Vegan Activist Elected NYC Mayor

[KLS52]

He won! Pretty cool.

Eric Adams' vegan diet saved his eyesight and life

 

[Lou]

More on Eric Adams.

Did Eric Adams, an Avowed Vegan, Eat Fish? (Yes, and It Was No Fluke.) (Published 2022)

The mayor has highlighted his plant-based diet. Now he has acknowledged that he is “imperfect” and has told the “food police” to back off.

www.nytimes.com

The ‘Zen Mayor’: How Eric Adams Mixes Tough Talk With Spinach Smoothies (Published 2022)

Mr. Adams has tied his interest in nutrition, meditation and fitness to his views on how to lead New York at a challenging time.

www.nytimes.com

I have a subscription to the NYT. if you can't get past their paywall, just let me know and I'll copy and past the articles.

 

[KLS52]

Funny that I didn’t make the connection in the other thread.

 

[Lou]

I thought about posting it in the other thread but I think we are going to be talking about this guy for a long time.

I'm not sure what the term perfectly imperfect means. But I'm giving this guy a pass for Fish-Gate. I have always thought of veganism as more of a process based approach than a results based approach, but if you want to took about results like "animals not eaten", the NYC mayor who institutes Vegan Fridays in NYC public schools is Way ahead in the results category.

 

[Lou]

Eric Adams Is Reportedly Searching for a Chef to Cook Vegan Meals at Gracie Mansion

Plus, Bed-Stuy spot Eugene & Co is calling it quits — and more intel

ny.eater.com

So anyone here want a job at Gracie Mansion?

 

[Lou]

More Eric Adams and Vegan Fridays.

A lot of just criticism but IMHO a step in the right direction

 

[Lou]

its been too long since we posted to this thread.

The NYT is behind a paywall but here are the best parts

NYC Health + Hospitals, the country’s largest municipal health system, has made plant-based food the default for inpatient meals. That means the food contains no meat, dairy or eggs. If a patient doesn’t like the first option, the second offering is also plant-based. Anyone who wants meat has to make a special request.​

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Now, a year after it made those sweeping changes, the hospital system has reduced its food-related carbon emissions by 36 percent, according to the mayor’s office.​

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And, jokes about hospital food aside, the changes seem to be a hit with patients. Samantha Morgenstern, a client executive and registered dietitian at Sodexo, the food services company providing the meals, said that nine times out of 10, patients accepted the dishes, and that the satisfaction rate was above 90 percent.​

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The switch is part of a broad push from Mayor Eric Adams, a self-described vegan who sometimes eats fish, to cut meat consumption in the city to improve health and to curb greenhouse gas emissions. About 35 percent of the city’s planet-heating emissions come from buildings, with transportation and food each accounting for roughly 20 percent. The mayor’s office has pledged to reduce the city’s food-based emissions by a third by 2030.​

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A study from Oxford University, issued this summer, found that plant-based diets accounted for 75 percent less in greenhouse gas emissions than diets that include 3.5 ounces of meat a day. The world’s food system is responsible for one-third of greenhouse gasses, with beef, lamb and cheese the most polluting.​

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After the hospital system switched from animal products to plant-based food, there was an initial cost savings of 59 cents per tray, and while that amount has since fluctuated, it still costs less per plate than meat, Ms. Morgenstern said.​

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How New York’s Public Hospitals Cut Carbon Emissions: More Vegetables

Making plant-based meals the default has reduced food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 36 percent, the mayor’s office said. Just don’t say “vegan.”

www.nytimes.com