The Bee’s Knees
Meet Union Street Honey, the Coop’s Most Local Product October 20, 2026 By Liz Yap Photographs by Michael Berman A few doors down from the Coop, urban beekeeper Jonathan Derow tends to his rooftop hives, harvesting honey and supplying shops around Brooklyn with liquid gold. It’s the most hyperlocal product the Coop sells, and it’s…
Brooklyn Packers Builds a Better Food Chain
October 20, 2026 Text and photographs by Leila Darabi On a recent Friday morning, Mustapha Abdul-Rahim, Leo Gibbs, and Deacon O’Connor worked at different tables lining Brooklyn Packers’ small storefront at 224 Marcus Garvey Blvd. At that Bedford-Stuyvesant location, they pulled produce from flats, sacks and tubs. They then packed corn, red potatoes, onions, callaloo,…
Finding a Home in Park Slope’s Diners
October 20, 2026 By Emmett Lindner Photographs by Caroline Mardok There aren’t a lot of social options when you grow up in the woods. You wait for the summer sun to go down and the cicadas to quiet before throwing a few logs together for a bonfire, idly staring at the flames among friends until…
Plow to Plate Presents: “James Hemings: Ghost in America’s Kitchen”
By Adam Rabiner DNA evidence has all but confirmed that Thomas Jefferson fathered children by Sally Hemings, the woman he enslaved—old news by now, and the reason her name is familiar to most Americans. Less known is that Sally had an exceptionally accomplished older brother, James Hemings (1765–1801). James Hemings: Ghost in America’s Kitchen opens…
August General Meeting Report
Legal fees are up but so are sales; a legislative victory for a potential Coop podcast September 29, 2026 The August General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop was held entirely on Zoom, with 216 members signed on by the 7 p.m. start. The evening covered a financial report, a committee election, a proposed…
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