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Quinn said she hopes it will make the city's food system greener by improving the links between local farmers and city food processing facilities.

She also wants to tackle obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, which are triggered, in part, by a poor diet.

“Over the next six months, we'll develop a long-term comprehensive plan for our food system, one that is healthy, sustainable and economically vibrant,” she said. “We're calling Food Works New York, because it is about using food to put New Yorkers to work and about finding ways to make food work for all of us.”

The speaker says she hopes to present a plan with specific proposals in the spring.