40 29 n 73 58 37 w 40.674853 n 73.976881 w 40.674853 ; 73.976881 park slope food coop type consumers cooperative founded 1973 1973 headquarters new york city new york united states key people officers bill penner president eunju lee vice president jesse rosenfeld secretary tricia leith treasurer board of directors eunju lee bill penner imani q ryn jesse rosenfeld ex officio joe holtz general coordinators elinoar astrinsky mike eakin ann herpel joe holtz tricia leith lisa moore jess robinson joseph szladek products organic food local food revenue 39.4 million 2010 1 website foodcoop.com the park slope food coop psfc is a food cooperative located in the park slope neighborhood of brooklyn in new york city . it is one of the oldest and largest active food co ops in the united states . as a food cooperative one of its goals is to be a buying agent to its members not a selling agent to any industry . 2 non members are welcome to visit the store but may not shop . formed in 1973 psfc has grown to include over 16 000 members . the psfc business model requires each of its adult members to contribute 2 hours and 45 minutes of work every four weeks and that no member share a household with a non member . in exchange active members may shop at the store . the store sells a variety of foods and household goods mostly environmentally friendly products at a 21 % markup over the wholesale price 1 compared to 26 100 % at a supermarket . 3 the savings are possible because labor is contributed by its members . psfc operates as a new york state cooperative corporation . contents 1 governance and management 2 history 2.1 political and environmental action 2.2 criticism 3 references 4 external links governance and management edit psfc a cooperative corporation formed under the laws of the state of new york is run by a board of directors consisting of five persons elected to staggered three year terms by and from the membership . the longest serving general coordinator present at the meeting usually joe holtz serves as a voting member ex officio . 4 the board of directors gather monthly to hear the advice of the members at the general meeting gm 5 and generally approve all resolutions passed by the gm . the gm agenda is governed by an agenda committee and the meeting itself is run by a chair committee whose members rotate in service as chairperson and collectively serve as gm parliamentarian . the day to day operations of the psfc are run by paid employees called coordinators . the senior ranking coordinators called general coordinators are hired by the general meeting and approved by the board of directors . 6 the coop has a diversity and equality committee whose members receive workslot credit and which proposes programs to enhance membership diversity at the coop . 7 history edit main building the psfc was founded in 1973 . 8 the organization initially sub leased space with the mongoose community center . by 1977 the mongoose was defunct and the coop started renting directly from the landlord . 9 in 1978 the coop began renting 782 union street with an option to buy upon the expiration of a two year lease . expecting to buy the coop completed renovations in 1979 and purchased the building in 1980 . this was followed in 1988 and 1999 with the purchase of the two buildings immediately to the west with renovations completed in 1991 and 2001 respectively . 9 in december 2009 the coop paid the remaining 707 000 on the mortgage for all three buildings . this pre payment was made without penalty as the mortgage holder national cooperative bank needed assistance after the banking crisis of 2008 2009 . 10 political and environmental action edit the coop has a long history of political action . during the apartheid regime goods from south africa were banned ; during the pinochet regime chilean grapes were removed ; nestl products were banned because of the company s campaign to promote infant formula instead of breastfeeding . 11 coop policy dictates that existing boycotts are discontinued unless renewed annually . since 2004 the psfc has boycotted coca cola products including minute maid and odwalla citing the company s labor practices and exploitation of natural resources in third world countries . 12 since 2010 the psfc has boycotted flaum appetizing products for violations of labor law . 13 flaum is a local kosher producer known for hummus sold under its mike & joe s label . in 2008 the psfc general meeting resolved that the coop would discontinue selling bottled water 14 and stop providing plastic shopping bags at checkout . 15 in 2009 the jewish daily forward 16 incorrectly stated or implied that the coop was considering a ban on israeli products in protest of the 2009 israeli military offensive in gaza . in actuality no such proposal had been placed on the agenda of the psfc general meeting gm . 17 the stories were based on two letters to the editor in the february 12 2009 edition of the psfc s linewaiters gazette . 18 the gazette publishes member submissions regardless of opinion . 19 for three years members of the coop expressed their opinions in the gazette regarding a potential boycott of israel and the july 26 2011 general meeting discussed holding a coop wide referendum on joining the bds movement with no action taken . 20 the march 27 2012 gm which was held at brooklyn technical high school due to an unprecedented turnout of nearly 1 700 members eleven times more than typical after a heated discussion considered and rejected a proposal to hold such a referendum . 21 22 23 in 2010 in response to an announcement by the menswear retailer barneys new york that they would be opening a location in brooklyn called barneys coop the psfc general meeting gm considered taking action in light of the company s apparent violation of new york s cooperative corporations law which restricts the use of the term coop to cooperative businesses . 24 the general coordinators informed the state attorney general of the violation and presented a plan for a lawsuit to the july 2010 gm which rejected the proposal for anticipated costs . a more limited proposal was approved by the august 2010 gm but later overturned on procedural grounds . 25 on january 26 2016 the park slope food coop voted in a change to the rules for the general meeting . it stipulated that in order to pass any boycott a supermajority of at least 75 % of the general meeting must agree to the boycott . criticism edit psfc s work shift requirement has inspired criticism over the years . 26 27 the new york times also recently reported allegations that some members were asking their nannies to cover their work shifts . 28 references edit notes a b kowitt beth september 19 2010 . the rise of the grocery co op . cnn . psfc mission statement . crowe aaron february 18 2011 . biggest grocery store markups the worst deals in the aisles . dailyfinance . psfc bylaws as amended march 27 2001 article iii sections 1 and 2 . psfc bylaws as amended march 27 2001 article vi section 2 . psfc bylaws as amended march 27 2001 article v section 1 . welch liz october 7 2010 . cultural diversity issues at the coop pdf . linewaiter s gazette . ee 20 1 . younge gary march 16 2006 . are you feeling cooperative . the guardian . a b union street memories linewaiters gazette november 3 2011 kaplan eva december 31 2009 . diversity and equality get the last word at december gm pdf . linewaiter s gazette . p. 2 . gersten lana february 18 2009 . food fight brooklyn co op mulls israel ban . the jewish daily forward . resolution to remove coca cola products from the shelves of the park slope food coop . april 27 2004 . flaum appetizing dropped by prominent market over workers rights concerns . brandworkers international . december 1 2010 . dwyer jim may 14 2008 . bottled water paradox banned and required . the new york times . burke daniel june 5 2008 . bottles and bags bans and boycotts pdf . linewaiters gazette . gersten lana . food fight brooklyn co op mulls israel ban . the jewish daily forward . 18 feb. 2009 . kuntzman gersh . the food co op is not repeat not considering a ban on israeli products . the brooklyn paper . 1 see page 11 . the linewaiters gazette letters . park slope food coop . retrieved march 30 2012 . the july gm debating a boycott pdf . retrieved march 30 2012 . chi en arthur march 27 2012 . park slope food co op votes against boycott of israeli products . wpix . retrieved march 30 2012 . slope food coop votes in fort greene against israel ban . the local fort greene blog . march 27 2012 . retrieved march 30 2012 . semple kirk ; kuntzman kersh march 27 2012 . food co op rejects effort to boycott israeli made products . the new york times . brown stephen april 15 2010 . is the barneys co op breaking the law with its name . the brooklyn paper . forman gayle september 23 2010 . coop fashion police cite barney s violation pdf . linewaiter s gazette . ain alana joblin october 23 2009 . flunking out at the food co op . the new york times . barry dan december 11 2004 . at the food co op accused of a little too much cooperation . the new york times . hartocollois anemona ; linderman juliet february 17 2011 . at a food co op a discordant thought nannies covering shifts . thenew york times . further reading crewdson michael march 7 2011 . praise from afar for the park slope food co op . the new york times . chaban matt . soy vey could a hummus fight kill the co op . the new york observer . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title park slope food coop & oldid 727965346 categories 1973 establishments in new yorkcompanies based in brooklyncompanies established in 1973consumers cooperatives in the united statesfood cooperatives in the united statespark slopehidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 07 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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