Vote ABBEY LAUREL-SMITH for MAYOR NYC at the Ballot on Tuesday 4th of November, 2025

MANHATTAN, NY, August 20, 2025 (Newswire.com) - I will reduce sugar and fat contents in food and drinks sold on every shelve in New York City.

We talk of green and organic foods today, but if we look a few hundred years back, the talk then was about letting animals forage rather than sharing a precious natural resource like water with them, or above ground eatables versus root vegetables.

In Ireland, faith based leaders convinced the Irish public by guiding them away from eating potato, fish or anything that is below ground or from the sea because these things grew in an environment that lack's the direct effect of God's hand - that is sunlight. No one saw them grow. No one watered them. They lacked care and God's blessing because the sun never shined on them.

And the Irish public - with a deep sense of religious belief and responsibility, went along with thisn line of thinking, regardless of whether their land is good for maize, corn, wheat, barley or other things that grow above ground.

Almost same could be said of kosher, except the fact that it is impossible to link kosher rules and guides to a leader as it has always been an oral tradition passed down through generations. But if one compares what could be grown on the Irish soil to that of animals being made to eat anything and everything except water - a scarce resource in the desert environment of the Middle East, then it make sense to ban the consumption of certain animals that might have feasted on flesh and feaces.

The Irish have since moved on to eating root vegetables, and now live healthier and longer than their ancestors, but majority in our Jewish communities haven't moved on from kosher.

In New York City of today, food cost has gone up by five, six or ten folds. And anything kosher costs even more. We are fast coming to a point where - like it or not, we have to agree that eating green, breathing green, living green and drinking green is a lifestyle our primogenital ancestors did not see as healthy nor privileged. Everything they eat was green. And as far as they were concerned, the water around them - if they ever drink it or wash in it, was pure and natural, yet their lifespan wasn't anything beyond 35, 40, or maybe up to 45 if they're lucky.

The fact that we live longer today than our ancestors is not because we eat green, drink clear green water, eat kosher and live in houses made of green materials. No. Our lives and our standards of living improved because of science, rational thinking about nutrients and vitamins. We are living longer because of scientific discoveries about food, rules and regulations about depleting resources, as well as soil and resource management.

Water quality has significantly improved in the past 200 years because science and technological advancement helps us understand wetlands filteration system better than ever, made us aware of contaminants as well as how best to go about treating waste water. I will therefore not be wrong to say that a pig raised and fed under these circumstances or in a bio-tech induced agritectural farm is very very kosher.

It is with this in mind that I plan to introduce agritecture and the concept of industrial scale agritectural buildings to the city of New York. And by doing so, I will help the city grow and produce at least 30% of what we eat and drink in the city. This will help create a framework for reducing sugar and fat content in food and drinks that are being sold to kids in schools as well as to everyone in the city of New York.

With agritecture on an industrial scale, I will not only implement initiatives that will help New Yorkers' gain a healthy weight, I will be bringing down cost of food and essential commodities for the general well being of all in New York City.

And I plan to do this by putting a few neglected city structures scattered all over the five boroughs to green and pastoral use.

I am Abbey Laurel-Smith, an Independent candidate running for Mayor of the City of New York. As your candidate, I favor the general well being of all New Yorkers. And as much as I promise to work to improve the living experience for retirees, students, city workers and low income families, I also promise to work hard on bringing back those high earning out-migrators who left the city for neighboring states during the pandemic.

I put New Yorkers first. Join me, vote better live this general election and let's rebuild your city.
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SOURCE: Abbey S Laurel-Smith

Source: Abbey S Laurel-Smith