The Coop’s Lost and Found: Reuniting Members with Their Prized Possessions
March 3, 2026 By Kim Velsey Found: a claim ticket for Dixon’s Bicycle Shop, passport photos of a child, medical records, a steel tongue drum, a fishing license, one silver circular dangling earring with mother of pearl. Lost: a USPS receipt, a cherry wood cane, a retainer in a purple case, a brown bag with…
Profile of a Coop Ally: CHiPS Executive Director, Peter Endriss
March 3, 2026 By Oluwakemi Aladesuyi With its dual mission to ameliorate food insecurity and homelessness in New York City, CHiPS (which stands for Community Help in Park Slope) has been serving our neighbors for decades and, during that time, witnessed how the needs of the most vulnerable among them have changed since its founding…
Wordsprouts: Irvin Schonfeld
Come join us for our next WordSprouts event in partnership with the Old Stone House, featuring psychologist Irvin Schonfeld, PhD, MPH, Professor Emeritus at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. Irvin will present on his most recent book, Breaking Point: Job Stress, Occupational Depression and the Myth of Burnout (Wiley,…
Valentines to the Coop
February 10, 2026 By Leila Darabi On a snowy day not long before Valentine’s Day, the Park Slope Food Coop felt especially intimate, with shoppers’ winter coats crowding the aisles and the familiar rhythm of work and shopping carrying on. Shopping at the Coop has always meant taking part in something larger than a simple…
The Black Farmer Who Shaped America’s Cooperative Approach to Food
February 10, 2026 By Femi Redwood Coop members volunteer our time and pay up-front membership fees because we believe these shared investments make our food systems stronger. Also, this makes our produce cost less than at traditional grocery stores, and farmers earn more profit than they would selling to large chains. This is the same…
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