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“1995: The co-op blocks any items that originate in Colorado. Recalls one member, “We voted in 1995 to boycott the state of Colorado, as a response to its passage of an anti-gay rights ordinance, even though the affected companies were arguably innocent, and had not advocated nor campaigned for the ordinance.” Exactly what products were stopped at the border is unknown, but according to the Census Bureau, the state’s top commodities include “meat of bovine animals,” aircraft engines, X-ray film, crude oil, molybdenum ores and “whole hides & skins.” Park Slope’s sales of black-market molybdenum promptly go through the roof.”
A Complete History of the Park Slope Food Coop’s Boycotts
