Muslim candidate for New York mayor Zohran Mamdani is campaigning on the promise to open five government run grocery stores. There would be one in each borough.

The primary reasons are:

1. Appeal to, and bring out voter turnout in the election.
2. Control and make more citizens dependent on government.

It is well proven that both state run liquor and grocery stores are more expensive than non-state-run stores.

A government-run grocery store with higher prices would be the worst of both worlds.

Government-run retail establishments are inherently less efficient than their private-sector counterparts.

“Public options” like Mamdani advocates don’t have to make a profit. They can count on taxpayer money to prop up any losses.

Grocery stores already have razor thin profit margins. Introducing a publicly-funded competitor would be a bad deal for New Yorkers and America.

It becomes even worse when we think how corrupt, expensive and controlling our medical, pharmaceutical and government already is.

Do all prescribed drugs actually heal? Are vaccines safe? Should we trust the FDA and CDC?

The idea of using food to heal is powerful. However, the current implementation of Food Is Medicine (FIM) programs is heavily shaped by funding priorities. These priorities are far from neutral.

Many FIM programs depend heavily on government agencies, major public health philanthropies, health systems, and nonprofit organizations (think NGOs).

In the case of our food, think of The Rockefeller Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Arnold Ventures.

They rely on the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and the American Heart Association. They also depend on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the USDA, and state-level Medicaid programs.

Moreover, insurers like Blue Cross Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente are crucial for these special interests to succeed. Their role is comparable to Big Pharma.

These funders have invested millions into Food Is Medicine pilot projects and policy advocacy. They heavily influence not only what gets served, but what stays out of view in nutrition interventions.

Suspiciously, these funders often support dietary frameworks that are explicitly plant-forward or plant-exclusive.

The most eye-opening clues to what is really occurring here is asking who is funding all of this? (Or should we be saying WHO is behind this?).

• The Rockefeller Foundation has openly supported initiatives that call for a reduction in animal-based foods in the global diet.
  • They helped fund the development of the EAT-Lancet Commission. This commission proposed a planetary health diet that drastically limits meat and dairy intake.
  • Yet, this proposal has been heavily criticized by many nutrition researchers.
  • Although they’ve shown support for regenerative livestock agriculture, their public messaging tends toward a plant-first narrative. That said, they have also made efforts to support small and mid-scale U.S. farmers, including those involved in regenerative agriculture.
  • Rockefeller has invested over $100 million into FIM programs. They often frame their nutrition work around plant-centric interventions like produce prescriptions and incentives.
• The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is explicitly anti‑meat. It advocates for wholesale elimination of animal products in public food systems. It also actively campaigns against the inclusion of animal products in institutional food programs. Their messaging often falsely equates meat consumption with smoking in terms of health risks.
• Foundations such as Robert Wood Johnson and Arnold Ventures fund a mix of projects. Some promote plant-based policy. Others support groups like the Nutrition Coalition that challenge anti-meat dietary guidelines. Their stance is more pragmatic, though it is still largely shaped by prevailing plant-based norms.
• Health insurers and health care systems typically align their support with public health norms. These norms have long favored plant-based dietary patterns due to flawed interpretations of loose correlations in epidemiological data. That is starting to change as new evidence on nutrient-dense animal foods gains traction. Still, Kaiser Permanente, another major healthcare player supporting FIM pilots, released a report in 2017. The report explicitly recommended plant-based diets as a default for chronic disease prevention. It also suggested reversal.

This widespread promotion of plant-based diets is often framed as environmentally and ethically responsible. Yet, it sidelines the nutritional science. It also overlooks the needs of patients who gain from high-quality animal foods.

As a result, the very foods that could be most therapeutic are often excluded. These foods include grass-fed beef, pastured-raised eggs, raw dairy, and liver. They are left out of most Food Is Medicine programs.

This funding landscape creates an inherent bias. When organizations that shape food policy also dictate what counts as “medicine,” we risk replacing one narrow model of care.

We might swap pharmaceutical care with a plant-based ideology. This does not truly honor diverse nutritional needs.

It also disadvantages regenerative ranchers and livestock farmers—many of whom are producing some of the most healing, nutrient-dense foods available.

If we genuinely want to prevent disease, we must ensure that animal-sourced foods are included. They should not be excluded due to ideology or institutional bias. This is essential to nourish communities.

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