jslick

This was a post on r/austin , which was, of course, removed by moderators, as so many are. I'm convinced that place is run by a bunch of fascist assholes, as the most important and relevant posts are locked or removed altogether.

This was not originally created or reported by me; I'm just re-posting.

Original link: https://old.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1qmpsmr/sweetgreen_is_partnering_with_rfk_jrs_antivaxxer/

Here was the original content:

Sweetgreen, which just launched a new menu in partnership with anti-vaxxer and junk science promoter Mark Hyman.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260106608457/en/Sweetgreen-Launches-New-Menu-in-Collaboration-with-Function-Health-Designed-by-Dr.-Mark-Hyman

Hyman has built a supplement hawking grift operation (based here in Austin) that's largely based on building public distrust in evidence-based medicine. He's also directly collaborated with RFK Jr. to promote discredited theories about vaccine harms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/mark-hyman-rfk-jr-functional-medicine.html

It's incredibly disappointing that Sweetgreen is attracting customers to this guy's grift by promoting him, but apparently the company thinks it's good business to pander to the MAHA crowd. The company's founders seem to be true believers in the guy too, as they're also tied in with MAHA leaders like Casey and Calley Means. Co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman even made MAHA hats all the way back in 2016.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/maha-movement-challenges-ultra-processed-foods-influencer-ties-truvani-sweetgreen/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91351474/sweetgreen-ceo-jonathan-neman-affordable-salads-robot-kitchen-rfk-maha

I think I'll be getting my overpriced workweek lunches elsewhere from now on.

This keeps getting deleted and/or locked in r/austin , and it looks like media is trying to keep this hush. So, I thought I'd put this here for awareness.

There's some organization in r/50501 , but as you might have seen in /c/reddit or other places, we're entering an era of controlled media in the U.S.. So, I don't expect that subreddit to last too long. If it does get banned, I think the fediverse is the best place to mass organize - discord/slack/signal or whatever are probably too obscure to organize large numbers of people.

I can't speak to the merits of this protest (if it will be effective, what it's goal is, etc.), but I thought you should at least know about it.