The Park Slope food co-op boycott, explained

SEPTEMBER 17: A co-op shopper (R) bags his groceries while a fellow co-op member works the cash register at the Park Slope Food Coop on September 17, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.</p

Joined the opposition to the Park Slope Food Co-Op's proposed ban on products imported from Israel. park slope food coop.

Entrepreneur and a musician, an engineer and a law firm employee — all streaming into the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn for its bounty of organic produce, artisan cheese and fair-trade coffee.

And Eli Rosenberg Will the Park Slope Food Co-op vote to consider a ban of Israeli foods? Or will the neighborhood's favorite hummus remain on the shelves for the foreseeable future? Only time will tell.

A shopper at the Park Slope food co-op in Brooklyn, NY, in 2004. (KATHY WILLENS – AP) The debate over whether to boycott Israeli food products at the Park Slope food co-op had been raging in Brooklyn for months.