John Robbins-Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World

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John Robbins


Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World


Alison van Diggelen, Founder and Host, Fresh Dialogues - Moderator


Meet the man who said “no” to ice cream. Heir to the Baskin-Robbins empire, Robbins choose to walk away from the multi-million dollar ice cream business to pursue a healthier and ecologically balanced lifestyle. He outlines why eating is not just a culinary act, but one with profound political, economic and environmental consequences. He offers mind-boggling information on factory farming, genetically modified foods and the economics of food production. (For example, did you know that it takes over 5,000 gallons of water to produce 1 lb. of beef?) Join him for his views on why we need to re-evaluate our food choices and how becoming a food activist is essential to living longer and saving our planet.


This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club's Silicon Valley Branch on February 2, 2011