The Sardine Shortage Reaches the Coop
August 18, 2026 By Lora Kelley Sardines are having a moment. All over TikTok, posters embrace “sardinemaxxing” and “sardine girl summer,” raving about the nutritional benefits of the tasty and relatively sustainable snack. In 2022, Vogue wrote of “the tinned fish mania that has gripped the world.” Earlier this year, Wirecutter suggested that “Sardine’s PR…
Vendor Profile: Our Muesli Makers
August 18, 2026 By Kim Velsey When Mike Shuster and Lisa Zaccaglini, the founders of Mu Mu Muesli, moved upstate to Sharon Springs in 2001, they never imagined that in a decade they’d be making more than a thousand pounds of muesli a week. The couple, who’d met in an MFA program at Stanford years…
Back to the Coop for Back-to-School Supplies
August 18, 2026 By Rosie Nisanyan According to the Coop’s Equity, Access and Community Committee 2025 Demographic Survey, about one quarter of survey respondents have children living with them. For these families, the end of summer means one thing: BTS! No, not the K-Pop band’s World Tour, but back-to- school preparation and all that it…
Taylor Pate Wins Board Seat, Defeating Coop Co-founder Joe Holtz
July 28, 2026 By Leila Darabi Photos by Michael Berman Members elected Taylor Pate to the Park Slope Food Coop Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting held the evening of Tuesday, June 30. Pate defeated a field that included Coop co-founder and former General Manager Joe Holtz despite a coordinated campaign urging members to…
Sea & Soil, A Worker-Owned Sandwich Shop, Takes Root on Atlantic Avenue
July 28, 2026 By Liz Yap Every customer who steps into Sea & Soil, a cheery worker-owned cooperative on a busy stretch of Atlantic Avenue, has two choices to make: what sandwich they’d like to order and how much they’d like to pay for it. The sandwiches, with inspired combinations like cumin-paprika roasted chicken and…
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