Ocean Robbins
{{Short description|Canadian entrepreneur and author}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
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| name = Ocean Robbins
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| known_for = 31 Day Food Revolution, 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|12}}
| birth_place = Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
| employer =
| title = Co-founder, CEO of Food Revolution Network, Inc.
| nationality = American
| occupation = {{hlist|CEO|author}}
| relatives = {{ubl|Irv Robbins (grandfather)|Burt Baskin (great uncle)|Richard Baskin (cousin)}}
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| website = {{Official URL}}
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Ocean Robbins (born November 12, 1973) is an American entrepreneur and author,{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/baskin-robbins-grandson-ocean-robbins-plant-based-food-revolution-2019-2|title=The Baskin-Robbins founder's grandson never eats ice cream. He's a vegetable-obsessed diet guru who has kale for breakfast.|last=Brueck|first=Hilary|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.livekindly.co/why-ocean-robbins-walked-away-from-baskin-robbins-fortune/|title=Why Baskin-Robbins Heirs Left Their Fortune to Start a Vegan Revolution|last=Webber|first=Jemima|date=February 14, 2019|website=LIVEKINDLY|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-05}} best known for his role as the co-founder of Food Revolution Network, Inc. This California-based company is dedicated to advocating for a whole foods, plant-based diet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpellmanrowland/2017/04/24/food-3-0-its-time-for-a-food-revolution/|title=Food 3.0: It's Time For A Food Revolution|last=Rowland|first=Michael Pellman|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://ktla.com/2018/12/19/31-day-food-revolution-to-transform-yourself-with-ocean-robbins-of-food-revolution-network/|title=31-Day Food Revolution to Transform Yourself With Ocean Robbins of Food Revolution Network|date=December 19, 2018|website=KTLA|language=en|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/02/07/bb-ep41/|title=The Broken Brain Podcast with Ocean Robbins|date=February 7, 2019|website=Dr. Mark Hyman|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-05}}
Biography
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 environmental change. At the age of 15, he co-founded the Creating our Future speaking tour, which aimed to empower students for environmental change and included presentations at the United Nations. In 1990, Robbins founded the non-profit organization Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!) to continue his mission of advocating for sustainability and social justice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/ocean-robbins|title=Ocean Robbins {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffpost.com|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://goodtimes.sc/columns/wellness/autism/|title=Learning to Love Autism|last=Limbach|first=Elizabeth|date=August 17, 2011|website=Good Times Santa Cruz|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite journal|last=Steinzor|first=N.|title=Ocean Robbins: a generation of change. Newsmaker interview|journal=ZPG Reporter|volume=27|issue=2|pages=5|issn=0199-0071|pmid=12319791|year=1995}} He directed the organization until 2010. Additionally, in 2012, Robbins co-founded Food Revolution Network alongside his father.{{Cite web|url=https://responsibleeatingandliving.com/favorites/ocean-robbins-the-food-revolution-network/|title=Ocean Robbins, The Food Revolution Network {{!}} RESPONSIBLE EATING AND LIVING|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-05}} Robbins has also served as adjunct professor in the Peace Studies department at Chapman University.{{Cite web|url=http://truehealthinitiative.org/council_member/ocean-robbins/|title=Ocean Robbins|website=True Health Initiative|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ocean_Robbins|title=Ocean Robbins {{!}} Chapman University, CA {{!}} Department of Peace Studies|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2019-04-05}}
His book 31-Day Food Revolution debuted as a best seller on WSJ{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-selling-books-week-ended-feb-9-11550244453|title=Best-Selling Books Week Ended Feb. 9|date=February 15, 2019|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-04-05|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}} and USA Today.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/31-day-food-revolution/2444877/isbn/9781538746257/|title=31-Day Food Revolution|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://pilotonline.com/entertainment/books/article_2d3eef88-2e4e-11e9-b885-27bf00b9cf04.html|title=Publishers Weekly best-sellers for the week ended Feb. 9|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=Virginian-Pilot|date=February 15, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-05}}
==Personal life==
Ocean and his wife Michele are raising twin special needs boys.{{cite journal |last1=Robbins |first1=Ocean |title=Our Twins Have Autism, And We're Participating in a Miracle |date=2011 |url=https://www.oceanrobbins.com/our-twins-have-autism-and-were-participating-in-a-miracle/}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book|title=31-Day Food Revolution: Heal Your Body, Feel Great, and Transform Your World|last=Robbins|first=Ocean|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|year=2019|isbn=978-1538746257}}
- {{Cite book|title=Voices of the Food Revolution: You Can Heal Your Body and Your World with Food|last=Robbins|first=Ocean|publisher=Conari Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1573246248}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://foodrevolution.org/ Food Revolution Network]
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