Eric Adams: Planted Not Buried
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
5.0 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Planted. Not Buried. That is how Eric Adams has chosen to see himself through the darkest moments of his life.
The first occurred at age 15, when he and his brother were beaten by the police. Four years later he became a police officer and spent the next 22 years on the force, working to help reform NYC policing from the inside. He retired as a captain and now he serves as the President of the Borough that I call home - Brooklyn.
Yes, Brooklyn has a President, an incredibly busy and very much in demand President. Eric has spent most of 2020 on the frontlines; most recently the frontlines of the protests against police brutality and systemic racism and, during the months that Brooklyn was a COVID-19 hotspot, he spent his days handing out PPE to hospital workers and plant based meals to residents in need of a meal.
Plant based because he has personally experienced the health benefits of a vegan diet. In 2016, he cured his own diabetes and partial blindness by making the switch. Since then he's been on a mission to implement plant based diets and nutrition in hospitals, schools, prisons, and communities all over New York City.
Eric is a man who gives much more to the world than he takes from it. After my brief time with him, I found myself wanting to be and do much better. His graciousness, generosity, and desire to look for the opportunities are qualities that this world could use a whole lot more of. As a resident of Brooklyn, I feel extremely lucky and proud to have Eric running the show around here.
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| 0:00.0 | Species, Unite, Unite. and I was like what is wrong with this crazy guy I'm losing my sight and he's |
| 0:16.8 | wrong with this crazy guy I'm losing my sight and he's telling me to stop eating steak |
| 0:25.7 | but I had nothing to lose. And so when I returned to the city, |
| 0:28.3 | and I started looking in my fridge and my pantry, |
| 0:32.3 | and I said, wow, this is the food he's talking about. This is all process. |
| 0:36.0 | And so three weeks after going to a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet, |
| 0:41.0 | my vision came back. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novograt's. |
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