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Intro | American entrepreneur, professor and author, born 1973 | |
Places | United States of America | |
is | Author Professor Entrepreneur | |
Work field | Academia Business Literature | |
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Birth | 12 November 1973 | |
Age | 51 years | |
Star sign | Scorpio |
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Ocean Robbins (born November 11, 1973) is an American entrepreneur, professor and author. He is best known for co-founding Food Revolution Network, Inc. a California-based company that advocates for veganism.
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Robbins was born to John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America. He is the grandson of Baskin-Robbins cofounder Irvine Robbins. Robbins spent much of his early life advocating for environmental change. At the age of 15, he co-founded the Creating our Future speaking tour aimed at empowering students for environmental change and also presented at the United Nations. In 1990, Robbins founded the non-profit Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!) to continue his mission of advocating for sustainability and social justice. He directed the organization until 2010. In 2012, Robbins co-founded Food Revolution Network in conjunction with his father. Robbins has also served as adjunct professor in the Peace Studies department at Chapman University.
His book 31-Day Food Revolution debuted as a best seller on WSJ and USA Today.