John Robbins, Author of "The Food Revolution: How Your diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World" February 2, 2011

As heir to the Baskin-Robbins empire, Robbins choose to walk away from the ice cream business to pursue a healthier & ecologically balanced lifestyle. Robbins 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 food production economics. He will discuss why re-evaluating our food choices is essential to living longer and saving our planet.

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