Volume II, Number 1 January 9, 2014 December General Meeting

Volume II, Number 1 January 9, 2014

O F F I C I A L N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E P A R K S L O P E F O O D C O O P

Established1973

By Alison Rose Levy

The December 17 GeneralMeeting took place at

Bishop Ford Central CatholicHigh School in Windsor Ter-race. It was opened and mod-erated by Carl Arnold and twoother members of the ChairCommittee.

During the Open Forum,one member noted theagenda item to elect twonew members to theRevolving Loan Committeeand expressed interest inbeing nominated. RachelPorter of the RevolvingLoan Committee respondedthat these position open-ings had been announcedvia Linewaiters’ Gazette ads,and explained there will befuture openings.

General Coordinator JessRobinson appealed to FTOPworkers to help the Coop’s

early morning Receivingshifts over weekends,throughout the holidays andbeyond. She pointed outthat some shifts (such asShopping squads at certainhours) regularly have a sur-plus of workers, while othersare often understaffed.Receiving shifts begin at5:00 a.m. and able-bodiedFTOP-ers who can performthat work are encouraged totake those shifts.

Next, General Coordina-tor Mike Eakin reported onthe December 2013 finan-cial statement. The Coop’s21% markup of productsales over costs results in agross margin of 16.80%. Incomparison to a typical“extra large” coop, this isunusually low. Most markup their products by 61% toyield a gross margin of 38%,

slightly more than twice theamount of the Coop’s yield.Given the low markup, theCoop’s annual sales volumeof $48 million would equateto a $64 million for otherlarge Coops.

Greg Todd of the GMOShelf Labeling Committeetook a straw poll of the GMto ask approval for the Coopto affiliate with GMOFreeNY,a NY-based GMO labelinggroup, which is seeking torequire GMO labeling via theNew York State Senate in2014. The straw poll wasaffirmative.

Susan Metz reported backto the General Meeting onthe Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) and TransAtlanticPartnership on Investmentand Trade, following a GMapproval at September’s

By Ed Levy

With Bill Clinton holding FDR’s Bible, and The New YorkTimes calling him a galvanizing force for a reawakened

liberalism across the country, Bill de Blasio took office as thecity’s 109th mayor on January 1. His arrival and the departureof Mike Bloomberg—once a Democrat, once a Republican,then an Independent, (but fundamentally a benevolent bil-lionaire)—promises to bring significant change to New YorkCity and beyond. A number of grassroots organizations haveexamined what this could mean for food policy.

Considering this question at a meeting last November andreported by the Huffington Post’s Alison Rose Levy (full disclo-sure: Alison is my wife) were the Brooklyn Food Coalition(BFC), the Food Chain Workers Alliance, the New York CityCommunity Garden Coalition, Just Food and other foodactivist organizations. “We have to thank outgoing MayorBloomberg for raising consciousness about the health con-sequences of what we eat,” Jan Poppendieck, a professor atHunter College reminded the food activists. But the former

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IN THIS ISSUEPuzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Story of Fran: Coop Member Moe Kornbluth’s Book . . . . . . . 4Plow-to-Plate Movie Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Coop Calendar, Governance Information, Mission Statement . . 9Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Exciting Workslot Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Next General Meeting on January 28The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is held on thelast Tuesday of each month. The January General Meeting willbe on Tuesday, January 28, at 7:00 p.m. at MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave.,between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac.The Fourth St. entrance is wheelchair-accessible.

The agenda is in this Gazette, on the Coop website atwww.foodcoop.com and available as a flier in the entryway ofthe Coop. For more information about the GM and about Coopgovernance, please see the center of this issue.

CoopEventHighlights

Sat, Jan 11 • Fun Committee Game Night5:00 p.m.

Tue, Jan 14 • Safe Food Committee Film Night:Gasland Part II7:00 p.m.

Fri, Jan 17 • Wordsprouts: Get Healthy7:00 p.m.

Sat, Jan 25 • Coop Kids’ Variety Show Auditions3:00 p.m.

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

Coop closing early!Sunday, February 2,

at 5:00 p.m.for year-end inventory.

Members whose shifts are affected by the closing will be contacted by the Membership Office.

Bill de Blasio Takes theStage: What Does ItMean for Food Policy?

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meeting to follow up on thisnew international tradeagreement. Negotiations arecurrently taking placebehind closed doors with a“Fast Track” vote in Congressexpected early in 2014. Anarticle Metz quoted fromCounterPunch reported that,“The U.S. delegations havemore than 600 corporatetrade advisors,” but the pub-lic and press are being kept“in the dark until a final dealis signed.” Fast trackingwould block disclosure ofthe deal’s contents and sub-vert any debate concerningthe issue. “This internation-al law, if passed, will super-sede democracy,” said Metz.She urged Coop members to contact their Congres-sional representatives,telling them to vote “No” onFast Track.

The next agenda item wasthe vote for two new mem-bers of the Revolving LoanCommittee. Rachel Porter,chair of that committee,explained that its role is tooversee the Fund for NewFood Coops, which supportsstartup coops that followthe PSFC Coop model ofrelying on member labor.Formed in 2012, the PSFCannually donates $20,000 tothe Fund. The Fund alsosolicits donations from Park

Slope Food Coop membersand other supporters.

These low-interest loanswill help pay for criticalitems, like rent deposits,refrigeration, other majorequipment and physicalupgrades that allow startupcoops to grow and generateincome.

Members can now con-tribute on line via a “donate”button on the Coop website.New scannable cards areavailable throughout thestore, which can be used atcheckout to make tax-deductible donations.

According to the commit-tee, “Providing favorablefinancing and therebydemonstrating the creditworthiness of new coops isone concrete way the ParkSlope Food Coop…is alignedwith the Cooperative Princi-ples that encourage mutualsupport.”

The two members nomi-nated to the committeewere Sam Marks and KateSawyer. Marks has worked ineconomic development fornon-profits, and currentlyworks for the EconomicDevelopment arm ofDeutsche Bank.

Sawyer is an attorney whohas worked in municipalfinance and investmentbanking doing quantitativeanalysis for municipalbonds. She has also workedas an attorney in New York

and Europe.Although the vote was

initially planned to be bal-loted, it was accomplishedby a show of hands. Bothwere elected. Marks willserve until May 2016 andSawyer until May 2015.

General Coordinator Tri-cia Leith addressed the nextagenda item. Since 2011, theCoop has built a relation-ship with the People’sAlliance Federal CreditUnion to allow Coop mem-bers to join the credit unionand to open bank accounts,get debit/VISA cards and doInternet banking. Due towhat Leith described as this“successful relationship,”the General Coordinatorsproposed building on thatby opening financialaccounts on behalf of theCoop itself. However, theyrequired a resolution to doso. Therefore the meetingvoted to permit the PAFCUto “serve as depository” forCoop funds. The GCs alsonow have the authorizationto open financial accountswith other credit unions as well.

The last agenda item was adiscussion and vote on twobylaw amendments, present-ed by General CoordinatorJoe Holtz along with theCoop’s attorney, Mike Salgo.In 1978, what most Coopmembers know as “memberinvestments” were firstinstated. In addition to con-tributing Coop members’labor to the Coop, thesemember investments, knownas “equity investments,”allowed Coop members toown equity in the Coop.There is a distinctionbetween “member equityinvestments” and ordinarybank accounts. The proposalto amend the bylaws thatgovern member investmentswas crafted to better reflectthese distinctions.

When typical bankaccounts or uncashed divi-dend checks are lost orabandoned (often becausepeople move), they auto-matically revert to thestate—specifically to NewYork State’s Office ofUnclaimed Funds. SinceCoop members also notinfrequently move or ceaseto be active Coop membersfor a variety of reasons,Holtz and Salgo investigat-ed whether member invest-ments could be construed tobe the types of investmentsthat would return to NewYork State. In researchingthat question, they ulti-mately determined that theNYS Abandoned Property

Law does not apply to theCoop in regards to mem-ber/owner equity invest-ments. However, bylawchanges were advisable toinsure NYS does notbecome confused by theCoop’s ownership structure.

Holtz first made it quiteclear that if Coop membersmove or cease to be activeparticipating members forany reason whatsoever, theyare welcome to ask for—andwill receive—the return oftheir member investment(now to be known as “mem-ber/owner equity invest-ments”). Nevertheless,following and tracking thecomings and goings ofmembers is impractical forthe Coop to administer. As aresult, the responsibility tocontact the Coop to ask for areturn of the member invest-

ment rests with departingmembers. Otherwise, theinvestment remains in theCoop and the memberremains an ongoing Coopmember/owner, though nolonger participating. Inother words, even thoughpeople no longer do theirworkslot or shop, by dint ofthis equity investment, theystill retain their status asmember/owners. The newbylaws make it clear thatmembership in the PSFC isnon-transferable.

The bylaw changes, whichwere accepted at the meet-ing, reflect the above-statedclarification.

Finally, the Board ofDirectors met and adoptedthe votes recommended atthe General Meeting. Thiswas the last General Meet-ing of 2013. ■

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Puzzle author: James Vasile. For answers, see page 16.

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 o f the ParkSlope Food Coop state :“The portion of the Boardof Directors meeting thatis devoted to receiving theadvice o f the membersshall be known as theGeneral Meeting…. Themembers who gather togive advice to the direc-tors may choose to vote inorder to express their sup-port or opposition for anyo f the issues that havecome before the meeting.”

Duties of the DirectorsThe Board of Direc-tors is com-prised o f f ivee lected Coopmembers and thesenior GeneralCoordinator pres-ent . Membersserve three-year terms. Mem-bers of the Board areexpected to attend GMsmonthly. They rece iveCoop work credit for theirattendance.

The Board of Directors con-ducts votes at the end ofevery GM whether to acceptthe advice of the membersthat night. Members of theBoard are required to actlegally and responsibly.

OpeningsThere are two openings onthe Board. Each position isfor a term of three years.

Candidate DeadlineIf you wish to place yourname into nomination, youmust declare your candida-cy by submitting a state-ment of up to 750 words to: [email protected]. Please include asmall photo for publicationin the Linewaiters’ Gazette andthe member proxy mailing.Deadline for candidacysubmission is Saturday,

March 1, 2014.

Deciding And Voting

Candidates will havethe opportunity topresent their platform

at the March 25, 2014,General Meeting.

Every member willreceive a proxy pack-age in the mail in lateMay. Members may

vote by returning their bal-lot by mail or by bringing itto the Coop. Members mayalso vote at the AnnualMeeting on June 24, 2014.

Board of DirectorsElection

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mayor has left a lot unfin-ished. According to JoelBerg, executive director ofthe New York City CoalitionAgainst Hunger (NYCCAH),one out of five children inNew York live in food-inse-cure homes—homes wherefamilies cannot regularlyput food on the table. Andas Rose Levy writes, the for-mer mayor’s most ambitiousinnovation in the food sec-tor misfired. “He correctlytargeted supersized sodasas a major cause of massobesity. But when he triedto ban them, met withstrong public opposition,perhaps in part due toBloomberg’s Wall Streetover Main Street style.”

But as Katrina vandenHeuvel of The Nation noted,despite the disappoint-ments of the Bloomberg andGiuliani eras, progressivegroups have not been idle.“There are a host of groupsand organizations that havebeen working for 20 years tolift up the issues of inequali-ty of wealth and opportunityinto the political arena. Nowthey are ready to advancenew programs and agendas,”vanden Heuvel said. “Theseinclude universal free break-fast in school, communitygardens, citywide compost-ing, promotion of an upstateagricultural ‘food shed,’ andthe elimination of hunger.”

Campaign PositionsCampaign documents

point out that de Blasio hastaken the following posi-tions on food issues:

• Removing barriers tofood stamp and other publicassistance enrollment; offer-ing language assistance andwaiving face-to-face inter-views when these will pre-sent a hardship.

• Ending fingerprinting ofapplicants to the Supple-mental Nutrition AssistanceProgram (SNAP) and pro-moting healthy food choicesby (for example) limitingsugary beverage purchasesby SNAP.

• Adopting a more activistapproach to letting peopleknow the benefits they qual-ify for. This includes signingpeople up for assistance atcommunity organizations,using staff hired to sign peo-ple up for health care andMedicaid to sign them up forfood assistance and otherbenefits, and reaching out toundocumented workers.

• Having all schools par-ticipate in the breakfast-in-

the-classroom program(New York currently rankslast among large cities inthe U.S. in school breakfastparticipation).

• Offering free schoollunch for most public schoolchildren by replacing thecurrent application systemwith one that eliminates thestigma children in povertyfeel by being singled out for

lunch assistance. He wouldimprove nutritional qualitythrough capital investmentsin school cafeterias.

The Larger ContextWhile de Blasio became

interested in food issues outof a primary concern withhunger and poverty, he hasfor some time shown anawareness of how these con-nect to environmentalissues. One such issue onthe food activist agenda islocal agriculture. Thatincludes more communitygardens, citywide compost-ing and reserving primeupstate agricultural land tobuild a sustainable regionalfood shed. Notes NancyRomer, chair of the BFC Gov-ernance Board and an orga-nizer of the NYC FoodForum, “If the city buildsinfrastructure, programs andjobs that promote upstateagriculture…the city couldask for reciprocity—forinstance by asking the stateto increase the income taxon wealthier New Yorkers.”Proposed Romer, “The citycould also rewrite contractcodes to favor businesseswith fair labor practices.That would increase workercompensation in food ser-vices.” At present, due to lowwages, food workers oftenuse SNAP benefits, saysDiana Robinson, campaignand education coordinator,of the Food Chain WorkersAlliance. Robinson proposesincluding “tip” workers inthese wage guarantees.

de Blasio has made aclear commitment to someof these issues. For exam-

ple, he believes we need toredevelop Hunts Point witha more sustainable systemreoriented to purchase pro-duce locally (that is, fromthe tri-state area) and hewants to support that effortby making better use of thecity’s purchasing power. Hehas also said that he sup-ports the expansion of com-munity gardens and urban

farms, especially in disad-vantaged communities.However, according to theHunger Action Network, hehas yet to decide where hewants to go on other issuesfavored by the progressiveagenda. These includerestricting the number offast food restaurants per-mitted to open in low-income areas, increasingthe amount of funding foremergency food and tyingcity subsidies to businessesto living wages.

Shrinking the FoodprintWriting in Civil Eats, Mia

MacDonald recounted how,in 2009, a member of NewYork’s City Council agreed tosupport a resolution toreduce the city’s climate“foodprint.” What’s a food-print? Food and agriculture

both contribute to globalwarming through animalwaste, carbon emissionsfrom transport, deforesta-tion and poor farming prac-tices. In fact, 30 percent ofthe country’s greenhousegas emissions can be linkedto unsustainable agricul-ture, according to the spon-sors of the Foodprint NYCresolution, which was draft-ed by foodie groups likeBrighter Green, Just Food,the Small Planet Institute,Farm Sanctuary and WhyHunger.

The resolution called forthe launch of a “city-wideinitiative that would estab-lish climate-friendly foodpolicies and programs,financial and technical sup-port [for them], a publicawareness campaign regard-ing the city’s food consump-tion and productionpatterns, and greater accessto local, fresh, healthy food.”The resolution targeted agri-culture and land use, thelong distances (typically2,500 miles) that food trav-els from farm to table in theU.S. and the lack of access ofthe city’s low-income resi-dents—a population amongwhom chronic, diet-relateddiseases are common—to

healthy, fresh, locally-grownproduce.

That resolution was intro-duced on the steps of CityHall by then Councilman Billde Blasio. Although it gar-nered cosponsors, it neverwent anywhere in the Coun-cil. But de Blasio does notappear to have forgotten thethinking behind it. In July2013, at the first-ever may-oral candidates’ forum onfood, de Blasio was the onlycandidate on the stage toraise the issues of globalwarming and sustainability.

MacDonald hopes theFoodprint concept will con-tribute to “a visionary deBlasio policy that bringstogether food justice andsustainability, green jobsand greener eating, publichealth and equity, climatechange and urban agricul-ture.” I f de Blasio’s ownwords are any indication,they have good reason foroptimism: “I think that foodcan and should be producedlocally and can reach peoplein an efficient manner,” hesaid back in 2009. “It’s betterfor people and gives us all asense of the importance of asustainable environment.This is the shape of things to come.” ■

What Is That? How Do I Use It?

Ask Me QuestionsAbout Coop Foods

Every Monday, 12 to 2:45 p.m.You can join in any time during a

question-and-answer session on the shopping floor.

Look for tour leaders in produce aisle.

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If you are interested or want to find out more, please contact Sherry (Squad Leader) at 718-398-4454 or Annette Laskaris (PSFC) [email protected].

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Gazette: How long have youbeen a PSFC member and what’sbeen your favorite shift?

MK: I have been a mem-ber of the Coop almost sinceits inception. I rememberwhen it was called the Mon-goose and we placed ordersin advance and picked it upon the second floor of a sin-gle building. Over the years I have been primarily areceiver/stocker. I enjoyedthe physical and socialaspects of the work, as myday job was solitary andsedentary. The workslot thatI really enjoyed was when

the Coordinators reachedout to me, as I had a flexibleschedule and a car, to pickup or drop off an item forrepair, clothes to a shelteror products that could notbe delivered. Annually, Iwould rent a truck and pickup the Passover matzo orderfrom a warehouse in NewJersey. I t was a pleasantchange from my regularworkslots and I really feltgood about helping theCoop in a unique way.

Gazette: Your book, Fran,is a real-life heartbreaker: the storyof the impact of Parkinson’s diseaseon your wife, yourself and yourfamily. But it is also surprising-ly uplifting, celebrating the life thatyou and Fran have shared. Whatinspired you to write a book? Howcan it help other people who may befacing similar circumstances?

MK: Fran was an extremelyindependent, charismaticperson, with a dynamic per-sonality and leadershipskills. She was very success-ful in her career in the afford-able housing movement, but

the illness, Parkinson’s dis-ease, brought that to anuntimely end. At first I could-n’t comprehend the changesthat were happening to her. Ididn’t respond well to herchanging condition becauseshe became so different fromthe person she had been andthat I knew. The disease pro-gresses so slowly and steadi-ly while continuously limitingthe physical and mental abil-ities of the person it attacks.It was only when I came tounderstand that she wasbeset by a “sickness” thataltered her personality, her

physical and cognitive abili-ties, that I was able to cometo terms and adapt to thisnew situation. And that iswhy I wrote this book: in thehopes that it could help peo-ple finding themselves in asimilar situation come to thisrealization faster than I did. Iwanted to prepare them sothey would not be devastatedby the illness. Perhaps theycould learn from my mis-takes, recognize their ownweakness, possibly gainstrength and understanding,and take something positivefrom my experience to betterdeal with their changing situation.

Gazette: You provide anamazing description of Park Slopewhen you first moved here in1973—which, incidentally, is theyear the Coop was founded. Whatdid the neighborhood look and feellike then?

MK: We picked Park Slopeas a place to live becausehousing prices were reason-able and it was easy gettinganywhere in Manhattan,

where many of our activitieswere centered. We wereunaware of the neighbor-hood’s reputation as adeclining community, asalmost every neighborhoodin NYC was declining due tofinancial disinvestments,called “redlining.” The areaprovided everything for ourshopping and transportationneeds. Once we moved in wemet other couples, called“pioneers” at the time, whohad also purchased theirhomes for reasonable prices.Our interests in communityand progressive causes ledus to the Food Coop as wellas forming our block associ-ation and joining a childcarecollective when our daughterwas born. We loved theneighborhood, even with itsurban problems. Fran taughtSarah, our daughter, her firstwords: “Abandoned build-ing.” Park Slope’s borderextended to Seventh Ave.back then but we found arich and diverse environ-ment populated with inter-esting, caring people beyondthat border. We didn’t own acar; and there were fewerbanks, nail salons, realestate brokers and restau-rants; and it seemed prettyexciting and livable.

Gazette: Fran’s story as acommunity organizer and hous-ing activist is worthy of a book byitself. Among other accomplish-ments, she was a founder of theFifth Avenue Committee and theexecutive director of NeighborhoodHousing Services of New YorkCity. What can young communi-ty activists learn from Fran’sexample? What qualities madeher so successful?

MK: Fran’s moral compasswas very strong. She had veryhigh standards and expecta-tions for herself and theresults of her own projects.She was ethical, trusted andrespected by neighbors,friends and colleagues alike. Itry to explain these qualitiesin the book as the qualities toher success, and that is true,but one can’t neglect her per-sistence in working for caus-es that she perceived asnecessary for a just society.She actually felt responsiblefor her fellow human beings

and wanted equity for all, inall of the aspects that a soci-ety can bestow on people.

Gazette: What has been thepublic reception to the book?

MK: I wanted to write thestory of a strong woman whodeserved recognition eventhough she was now at a lowpoint in her life. I neverthought of the memoir as alove story, that I now recog-nize, because many commentspoint to this as one of thestrongest threads in the book.Some said they read it at onesitting, “Couldn’t put it down,”while others found it difficult

to read because it broughtthem to tears. Some felt Idivulged too much personalinformation but I feel that thatis the only way I could get tothe truth and be honest aboutwhat was happening to us andhelpful to others. I have beenvery gratified by the commentsI have received and am certainthat anyone reading the bookwill be touched by the story,never bored and will love thepictures.

The book was self-pub-

lished and I started promot-ing it in mid-September. Igave 400 copies of the bookto Neighborhood HousingServices. They used it for afundraiser, as there weremany people who remem-bered Fran and al l that she accomplished. I sentcopies to Parkinson’s andAlzheimer’s organizationsto see if they could find ituseful in their promotions. I

carry several books withme, almost all the time, onthe chance that I will meetpeople who would be inter-ested in our story. I plan todo book readings and thefirst one is at Union Templeon January 5. ■

Morris Kornbluth’s Fran is avail-able online at Amazon and Barnesand Noble. To learn about upcom-ing readings and events, pleasecontact Moe at [email protected].

The Story of Fran: Coop Member Moe Kornbluth’s Book Captures His Family’s Struggle with Parkinson’s Disease By Frank Haberle

Longtime PSFC member Morris (Moe) Kornbluth and his wife, Fran Justa, moved to Carroll St. in1973. For more than 40 years, Moe and Fran have been neighborhood fixtures and committed

community activists (Fran’s career includes 17 years as executive director of Neighborhood Hous-ing Services). Ten years ago, their lives took a sharp detour when Fran was diagnosed with Parkin-son’s disease. Now Moe—a computer programmer by trade—has written a book, Fran, about theirlife together. The Gazette interviewed Moe to learn more about his book.

From left to right: Carroll (dog), Moe, Sarah and Fran onSheepshead Bay in 1981.

Moe and Fran in 2014 at home, with home care nurse, Olgy Taylor.

Fran and Sarah outside their Carroll Street house with dogleaping the fence.

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By Adam Rabiner

Josh Fox’s 2010 film Gaslandhelped bring hydraulic

fracturing, or fracking, to theattention of mill ions ofAmericans. By 2011, frackingwas the third most citedword of the year, after “occu-py” (#2) and “deficit” (#1).No longer obscure, there isstil l plenty to say aboutfracking, as Fox’s devastat-ing 2013 sequel for HBO,Gasland Part II, makes clear.

Gasland Part II opens in thesame dreamy, dizzy, semi-delirious style, with Fox nar-rating from the backyard of hischildhood home, which sitson top of the Marcellus Shalein rural Pennsylvania, near anidyllic, beloved but endan-gered stream. As with its pre-quel, there’s tipsy, handheldcamera cinematography andFox’s banjo picking that has ahallucinogenic and menacingeffect (think Deliverance).There’s also more footage ofwater going up in flames dueto escaped methane but thistime, because we’ve seen itbefore, it is not quite the sig-nature shocker it was in thefirst film. There are odd juxta-positions, for example, dogsand chickens forced to drinkNestlé bottled water. All ofthis sinister strangeness is nodoubt intentional, but onebegins to wonder if Fox hasanything new to say. In shortorder you realize that he does.In fact, Gasland Part II is sadand upsetting in ways that thefirst is not. It’s a more politicalfilm, challenging not only theenergy industry, but also ourvery notions of, and faith in,democracy.

The film opens with audioand video clips of Bill andHillary Clinton, Mitt Romneyand Barack Obama, all ofwhom touth y d r a u l i cfracturing

as our energy future. Then Foxreminds the audience of therecent past, revisiting the dev-astation of the 2010 BritishPetroleum oil spill in the Gulfof Mexico, a region that sur-vives as a source of fuel butnot as a productive ecosys-tem. The stage is set. This is aDavid and Goliath story.

It’s not clear though, as inThe Bible, if the underdog willprevail. Fox is a talented film-maker, tireless and monoma-niacal (Gasland’s his franchiseas long as this battle contin-ues and there’s an audiencefor it) and an effective advo-cate. But Fox makes clear thatthe environmental communi-ty is facing one of its greatestchallenges.

Fox illustrates this pointquite effectively through theactions of the EnvironmentalProtection Agency. Lisa Jack-son, former chief environmen-tal watchdog and head of theEPA, tells Fox that the agencystrictly enforces safety stan-dards and subsequently inves-tigates Dimock, PA, wherewell-water contaminationallegedly due to fracking hasforced residents to buy bottledwater. The EPA concludes thatthe water is unsafe and gasextractors are at fault, andorders the construction of apipeline, to be paid for by pri-vate industry, to bring in cleanwater from a neighboringtown. Machinations, a smearcampaign against the EPA andslap suits to keep people quietfollow. A new pro-businessgovernor is elected, andObama praises natural gasand energy independence in aState of the Union address.Jackson resigns, and a follow-

up inquiry by the EPAfinds that the wateris now safe; the

pipeline is neverbuilt.

This saga illus-trates that fracking,

whether or not it isallowed to hap-pen, whether ornot the problems it creates are reme-

diated, and bywhom, are all about

money and influence.People are more will-

ing to openly acknowledgethis fact than they were sever-al years ago. In Gasland, in onememorable scene, Fox fights aphalanx of secretaries andanswering machines in anunsuccessful attempt to get agas company head on record.In Gasland Part II, Jackson andmore than a dozen membersof Congress are willing tospeak to him. But what theyoverwhelmingly say is that thegas lobby is vastly powerful.

If at the time of Gasland theindustry was surprised andunprepared for the assault onfracking, now it is not. Thepublic relations battle is infull pitch. The environmentalslogan (“Go Frac Yourself”)has been countered with Fra-cosaurus, the friendly car-toon dinosaur, who explainsthe benefits of “clean” energyin a book donated by corpo-rate sponsors to publicschools and libraries. Theindustry purchases Josh Fox’s

domain name to controlinformation on the Internet.It hires Hill & Knowlton—theglobal public relations com-pany used by the tobaccoindustry in the 1950s and1960s to counter claims thatcigarettes and smoking led tolung cancer. It sends spies toinfiltrate community meet-ings and even goes so far asto employ PSYOP (psycho-logical operations) to dealwith an “angry public” eventhough it is illegal to useagainst Americans. PSYOP,defined in Wikipedia as“planned operations to con-vey selected information andindicators to audiences toinfluence their emotions,motives, objective reasoning,and ultimately… behavior”

was developed by the militaryduring Vietnam and has beenwidely used more recently tocounter insurgencies in Iraqand Afghanistan.

Gasland Part II concludeswith Fox getting arrested at apublic Congressional hearingbecause he refuses to stopfilming. He’s angry but alsoexhausted. After three and ahalf years of shooting thisfilm, he says it was the mostthat he could do. He’s beensilenced for the moment, buthe’s made his point, and youknow he’ll be back. ■

Gasland Part II will show onTuesday, January 14, 7 p.m. ParkSlope Food Coop, 782 Union St.,2nd floor. Free and open to thepublic. Refreshments will be served.

✤ Do you want your shift to operate more smoothly?

✤ Are there folks on your squad who seem to irritate one another, and it’s difficult to see

what the problem is?

✤ When a conflict occurs between shoppers duringyour shift, what can you do to ease

the situation on the spot?

✤ Do you know what resources are available for people who want to follow up?

The Park Slope Food Coop’s Diversity and Equality Committee is holding a series of workshops for Squad Leaders. The goal of the two-hour workshop

is to increase awareness and understanding of diversity in the Coop. Through interactive discussions we will talk about the values of diversity, how differences can create both collaboration and conflict and strategies

for dealing with issues of diversity. We will discuss conflicts that have arisen in the Coop, the findings

of the diversity survey and what you can do to make the Coop a more welcoming place for all.

Please call 888-922-COOP (2667) box 89 or send an e-mail [email protected] (with “SL Training” in the subject line) to confirm your

attendance and/or for more information. In either case, please tell us yourname, Coop member number, contact information and the date you are interested in attending. We will reply with a confirmation within a week.

Diversity and Equality CommitteePARK SLOPE FOOD COOP

Workslot credit (make-up or FTOP) is available to those who attend.

Saturday, April 1310:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 1110:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 237–9 p.m.

Saturday, May 1110:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 237–9 p.m.

Saturday, February 110:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 197–9 p.m.

Saturday, February 2210:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

S A F E F O O D C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T

Plow-to-Plate Movie Series Presents: Gasland Part II

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By Susan Metz

At the June General Meet-ing (GM), we began a dis-

cussion about the attempts ofthe Obama administration to“Fast Track” through Congressthe document that resultedfrom secret trade negotiationswith 12 Pacific-rim nationsand 600 corporate advisorscalled the Trans-Pacific Part-nership (TPP). Concerned withthe impact of the treaty onfood safety, we brought theitem to the Agenda Commit-tee, and they assigned 40 min-utes of the August GM todiscuss the topic—“Vote NOon Fast Track for the TPP.” Arti-cles appeared in the Linewait-ers’ Gazette about Fast Track, theTPP and the results of previ-ous “free trade agreements” orFTAs (NAFTA, DR-CAFTA, theColombia FTA). At the Sep-tember GM, the item was onthe agenda for a vote. Themotion was for the Coop tosend a letter to all Congressmembers from NYC calling onthem to Vote NO on Fast Trackfor the TPP. Many had ques-tions and made comments.Because the full TPP text isnot available to the press,advocacy groups, nor even toCongress members, too manyof the questions about thetext cannot be answered.That’s why we are calling for aNO on Fast Track—so we cansee the text and debate thepolicies. Much information isavailable at the website ofPublic Citizen Global TradeWatch. The September GMvoted virtually unanimouslyto join the national campaignon behalf of the PSFC as aninstitution calling for mem-bers of Congress to Vote NOon Fast Track.

In the sidebar is the letterthat was sent to all NYC Con-gress members signed onbehalf of the 16,400 membersof the PSFC by General Coor-dinator Joe Holtz and Board ofDirectors member Bill Penner.

Reports on each meetingand a series of letters attempt-ing to address questions andconcerns we have heard fromCoop members have beenpublished in the Gazette andare archived on the website.On Friday evening, December13, we held a widely publicizeddiscussion in the meetingroom that was well-attendedand animated.

The critical point is that thenegotiations on the TPP havebeen kept secret. The adminis-tration wants a document of29 chapters that took morethan four years to negotiate togo through Congress with nodebate, consultation noramendment. We in the Coopneed to know what the TPPsays in chapters that deal withfood safety, labeling of GMOfoods and country of origin,the buy-local initiatives andgas extraction such as frack-ing, among others. Alongwith members of Congress,the press and advocacy orga-nizations, we need to studythe text. Fast Track on thetrade agreements would pre-vent this.

The legislation authorizingFast Track has been writtenand is expected to comebefore the Congress shortlyafter their return to Washing-ton, early in 2014.

Lori Wallach, the directorof Public Citizen Global TradeWatch, writes “To a degreenot seen since the 1999 WTOprotests in Seattle, the Amer-

ican people have awakenedto the threats the TPP posesand have moved to action.New forces—from the TeaParty to Internet freedomactivists—have bolstered

veteran fair-trade campaign-ers from small business,union, environmental, con-sumer, health, developmentand faith communities.Thanks to impressive fair-trade activism nationwide in2013, already a large bloc ofHouse Democratsand Republicans haveannounced opposi-tion to Fast Track. 151Democrats and 27Republicans signedletters and a numberof others havedeclared their oppo-sition. The bottomline: 2014 could beFast Track’s funeral.

Call the Capitolswitchboard to con-nect with your repre-sentative at 202-224-3121. Tell them tovote NO of Fast Trackfor the TPP. Then,contact everyone youknow and ask them todo the same thing. ■

Join us on Friday evening, January10, at 6:30 p.m., when we will screenthe documentary This is WhatDemocracy Looks Like, about the1999 Seattle protests, in the Coop’smeeting room on the second floor. Thefilm will begin promptly at 6:45 p.m.to allow time for discussion.Looking to help new coops form in Brooklyn

while getting a tax deduction?Support the Fund for New Coops—a project of the Park Slope Food Coop.

The Fund for New Coops will make low-interestloans to start-up coops that use the full-memberlabor model like ours. Loans will be extended to qualified start-ups to address problems andmaximize the chances that start-ups will flourish.

How can you donate?• Use the scannable Fund for New Coops donation cards

available on the shopping floor

• Donate directly from the Coop’s website, foodcoop.com. Follow the link forthe Fund for New Coops and select the DONATE button

• Mail a check—made out to the Fund for New Food Coops—to: FJC, 520 Eighth Ave., 20th Flr., New York, NY 10018

Help nascent coops that want to use our model: Contribute today!

Fast Track for the TPP Expected to Come Before Congress in January

M E M B E R S U B M I S S I O N

October 8, 2013

Representative Nydia Velazquez2302 Rayburn HOBWash. DC 20515

Dear Representative Velazquez,

Given that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as well as the Transatlantic Trade and Invest-ment Partnership (TTIP) reportedly will contain stipulations that affect food safety and import-ed animal products, among many others, it is appropriate for the Park Slope Food Coop (theCoop) to study and express our concerns about these treaties. Granting President Obama‘Fast Track Authority’ would deprive us of an opportunity to debate the policy implications forus as individual consumers and for the Coop as our buying agent.

Therefore, the Park Slope Food Coop, where 16,100 members buy our food collectively, callupon you and all our elected representatives in congress, to Vote NO on authorizing ‘FastTrack Authority’ for President Obama to push through congress the Trans-Pacific Partner-ship (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Democracy requires:1-Full transparency, so that all trade negotiations are done entirely in the open, including

public information about who participates, who originates a proposal, and the precise lan-guage under consideration.

2-Enough time after the conclusion of negotiations and before the vote for congress members, aswell as scholars, journalists and those representing various interest groups, to thoroughly study allrelevant documents and to debate the points, especially those that might supersede and overpowerstate and federal laws.

We greatly appreciate your signing the letter initiated by Representative Rose DeLauro andlook forward to your leadership in opposing Fast Track Authority.

Most respectfully,

Joe Holtz Bill PennerGeneral Manager PresidentPark Slope Food Coop Park Slope Food Coop

Editor’s Note: A letter identical to the letter to Representative Nydia Velazquez was sent to Representative GregoryMeeks, the only difference being the last paragraph, which read in the Meeks’ letter: “We greatly appreciate yourtelling us your thoughts on Fast Track Authority. Because there has been so little in the press, we intend to continuekeep our members informed.”

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By Heidi McClure

Heidi McClure, longtimeCoop member, is spear-

heading a proposal toexpand the food cooperativemovement into a healthcarecooperative movement.Working on a proposal to bepresented this spring at aGeneral Meeting, she will beasking PSFC to take on asupportive role as a sisterCoop to a holistic healthcarecoop, she is currently lead-ing. The intention is to cre-ate a healthcare cooperativemovement that recognizesthe importance of food asmedicine AND holistichealthcare. She sees cooper-ative availability to holistichealthcare as an essentialcomponent of creating thatnew world we have all beenwaiting for…that green, sus-tainable one. Only Heidi isnot waiting. She is leadingthe movement and she islooking for kindred spirits tojoin in.

The StoryBack in 2011, Heidi and

her 21-year-old son, Mahdi,were creating a businesstogether. He had just com-pleted his massage-therapytraining and alongside Hei-di ’s massage and dance-therapy business, they wereworking together as a moth-er/son team. After Mahdi’ssudden death when fallingoff the side of a cliff whilehiking, Heidi was catapultedinto understanding theeternal nature of our livesand the sacred nature of ourbodies as vessels for ourspirits. She has awakenedmore ful ly to the under-standing that it is extremelyimportant for all awakeningpeople to come togetherand create a new worldwhere we take care of eachother in the most compas-sionate and natural waypossible. Like the Phoenixrising from the ashes, herson’s death has inspired herto expand the food coopera-tive movement to become a healthcare cooperativemovement.

The VisionThe vision of this holistic

healthcare cooperativeincludes receiving supportin the role of guidance,advertising and potentiallyfinances from PSFC. It willbe similar to PSFC, where

members work to offset thehigh prices of holistichealthcare. Soon to berenamed the ProspectHeights Healthcare Cooper-ative or PHHC, it currentlyhas the title Spirit FreedomMahditation Cooperative indedication to her nowdeceased son, Mahdi…whose name means the Pathto God, The Way, TheProphet, The Guided One. Ithas a home at 603 BergenStreet in Prospect Heights.

The vision also includesmembers’ ability to receivehealthcare for their emo-tional, physical, mental andspiritual woes at an afford-able price both because;

1. Work exchange will off-set maintenance costs AND

2. Receiver members (cli-ents) and Worker members(practitioners) will have theability to exchange goodsand services in an EnergyBank, where members caneither work their minimalrequired monthly hours likePSFC requires OR they canget up to 100% of their services in exchange forincreased service and goodsexchange. The vision alsoincludes getting insurancefor as many services that theholistic healthcare coopprovides, as possible.

The Energy Bank…Money is Energy

This new healthcare coopwill operate an Energy Bank.Money is just a form of ener-gy that is being controlledand manipulated by a smallpercentage of people thatare not in alignment withtheir divine selves. An Ener-gy Bank, where energy isexchanged in the form ofgoods and services will cre-ate a feeling of trust, com-munity support and holdingeach other in our divineselves which can acceleratethe creation of the newworld that we are all wantingto create.

Why Now?…A Call to Awaken

Many people are eitherstruggling with their ownhealth or are misguided andconfused so that they areunavailable to be a part ofthis movement of awaken-ing, many are calling TheShift. Healthcare crises canbe seen as a wake-up call, asa healing crisis that is call-

ing one to listen to some-thing beyond the realm ofhis or her physical under-standing. Taking care ofone’s health in a holistic wayin community, is the key tofreeing oneself to becomefully actualized to becomethe a part of the change thatis so desperately needed inthe world today.

An Invitation to GrowthThe proposal for PSFC to

become a sister Coop to thisnew holistic healthcare coop-erative will be presented inan upcoming General Meet-ing this spring 2014 and weare looking for like-minded,

kindred spirits to join us. Cur-rently the Coop has 10 holis-tic health practitioners. ■

If you are interested in being a partof this newly developing cooperative

movement that includes healthyfood and holistic health, please con-tact Heidi at 646-242-8477 orvisit us at www.spiritfreedom.organd the soon-to-come website:prospectheightshealthcoop.org.

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A Sister Holistic Healthcare Coop to PSFC:A Concept Whose Time Has Come!

M E M B E R S U B M I S S I O N

Coop Job Opening:

Receiving/Stocking CoordinatorDescription:

The Coop is hiring a Receiving/Stocking Coordinator to work evenings and weekends.The evening and weekend Receiving/Stocking Coordinators oversee the smooth functioning of the Coop.

They work with squads to ensure that the Coop is well-stocked, and that produce quality is maintained. The ideal candidate will be a reliable, responsible self-starter who enjoys working with our diverse

member-workers. Applicants must be excellent team players, as they will be sharing the work with severalother Receiving Coordinators.

Applicants must have excellent people skills, excellent communication and organizational skills as wellas patience. Applicants should be able to remain calm in hectic surroundings, have the ability to prioritizetasks, teach and explain procedures, delegate work, give feedback, and pay attention to several things atonce. Comfort with computers is preferred.

We are looking for a candidate who wants an evening/weekend schedule. This is a high-energy job for afit candidate. You must be able to lift and work for hours on your feet including in the walk-in coolers andfreezer. Grocery-store experience is a plus.

As a retail business, the Coop's busiest times are during traditional holiday seasons. Applicants mustbe prepared to work during many of the holiday periods, particularly in the winter.

Hours: Approx. 39 hours in 5 days/week: Primarily evenings and weekends, some shifts until 11 p.m.

Wages: $25.80/hour.

Benefits: • Paid Holidays: July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day• Paid Health and Personal Time: 11 days per year• Paid Vacation: three weeks per year increasing in the 4th, 8th & 11th years• Health Insurance*• Dental and Vision Plan*• Pension Plan*• Life Insurance*• 401(k) Plan• TransitChek Program• Flexible Spending Account*Benefits with no payroll deduction.

Prerequisite:Must be a current member of the Park Slope Food Coop for at least six months immediately prior

to application.No Receiving/Stocking experience necessary to submit application materials. However, in order to be

considered for an interview applicants must have worked at least four Receiving shifts. After submitting your materials, if you wish to schedule shifts please contact the Coop at [email protected] put "Schedule Shifts" in the subject field.

How to Apply:Please provide your resumé along with a cover letter explaining your relevant qualifications,

skills and experience. Materials will only be accepted electronically. E-mail resumé and cover letter to [email protected]. Please put "Receiving Coordinator" in the subject field.Applicants will receive an e-mail acknowledging receipt of their materials. Please do not call theMembership Office to check on the status of your application. Applications will be reviewed andinterviews scheduled on a rolling basis until the position has been filled. If you applied to a previousCoop job offering, please re-submit your materials.

We are seeking an applicant pool that reflects the diversity of the Coop's membership.

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Advertisement: Eric Bishop



COOP HOURS

Office Hours:Monday through Thursday

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Friday & Saturday

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

Monday through 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

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 letterspolicy regarding length, anonymity, respect and fairness, allsubmissions to the Linewaiters' Gazette will be reviewed and, ifnecessary, 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. The e-mail address for submissions is [email protected] disks in the wallpocket described above. Receipt of your sub-missions 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: Tri-Star Offset, Maspeth, NY.

Friday, January 17, 8:00 p.m.

www.ProspectConcerts.tumblr.com

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

Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741

Tomas Rodriguez has a unique repertoire for the solo guitar based in the folkloric music of Galicia, Spain, of his ancestors, coupled with

little-known and unique arrangements of the music of the African kora and touching on contemporary flamenco. Rodriguez’ own composi-

tions, emerging from these diverse musical inspirations, include origi-nal choros, Venezuelan waltzes and flamenco granainas. Critic Norman

Weinstein (Christian Science Monitor) wrote, “Rodriguez plays with a passionate originality, with an individual touch, drawing from the

musical heart of the Latin world. The folk and classical traditions of Spain and South America are richly evident in his playing, but he trans-

mutes them into a sound clearly, fervently his own.” He is joined by Barry Kornhauser (bass, cello) and Urbano Sanchez (percussion).

Jenny Hill & Liquid Horn. Jenny Hill presents an evening of music inspired by Brazil, Africa, and American jazz, featuring Todd Isler on drums and percussion, Jerome Harris on bass, Kevin Moehringer on trombone, and Stefan Bauer on vibes. Jenny Hill, saxophonist and flautist, is currently working with the Easy Star All-Stars, Denis Leary and the Enablers, and leads her own jazz group, Liquid Horn. Bill Milkowski of Jazz Times calls her “an accomplished composer-arranger and first-rate soloist, with some bold playing on tenor, soprano and flute. Highly recommended.”

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C O O P CA L E N D A RNew Member Orientations

Attending an Orientation is the first step towardCoop membership. Pre-registration is required forall of the three weekly New Member Orientations. To pre-register, visit foodcoop.com or contact theMembership 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 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Channels: 56 (Time-Warner), 69 (CableVision), 84 (RCN), 44 (Verizon),and live streaming on the Web: www.bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bcat-tv-network.

General Meeting InfoTUE, JANUARY 28GENERAL MEETING: 7:00 p.m.

TUE, FEBRUARY 4AGENDA SUBMISSIONS: 8:00 p.m.

Submissions will be considered for the February 25

General Meeting.

Gazette DeadlinesLETTERS & VOLUNTARY ARTICLES:

Jan 23 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Jan 13Feb 6 issue: 12:00 p.m., Mon, Jan 27

CLASSIFIED ADS DEADLINE:Jan 23 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Jan 15

Feb 6 issue: 7:00 p.m., Wed, Jan 29



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.

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, January 28, 7:00 p.m.The General Meeting is held on the last Tuesday of eachmonth.

Location MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts.Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. Fourth St. entrance iswheelchair-accessible.

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

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.

Dylan Aquino

Erika Aquino

Dan Arrigo

Anna Avrekh

Mikhail Avrekh

Janet Babin

Levi Balkany

Natasha Becker

Yevgeniya Berelekhis

Bridget Berry

Sarah Bloomquist

David Bookman

Mikki Brammer

Chana Braude

Matthew Canada

Grace Carney

Leticia Chand

Pearl Chen

John Corcoran

Lisa Costanzo

James Crombie

Peter Edidin

Amy Egashira

Gabe Eisenberg

Sheryl Eisenberg

Hannah Emler

Saba Fadavi Packwood

Edward Fearon

Adrienne Fedorko

David Ferguson

Jorge Fernandez

Oristelia Ferreira

Mark Franke

Julie Freese

Dhruva Ganesan

Natasha Garrett

Christina Georgalas

Margaux Gindi

Kristin Gladney

Allissa Gold

Janice Gomez

Julio Gonzalez

Lena Greenberg

Yaye Gueye

John Harris

Mayumi Hayashi

Justin Higgins

Lesley Hoffman

Carl Jakubowsky

Saralee James

Laura Ana Jardieanu

Cynthia Jones

Chizu Kawagoe

Chance Krempasky

Joshua Levin

Benjamin Lightle

Khalid Livingston

Brian Long

Joanne Manfredi

William Mayton

Jessica McCarthy

Lindsey Melki

Siddhartha Mitra

Anat Mooreville

Laurie Muchnick

Rosalind Muggeridge

Paula Murrien

Kent Nickerson

Miya Osaki

Joshua Packwood

Pardis Partow

Lucas Paul

Debbie Pellegrino

Jamie Penkethman

Kimberly Peters

Jordan Reisner

Erik Reitinger

Sydney Rose

Adam Rosenberg

Michelle Russell

Eric Salitsky

Scott Sasso

Kody Schumm

Stephanie Schwartz

Gordon Smith

Birgit Para soerensen

Nathalie Thandiwe

David Thomas

Nathalie Torrenegra

David Townsend

Luke Tracy

Martin Travers

Olga Tuchapska

Daniel Verdejo

Laura Vladamirova

Erica Wides

Julietta Willix

Carolyn Wilsey

Liza Zapol

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an early mechanism built to implement cor-porate “free trade.” This Is What Democracy Looks Like (Big Noise Films, 2000, 72minutes) weaves the footage of 450 media activists into a gripping document aboutwhat happened on Seattle’s streets during the November 1999 massive proteststhat crippled the WTO. Informative, instructive, inspiring and important as we strug-gle with yet another commercial treaty, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that wouldgive a corporation the same legal standing as a nation. Screening will begin at 7p.m. followed by an open discussion until 9:30 p.m. At the September GM we votedto oppose Fast Track Authority for the President to push through Congress the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We want to slow it down and find out what 12 trade min-isters and 600 corporate advisors have been negotiating in secret for three years.Coop member Susan Metz is presenting on behalf of Coop members organizedagainst fast-track fracking. A Coop member since 1980, she was a Shopping SquadLeader for 22 years.

BodyTalk: The New Language of Health

BodyTalk utilizes state-of-the-art energy medicine to optimize the body’s internalcommunications. This extremely gentle hands-on modality helps the body to operatemore efficiently and more effectively respond to any kind of injury or illness. Pleasejoin Jean Chuang Menges, Advanced Certified BodyTalk practitioner and licensedacupuncturist, for a free hands-on workshop to experience the incredible benefits ofthis exciting healthcare phenomenon. Participants will learn a simple, quick andpowerful BodyTalk Cortices Technique to help balance the brain, reduce stress,relieve pain, improve sleep, and boost mental focus and clarity. You will also learnhow the BodyTalk Access Health Routine can benefit yourself and others and receivea full Access session. Talk moderated by Coop member and BodyTalk AccessTechnician Stephanie Krause.

Game NightThe PSFC Fun Committee invites you to the next Coop Game Night. Free

admission, all ages welcome. Bring your friends. Refreshments for sale.Come join us to play with a friend, an opponent or simply to challengeyourself. Bring your favorite game(s): Scrabble, Taboo, chess, checkers,

bridge, Nim, Boggle, Candyland, Trouble, Stratego, Pictionary, Monopoly,Trivial Pursuit, etc.

Interested in Vegan Eating?In the New Year, many Coop members will resolve to change their eating habits. Inrecent years, there has been an increased interest in vegan eating, with people like BillClinton and Ellen DeGeneres touting the benefits of their vegan diets. Growing evidenceshows that vegan diets have positive impacts on human health and are better for theplanet. Whether you want to commit to a vegan diet or start eating more plant foods,this workshop will help. Join us for an introduction to vegan eating. We will discussrecipes, shopping staples, and basic nutrition. Space is limited. Please RSVP on ourblog, psfcanimals.blogspot.com, to reserve your seat today. This workshop is beinghosted by the Food Coop’s Animal Welfare Committee. The committee was formed in2010 to provide animal-related reference materials, articles, and product suggestionsas they relate to Coop products.

Safe Food Committee Film Night:Gasland Part IIGasland Part II is the explosive follow-up to Gasland. Josh Foxuses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader lookat the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, now occur-ring in 32 countries worldwide. The stakes have been raisedon all sides in this important environmental issue. The film

argues that the gas industry’s portrayal of natural gas as clean and safe is a myth, thatfracked wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating water and air, hurting families,and endangering the earth’s climate with the potent greenhouse gas, methane. The filmalso argues that powerful oil and gas industries are “contaminating democracy.”

Wordsprouts: Get HealthyNoted journalist Michael Moss will go inside his four-yearinvestigation of the processed-food industry. Moss’ investiga-tion resulted in his #1 New York Times bestselling book, SaltSugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. With much help

from the audience, he’ll explore how Americans who don’t yet have a coop can getunhooked. Moss has been an investigative reporter with The New York Times since2000. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2010, and was afinalist for the prize in 2006 and 1999. He is also the recipient of a Loeb Award andan Overseas Press Club citation. A Food Coop member, he lives in Brooklyn with hiswife, Eve Heyn, who joined the Coop way back in 1985, and two sons.To book a Wordsprouts, contact John Donohue, [email protected].

Jenny Hill & Liquid Horn, Tomas RodriguezJenny Hill presents an evening ofmusic inspired by Brazil, Africa, andAmerican jazz, featuring Todd Isleron drums and percussion, Jerome

Harris on bass, Kevin Moehringer on trombone, and StefanBauer on vibes. Jenny Hill, saxophonist and flautist, is cur-rently working with the Easy Star All-Stars, Denis Leary andthe Enablers, and leads her own jazz group, Liquid Horn.Tomas Rodriguez has a unique repertoire for the solo guitarbased in the folkloric music of Galicia, Spain, of his ances-tors, coupled with little-known and unique arrangements ofthe music of the African kora and touching on contemporaryflamenco. Rodriguez’ own compositions, emerging from thesediverse musical inspirations, include original choros,Venezuelan waltzes and flamenco granainas. He is joined byBarry Kornhauser (bass, cello) and Urbano Sanchez (percussion).Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West(at 2nd St.), $10, doors open at 7:45. Prospect Concerts is a monthly musicalfundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. To book a Prospect Concert event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741.

Rock PaintingCalling all children! The Tree Care Squad needs your help to create painted

rock gardens in the winter tree beds on Union Street. Roll up yoursleeves, grab a paintbrush, and come paint rocks! Parents welcomed. Formore information, contact [email protected].

jan 10fri 6:30 pm

jan 11sat 1 pm

jan 11sat 5 pm

jan 12sun 12 pm

jan 14tue 7 pm

jan 17fri 7 pm

jan 17fri 8 pm

jan 18sat 1:30 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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Workshop for Couples Affected by ADHD/ADD

If any one of these sound familiar: “I can’t count on my partner for anything!”“Sometimes it feels like I’m a single parent with an extra kid!” Or...“I feel like my part-ner is such a control freak!” “If my partner would start being affectionate again insteadof pissed off all the time, everything would be fine.” This workshop is for you. Comeexplore the strengths and challenges of ADHD/ADD traits from a perspective of mutualempathy and understanding. Partners in attendance will start to develop new systemsand strategies unique to their particular issues, so they can begin to create a more lov-ing, supportive and fulfilling life together. Reservations strongly suggested: 917-804-9572. In addition to being a Coop member since 2004, Rahti Gorfien, PCC, ACCG, iscertified by the International Coach Federation and the ADD Coach Academy.

Coop Kids’ Variety Show Auditions

Auditions for Coop members ages 4-18, in the second-floor meetingroom. To reserve an audition spot, contact Martha Siegel at 718-965-3916 or [email protected]. You must audition to be in the

show. Polished act not required for audition; we can help you polish it.We encourage singers and other musicians, poets, jugglers, stand-up

comics, rappers, dancers, magicians, gymnasts, etc. (no lip-syncing please).Performance date is Saturday, March 8, 7:00 p.m., at the Old First Church. We lookforward to hearing from you!

It’s Your FuneralPlanning for your own death now (as opposed to later) is a practice that canenable you to live in the moment, face your own mortality with courage—andcreate an end-of-life service that reflects your values. Join Coop member AmyCunningham, former journalist and graduate of the American Academy McAllisterInstitute of Funeral Service, in a conversation about fascinating advancementswithin the funeral business. The talk will cover how to plan a low-cost, back-to-basics funeral or memorial service, as well as offer information on green ceme-teries near New York City, cremation pros and cons, biodegradable caskets andurns, blended-faith/alternative ceremonies, and more. You’ll get a glimmer ofwhat funerals of the future might look like—and leave with planning literaturefor yourself or for someone you love.

Report from Librarians and Archivists to Palestine

Last summer, a group of international librarians and archivists traveled to Palestine toconnect with colleagues in libraries, archives, and related projects. The delegationexplored issues of access to information under occupation and colonialism in the WestBank, East Jerusalem, and 1948 Palestine (Israel). The delegation bore witness to thedestruction, theft and appropriation of books and historical documents, and wasinspired by the many projects, institutions, and individuals engaged in daily resistanceto settler-colonialism. More information is at librarians2palestine.wordpress.com. Coopmembers Bronwen Densmore, Rachel Mattson, and Melissa Morrone will discuss theirexperiences on the delegation, share some of the projects that were visited, and talkabout the next steps for the delegation’s ongoing solidarity work.

PSFC JAN 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: MS 51, 350 Fifth Ave., between Fourth and Fifth Sts. Enter on Fourth St. cul-de-sac. Fourth St. entrance is handicap-accessible.I. Member Arrival and Meeting Warm-UpII. Open ForumIII. Coordinator and Committee ReportsIV. Meeting AgendaItem 1: Expand Green Squad Area (30 minutes)Proposal: Expand Green Squad tree care efforts to formally adopt six additional treesand expand number of shift workers from five to six. In the first season of the Tree CareSquad, we learned there is ample time during the work shift to provide care for addi-tional trees. Regular squad workers support the adoption of six additional nearby trees,three of which are young and vulnerable. The locations of these trees are as follows:three trees on west side of Seventh Ave. between Union and President Sts.; two treesclosest to Seventh Ave., on north side of President St. between Sixth and SeventhAves.; one tree on northwest corner of Seventh Ave. at Union St. (in front of Bank ofAmerica). Expanding the tree care coverage from 15 to 20 trees will enable the squadto care for additional vulnerable trees and will qualify us for additional free resourcesfrom Million Trees, including access to the Tree LC truck, which delivers high-qualitymulch door-to-door. Expanded coverage area would include: 1) north side of Union St.between Six and Seventh Aves.; 2) north and south side of Union St. between Seventhand Eighth Aves.; Seventh Ave. corner trees only; 3) Seventh Ave. between Berkeleyand President Sts. —submitted by Talia WilnerItem 2: Coop Theft (30 minutes)Discussion: Discussion to solicit ideas from membership to address $1,200/day lossesto theft. —submitted by Barbara MazorItem 3: Ban of New GMO Foods at Coop (30 minutes)Discussion: Effective at a date to be determined, no new foods containing GMO ingredi-ents, that is, ingredients considered high risk by the Non-GMO Project, shall be addedto the Coop shelves. —submitted by GMO Labeling CommitteeV. Board of Directors MeetingVI. Wrap-Up. Includes member sign-in for workslot credit.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.

Aging ConsciouslyIt takes a community to grow older consciously! Honest talk and connection forwomen over 55, who are inspired by others and who are curious about what later lifehas to offer and its challenges. The focus is on issues of aging, including yourhopes and dreams, stresses, opportunities, and whatever concerns you as an olderadult, such as resolving loss, illness, transitions, loneliness, finding your place inthe world, and any unfinished business. The aim is to enhance the quality of yourlife, wherever you are on your life journey. Following the introductory workshop, anongoing group will be formed, which is intended to be a psycho-support group,focused on learning about oneself through emotional interaction with the othermembers and coping with one’s daily life through self-exploration. Coop memberMargo Steinfeld is a licensed clinical social worker and certified group psychothera-pist with a private practice in Park Slope.

jan 25sat 3 pm

jan 25sat 12 pm

jan 26sun 12 pm

jan 28tue 7 pm

jan 28tue 7 pm

jan 31fri 7 pm

Critical Mass: A Tale of Two Bicycling Cities

Global Impacts of Clothing Manufacturing

Agenda Committee Meeting

Food Class: Jacques Gautier

See What the PAFCU Offers

Film Night

See What the PAFCU Offers

Valentine Card–Making Party

feb 1

feb 2

feb 4

feb 6

feb 7

feb 7

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NEW YORK STATE TOHOLD HEARING ONIVORY TRADE

TO THE MEMBERS:If we don’t care about elephants,

they’ll go extinct. In areas where ele-phants live, they tromp down thegrass and help fertilize the earth.Every one of us needs to be responsi-ble for these endangered animals.

New York State is one of the mainareas where illegally taken ivory issold. The Wildlife Conservation Soci-ety has initiated a campaign called 96Elephants to mobilize public supportfor laws aimed at the illegal trade inivory, thereby stopping the killing ofelephants by poachers by removingthe market for ivory.

You can help save the elephants bymaking your voice heard. The NYSAssembly Standing Committee on

Environmental Conservation is hold-ing a hearing on Thursday, January 16,at 11 a.m. at the Assembly HearingRoom, 250 Broadway, Room 1923,19th Floor, in Manhattan.

I urge people to come to this meet-ing and see how they can participatein stopping the sale of ivory in NYC.Please join me and have your voiceshelp make a difference.

For further information, see:www.newswise.com/articles/new-york-state-to-hold-hearing-on-ivory-trade.

Rhudi Andreolli

GMOS

TO THE EDITOR:In recent letters to the Gazette, Coop

members are speaking up about apreference for intelligent discussionof GMOs, in contrast to the “informa-tion” provided by the GMO labeling

committee. Others might find thesesources useful, as I have:

1. “The science of genetically engi-neered foods is clear: they are notharmful to our health…What passesfor public debate on the topic—aswith climate change and childhoodvaccines—too often rests on a dan-gerous dismissal of science. Thisneeds to change.” That’s from theBoston Review, one of the left’s mostimportant and intellectually responsi-ble journals. You can find the full arti-cle—with opposing views—here:www.bostonreview.net/forum/pamela-ronald-gmo-food.

2. This is from the more main-stream liberal Slate: “Such acceptanceby lefties of what everyone else in thereality-based science communityderides as patently bad science is‘just plain depressing,’ writes a med-ical researcher…” www.slate.com/a r t i c l e s / h e a l t h _ a n d _ s c i e n c e /science/2012/09/are_gmo_foods_safe_opponents_are_skewing_the_science_to_scare_people_.html

3. “Fight the GMO Food Scare,” aneditorial from Scientific American, is here:www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=labels-for-gmo-foods-are-a-bad-idea

Mark Dow

FUKUSHIMA AND OURFOOD

DEAR EDITOR,The impact of Fukushima on food

safety is a complex issue. It requirescareful reporting. Yet, the recent article“Is it Safe to Eat Rice Crackers and Sea-weed Snax?” (Linewaiters’ Gazette,November 28, 2013), misled the readeron several important points.

The reporter states that cesiumand iodine have a half-life of eightdays. And therefore these contami-nants “would not build up in fish.”True as regards the iodine. False asregards the cesium. The half-life ofcesium-137 is 30 years as is the half-life of strontium-90. These toxins willbe of concern for decades. Both ofthese long-lived materials are beingreleased at Fukushima.

Equally misleading: the articlestates that radionuclides, becausethey are an “energy,” do not transferlike other contaminants. And, there-fore, people don’t need to worry. Leftout? Radionuclides bio-accumulate.Thus, toxins such as cesium and stron-tium, build up in algae, sea grasses,smaller fish and then bigger fish. It issimply not known what degree of cont-

We welcome letters from members. Submissiondeadlines appear in the Coop Calendar. All let-ters will be printed if they conform to the pub-lished guidelines. We will not knowingly publisharticles which are racist, sexist or otherwise dis-criminatory

The maximum length for letters is 500words. Letters must include your name andphone number and be typed or very legiblyhandwritten. Editors will reject letters that areillegible or too long.

You may submit on paper, typed or very legi-bly handwritten, or via email to [email protected] or on disk.

AnonymityUnattributed letters will not be published

unless the Gazette knows the identity of thewriter, and therefore must be signed when sub-mitted (giving phone number). Such letters willbe published only where a reason is given to theeditor as to why public identification of thewriter would impose an unfair burden of embar-rassment or difficulty. Such letters must relateto Coop issues and avoid any non-constructive,non-cooperative language.

FairnessIn order to provide fair, comprehensive, fac-

tual coverage:1. The Gazette will not publish hearsay—that

is, allegations not based on the author's first-hand observation.

2. Nor will we publish accusations that arenot specific or are not substantiated by factualassertions.

3. Copies of submissions that make substan-tive accusations against specific individuals willbe given to those persons to enable them towrite a response, and both submissions andresponse will be published simultaneously. Thismeans that the original submission may notappear until the issue after the one for which itwas submitted.

The above applies to both articles and letters.The only exceptions will be articles by Gazettereporters which will be required to include theresponse within the article itself.

RespectLetters must not be personally derogatory or

insulting, even when strongly criticizing an indi-vidual member's actions. Letter writers mustrefer to other people with respect, refrain fromcalling someone by a nickname that the personnever uses himself or herself, and refrain fromcomparing other people to odious figures likeHitler or Idi Amin.

LETTERS POLICY

Interested in Engaging Coop Work?Disciplinary Committee Seeks NEW Members

Our work includes• Applying Coop’s rules and regulations• Discussing policy issues related to the DC’s work• Investigating allegations of uncooperative behavior by members and engaging in problem solving• Daily email contact with DC members to discuss cases• Participating in mediation, disciplinary hearings, and other conflict resolution methods

Requirements:In order to be considered for this position, any candidate must:• be a member for at least a year• have good attendance record• possess the abilty to work on a team• communicate clearly • have good writing skills• have computer proficiency (excel, word, emails) is essential• attend an evening meeting every six weeksWe work on average 6 hours per month, more than the required work shifthours. You will be credited and your hours banked for future use.

We recognize the importance of various points of view when consideringcases brought to us. WE ARE SEEKING A CANDIDATE POOL THAT REFLECTSTHE DIVERSITY OF THE COOP’S MEMBERSHIP.

Contact: Karen: 718-208-7897 or [email protected]

Skills needed:CommunicationProblem solving Conflict resolutionDealing with difficult

situations and peopleInvestigationWritingResearch

Currently we have members from the following fields:Social work, education, law, dispute resolution,holistic medicine, design,and journalism

Join us to make the Coop the best place it can be for everyone.

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BDS TOPICS:

ISRAEL’S POLICIESTHROUGH THE PRISMOF ZIONISM: WESTBANK, GAZA ANDAFRICAN ASYLUMSEEKERS

MEMBERS:“How is Zionism then not a mis-

take,” David Remnick (New Yorker, edi-tor) says to Ari Shavit (Israeli author).(92nd Street Y, October book talk).

Zionism was a 19th century inter-national movement to establish aJewish national homeland in Pales-tine. Britain consented (Balfour Dec-laration, 1917); later incorporatedinto British Mandate for Palestine(1922). Zionism was eventually suc-cessful in establishing Israel, 1948.After 1967 War, Israel captured EastJerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank(Judea and Samaria to Israel); con-sidered it part of Greater Israel, landfor Jewish settlement.

Critics of Zionism: it is a colonial-ist or racist ideology that led to thedenial of rights, dispossession andexpulsion of the “indigenous popula-tion of Palestine” (the Nakba).

International consensus: Israel isthe occupying power of EastJerusalem, West Bank and Gaza. Set-tlements are illegal under interna-tional law and the Fourth GenevaConvention. Israel is obligated toensure the humane treatment andprotection of occupied Palestiniansat all times.

West Bank, Bethlehem, cradle ofChristianity: Palestinian Christiansstruggle to protect their land andhomes from Israeli takeover. Bethle-

hem is surrounded by an 8-meter-high concrete wall (lost land: 12%), aseries of Jewish-only settlements(land lost: 76%). 12% left will bereduced with checkpoints and majorhighways for Jewish settlers to reachJerusalem.

Ramallah and Jericho: UNRWAcondemns Israel’s “Christmas Eve”house demolitions displacing 68people (32 children). Families giventents. 750 head of sheep and goats,without shelter for freezing nights,threaten families’ l ivelihoods.UNRWA figures: 2013: 1,103 Pales-tinians displaced in West Bank andEast Jerusalem. Israeli demolished663 structures (259 residences,West Bank).

Israel’s near-total economic block-ade of Gaza (1.7 million) since 2006has led to de-development, aiddependence, collapse of infrastruc-ture, deeply weakened capacity whenharsh storms hit Gaza (UNRWA). Pre-storm: severe fuel shortage (startedNovember) diminished Gaza’s elec-tricity for sewage pumps (sewageflooded streets). During the storm,10,000 to 40,000 displaced fromhomes.

With minimal electricity, pumpingstations unable to clear floodedareas. Gaza’s port suffered $100,000damage, lacking sufficient protectivebarriers because Israel limits cementimports. UNRWA calls on interna-tional community to get Israel’sblockade lifted for storm recoveryand long-term solutions for Gaza.

60,000 African asylum seekers(Sudan, Eritrea) in Israel: deniedreview to determine refugee status(U.N.’s 1951 Refugee Convention).Interior Minister: “I have the respon-sibility to safeguard the Jewish andZionist character of the country.”

2012 Human Rights report (U.S.

State Department): governmentofficials, media outlets refer to asy-lum seekers as “infiltrators” associ-ated with crime, disease, terrorism,threaten mass arrests and deporta-tion. December 10: “Prevention ofInfiltration Law” passed allowing forone-year “detention” without trialfor African asylum seekers enteringillegally. Those already in Israel canbe held indefinitely without judicialreview in detention camps (NegevDesert). 200 Africans, walking twodays from Negev prison toJerusalem, protested the legisla-tion. Following their arrests, thou-sands of Africans demonstrated inTel Aviv.

Mary BuchwaldBrooklyn for Peace

PSFC members for BDSwww.psfcbds.wordpress.com

CRITICISM OF ISRAELIPOLICIES GAINSSUPPORT ON COLLEGECAMPUSES

TO THE MEMBERS:Two significant events in the past

few weeks show the growth in U.S.colleges of the campaign againstIsraeli Occupation and Apartheidpolicies. On December 9, theSwarthmore College Hillel Board ofDirectors declared that it will “departfrom the Israel guidelines of HillelInternational, declaring itself to bean Open Hillel.” (Hillel was anancient Jewish scholar. Hillel Inter-national calls its Hillel chapters theCenters of Jewish Campus Life.There are more than 500 of them,mainly in the United States.)

On December 15, the 5000+ mem-ber American Studies Associationvoted by a two-to-one majority to

join the academic boycott of Israeliinstitutions of higher learning,

The Swarthmore statement goeson to say, “Across the country, Hillel’ssuppression of freedom to speak andbelieve things that are not narrowlypro-Zionist are the direct result ofHillel International’s Israel Guide-lines.” It further declares, “All arewelcome to walk though our doorsand speak with our name and underour roof, be they Zionist, anti-Zion-ist, post-Zionist or non-Zionist. Weare an institution that seeks to fosterspirited debate, constructive dia-logue and a safe space for all, inkeeping with the Jewish tradition. Weare an Open Hillel.”

Thus the Swarthmore Hillel chap-ter moves toward open debate ofIsraeli policies.

Open opposition to the IsraeliOccupation of Palestine is seen inthe activities of the more than 80chapters around the U.S. of Studentsfor Justice in Palestine. Support forthe international campaign for Boy-cott Divestment and Sanctions isgrowing among college students.

The support for academic sanc-tions against Israeli educationalinstitutions now includes the Ameri-can Studies Association as well asthe Association for Asian AmericanStudies, which joined the boycott inApril 2013 and the Native Americanand Indigenous Studies Associationwhich also joined in December 2013.

An excerpt from the ASA resolu-tion reads, “[It is] in solidarity withscholars and students deprived oftheir academic freedom and itaspires to enlarge freedom for all,including Palestinians. The ASAendorsement of the academic boy-cott emerges from the context ofU.S. military support for Israel’s

C O N T I N U E D O N P A G E 1 5

Members Sought for PSFC Personnel CommitteeIf you know how to work collaboratively and believe you could make a contribution

to the Coop, we would love to hear from you. The Personnel Committee is anelected group of members that serves in an advisory capacity to the

General Coordinators (the Coop’s collective managerial team),supporting them with/in performance evaluations, succession planning,

developing human resources policies and in the hiring/termination ofGeneral Coordinators when/if either of those actions is necessary.

We would like the Personnel Committee to reflect the diversity of the Coop.We are especially interested in people who have skills in finance, running a business,

upper-level management, organizational development, personnel andhuman resources. Applicants should have a minimum of one year ofCoop membership immediately prior to applying, experience doing

workshifts at the Coop and excellent attendance.

The Personnel Committee meets with the General Coordinators onthe third Tuesday of every month from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m.Additional work outside the meetings is also required.

If you are interested, please do the following two things: e-mail your resume and aletter explaining why you would like to be part of the committee to

[email protected], and go to http://bit.ly/120Dn2s to fill out a short questionnaire.

The Coop will not beaccepting

special ordersthrough

Monday, February 3, 2014.

We apologize for any inconvenience.Our paid staff will be focusing on keeping the

store fully stocked through the winterholidays. Special orders will resume after the

annual year-end inventory.

Special orders can be placedthrough the Membership

Office beginning again onTuesday, February 4, 2014.

Vitamin/Supplement orders remain indefinitely suspended.

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amination is occurring in Pacific fish,such as sardines and tuna.

Finally, the author states all the“trustworthy, verifiable science orga-nizations out there have concludedthat the effects of Fukushima on ParkSlope Food Coop members is mini-mal.” But many of the “trustworthy”sources quoted by the author, suchas the Japanese Government, areseriously biased. From the outsetthe Japanese government and Tepcospoke as one. They consistently liedregarding the severity of the accidentand the risk from radiation releases.Ditto the International Atomic Ener-gy Agency whose purpose, not inci-dentally, is the promotion of nuclearenergy. Further, the testing beingdone by agencies such as the FDA isminimal.

Please let’s have more informedreporting on this vital issue.

The author of this letter formerlywas Director of the Sierra ClubRadioactive Waste Campaign, aResearch Associate at RadioactiveWaste Management Associates andhas spent 18 years researching andwriting about nuclear issues.

Sincerely,Mina Hamilton

FUKUSHIMA

DEAR EDITOR:I l iterally wept when I read a

recent article in the Linewaiters ’Gazette, “Is It Safe to Eat Rice Crack-ers and Seaweed Snax,” (November28, 2013). Would that it were so easyto dismiss, the long-term dangers ofnuclear power and their technologi-cal twin nuclear weapons, threateneverything we love at every momentof every day.

The main thrust of the articleimplies Fukushima is nothing toworry about. Its spawn will be dilut-ed in the vastness of the Pacific,barely detectable in the fish thatmight arrive at our table—safe forour children.

However, at this moment, there isa lot to worry about. TEPCO (TokyoElectric Power Company) is remov-ing irradiated fuel, piece by beta-emitting piece, from the fuel pool ofUnit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi, wherethere are in excess of 1,200 fuelassembles exposed to the open air.Should an earthquake disrupt thisalready dilapidated building, aradioactive fire could ensue, makingit humanly impossible to intercede;

thus creating a steady spew of long-lived radionuclides to circulate theNorthern Hemisphere.

Furthermore, citing the Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency is nocountermand to “pseudo-science.”The main purpose of the IAEA is topromote nuclear power. Dr. Karl Z.Morgan, the father of Health Physics,offers a different point of view. Heworked on the Manhattan Projectand also at Oak Ridge nuclearweapons plant in Tennessee. Helater became an opponent of nuclearweapons and nuclear power when herealized that the U.S. nuclear indus-try was suppressing the dangersregarding radiation exposure. Dr.Morgan pioneered research that sug-gests there is no safe level of radia-tion. More recently, the NationalAcademy of Sciences report onHealth Risks from Exposure to LowLevels of Ionizing Radiation (BEIRVII, 2006) asserted that there is no“safe dose threshold” and that anydose of radiation may be harmful.

Radiation is nebulous. It moves insecret, evading our senses. In itsnear timelessness, it also evades ourresponsibility. The fact is we havemanufactured a poison fire that laststhe lifetime of mountains. For hun-dreds of thousands of years, long-lived radionuclides will remaincarcinogenic and mutagenic. Forexample, plutonium, the by-productof nuclear energy and the raw mater-ial for the bomb, has a half-life of24,000 years.

Reading the article, I was mostdismayed with the apparent lack ofregard for Japanese Coop memberswho may have loved ones affected byFukushima. 160,000 people haveevacuated as a result of the triplemeltdown. There may well be Coopmembers personally affected by thisongoing radiological tragedy. And allof us may be affected too, and fromnot so far afield. Our own Fukushimaon the Hudson is currently operatingwithout a license. Indian Point, 25miles as the crow flies upriver, is oneif the oldest operating reactors inthe U.S. (Imagine for one moment,evacuating our beloved City of NewYork.)

Indian Point ought to be immedi-ately shut down.

Kathleen Sullivan, Ph.D.Program Director, Hibakusha Stories

THEFT AT THE COOP

DEAR COOP MEMBERS:The upsurge of theft at the Coop

brings to mind one possible part ofthe solution, namely a more strin-gent screening process for potentialmembers. This could possibly takethe form of an in-person interview,which would serve to better ascer-tain a person’s interest and motivesin becoming a member.

Our world and city have greatly

changed since the era in which theCoop was founded. We can no longermake broad assumptions aboutevery individual who is drawn to ourcooperative model. What was con-sidered alternative and part of thecounter-culture and/or social changemovement in the 1970s (organicfood, simple, “green” living) hasbecome mainstream, and in today’seconomy everyone is looking to savemoney. Not everyone is motivated bythe same mindset.

My personal sense is that a poten-tial Coop member should bescreened the way most of us wouldwant to check out a potential room-mate in order to ensure a basic levelof personal honesty and integrity,and to weed out those who wouldbecome liabilities. Unfortunately itseems that is what some of ourmembers have become—bad room-mates, and worse.

I also think the duties and func-tions of the exit worker need to berevisited. From what I understandthey are supposed to check the num-ber or bags or parcels with the receipt,but that does not prevent theft. Inaddition, very frequently someonedoing a makeup is assigned to the exitjob without adequate training. Manytimes it seems to me the person doingthe exit job is not paying attention towhat they are doing, and is morefocused on having a conversation withanother worker. It is not a job that istaken seriously.

I think the prior suggestions sub-mitted to the Gazette concerning bet-ter vigilance and monitoring ofrepeat visitors who shop are goodones, and I hope these items comeup at a General Meeting in the nearfuture. I welcome future discussionof any and all suggestions includingmy own.

In cooperation,Amina Ali

THANKS, COOPMEMBERS!

TO THE EDITORS:Just a note to say thanks to all of

you who stopped to talk with mewhile I was leafletting about Soda-stream in front of the Coop in earlyDecember and to the Coop memberswho came to Target to demonstrateagainst Sodastream on the NationalDay of Action on December 7! I knowthat opposition to our carryingIsraeli products (and especiallyproducts like Sodastream, that aremanufactured in illegal settlements)has been a contentious issue at theCoop, but even those of you withanother viewpoint spoke to me cour-teously and with respect that day.Thank you!

Now let’s start stocking more IsiSeltzer Makers! I’ve had mine foryears, and love it.

Carol Wald

ARE YOU A BROOKLYN-BASED

FILMMAKER? Would you like toscreen your work at the Coop?

Then submit your film for possible inclusion in the Coop’s Friday Film Night Screening Series.

If you’re a Coop member you’ll receive one FTOPcredit for screening and offering a Q+A with yourfilm. If you’re not a member, it’s still a chance tospread the word about your work and build your fanbase by screening for a local audience.

We accept documentary and fiction, both featuresand shorts (we program shorts as a group).

Please e-mail Faye Lederman for details [email protected] or mail your DVD to:

Faye Lederman, 2000 Linwood Ave, #9EFort Lee, NJ 07024

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violation of international law andUN resolutions; the documentedimpact of the Israeli Occupation onPalestinian students; [and] theextent to which Israeli institutionsof higher learning are a party tostate policies that violate humanrights.”

PSFC members for Boycott Divest-ment and Sanctions are heartened bythe growth at U.S. institutions ofhigher learning of the internationalmovement to end the persecution ofPalestine.

We encourage members to boy-cott Israeli products, in particularthe Sodastream carbonationdevices, manufactured in the Occu-pied West Bank.

Naomi BrusselPSFC members for BDS

www.psfcbds.wordpress.com

RESPONSE TO BDS’SDEFENSE OF ACADEMICBOYCOTT

TO THE EDITOR & READERS:Nothing about BDS is particularly

relevant to the Coop and this is espe-cially true about the American Stud-ies Association resolution for anacademic boycott of Israeli institu-tions, reported nevertheless in aGazette letter by Mary Buchwald(12/12/13).

Even in academia itself, there’snot been a whole lot of support.

The list grows daily of Americanuniversities rejecting this boycott.At the time of this writing, the Asso-ciation of American Universities,representing 62 top U.S. and Cana-dian institutions, has expressedstrong opposition, as has the Amer-ican Association of University Pro-fessors, with chapters on 450campuses. And presidents or chan-cellors of the following universitiesand colleges have publicly rejectedthe boycott:

American University (DC), Birm-ingham Southern College, BostonUniversity, Bowdon College, Bran-deis University, Brooklyn College,CUNY, Brown, Case Western

Reserve, City University of NY,Columbia, Cornell, Dickinson Col-lege, Duke, Florida InternationalUniversity, Fordham, George Wash-ington University, Hamilton Col-lege, Harvard, Haverford College,Indiana University, Johns Hopkins,Kenyon College, Lehigh, M.I.T. ,Michigan State, Middlebury Col-lege, N.Y.U. , Northwestern, OhioState, Princeton, Purdue, RhodeIsland College, Rutgers, Smith Col-lege, Stanford, Trinity, Tufts, Tulane,the University of Alabama system,University of California-Berkeley,University of California-Irvine, Uni-versity of California-San Diego, Uni-versity of Chicago, University ofCincinnati, University of Connecti-cut, University of Delaware, Univer-sity of Illinois-Urbana, University ofKansas, University of Maryland-Bal-timore, University of Maryland-Col-lege Park, University of Miami,University of Michigan, University ofPennsylvania, University of Pitts-burgh, University of Southern Cali-fornia, University of Texas-Austin,Washington University-St. Louis,Wesleyan University, WillametteUniversity, Yale, Yeshiva.

To date, the following institutions’American Studies programs havewithdrawn their ASA membership:Brandeis, Indiana University, KenyonCollege, Penn State-Harrisburg. Oth-ers have publicly denied being ASAmembers, even though ASA liststhem as such: Brown, Hamilton Col-lege, Northwestern, Temple, TrinityCollege, Tufts, University of Alabama,University of Southern California,Willamette University.

The ASA resolution has alsobrought unprecedented levels ofoverwhelmingly negative media cov-erage across the political spectrum.A Washington Post editorial character-ized it as “utterly narrow-minded.”Criticism has come from far left jour-nals like The Nation, left-center publi-cations like The New Republic, andnumerous others from the center andright. In a Charlie Rose interview, for-mer Harvard president and TreasurySecretary Lawrence Summers reiter-ated his position that BDS is “anti-Semitic in practice if not in intent.”

In a letter to ASA President CurtisMarez, Representative Eliot Engel,Senior Democratic member of theHouse Foreign Affairs Committeewrote, “I fail to see how cutting offties to Israel’s universities furthersthe interest of peace or peacefulcoexistence.”

The ASA leadership is apparentlysurprised by all the negative reac-tions. When questioned, ASA presi-dent Curtis Marez acknowledged thatIsrael is not the world’s leadinghuman rights abuser but, he stated,“One has to start somewhere.” Inview of what’s happening in theworld today, it’s hard to know how torespond to this chilling statement.But hey! Here’s a thought: Howabout starting by banning BDS fromthe Gazette?

Ruth Bolletino

DISTORTING THE FACTS,AGAIN

TO THE EDITORS:As the Coop enters its sixth (!) year

of Israel-bashing—in clear violationof the spirit of its mission of respectfor diversity and inclusiveness—wehave another grossly misrepresent-ed fact to bolster the BDS crusadeagainst Israel (Buchwald, 12/26/13),distorting and oversimplifying highlycomplicated human rights issues.Reference is made in that letter to“the urgency of finding a solution formillions of Palestinian refugees displaced byIsrael, before and during its establishmentin 1948,” a solution for which theauthor seems to believe falls insome measure within the Coop’sbusiness and power.

Based on census records, in 1945there were 756,000 permanent Arabresidents in Israel. On November 30,1947, the date of the UN vote forpartition, the total was 809,100. A1949 census counted 160,000 Arabsliving in the country after the war.Therefore, no more than 650,000Palestinian Arabs could havebecome refugees (the sources belowprovide details of how they came tobe refugees). A report by the UNMediator on Palestine arrived at an

even lower figure, 472,000, certainlynothing like the millions Buchwaldconjures, a number that more accu-rately represents what remains ofthe original refugees plus severalgenerations of descendants, whoserefugee status is non-heritableunder International Law as theynever resided in Israel—just as nei-ther my parents nor I have ever beenrefugees of the Eastern Europeancountries from which all of mygrandparents were driven to flee inthe early part of the 20th century.

And let us not forget that at thesame time, roughly the same numberof Jews were expelled or escapedfrom Arab countries. Of the 820,000Jewish refugees, 586,000 were reset-tled in Israel at great expense, with-out any offer of compensation fromthe Arab governments who had con-fiscated their possessions.

The contrast between the recep-tion of Jewish refugees in Israel withthe reception of Palestinian refugeesin Arab countries is even more starkwhen one considers the difference incultural and geographic dislocationexperienced by the two groups. MostJewish refugees traveled hundreds—and some traveled thousands—ofmiles to a tiny country whose inhabi-tants spoke a different language.Most Arab refugees remained insidethe vast Arab world that they werepart of linguistically, culturally andethnically.

Perhaps the solution, then, is forthese millions of stateless Arabs tobe given citizenship in either theArab countries where they haveresided for many decades—Gaza, theWest Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Jor-dan—or for them to be repatriated tothe Palestinian territories in antici-pation of a two-state solution.

Source: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/refugees.html

For a more authoritative, peer-reviewed and comprehensive analy-sis of the problem, see Bartal, S.,“The Palestinian Refugee ProblemResolved,” Middle East Quarterly . Fall 2013, pp. 29–40. At: www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem.

Sylvia Lowenthal

THANK YOU!

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