Yesterday New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his team announced that they will be enacting new laws to reduce the so-called emissions from food, namely that of meats, in a bid to meet arbitrary emissions goals by 2030.
In his speech at NYC Health & Hospitals Culinary Center in Brooklyn yesterday, Mayor Adams said, “We know that a plant-power diet is better for your mental and physical health, and I am living proof of that.”
Accompanying this speech, the city released it’s first integrated greenhouse gas inventory, which measures the amount of emissions are particular sector creates, including that of food production and consumption. The city claims that 20% of their emissions come from their food (the third largest).
Adams and crew attribute most of this to meat, and therefore the city plans to reduce the production and consumption, in a bid to reduce their overall emissions rate by 33% by 2030.
According to a press release from the city’s official website, the Adams explains why they are going to start reducing meat production and consumption while promoting plant-based lifestyles. The city writes:
The new inventory shows that 20 percent of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions come from household food consumption — primarily from meats, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products. This means New Yorkers can significantly reduce the city’s emissions by eating more low-carbon food, including fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes.
This new emissions inventory furthers New York City’s continued commitment to measuring its emissions and innovating to reduce its contribution to climate change, including through the food it buys. In particular, New York City’s public hospitals and schools are leading the way. By serving plant-based meals as the default option and enhancing patients’ food experience, NYC Health + Hospitals is on track to serve 850,000 plant-based meals this year — reducing its food-based carbon emissions by 36 percent as of February 2023 while reducing the public health burden of diet-related disease. The city also introduced Plant-Powered Fridays in its public schools last year, emphasizing the central role that healthy, low-carbon options must have on individuals’ plates and inspiring future generations to lead the charge in creating a more just and sustainable food system.
In addition to committing to reducing the city’s carbon emissions from food purchases from city agencies by 33 percent by 2030, Mayor Adams today launched the Plant-Powered Carbon Challenge, urging private, institutional, and nonprofit sector leaders to reduce their food-based emissions by 25 percent by 2030. MOFP — in partnership with the companies Coolfood and Greener by Default — will support participants in measuring and reducing the carbon footprint of their existing procurement practices. These commitments will be formalized in Mayor Adams’ strategic climate plan to be released later in April. Last year, Mayor Adams updated the city’s Food Standards, which translate the latest research on health and nutrition into guidelines for food served by the city — aligning public health and climate goals. The city was recognized by signatories to the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact for its work incorporating “Good Food Purchasing” program values in its food procurement. The Good Food Purchasing program encourages large institutions to use their buying power to support five core values: local economies, environmental sustainability, valued workforce, animal welfare, and nutrition. The city is integrating these values into agency food spending, which will ensure that city funds spent on food support individual, community, and planetary health.
New York City is a national and global leader in climate initiatives related to food and is poised to serve as a model for other cities. In 2022, Mayor Adams announced that the city had signed onto the “C40 Good Food Cities Declaration” — joining London and 13 other cities around the world delivering on the same pledge — to increase access to plant-forward and nutritious food for city residents and halve their city’s respective food waste. C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors from the world’s leading cities working to deliver urgent, local action to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone can thrive.
Furthermore, city officials and staff released a multitude of statements in response to the new goals.
New York City is leading the world when it comes to combating climate change, because we’re using every option on the menu in our fight — and that includes changing our menus, too.
This new emissions report shows us that plant-powered food isn’t just good for our physical and mental health, but good for the planet as well. We’ve already made great strides in reducing our food emissions by leading with plant-based meals in our public hospitals and introducing Plant-Powered Fridays in our public schools. Now, we know we need to go further.
That’s why today, we’re committing to reducing the city’s food-based emissions at agencies by 33 percent by 2030 and challenging our private sector partners to join us by cutting their food emissions by 25 percent in the same time period. The way we eat impacts everything, and now we’re going to do more to impact everything for the better.
Mayor Adams said
Ensuring New Yorkers eat nutritious foods and have access to them is key to their overall health, but it should not come at the cost of harming our environment.
Reducing consumption-based emissions and encouraging people to adopt more plant-based foods is a win-win. This will help improve our air quality and help prevent the several chronic diseases that affect so many New Yorkers unnecessarily.
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan, said
Taking actionable steps towards the sustainability of our schools, such as our now monthly plastic free day in cafeterias, is and will continue to be a priority for New York City public schools and the Office of Food and Nutrition Services.
Many of our young people depend on the delicious and nutritious meals they receive in school each day, and we’re committed to making sure these meals are not only healthy, but sourced and prepared with the future of our city and our students in mind.
Chris Tricarico, senior executive director, New York City Department of Education’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services, said
Sodexo is committed to leading the movement toward plant-based dining and to supporting the mayor and the city of New York in its carbon reduction goals. Through our partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals we’ve already seen a 36% reduction in carbon emissions over the last year with our roll-out of the plant-based patient menu.
We’re focused on improving the availability of plant-based dishes and creating delicious new recipes that consumers will be excited to try.
Matt Marchbanks, senior vice president of operations, Sodexo, said
As indicated in the press release, NYC has been one of the world’s leading cities in reducing meat and dairy consumption, such as the city enforcing “vegan Fridays,” courtesy of Adams, on top of the “meatless Mondays” at schools; and only serving vegan dishes at hospitals.
SEE: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Mandates “Vegan Fridays” In All K-12 Public Schools
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
[1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. [4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: [5] For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1Timothy 4:1-5
Yet again, a direct fulfillment of Bible prophecy – prophesized approximately 2,000 years ago.
These people are absolutely nuts. Instead of reducing emissions (so-called) elsewhere, they are now going after the food supply again, to make people as sick, weak, and docile as the possibly can, even more than they already are.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Jacob do you think its worth doing a debunking video on thomas hobbes book called laviathan?
I’ve never heard of that book. Honestly though I just do not have time for a lot of that stuff right now. I am so backed-up as is.
I’m not Jacob, but you many find Ruckman’s book on humanist history & philosophy useful on that.
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Hobbes was a Scot, if I remember correctly. One who took a quasi-biblical, Deist approach to his philosophy of economics & politics, using biblical terms like Leviathan. The man who wrote Gulliver’s Travels ….Jonathan Swift?…followed the same line of thinking in allegorical form. Back-door Catholics, and most of them falling right back to Mama in these latter days, like a lot of the Augustinians ended up being.
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King James distrusted the statist Augustinian Puritans & Calvinists as much as he did Rome, though he was forced to dealing with both in the realities of living in this fallen world, and was just a man himself, confused with the Romish doctrine of absolutist divine right of kings which the popes invented from Babylonish/Egyptian roots & ‘Christianized’ to their use for steering, control and power. He persecuted baptists who’d fled the genocidal inquisition of Rome and Phillip II of Spain, the wicked Rome-partnered leadership of France etc from the Netherlands & lowlands in the days of Queen Elizabeth I. Probably no true Christian herself, but at least tolerating those who weren’t, whether in semi-biblical understanding, or more likely, in political pragmatism & attempting to keep England free of the Jesuit intrigues & Inquisition.
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I do not adhere to Eric Jon Phelps’ Calvinist Protestantism, but his histories are well-researched, documented, & edifying to the truth-seeking Christian. Understanding how we got to where we are helps in remaining separated from it in wise, understanding circumspect living. Not only the New Testament, but all the Bible, and Proverbs in particular, speak to the wisdom of fearing God & seeking understanding. But we can’t all be experts in everything: too much has passed under the bridge & knowledge has exploded even as prophesied in the book of Daniel, though the nature of fallen man, & even the remaining corruptible flesh of we redeemed, has remained the same.
Both Phelps’ & Ruckman’s histories & comment are useful is what I meant to say, adding Phelps in there. You can find his Vatican Assassins online & archived, though it’s honest to pay men for such laborious & edifying work & buying his printable book on cd (which is the only semi-‘hard’ form remaining). You can still get Peter Ruckman’s books through the Bible Baptist Church, Pensacola, Florida bookstore…though that ministry itself shows signs of pragmatic slide toward the ‘woke/trad-cat’ dialectic uniting in the antichrist head: Rome.
Well, I came here to comment on what I’ve been reading recently in Jeremiah & the prophets…about where these things end up…but side-tracked hoping to help Magnolia edify herself, growing in understanding, proving all things. Best to do that young & diligently rather than hit and miss to be shocked in older years by antichrist progress & fulfillment…speaking in grey-headed experience here & preaching to myself as much (and maybe more) than many here in this forum, especially women seeking to find our Titus 2 place in the insanity of antichrist androgynous transformer world.
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It’s looking as though those places who’ve allowed & followed the most devolved on the Romans 1 decline of societies of mankind, like New York , & particularly, New York City….are going to actually ‘go there’ in terms of the curses of the famine of the siege, both of the Assyrians against Israel & Samaria, & the Babylonians against Judah….with eating their own dung, their own children & friends… Romans 11 warns that the Lord will deal with those Gentiles/Greeks of this age having the high privilege & responsibility of the Gospel & word of God as the Jews before them, no differently than he did his own chosen & beloved ‘as the apple of his eye’.
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This below is the threat of the Assyrian, victorious over the northern kingdom & Samaria, to Jerusalem, which was miraculously saved of the Lord due to the revival & prayer of Hezekiah’s reign. Probably comparative to the old revivals men tend to call Protestant coming of the restoration of the word to the masses of mankind following Rome’s suppression & Dark Age.
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Nonetheless, with their recycling sewage & bio-sludge stuff: men are actually fulfilling this literally, underlining the truth of 1 Timothy 4 as they do so.
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2Ki 18:27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Isa 36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
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And God gave this sign to Ezekiel, though as a protesting prophet faithfully bringing the words of God, the Lord gave him at least, reprieve from this. Though it still came with great straitness.
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Eze 4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
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God’s faithful warning to Israel, and to us who have these things for our instruction (1 Cor 10):
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De 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
De 28:57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
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And, there is so much more. Offering true & sobering warning, with instruction & directing guidance, yet coming with hope to encourage (imbue with courage) & to strengthen the weak knees & help lift up the hands that hang down. I can’t go a day in this wickedness without the word of God & Spirit to strengthen me by & through it. Also cleansing…1 John.
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Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Looking more and more like the Incredible HACK, this “mayor”.