the OEM trainingcourse, volunteers becomemembers of their local CERT.

CERT training courses aregiven in each boroughapproximately twice per year.The next available CERTtraining course to be given inBrooklyn will commence thiscoming autumn. ■



Disaster Preparedness By Robert Gochfeld

For More InformationIf you are interested in joining your local CERT, or

if you know others who may be interested in joining

and participating and whom you believe would be

constructive additions to your local CERT, contact

Herman Schaffer at NYC OEM at 718-422-8935 or by

e-mail at [email protected]. (The subject line should

read: CERT: Membership information request.) You

can learn more about the CERT program at

www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/cert/cert.shtml.

Please show your support of the Coop’s campaign to protect New York’s watershed and foodshed and support local farmers. More information about

hydraulic fracturing gas drilling (hydrofracking) in New York State is available at ecokvetch.blogspot.com.

Schwinn bike donated by Cliff bars. Gift cards donated by Small Planet Foods (makers of Cascadian Foods, Larabar, and Muir Glen). T-shirts donated by the Park Slope Food Coop.

Raffleto support

Chenango Delaware Otsego Gas Drilling Opposition Group

1st Prize: Schwinn Coffee Cruiser Bike2nd Prize: $100 VISA Gift Card3rd Prize: $25 VISA Gift Card

4th Prize(s): Park Slope Food Coop T-shirt

$5.00 tickets on sale in the Membership Office beginning Monday, March 14th. Drawing to be held on Monday, May 2nd.

Member Contribution

Puzzle author: Stuart Marquis. For answers, see page 15.

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The Fun Committee pro-duced its 5th Kids’ Vari-

ety Show on Saturday, March5, at Old First Church. For-merly a biannual event, theshow this year was producedafter last year’s successfulproduction. The event fea-tured 26 performers in top-notch acts that delighted thefull-house audience.

Martha Siegel was theMaster of Ceremonies to 16acts that began with a spirit-ed and articulate welcoming

speech, Smile, by 10-year-oldEmma Scholl. Eli Jort, ageseven, performed four shortand delightfully melodic celloduets, accompanied byMartha. Their cello duetsdemonstrated clean, clearbowing techniques, excellentrhythmic rapport and fineensemble work.

Malkhut Hinds-Bernard,also seven, gave a humorous,energetic and clearly spokenmonologue about the rea-sons why healthy foods like

broccoli don’t taste good. Heconvinced us there was not asatisfactory answer.

A classic-rock trio, TheFlits, with six-year-oldClementine Vonnegut on vio-lin, five-year-old GrahamVonnegut on drums and 10-year-old Ellie Pike on guitar,performed the Beatles’ HereComes the Sun. A highlight ofthe act was young drummerGraham’s timely accents onthe cymbal and a walk-around the drum set in timewith the music. The two girlsimpressively played theirinstruments as they sang thesong with great style and anupbeat rhythm.

Jordan Nass-deMause, ageeight, performed an amazingdance to the driving beat andenergy of the Talking Heads’Burning Down the House. Hissteady upper torso contrast-ing with his fast footworkbelow made for an incredibledisplay of talent. The chore-

ography gracefully morphedinto circular floor patternsand changing levels whilemaintaining a consistentspeed. This young dancerknows he can dance and welook forward to seeing himagain!

Delia Mandik performedtwo excellent Irish stepdances in both soft and hardshoes to the accompanimentof traditional Irish fiddle musicby her mother, Ann Murphy.The eight-year-old dancedconfidently with arms heldclose to the body in the Irishdance manner, hands softlyclosed, toes stretched in softshoes. The audience cheeredher ability to accelerate anunaccompanied hard shoe jigrhythm with rapid-fire speed.The mother/daughter team

complemented each otherwith their perfect tandem ofIrish music and steps.

10-year-old Ruby Kahnbeautifully sang Shady Grovewith accompaniment providedby talented Fun Committeemember Sarah Safford onAppalachian dulcimer. Thetones of voice and dulcimerelegantly calmed the audi-ence with this soft and lovelycountry song.

Cloe Amelia Dean, ageeight, sang the ballad LoveStory with strong clear tonesand a good deal of heartfeltemotion. Her voice teacherSarah Banleigh provided fineaccompaniment and support.Lara Saddique, also eight,sang Mine with dramatic flairand confidence. She broughtthe emotions and images ofthe song to life in her perfor-mance.

10-year-old Aliyah Verdinerended the first half of theshow by playing Capriccio Alle-gro on the piano. When she fin-ished, Martha announced thatAliyah’s performance was“short and sweet.” Aliyah took

her bow, glowing with happi-ness after the perfect perfor-mance of her piece. DeliaMandik returned with OliviaWohlgemuth, also 10, to openthe second act with anadorable a capella version ofRay Charles’ mnemonic songFifty Nifty United States as theyalso performed a lively flag-waving dance.

The crowd-pleasing actscontinued with violinistDavid Gratz, age 10, playingan excerpt from Concerto forViolin by Accolay while ridinga unicycle in thrilling Cirquedu Soleil style. The audienceresponded enthusiasticallyto the courage and extraor-dinary ability of this youngtalent.

A gentle mood was createdby flutists Jonah Murphy (11),Coco Watts (10) and violinistMaeve Farrell (11). The trioplayed an animated work,Quintus by Larry Clark, withexcellent ensemble sensitivi-ty. The music’s quick openingtheme cinematically changedin the middle to a slower lyricalsection and then sped up torepeat the opening melody atthe end. The musicians weretogether at every turn andtheir enjoyment of the perfor-mance was obvious as theyconfidently took their bow.

Ikhari Hinds, an 11-year-old guitarist in a white Pana-ma hat, played Schiller’s Odeto Joy, followed by his ownrendition of Bob Marley’sRedemption Song . Ikhari’sbright smile and inspiredperformance won over theaudience.

14-year-old Marina Zee, avoice major at LaGuardiaHigh School, accompaniedherself on guitar to sing anoriginal song, Butterflies. Hernarrative love ballad describedthe butterflies felt when inthe presence of a specialyoung man. The song wasaccentuated by her brightyellow dress and the audi-ence was charmed by herconfident performance.

Genie Verdiner, age 15,was the final and oldest per-former on the program. Sheplayed two works on the piano,a Bach Minuet and Edelweissfrom The Sound of Music. Theworks were played with greatfeeling and sensitivity, pro-viding an appropriate endingto a diverse and entertainingmix of performances.

Martha Siegel gatheredthe entire cast onstage forthe final bow and group pho-tograph. The 5th Annual Kids’Variety Show came to an end,but for many performers andaudience members it mayalso serve as inspiration fornext year’s edition. ■



F U N C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T

5th Kids’ Variety ShowBy Dalienne Majors

2011 BikeValet

Season Is Coming! Every Sunday starting on April 3

Bike Valet Service Hours

3:30–7:30 p.m.

Bike Valet Service works like a coat check: Coop members arrivingby bicycle leave their bikes with a Bike Valet worker and receive anumbered ticket, which they will use to identify and retrieve their

bike when done shopping. The service helps to providesecure, plentiful bicycle (and stroller!) parking

during peak shopping times.

WORKERS NEEDED!We are looking for regular squad members to join these shifts, and arealso looking for one Squad Leader per shift. Workslot times will be:Sundays 3:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.–8:15 p.m. There will be a rangeof shared responsibilities for the shift, including setup and takedown ofthe check-in station & bike racks. Shifts will be rain or shine and there willbe 2 trainings offered in late March for potential members.

If you are interested in becoming a regular squad member of theBike Valet Service, please contact Membership CoordinatorCharlene Swift (email is preferable) at [email protected]

and please indicate if you are interested inbeing a Squad Leader.

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In response to an increasing demand forcompost drop-off locations, local nonprofit

GrowNYC launched a four-month program tocollect kitchen scraps for compost at seven ofits Greenmarket locations, including GrandArmy Plaza in Park Slope. Shoppers can nowdrop off fruit and veg-etable scraps at theGreenmarket compoststand from 8:00 a.m. to4:00 p.m. Collected mater-ial will be transported to acompost facility where itwill be turned into a fertilesoil amendment.

Food comprises about17% of NYC’s waste stream.When this material is sentto a landfill it contributesto NYC’s disposal costsand creates greenhousegas emissions. Whencomposted, food scrapsand other organic wastebecome a useful productthat adds nutrients andimproves the quality ofsoil for street trees, gar-dens and more.

The new compost col-lection program at GrandArmy Plaza complements other servicesGrowNYC offers city dwellers looking to lowertheir environmental impact: weekly, year-

round textile collection and cell phone andbattery recycling, along with locally grown pro-duce that supports family farms and sustain-able growing practices. Materials accepted forcomposting include fruit and vegetable trim-mings, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta,

bread, cereal, etc.), coffeegrounds and filters, teabags, egg and nut shells,pits, cut or dried flowers,houseplants and pottingsoil. Items that are notacceptable include meat,chicken, fish, greasy foodscraps, fat, oil, dairy prod-ucts, dog or cat waste,kitty litter, coal or char-coal, coconuts, diseasedand/or insect-infestedhouseplants/soil, andb i o d e g r a d a b l e / c o m -postable plastics.

Based on the successof the pilot program,GrowNYC will explorerunning these collectionsites on a permanentbasis, so bring yourscraps to Grand ArmyPlaza this spring to sup-port more composting in

New York City.For more information, visit www.grownyc.org/

compost or call 212-788-7964. ■



Turn “Spoils” into Soil at Grand Army Plaza GreenmarketPilot Compost Collection Program through June 25By Rebekah Sale

“Growing awareness. minds. food. gardens… growing abetter NYC.” www.GrowNYC.org

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Have you moved? Changed your phone number?

Got a new email address?Drop by or call the

Membership Office to updateyour contact information.

718-622-0560Thanks for helping us keep our

records up to date!

The Ecokvetch is now on Facebook,

representing the Park Slope Food Coop’s Environmental

Committee.

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COOP HOURS

Office Hours:Monday through Thursday

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.Friday & Saturday

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Shopping Hours:

Monday–Friday8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m.

Saturday6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m.

Sunday6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m.

*Shoppers must be on a checkout line 15 minutes after closing time.

Childcare Hours:Monday through Sunday

8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.Telephone:

718-622-0560Web address:

www.foodcoop.com

This Issue Prepared By:Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden

Erik Lewis

Editors (development): Anne Kostick

Petra Lewis

Reporters: Diane Aronson

Liz Welch

Jill Dearman

Art Director (development): Patrick Mackin

Illustrators: Diane Miller

Patrick Mackin

Photographers: William Farrington

Jim Mendell

Traffic Manager: Barbara Knight

Thumbnails: Mia Tran

Preproduction: Sura Wagman

Photoshop: Steve Farnsworth

Art Director (production): Lauren Dong

Desktop Publishing: David Mandl

Dana Davison

Joe Banish

Editor (production): Lynn Goodman

Puzzle Master: James Vasile

Final Proofreader: Teresa Theophano

Index: Len Neufeld

P L A S T I C S

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Monthly on the...Last SundayMARCH 27

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Second SaturdayAPRIL 9

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Third ThursdayAPRIL 21

7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

On the sidewalk in front of the receivingarea at the Coop.

What plastics do we accept?Until further notice:

• #1 and #6 type non-bottle shaped contain-ers, transparent only, labels ok

• Plastic film and bubble wrap, transparentonly, no colored or opaque, no labels

• #5 plastic cups, tubs, and specificallymarked caps and lids, very clean and dry(discard any with paper labels, or cut off)

•NOTE: We are no longer accepting #2 or #4 type plastics.

PLASTIC MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAN & DRY

We close up promptly. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the

collection end time to allow for inspection andsorting of your plastic.

The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park SlopeFood Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215.

Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. TheGazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or oth-erwise discriminatory.

The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINESAll submissions must include author’s name and phone number andconform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters andarticles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appearin the Coop Calendar opposite.

Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be printed if theyconform to the guidelines above. The Anonymity and Fairnesspolicies appear on the letters page in most issues.

Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Editors will reject articlesthat are essentially just advertisements for member businesses andservices.

Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words.

Editor-Writer Guidelines: Except for letters to the editor, whichare published without editing but are subject to the Gazette let-ters policy regarding length, anonymity, respect, and fairness,all submissions to the Linewaiters' Gazette will be reviewed andif necessary edited by the editor. In their review, editors are guid-ed by the Gazette's Fairness and Anonymity policies as well asstandard editorial practices of grammatical review, separation offact from opinion, attribution of factual statements, and rudi-mentary fact checking. Writers are responsible for the factualcontent of their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort tocontact and communicate with writers regarding any proposededitorial changes. Writers must make a reasonable effort torespond to and be available to editors to confer about their arti-cles. If there is no response after a reasonable effort to contactthe writer, an editor, at her or his discretion, may make editorialchanges to a submission without conferring with the writer.

Submissions on Paper: Typed or very legibly handwritten andplaced in the wallpocket labeled "Editor" on the second floor at thebase of the ramp.

Digital Submissions: We welcome digital submissions. Dropdisks in the wallpocket described above. The email address forsubmissions is [email protected]. Receipt of yoursubmissions will be acknowledged on the deadline day.

Classified & Display Ads: Ads may only be placed by and on behalfof Coop members. Classified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion,business card ads at $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial”category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form(available in a wallpocket on the first floor near the elevator). Classi-fied ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads mustbe camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5").

Printed by: New Media Printing, Bethpage, NY.

FridayApr 158:00 p.m.

A monthly musical fundraising partnership of

the Park Slope Food Coop and

the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8:00 p.m. [doors open at 7:45]Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit.

Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741

Matt Garrison, bass, keys, vox, pedals, flowgramming, audio manipulation. This

music travels the sonic palette of World, Electronic, Folk,

Improvisational, Structured Jazz. Garrison’s work over the last

20 years with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul,

John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Chaka Khan, Joni Mitchell,

Whitney Houston, solidifies his status as one of the leading

torch bearers of modern music expression.

Cynthia Hilts — internationally renowned jazz pianist, vocalist and composer —

invites burningly effervescent saxophonist Tina Richersfor a set with Hilts’ trio and extended musical family. This is

jazz at its finest — mesmerizing original compositions and

masterful improvisation by a posse of musical souls with

sensitivity, fire and a good dose of organic rambunctiousness.

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Our Governing Structure From our inception in 1973 to the present, the openmonthly General Meetings have been at the center of theCoop’s decision-making process. Since the Coop incor-porated in 1977, we have been legally required to have aBoard of Directors. The Coop continued the tradition ofGeneral Meetings by requiring the Board to have openmeetings and to receive the advice of the members atGeneral Meetings. The Board of Directors, which isrequired to act legally and responsibly, has approvedalmost every General Meeting decision at the end ofevery General Meeting. Board members are elected atthe Annual Meeting in June. Copies of the Coop’s bylawsare available at the Coop Community Corner and atevery General Meeting.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 29, 7:00 p.m.The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of eachmonth.

Location The Temple House of Congregation Beth Elohim(Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place.

How to Place an Item on the AgendaIf you have something you’d like discussed at a GeneralMeeting, please complete a submission form for theAgenda Committee. Forms are available in the rack nearthe Coop Community Corner bulletin board and atGeneral Meetings. Instructions and helpful informationon how to submit an item appear on the submissionform. The Agenda Committee meets on the first Tuesdayof each month to plan the agenda for the GM held on thelast Tuesday of the month. If you have a question, pleasecall Ann Herpel at the coop.

Meeting FormatWarm Up (7:00 p.m.) • Meet the Coordinators • Enjoy some Coop snacks • Submit Open Forum items • Explore meeting literatureOpen Forum (7:15 p.m.) Open Forum is a time formembers to bring brief items to the General Meeting. Ifan item is more than brief, it can be submitted to theAgenda Committee as an item for a future GM.Reports (7:30 p.m.) • Financial Report • Coordinators’Report • Committee ReportsAgenda (8:00 p.m.)The agenda is posted at the Coop Community Cornerand may also appear elsewhere in this issue.Wrap Up (9:30-9:45) (unless there is a vote to extendthe meeting) • Meeting evaluation • Board of Directorsvote • Announcements, etc.

A l l A b o u t t h eG e n e r a l M e e t i n g

Attend a GMand Receive Work Credit

Since the Coop’s inception in 1973, the GeneralMeeting has been our decision-making body. At theGeneral Meeting (GM) members gather to makedecisions and set Coop policy. The General-Meeting-for-workslot-credit program was created to increaseparticipation in the Coop’s decision-making process.

Following is an outline of the program. For full details, seethe instruction sheets by the sign-up board.

• Advance Sign-up required:To be eligible for workslot credit, you must add your

name to the sign-up sheet in the elevator lobby. The sign-ups sheet is available all month long, except for the day ofthe meeting when you have until 5 p.m. to sign up. On theday of the meeting, the sign-up sheet is kept in theMembership Office.

Some restrictions to this program do apply. Please seebelow for details.

• Two GM attendance credits per year:Each member may take advantage of the GM-for-

workslot-credit program two times per calendar year.

• Certain Squads not eligible:Eligible: Shopping, Receiving/ Stocking, Food

Processing, Office, Maintenance, Inventory, Construction,and FTOP committees. (Some Committees are omittedbecause covering absent members is too difficult.)

• Attend the entire GM:In order to earn workslot credit you must be present

for the entire meeting.

• Signing in at the Meeting: 1. After the meeting the Chair will provide the

Workslot Credit Attendance Sheet.2.Please also sign in the attendance book that is

passed around during the meeting.

• Being Absent from the GM:It is possible to cancel without penalty. We do ask that

you remove your name if you know cannot attend. Pleasedo not call the Membership Office with GM cancellations.

Park Slope Food CoopMission Statement

The Park Slope Food Coop is a mem-ber-owned and operated food store—analternative to commercial profit-orientedbusiness. As members, we contribute ourlabor: working together builds trustthrough cooperation and teamwork andenables us to keep prices as low as possi-ble within the context of our values andprinciples. Only members may shop, andwe share responsibilities and benefitsequally. We strive to be a responsible andethical employer and neighbor. We are abuying agent for our members and not aselling agent for any industry. We are a partof and support the cooperative movement.We offer a diversity of products with anemphasis on organic, minimally pro-cessed and healthful foods. We seek toavoid products that depend on theexploitation of others. We support non-toxic, sustainable agriculture. We respectthe environment. We strive to reduce theimpact of our lifestyles on the world weshare with other species and future genera-tions. We prefer to buy from local, earth-friendly producers. We recycle. We try tolead by example, educating ourselves andothers about health and nutrition, coopera-tion and the environment. We are com-mitted to diversity and equality. Weoppose discrimination in any form. Westrive to make the Coop welcoming andaccessible to all and to respect the opin-ions, needs and concerns of every member.



C O O P CA L E N D A RNew Member OrientationsAttending an Orientation is the first step towardCoop membership. Pre-registration is required forall of the four weekly New Member Orientations. To pre-register, visit www.foodcoop.com or contactthe Membership Office. Visit in person or call 718-622-0560 during office hours.

Have questions about Orientation? Please visitwww.foodcoop.com and look at the “Join the Coop”page for answers to frequently asked questions.

The Coop on the Internetwww.foodcoop.com

The Coop on Cable TVInside the Park Slope Food CoopFRIDAYS 2:30 p.m. with a replay at 10:30 p.m. Channels: 56 (TimeWarner), 69 (CableVision).

General Meeting InfoTUE, MAR 29GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m.

TUE, APR 5AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m. Submissions will be considered for the Apr 27General Meeting.

Gazette DeadlinesLETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES:

Apr 7 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Mar 28Apr 21 issue: 7:00 p.m., Mon, Apr 11

CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE:Apr 7 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Mar 30Apr 21 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Apr 13

Looking for something new?Check out the Coop’s products blog.

The place to go for the latest information on our current

product inventory.

You can connect to the blog via theCoop’s website www.foodcoop.com

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Joy! What Is It? Where Is It?Come and learn specialized eastern and Mayan secrets to discovering what it isthat may be blocking you from your own power, strength and joy. You will be intro-duced to Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and the Four Agreements, whichshow you how to reduce or eliminate your emotional blockages, past traumas,pain, anger, phobias, fears and trauma memories. Coop member CarolynMeiselbach has an advanced certification in both hypnosis and EFT, with a privatepractice in Carroll Gardens.

Take Action on Your DreamsCo-counseling — a grassroots, peer-based process based on listening — empowers youto trust your own thinking and create your life according to your own values and needs.Work through any obstacles, from frozen childhood needs to the impact of race/class/sexist/homophobic oppression on your life. This workshop will help you clear out oldblocks and plan for a fresh new start! Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek is a Coop member andthe NYC Co-Counseling International teacher and leader.

Self-Care for theWhite-Collar Hero

The increasingly long hours spent at the computer for work and recreation is ahealth hazard. This lecture will present an overview of all the muscles that areinvolved in computer use, from the hamstrings to the extraocular (eye) muscles. Youwill learn techniques for how to effectively relax these muscles at home or at theoffice. We will go over trigger points and common pain referral patterns, tensionheadaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, “Blackberry thumb” and other ailments. Coopmember Elena Tate is a licensed massage therapist.

Why Meditate?Review scientific data supporting meditation. What is Monkey Brain? Redefine whatis “good meditation.” When and how often is meditation truly beneficial? For thebenefit of humanity, we must all learn to clear our past so we may interact from aclear place full of light and love. Coop member Esme Carino is an Angel TherapyPractitioner, Reiki Master and card reader/healer. She runs monthly meditationgroups in Brooklyn.

PSFC MARCH General MeetingItems will be taken up in the order given. Times in parenthesesare suggestions. More information on each item may be avail-able on the entrance table at the meeting. We ask members toplease read the materials available between 7 and 7:15 p.m.

Meeting location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.

Item #1: Annual Disciplinary Committee Election (20 minutes)Election: Two current committee members will stand for re-election.

—submitted by the Disciplinary Committee

Item #2: Amending the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc. 401(K) Plan and Trust (20 minutes)Proposal: “To amend the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc. 401(K) Plan and Trust to moreaccurately reflect the intent of the original plan in regard to when employees becomeeligible for participation. We propose to change the language of the plan to read: ‘Allemployees are eligible to enroll on January 1 or July 1 if they have worked a minimumof 1000 hrs in the 12 or fewer months preceding the enrollment date of either January1 or July 1.’ ” —submitted by Joe Holtz and Bonnie Kaplan,

Trustees of the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc 401(K)

Item #3: Changing the date of the Dec 2011 GM (20 minutes)Proposal: “Proposal to change the date of the December 2011 General Meeting toDecember 27, 2011.” —submitted by General Coordinators

Item #4: Formation of Animal Welfare Committee (30 minutes)Proposal: “To form an ‘Animal-Welfare Committee’ squad which would provide animal-related reference materials, articles and suggestions of humane product alternatives onPSFC products as they relate to animals.” —submitted by Jesse Oldham and Patrick Kwan

For information on how to place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages ofthe Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and the status of pendingagenda items are available in the Coop office.

Fibroids, Cysts and PMSParticipants will learn five effective, natural ways to eliminate fibroids, cysts andPMS. Learn the underlying causes of hormonal imbalance, how to resolve them andhow to boost energy and clarity through beneficial diet, appropriate exercise and theuse of natural supplements. Advanced registration suggested: call 646-483-4571.Coop member Rebecca Curtis is a licensed and registered health and fertility coach,through the New York State Department of Education and the American Association ofDrugless Practitioners, specializing in women’s issues and hormonal balance.

Film Night: Yumi Means Rain &Harmony: A New Way of LookingA couple in Moyobamba, Peru, struggles to maintain a reserve foran endangered monkey species in Yumi Means Rain (24 min-utes). Set in the little-known towns of Northern Peru’s disappear-ing cloud forests and highlighted by the music of Sonido Verde deMoyobamba (Green Sound of Moyobamba), the film traces oneespecially trying month focused on the survival of two infant mon-

keys (Yumi and Tumai), both rescued from illegal captivity. Adam M. Goldstein is a videojournalist, director, writer and founder of Películas Atabamba, a production companyfocused on producing videos in Latin America. Harmony: A New Way of Looking at the World(45 minutes) looks at The Prince of Wales and his three-decade-long work with environmen-tal activists, business leaders, artists, architects and government leaders. Working to trans-form the world, they each address the global environmental crisis and seek to build a moresustainable, spiritual and harmonious relationship with the planet. The film shows ways tomeet the challenges of climate change globally, locally and personally. Jessie VogelsonChilds is an award-winning producer of documentaries and narrative projects for film andtelevision. Her first independently produced film, No End in Sight, was nominated for anAcademy Award and won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.To book a Film Night, contact Faye Lederman, [email protected].

What Is Democratic Education?Join us for an open discussion about this grassroots movement in education reform.The community is composed of parents, students, educators and others who believethat freedom and democracy are not just textbook concepts, but a way of living andlearning. All students must be free to develop naturally as human beings in a non-coer-cive educational environment where they are empowered to make decisions affectingtheir everyday lives and that of their community. Presented by Coop members BruceZeines and Sheryll Durrant, who are founding parents at Brooklyn Free School.

Learn How to Food ShopIf you always wondered about: how to pick fish, meat, dairy, beans and bread; how toread product labels; which advertising messages to believe (and which not to), then thisworkshop is just for you. Coop member Magdalena is a former advertising executive whoknows how product marketing really works. She became a holistic health coach focusedon nutrition and is an avid believer in the healing power of food.

mar 26sat 9 am

mar 26sat 12 pm

mar 26sat 3 pm

mar 27sun 12 pm

mar 29tue 7 pm

mar 29tue 7:30 pm

apr 1fri 7 pm

apr 2sat 12 pm

apr 3sun 12 pm

For more information on these and other events, visit the Coop’s website: foodcoop.comAll events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted. Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops.

Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.

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Agenda Committee MeetingThe Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates theagenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk withcommittee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m.Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda

Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item SubmissionForm, both available from the Membership Office. The next General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 26, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (GarfieldTemple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.

Food Class:Textures & Tastes of ThailandAn exploration of everyday street foods rarely found in Thai restau-rants here. Authentic ingredients and substitutions will be dis-cussed. Dishes will combine spicy, sticky, creamy and crunchytextures with sweet, salty, sour and spicy flavors. Fish sauce and

eggs will be used. Pirco Wolfframm is a Coop member and a long-time team member of theFood Class. She has lived and worked in Bangkok, Thailand, for two years and has had theopportunity to experience the exotic flavors of Thailand. Menu includes spicy salad; stickyrice; Thai beverage; and creamy Thai dessert. Materials fee: $4.

Blood DriveFact: Less than 3% of the population donates blood, and 90% will use blood sometime in their life. Presented in cooperation with New York Methodist Hospital. For fur-ther information about blood donation, call 718-780-3644.

Babywearing 101Learn about the five basic types of carriers (wraps, ring slings, pouches, mei tais and soft-structured carriers). We will focus on safe and comfortable carrying for newborns through tod-dlers. We will bring demonstration carriers, and parents are encouraged to bring the carriersthey already have to get help with fit and positioning. The workshop will be taught by twoexperienced babywearing parents: Lisa Brundage, Coop member for 10 years and Brooklynco-leader of Slings in the City for three years. Amy Takemoto is a babywearing mom of twochildren and has been Brooklyn co-leader of Slings in the City for four and a half years.

Wordsprouts: Group ReadingA group reading of Coop authors at The Union Hall, 702 UnionSt., 718-638-4400. Authors will include Tom Angotti, MicheleCarlo, Louise Crawford, Vincent Collazo, Grace F. Edwards,Ellen Freudenheim, Fran Hawthorne, Daniel Levin, James

Luke, Torrey Maldonado, Donna Minkowitz, Matt Mitler and Thomas Rayfiel. Co-curatorPaula Bernstein is the co-author of Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separatedand Reunited (Random House, 2007). Co-curator Paola Corso’s most recent book offiction is Catina’s Haircut: A Novel in Stories, included on Library Journal’s notable listof first novels last fall. Event takes place at The Union Hall, 702 Union St., 718-638-4400.To book a Wordsprouts, contact P.J. Corso, [email protected].

Safe Food Committee Film Night:A Farm in Danger & The GardenA Farm in Danger, a short film by Dulce Fernandes, tells thestory of Bed Stuy Farm, a garden on the site of a formergarbage dump that has become a community gathering spaceand a classroom, to teach neighborhood youth about foodgrowing and community service. The short will be followed by

the feature documentary, The Garden, which chronicles a community’s epic battle tosave its urban garden. With special guests and locally-grown snacks!

Matt Garrison andCynthia Hilts & Tina RichersMatt Garrison, bass, keys, vox, ped-als, flowgramming, audio manipula-tion. This music travels the sonicpalette of World, Electronic, Folk,

Improvisational, Structured Jazz. Garrison’s work over the last20 years with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul,John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Chaka Khan, Joni Mitchell,Whitney Houston, solidifies his status as one of the leadingtorch bearers of modern music expression. Cynthia Hilts —internationally renowned jazz pianist, vocalist and composer— invites burningly effervescent saxophonist Tina Richers fora set with Hilts’ trio and extended musical family. This is jazzat its finest — mesmerizing original compositions and master-ful improvisation by a posse of musical souls with sensitivity,fire and a good dose of organic rambunctiousness.Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at2nd St.), $10, doors open at 7:45. The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musicalfundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741.

Ancient Foods, Ancient WisdomDiscuss what traditional foods are (enzyme-enriched foods, mineral-rich bone broths,animal fats, properly prepared whole grains) and why they are so essential to our healthand well-being, as well as for pregnancy and growing children. Learn about the pioneer-ing work of Dr. Weston A. Price, his study of healthy traditional communities, and theunderlying factors in a variety of traditional diets. Coop member Angela Davis, M.Ed,HHC, is a holistic nutrition coach with an emphasis on women’s wellness, digestivehealth and healing diets. She is co-leader of the Brooklyn chapter of the Weston A.Price Foundation and co-founder of Wise Ways Cooking School.

Transforming AnxietyWith Core Energetics

Learn to identify unconscious blocks to feeling more relaxed and happier with CoreEnergetics, a body-centered therapy. Core Energetics goes beyond traditional talk thera-py by bringing in breath, the voice and movement to help you feel calmer, more energyand vitality. Coop member Susan Pollack, L.C.S.W, Core Energetics Practitioner, is apsychotherapist with offices in Manhattan and Park Slope.

apr 5tue 8 pm

apr 7thu 7:30 pm

Susan Baldassano, Coordinator

apr 8-9fri-sat 11 am–6 pm

apr 10sun 12 pm

apr 10sun 5–6:30 pm

apr 12tue 7 pm

apr 15fri 8 pm

apr 16sat 1–3:30 pm

apr 16sat 4–6 pm

Finances for Freelancers

PSFC APRIL General Meeting

Philosophical Counseling

Acupuncture for Seasonal Allergies

Coop Band Nite

Forgiveness

Knit & Sip

Agenda Committee Meeting

Food Class

Film Night

apr 23

apr 26

apr 26

apr 29

apr 29

apr 30

apr 30

may 3

may 5

may 6

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THINGS DON’T GOBETTER WITH COKE

DEAR EDITOR:Members of the Coop may ask why

we are no longer selling Honest Tea? On March 1, The Coca-Cola Compa-

ny announced that it had acquired100% of Honest Tea. Our GM has votedon three occasions to boycott Cokeproducts joining dozens of colleges,including Rutgers and Union Theologi-cal Seminary, as well as unions such asthe United Auto Workers, ServiceEmployees International Union andNew York State United Teachers. Inaddition, the Washington Food Co-opin Port Townsend, Washington, began aboycott of Odwalla in 2007.

We now add Honest Tea to the listof Coke products to be removed fromour shelves along with other Cokeproducts, which we removed from ourshelves in April 2004.

Why are we boycotting Coke prod-ucts? Coca-Cola has been complicit inlabor, human rights and environmen-tal abuses worldwide, a violation ofour mission statement which states:“We seek to avoid products thatdepend on the exploitation of oth-ers…We respect the environ -ment…We try to lead by example,educating ourselves and others abouthealth and nutrition, cooperation andthe environment... We oppose dis-crimination in any form.”

Coca-Cola has long been violatingall of these principles!

In Colombia, union leaders havebeen murdered by death squadsworking with Coke plant managers. In2001 and 2006, lawsuits were filed inthe U.S. against Coca-Cola and itsColombian bottlers, charging that thebottlers “contracted with or otherwisedirected paramilitary security forcesthat utilized extreme violence andmurdered, tortured, unlawfullydetained or otherwise silenced tradeunion leaders.”

Guatemalan union leaders arecurrently suing Coca-Cola and Cokeprocessing and bottling plants inGuatemala. This case involvescharges of murder, rape and torture.Among the charges is that the sonand nephew of union leader JoseAlberto Vicente Chavez were mur-dered and his teenage daughtergang-raped because of his unionactivities.

Coca-Cola’s overexploitation andpollution of water sources in India, EISalvador, Mexico and elsewhere, havedestroyed community sources ofwater needed for drinking, sanitationand the irrigation of crops creatingenormous hardship and despair.

In El Salvador, Coke has been ben-efiting from hazardous child labor insugar cane fields, first documented byHuman Rights Watch.

Angel Alvarado Agüero, a Mexicancitizen, 16-year Coca-Cola employeeand top marketing executive turnedwhistleblower, has accused Coke ofillegally cheating Mexican workers

out of hundreds of millions of dollarsin pay and profit sharing and the Mex-ican government out of millions in taxrevenues.

The Coca-Cola Company continuesmarketing nutritionally worthless anddamaging beverages to children thathealth experts say help fuel the child-hood obesity, high blood pressureand diabetes epidemics. Phosphoricacid, caramel coloring and the artifi-cial sweetener, aspartame, used inCoke’s beverages are linked to numer-ous serious health disorders, includ-ing osteoporosis, stroke, heart attack,cancer and birth defects.

There have been large settlementsagainst Coke and its distributors forracial discrimination. In two lawsuits,Coca-Cola Co. settled for $192.5 mil-lion in 2001 and $495,000 in 2010.

For more information on theseabuses and more, go to www.Killer-Coke.org.

Thanks,Lew Friedman

THE TRASHING OFISRAEL HAS TO STOP

TO THE EDITOR:As a member of the PSFC I find it

very depressing that the constant bar-rage of letters of hate towards Israeland Jews who support the State con-tinue to show up in the Gazette. In lightof these letters and as an individualwho is proud to be Jewish, I wishPSFC would make an attempt to dis-associate themselves from allthe hate mail that keeps showing upin every issue.

Throughout the world and in theMiddle East in particular there arewars and upheavals going on everyday. Yet, this little dot on the mapcalled Israel, where conflicts betweenJews and Arabs have been going onfor over 2000 years, there are peoplewho need to somehow point to theJews as the evil aggressors. They liketo spread their hate at Jews like it’salmost “normal” or even “cool” to doso.

I hope at the very least, these hate-ful letters remind us to reflect and actupon combating these still-existingprejudices that are the oppositeof what the PSFC stands for.

Sheldon Jacobson

LOCAL FUNDRAISER TOBENEFIT HAITIAN RELIEF

DEAR COOP MEMBERS,Just over a year ago Haiti suffered

an earthquake that ravaged the coun-try and the Haitian people still needour help. They could be easily forgot-ten again in the face of the huge dev-astation in Japan.

Many of you already know aboutthe wonderful humanitarian organiza-tion Heifer International. Since 1944,Heifer has helped more than 12 mil-lion families in 125 countries move

toward greater self-reliance throughgifts of livestock, plants and trainingin environmentally sound agriculture.

The cornerstone of Heifer’s missionis that the recipients are required to“Pass on the Gift.” It means the recipi-ents become donors themselves bysharing their training and their giftanimals’ offspring with others inneed. Heifer’s work extends thus toentire communities in ever-wideningcircles.

Heifer has worked in Haiti for thepast decade. The projects, which havebenefited several farmer associationsand thousands of families, range fromtraining in sustainable agriculture,crop diversity, nutrition, aquaculture,fish production to gifts of livestock,seeds, trees and grains. It helps turnthe tide on poverty and creates afuture for children. As thousands wererelocated to rural areas from earth-quake-ravaged locations, Heifer’swork is growing. Your support willgive Haitian people tools and helpthem rebuild their lives.

This year you gift will benefitHeifer’s developments in rural north-ern and southern Haiti. Even thesmallest amount you can give has aconcrete impact.

April is Heifer’s “Pass On the Gift”month, when in almost 200 cere-

monies in towns and villages fromNepal to Ecuador, families will passon dairy goats, cows, alpacas, andother animals along with training tohelp other families start down theroad to self-reliance. When I first sawimages of these moving “celebrationsof giving,” I just had to becomeinvolved and become a volunteermyself. In this spirit I want to let youknow about our April event.

Our local Heifer volunteer groupwill hold its own fundraiser at theGalapagos Art Space in DUMBO,Brooklyn, on 16 Main Street at WaterStreet on April 5 between 7 - 10 pm,with delicious hors d’oeuvres anddessert, Haitian Creole jazz andmore. We will honor the New FarmerDevelopment Project with the “Passon the Gift” Award for providingleadership and commitment to therural agriculture movement. DanZanes and Anna Lappe will honor uswith their presence. Tickets at $75each, $125/ pair; $85 at the door; onedrink is included, all but $25 is taxdeductible; for tickets: www.heifer.org/brooklyn or send a checkpayable to Heifer International to R.Pollock, Volunteer Coordinator, 10Plaza Street E., #8J, Brooklyn, NY11238. More information: [email protected].



We welcome letters from members.Submission deadlines appear in theCoop Calendar. All letters will beprinted if they conform to the pub-lished guidelines. We will not know-ingly publish articles which are racist,sexist or otherwise discriminatory

The maximum length for letters is500 words. Letters must include yourname and phone number and betyped or very legibly handwritten. Edi-tors will reject letters that are illegibleor too long.

You may submit on paper, typed orvery legibly handwritten, or via emailto [email protected] oron disk.

AnonymityUnattributed letters will not be

published unless the Gazette knowsthe identity of the writer, and there-fore must be signed when submitted(giving phone number). Such letterswill be published only where a reasonis given to the editor as to why publicidentification of the writer wouldimpose an unfair burden of embar-rassment or difficulty. Such lettersmust relate to Coop issues and avoidany non-constructive, non-coopera-tive language.

FairnessIn order to provide fair, comprehen-sive, factual coverage:

1. The Gazette will not publishhearsay—that is, allegations notbased on the author's first-handobservation.

2. Nor will we publish accusationsthat are not specific or are not sub-stantiated by factual assertions.

3. Copies of submissions that makesubstantive accusations against spe-cific individuals will be given to thosepersons to enable them to write aresponse, and both submissions andresponse will be published simultane-ously. This means that the originalsubmission may not appear until theissue after the one for which it wassubmitted.

The above applies to both articlesand letters. The only exceptions willbe articles by Gazette reporters whichwill be required to include theresponse within the article itself.

RespectLetters must not be personally

derogatory or insulting, even whenstrongly criticizing an individualmember's actions. Letter writers mustrefer to other people with respect,refrain from calling someone by anickname that the person never useshimself or herself, and refrain fromcomparing other people to odious fig-ures like Hitler or Idi Amin.

LETTERS POLICY

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DO YOU LIKE DESIGNING FLYERS? HOW ARE YOU AT

MARKETING? DO YOU LIKE SOCIAL NETWORKING?

ARE YOU A WEB DEVELOPER? CAN YOU WRITE PHP?

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE WORDPRESS? DO YOU LIKE

TABLING AT EVENTS? DO YOU LIKE RESEARCHING FOOD? DO YOU NEED FTOP CREDIT? DO YOU LIKE

COMMUNITY, EATING GOOD FOOD, AND FUN? COME

HANG OUT WITH THE BUSHWICK FOOD COOP

AND GET WORK CREDIT! A BUYING CLUB AND CSA ARE SATIATING US WHILE WE WORK TOWARDS MAKING THE DREAM OF HAVING OUR OWN STOREFRONT A REALITY. WE ARE REALLY INVESTED IN OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL OF BRINGING AFFORDABLE, LOCAL AND ORGANIC FOOD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BUSHWICK. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP, PLEASE EMAIL US AT [email protected].

I would like to encourage you tojoin us or think about your own way ofgetting involved. You can downloadfundraising ideas and order a DVD ofHeifer’s award-winning short film 12Stones, which documents Heifer’s workwith illiterate women in Nepal. [email protected]. You may alsowrite to me with further questions:[email protected].

Cordially,Eleonore Kruger Allman

Coop Member and Heifer International Volunteer

WINTER BONUSUnderutilized Coop-ersFound their winter nichesDuring this year’s blastsBlowing at blizzard pitches.Working members groupedInto the Frigid SquadArmed with paper tissues,Making them look odd.Shoppers coming inLooking like they frozes Greeted at entrance doorBy workers dabbing their noses!Didn’t notice, you say? Was I then a believerIn cold-weather saintsThanks to seasonal fever?

Leon Freilich

THANKS FROM CITY HARVEST

DEAR FOOD COOP,Thank you for your food donation

of 28,195 pounds during the year2010, which City Harvest distributed

free of charge to community programsfeeding hungry men, women and chil-dren in New York City.

You are part of a dedicated group.More than 2,300 food donors havejoined City Harvest in the fightagainst hunger. Thanks to donationsfrom establishments throughout thecity and across the country, this yearthe City Harvest will rescue 28 millionpounds of unused, healthy food.Delivered to some 600 programsthroughout the five boroughs, thisfood helps emergency feeding pro-grams keep their doors opens for themany individuals and families thatstruggle to put food on the table.

City Harvest’s efforts were espec -ially needed this year as soupkitchens and food pantries reportedno decrease in the record numbers ofpeople they have been serving sincethe recession began. Last fall the pro-grams we serve saw, on average, a15% increase in the demand for emer-gency food. You and other generousfood donors have allowed City Har-vest to keep critically needed foodmoving to our agencies at a timewhen many lack the resources to feedgreater numbers of people. We’regrateful for your continued commit-ment to feeding hungry New Yorkers.

A sincere thank-you from all of ushere at City Harvest, the agencies weserve, and the men, women and chil-dren that benefit from your generosi-ty. We look forward to working withyou in the future as we continue tofight hunger in New York.

Sincerely,Jilly Stephens

Executive Director

IN LETTER ON ISRAEL,GAZETTE EDITORS DID NOT PAY ATTENTION

TO THE EDITOR:The February 24th Linewaiters ’

Gazette contained a letter by LizRoberts that expressed outrage, notjust at the treatment of those whoobject to the brutality of the Israelioccupation of Palestine, but at theway those who object to that treat-ment are dubbed anti-semitic. Shepainted a picture of that brutality,and then appealed to people to not avert their eyes from it—sayingthat “turning away only makes you complicit.”

As if on cue, in the following issue(March 10th) a letter by Barbara Mazorattacked Liz Roberts’ letter for “con-taining Bigoted, Dishonest, and anti-Semitic content” [caps in original],saying the author marched out a“parade of lies and distortions”designed to slander Israel. In addi-tion, the letter stated that Liz Robertswas making “Israel’s supporters,namely Jews,” the complicit ones in“Israel’s alleged crimes” and wasdirecting “abuse” at a specific groupin the Coop itself, presumably theCoop’s Jewish population.

The aim here is not so much to criti-cize Barbara Mazor’s letter, but ratherto point the finger at the editorial staffof the Linewaiters’ Gazette.

The Gazette Submission Guidelinesstates that “letters to the editor willbe published “without editing, but aresubject to the Gazette letters policyregarding length, anonymity, respect,

and fairness.” The Fairness Policystates that the Gazette will not “publishaccusations that are not specific orare not substantiated by factualassertions.”

Barabar Mazor’s letter made noattempt to provide a specific exampleof “bigoted, dishonest, or anti-semiticcontent,” or of a “lie or distortion.”She did not show how any person orgroup in the Coop were being tar -geted for abuse. And Liz Roberts nei-ther said or implied that it wasspecifically Jews who were the com-plicit ones. Rather her appeal was aclear admonition meant for all peo-ple. In fact, not once did Liz Robertseven mention Jews in her letter,except to identify herself as being aJew. She rather refers to “Israel”; whenone uses a country’s name in thesecontexts, it is universally understoodas referring to the country’s govern-ment, not to it’s majority ethnic orreligious population.

In other words, Barbara Mazor’s let-ter violated almost the entirety of theGazette ’s Fairness Policy, and yet theeditorial staff, whose only task regard-ing letters is to check that they con-form to the published guidelines,nonetheless allowed it to be printed.How? Why?

David Barouh

Note from the Coordinating Editors:In these matters of political opinion andslant we must allow greater latitude anderr on the s ide o f a l lowing people aplatform to disseminate their ideas andpolitical opinions. If Mazor had calledRoberts anti-semitic, that would have comeunder Fairness.

What Is That? How Do I Use It?

Food Tours in the CoopEveryone is looking forwardto spring — the longer, warmer daysthe flowers, the fresh startand all the rest

But somewhere, just underneathis a feeling of uneasea kind of desperationthat somehow we'll miss it —that it will come and pass us bythat we have to seize itand make it our ownor we'll be left outstill cold

Here's the trick:we see out with our eyesInstead let the world stream inthrough our eyes

The purple clouds turning to rosein the new morning —let them flow into your body

The crowds at the train station —move into younot you through them

The purple crocusspangling the winter grass —

bloom inside you

It's a small shiftwith big movementa shift from grasping to one of receiving

Turn GETInto RECEIVEand you will never miss anything

Your every day will be a blessing

The Park Slope Food CoopReceiving each day, every day

by Myra Klockenbrink

Monday April 11noon to 1:00 p.m. and1:30 t0 2:30 p.m.

You can join in any time during a tour.

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Classified advertising in the Linewaiters’ Gazette is available only to Coop members. Publication does not imply endorsement by the Coop.


BED & BREAKFASTTHE HOUSE ON 3rd ST. B&B -

serving Park Slope for 20 yrs.!

Beautiful parlor floor thru, sleeps

4-5 in comfort and privacy. Queen

bed, bath, double living room,

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overlooking yard, kitchen. Visit

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or on FB at The House on Third

St. B&B or call Jane at 718-788-

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PETSRetired social wkr. 35 yrs. exp. w/

all breeds, wants to board your

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If your dog is your baby I am the

boarder for you! Day boarding

too. Call Jane at 347-860-2142 or

e-mail me at Petnanny01@

yahoo.com. References available.

Your dog will thank you!

SERVICESTOP HAT MOVERS, INC., 145 Park

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Insured Moving Co. moves you

stress-free. Full line of boxes &

packing materials avail. Free esti-

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EXPRESS MOVES. One flat price

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hourly estimates! Careful, experi-

enced mover. Everything quilt

padded. No extra charge for

wardrobes and packing tape.

Specialist in walkups. Thousands

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Coop references. 718-670-7071.

ATTORNEY—Experienced person-

al injury trial lawyer representing

injured bicyclists and other acci-

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Member of NYSTLA and ATLA. No

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Community calendar listings are free. Please submit your event listing in 50 words or lessto [email protected]. Submission deadlines are the same as for classifiedads. Please refer to the Coop Calendar in the center of this issue. An asterisk (*) denotes aCoop member.

SAT, MAR 26 Peoples’ Voice Cafe: Adele Rolid-

er*; The Raging Grannies. 8-10:30

p.m., Community Church of New

York, 40 E. 35th St. (between

Madison & Park). For info call

212-787-3903 or peoplesvoice-

cafe.org. Suggested donation:

$15 general/$10 member/more if

you choose, less if you can’t/no

one turned away.

Free Trees: Green Fort Greene &

Clinton Hill, together with the

FAB Business Alliance, will give

out free trees from 10 a.m. to 12

p.m. Putnam Triangle at Grand

Ave. and Fulton St. One per per-

son. First come, first served ‘til

they run out. Smaller flowering

species for planting on private

property (not street tree pits).

For more info, contact tree@

greenfgch.org. Rain date March

27.

Fifth Annual Seed Celebration! at

The Old Stone House (5 Ave & 4

St) in Park Slope. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Seed trading, giving and info.

Seeds for sale. Books, catalogs,

hands-on learning. Raffle, dis-

plays, seed art. Free! Visit

www.permaculture-exchange.org

for more info.

SUN, MAR 27 Two Old-time Jamming Work-

shops: one for beginners and

one for intermediate players will

be given at Jalopy Theatre in Red

Hook, Brooklyn by Alan Friend*

(banjo) and Bill Christophersen

(Fiddle). YOU MUST REGISTER

IN ADVANCE. Full info and

directions are at www.jalopy.biz.

SAT, APR 2 Peoples’ Voice Cafe: The John-

son Girls; Dan Milner. 8-10:30

p.m., Community Church of New

York, 40 E. 35th St. (between

Madison & Park). For info call

212-787-3903 or peoplesvoice-

cafe.org. Suggested donation:

$15 general/$10 member/more if

you choose, less if you can’t/no

one turned away.

TUE, APR 5 Heifer Int’l of Greater NY Event

Benefitting 12,000 Haitian Farm

Families: Galapagos Art Space,

16 Main Street, DUMBO. 7-10

p.m.; Honorary Chairs Dan

Zanes* and Anna Lappé*; food,

jazz, silent auction; tickets $75;

$125 pair; $85 at door, all but

$25 tax deductible; tickets:

www.heifer.org/brooklyn; Info:

[email protected].

FRI, APR 8 Getting the Love You Want:

Communication skills workshop

for couples. 7–9 p.m. at the Old

Stone House, Park Slope. An

introduction to the “Imago

Intentional Dialogue.” Come

away with practical skills to use

at home; enhance your emotion-

al connection & help to trans-

form conflict into growth. $25

per couple. Tickets: www.brown-

papertickets.com/event/160318.

Info: Joan P Zimmerman, M.Ed.,

LCSW at jzimmerman12@nyc.

rr.com.

SAT, APR 9 Peoples’ Voice Cafe: Joanne

Shenandoah. 8-10:30 p.m.,

Community Church of New York,

40 E. 35th St. (between Madison

& Park). For info call 212-787-

3903 or peoplesvoicecafe.org.

Suggested donation: $15 gener-

al/$10 member/more if you

choose, less if you can’t/no one

turned away.

SAT, APR 16 Peoples’ Voice Cafe: Ray Korona

Band. 8-10:30 p.m., Community

Church of New York, 40 E. 35th

St. (between Madison & Park).

For info call 212-787-3903 or

peoplesvoicecafe.org. Suggest-

ed donation: $15 general/$10

member/more if you choose,

less if you can’t/no one turned

away.

SAT, APR 30 The David Bindman Ensemble

performs at Bay Ridge Library

Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Featuring

Richard Harper, trombone;

Frank London, trumpet; Art

Hirahara, piano; Wes Brown,

contrabass; royal hartigan,

drums; David Bindman*, saxo-

phones. Original compositions

incorporate elements from jazz

& world music traditions. For

people of all ages. FREE.

www.davidbindman.com.

“Diggin diversity”? What exactly does this mean? It couldrefer to the wide range of people digging and farming

today. It could also mean an emphasis on the diversity ofplants and how vital it is to preserve this part of the universe wehave been given. In fact it means both of these things andmuch more.

First, it refers to the many different methods that organicfarmers use in various locales to achieve the very best results fortheir crops. It also means the wide variety of things that farmersdo. We even have farmers who are musicians and poets. Theirtalents were much inevidence during ourJanuary conference. Itseemed that at everybend of the hotel thecorridors and in everynook and cranny ofthe vast lobby therewere people jamming and singing. It was extraordinary. ScottChaskey of the Peconic Land Trust and Quail Hill Farm on LongIsland, a remarkable poet, shared a remembrance in gorgeousverse of a young colleague of his, Josh Levine, who died in atragic tractor accident. Nearly all present had tears in their eyesafter hearing him recite.

As to the different farming methods used, Miguel Altieri, ourfirst keynote speaker, opened our eyes to the methods used byindigenous farmers throughout Latin America and the enor-mous value they place on their carefully preserved inheritedseed stock. It was truly heartening to learn that they are guard-ing this wealth of diversity every day. In many locationsthroughout Latin America, there is something called “thecampesino movement.” This is a three-decades-long effort toreinfuse the indigenous farmers with greater pride in their cen-turies-old practices. It has become a subject of academic studyand Dr. Altieri has been teaching Agroecology for a number ofyears at UC Berkeley. What is “Agroecology,” you may ask?According to the Agroecology website, it is:

The application of ecology to the design and management ofsustainable agroecosystems.

A whole-systems approach to agriculture and food systemsdevelopment based on traditional knowledge, alternative agri-culture, and local food system experiences.

Linking ecology, culture, economics, and society to sustainagricultural production, healthy environments, and viable foodand farming communities.

As you can see, the subject of this year’s conference is relevantto everything that we do at PSFC. The next article will be abouturban farming and community organizations that are doing bril-liant work around New York State and New York City. ■

NOFA NY 2011:Diggin’ Diversity IThis is the first of three articles about subjectscovered at the annual Northeast Organic Farm-ing Association conference held in January inSaratoga Springs.

By Marion Stein

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To Submit Classified or Display Ads:

Ads may be placed on behalf of Coop members only. Clas-sified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, display ads at $30.(Classified ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” cate-gory are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form.Classified ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Dis-play ads must be camera-ready and business card size (2" x3.5" horizontal).

Submission forms are available in a wallpocket near theelevator in the entrance lobby.

all aspects of injury law. Individual

attention provided for entire case.

Free phone or office consultation.

Prompt, courteous communica-

tions. 22-year Park Slope Food

Coop member; Park Slope resi-

dent; downtown Brooklyn office.

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at www.tguccionelaw.com.

HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS HAIRCUTS

in the convenience of your home

or mine. Color, high lights, low

lights, perms, oil treatments.

Adults: $35.00. Kids $15.00. Call

Leonora 718-857-2215

DO YOU or a senior you love need

to downsize & move? Or just get

organized? We are a senior move

manager here to help: create a

floor plan of your new home, sell

& donate possessions, pack &

unpack and manage the move.

Insured. 917-374-1525. Email:

[email protected] or

visit www.papermoonmoves.com.

MADISON AVENUE HAIR-STYLIST

right around the corner from the

Food Coop. So if you would like a

really good haircut at a decent

price, please call Maggie at 718-

783-2154. I charge $60.00.

ELECTRICIAN, ART CABRERA.

Celebrating 38 yrs. Wiring P.S.

Bklyn. “Can’t do not in our

Lexicon.” Add an outlet, light,

switch or wire your entire home or

business. Trouble shooting spe-

cialist, L.V., phone or cable. 110 or

220 v. Patching + painting provid-

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NEW LOOK PAINTING is an

artist’s run company that has

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ism and optimum results. Insured,

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SONABLE! Call 718-832-6143 or

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estimate.

PAINTING AND WALLPAPERING -

Over 25 years experience doing

the finest prep. Cracked walls and

ceilings meshed and plastered

smooth. Brownstones are my spe-

cialty. All work guaranteed. Fred

Becker, 718-853-0750.

PARK SLOPE HEBREW SCHOOL

TUTOR. Are you interested in hav-

ing your child learn to read and

write Hebrew but don’t want to

join a synagogue? Are you looking

for supplemental Hebrew instruc-

tion? Hebrew School tutor avail-

able! parkslopehebrewtutor@

gmail.com. 410-236-0650

SERVICES - HEALTHHOLISTIC DOCTOR in

Naturopathy stimulates body’s

natural ability to heal chronic con-

ditions, allergy, skin, muscle, can-

cer support with homeopathy,

physical & chelation therapies,

bioenergetic acupuncture, lab

tests, hair analysis & more.

Research Director. 20 years exp.

As Featured in Allure Magazine.

Dr. Gilman 212-505-1010.

HEALTH HOLISTIC DENTISTRY in

Brooklyn & Manhattan (SOHO).

Dr. Stephen R. Goldberg provides

comprehensive family dental care

using non-mercury fillings,

crowns, dentures, thorough clean-

ings, non-surgical gum treatments

with minimal X-rays. For a free ini-

tial exam in a nutrition-oriented

practice and for insurance infor-

mation, please call 212-505-5055.

THERESE BIMKA LLSW

LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Exp. w/ Children, Adolescents +

Adults. Compassionate, interac-

tive + experienced integrative

approach using strong clinical

skills + diverse modalities such as

Jungian Sandplay Therapy,

Expressive Arts, Guided

Visualization + Relaxation

Techniques. Park Slope 718-622-

5220. www.ThereseBimka.com.

PSYCHOTHERAPY: I offer individ-

ual and couples therapy in my

Park Slope and Manhattan offices.

I am a on-network provider which

allows greater confidentiality and

non-HMO directed therapy.

Multicultural competence.

Diversity welcomed, respected,

affirmed. 212-714-4691 baroh99@

aol.com Beverly Rohlehr, LCSW

VACATIONSBUNGALOWS FOR RENT in

charming cooperative summer

community. Beautiful wooded

grounds. Olympic pool, tennis,

basketball, swim & boat in lake.

Near Bethel Woods Performing

Arts Center. Great family vacation.

Reasonable prices. Contact

Marlene Star, mstar18@opton-

line.net, 914-777-3088.

HAVE FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY at

Common Ground Center Family

Camp - an all-inclusive vacation in

beautiful Vermont. A great cooper-

ative community, fabulous pro-

gramming, 700 acres with a lovely

pond, meadows, starry skies and

delicious vegetarian food.

Register today at 800-430-2667 or

www.cgcvt.org

WHAT’S FOR FREETWO FREE FEMALE guinea pigs

with very large cage, water bottles,

food bowls, hide-a-ways and car-

rying cage. Phone Gena: 347-575-

1572 or Elaina: 718-638-9804.

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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.

Alison Abreu-GarciaAndrew AdlerMelissa AlbertSabrina AlliKeith AltmanLena AltmanRobin AntarLeo Asada-JohnsonJason BahlingAmoy BarnesAnne BarrettRichie BarshayAndrew BauerJonathan BayerJennifer BecerraMatt BeckemeyerSteven BeltzerLaura BernsteinPeter BlomThierry BonnaireNatsuko BosakaBecca BradleyDara Bramson

Eric BrettschneiderBo BriggsRick BrooksLune BrownSamuel BudinJuliean CabreraJennifer ChiuTom ChiuAnthony CiaccioDavid CopelandElizabeth DowdAlison DuffyRich DunnNellie FleischnerLaura FlowersJonathan FreemanJulie GawendoFran GiuffreSara (Simone) GoldenbergMelanie GrassMartha kelly GreeneDynishal GrossAndy Hanflik

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IT Department seeksFTOP workersJava DevelopersThe Coop is looking for help developing ournext generation applications. We are lookingfor members who program in Java and havesome experience with all or some of the follow-ing technologies:

• Eclipse• JFC/Swing• JDBC• JasperReports/iReportsIf you are interested in using your program-

ming skills to help make the Coop better andreceive FTOP work credit, please [email protected].

Mac Sys AdminsThe Coop is looking for help maintaining andstreamlining the administration of our MACworkstations. We need members that haveexperience administering Mac OSX systems.You do not have to be a full-time admin. Inaddition to admin experience, the followingtechnologies will be useful:

• Experience on Mac OS X 10.6+• Scripting (Applescript, Bash shell script,

Python, etc.)• Experience installing memory, changing

hard drives, cleaning internals, etc.)• Experience repairing and maintaining

printersIf you are interested in helping the IT group

improve our workstation administration andreceive FTOP work credit, please [email protected].

To be considered, you must be a Coop mem-ber for at least six months and have a goodattendance record. Please realize that Coop ITstaff members need to spend their time bring-ing you on-board these projects, so only applyif you see this as a long-term means of fulfillingyour work commitment.

Office CleaningWednesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.The Coop is looking for members to clean thesecond floor offices after closing. Tasks includecleaning and dusting workstations, shelves,

computers, keyboards and phones. This job isideal for someone who is pro-active and metic-ulous and likes working independently. Pleasespeak to Mary in the Membership Office for fur-ther information.

Bike ValetSundays, 3:00 to 5:45 pm & 5:30 to 8:15 p.m.The Coop offers Sunday shoppers a bike valetservice. Members working this shift will assem-ble tent and bike racks on the Coop sidewalk(rain or shine!). Your job is to watch Coopmembers’ bikes while they shop. This shift isseasonal and will end in November.

Voucher ProcessingMondays, 6:00 to 8:45 p.m.Do you like working with numbers? In thisworkslot, you will be entering informationabout Coop expenses from individual papers(vouchers) into a book and adding them up.Neat, legible handwriting, facility with a calcu-lator and attention to details (especially withnumbers) are prerequisites for this position.Workslot is open to members who have beenmembers for at least six months and have agood attendance record. A six-month commit-ment is required for this workslot. If you areinterested please speak to Renee St. FurcyMonday through Thursday.

GMO Shelf Labeling The GMO Shelf Labeling Committee is readyingto deliver a report to the General Meeting earlynext year in which we will propose a process to

label most products on Coop shelves for geneti-cally modified ingredients. We seek a few mem-bers with a passion for food labeling and skillsin videography or database management.Knowledge of Filemaker Pro would be a plus. Ifyou want to know what's in the food on ourshelves—and help fellow members know—thenthis committee is for you! You must have atleast one year of active membership in the Coopand an interest in GMOs. To find out more,email [email protected].

Plastics Recycling BalerSundays, 12:30 to 3:15 p.m.Balers work as part of the Environmental IssuesPlastics Recycling Committee. Tasks includeoperating the baler machine in the receivingarea. NO SANDALS OR OPEN-TOEDFOOTWEAR SHOULD BE WORN WHILEWORKING IN THIS AREA. Workers must beable to work with receiving staff to coordinatethe use of the baler and shared workspace. Youmust be able to follow detailed safety instruc-tions. Some strength & lifting required. Trainingwill take place on your first scheduled shift. Ifyou are interested, please contact CynthiaPennycooke before signing up for this shift. Shecan be reached in the Membership OfficeMon–Fri 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or at [email protected].

Beer EnthusiastsThe Coop is seeking members to stock andorganize the beer shelf in the afternoons andon the weekends. The shifts will be 3:30 p.m.Monday–Friday and 8:00 a.m. on Saturdays andSundays—arrival times can be made a littleflexible.

We are looking for folks who are knowledge-able and/or interested in beer, a bit meticulous,able to lift cases of beer, and willing to beresponsive to member requests. It is veryimportant that beer squad members be what isreferred to as “self-starters” and be able to workwithout direct supervision.

The squads will be comprised of one or twomembers and will be trained by and work withthe Coop’s beer buyer.

Please email [email protected] to sign up.

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