John Robbins (author)
John Ernest Robbins | |
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| Born | October 26, 1947 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 2025 (aged 77) Soquel, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Author |
| Known for | Diet for a New America, 1987; Robbins at the Miami Book Fair International, 1991 |
| Spouse(s) | Deo (wife), born Annette Lyn Ainis in 1948 |
| Children | (son) |
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| Relatives | Edie Baskin (niece through his father's sister Shirley) Richard Baskin (nephew through his father's sister Shirley) Burt Baskin (brother-in-law through his father's sister Shirley) Isadore Familian (brother-in-law through his father's sister Shirley) Shirley Robbins Baskin Familian (father's sister) Marsha F. Robbins Veit Erin Robbins |
| Website | www |
John Robbins (October 26, 1947 – June 11, 2025) was an American author, who popularized the links among nutrition, environmentalism, and animal rights.
He was the author of the 1987 Diet for a New America, an exposé on connections between diet, physical health, animal cruelty, and environmentalism. Robbins founded the organization EarthSave in 1988 and co-founded the Food Revolution Network with his son, Ocean, in 2011. He was a leading voice in the plant-based movement. Robbins died from complications of post-polio syndrome according to https://foodrevolution.org/john-robbins/