VISION & MISSION

Our Vision

Plant Powered Metro New York envisions communities free of illness, and people living their best lives, through the widespread adoption of whole food, plant-based (WFPB) nutrition. Each person has the tools and support systems they need to take charge of their health with the food they eat.

Mission

PPMNY empowers people to find better health and overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition. We offer evidence-based education, resources, and support to create community and inspire change throughout the New York metropolitan area. 
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Our community-driven movement connects individuals, groups, and organizations in a strong network advancing the power of a healthy, plant-based lifestyle. Together, we:

  • Raise awareness about the dramatic health benefits of WFPB nutrition.
  • Build supportive communities that empower people to make lifestyle changes.
  • Organize and lead projects that spark changes to food policy, practice, and culture.

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Values

  • Better health through whole plant foods: We champion the evidence-based research that a diet rich in whole plant foods is ideal for our best health.
  • Respect for each individual journey: We recognize that everyone starts at a different place and will move at different speeds on their path to greater health.
  • Gentle motivation: We model health-promoting behaviors, teach new skills, and share the powerful evidence and stories of WFPB nutrition’s impact to encourage personal change. 
  • Supportive relationships: Lifestyle change is possible and easier when there is a foundation of trust and a network of community support.
  • Personal empowerment: Just one empowered person or group can have a positive impact on an entire community’s health.
  • ​Strength through diversity: Our movement includes people and leaders from many backgrounds, to authentically relate to the cultures and beliefs of diverse communities.

Who is Plant Powered?

Plant Powered Metro New York is for people of all ages, stages, and backgrounds. Some of us found whole-food, plant-based nutrition after reading a book, watching a documentary, or seeing the transformation of friends or family members. Others have had the privilege to learn from one of the pioneering physicians who are healing with food, and every day new doctors and health practitioners are incorporating the principles of plant-based nutrition into their practices.

This movement is for everyone across the globe. Right here, in the New York City metropolitan area, we are raising the banner for health and healing through plants.

How We Got Started

 In early 2019, volunteer leaders of five different "pods" in the international PlantPure Communities network came together to connect and strengthen their respective work in the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Long Island. We had a vision of greater coordination, recognizing that the metro area has fluid boundaries; greater support, seeking to learn from and help out one another; and greater impact, empowering more people to find true health.
"The good news is that we don't need medical breakthroughs or genetic manipulation to achieve, maintain, and restore vibrant health.... What you eat every day is a far more powerful determinant of your health than your DNA or most of the nasty chemicals lurking in your environment. The foods you consume can heal you faster and more profoundly than the most expensive prescription drugs, and more dramatically than the most extreme surgical interventions, with only positive side effects." 
​ - T. Colin Campbell, PhD
Plant Powered Metro New York empowers people to find better health and overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition. We offer evidence-based education, resources, and support to create community and inspire change throughout the New York metropolitan area. PPMNY is a fiscally-sponsored project of the Center for Transformative Action, a 501(c)(3) organization in Ithaca, NY, and an independent member organization of the PlantPure Communities Pod Network.