And also —- Diet For A New America (the DVD)

“A the present time, when most of us sit down to eat, we aren’t very aware of how our food choices affect the world. We don’t realize that in every Big Mac there is a piece of the tropical rainforests, and with every billion burgers sold another hundred species become extinct. We don’t realize that in the sizzle of our steaks there is the suffering of animals, the mining of our topsoil, the slashing of our forests, the harming of our economy, and the eroding of our health. We don’t hear in the sizzle the cry of the hungry millions who might otherwise be fed. We don’t see the toxic poisons accumulating in the food chains, poisoning our children and our earth for generations to come. But once we become aware of the impact of our food choices, we can never really forget. Of course we can push it all to the back of our minds, and we may need to do this, at times, to endure the enormity of what is involved.
But the earth itself will remind us, as will our children, and the animals and the forests and the sky and the rivers, that we are part of this earth, and it is part of us. All things are deeply connected, and so the choices we make in our daily lives have enormous influence, not only on our own health and vitality, but also on the lives of other beings, and indeed on the destiny of life on earth.

Thankfully, we have cause to be grateful-what’s best for us personally is also best for other forms of life, and for the life support systems on which we all depend.”

—— from the book Diet For A New America

Acclaim for Diet For A New America

“Profoundly fulfilling and moving…the pioneering match of…Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.”

The Washington Post

“In a tender not strident voice, Robbins shows us why a humane society cannot be built upon an inhumane system of food production. Robbins does not play on guilt, but shows us how our own well-being is linked to the development of radically new sensibilities to non-human life.”

Frances Moore Lappe’ Author of Diet for a Small Planet

“John Robbins has written a most extraordinary, compelling book, one bound to shake our innermost core. Diet For A New America is a must for anyone concerned about ecology, health and life.”

Las Vegas Sun

“We never recommend other books ahead of our own; but we do with Diet For A New America. It is clearly one of the most important documents of the 20th Century.”

Harvey and Marilyn Diamond authors of Fit For Life

“Diet For A New America is excellent! I can’t speak highly enough of it. This book is a breakthrough in the science of health and a joy to read. No one who suffers (or whose loved ones suffer) from the diseases of our time can afford to ignore this potent message. In a captivating style, John Robbins shows us how to create health for ourselves, our children, and the world we live in.”

Dr. John McDougall Author, The McDougall Plan, McDougall’s Medicine

“Diet For A New America will vitalize the awakening of America. This easy to read yet mind boggling book has its place in the kitchen, in the doctor’s office, and in every classroom, from pre-school to university. For those involved in ecological and political issues this book is a must; so it is for all of us who long for a practical economical way to foster a sane, ethical and loving world.”

Laura Huxley, author of This Timeless Moment

“When our cultural dietary habits are examined in the unblinking lights of compassion and rationality, the habits must and will change. While these habits will die hard in most of us, John Robbins’ extraordinary book, which points out in an uncompromising fashion that these habits are killing us in spirit and body, leaves little doubt as to the inevitable course of our action.”

Ram Dass author Be Here Now, Grist For The Mill

“Diet For A New America is a powerful tool on the journey towards consciousness and compassion. I recommend it without reservation, and hope that many, many people read it.”

Gary Zukav author The Dancing Wu Li Masters, The Seat of the Soul

“Diet For A New America is a masterpiece, like a fresh breath among the many publishings on the subject of diet and nutrition. Provocative and stimulating, it is a much needed tool to be included in every health education program.”

Jack Schwarz President Aletheia Psycho-Physical Foundation

“Once every decade or so a book arrives that changes the course of a generation. Diet For A New America is the book of this decade. Robbins has written a book that rings with clarity and unflinching truth, and possesses an awesome power to enable people to take charge of their own destinies. In my many years of working for the welfare of all species and the environment, I have never seen a book so capable of effecting change. This is the book that we have been waiting for. Diet For A New America is a true masterpiece.”

Bradley Miller Director, Humane Farming Association

“Every so often a book comes along which has the capacity to awaken the conscience of a nation. Silent Spring was one such book; John Robbins’s volume is destined to be another. With consummate intelligence, thoroughness and skill, Robbins takes us on a multi-faceted journey which should cause all sensitive people to question their eating habits most searchingly. I couldn’t put it down.”

Cleveland Amory author The Cat Who Came For Christmas

“Diet For A New America is eminently readable and reasonable. Backed by prodigious research, well-presented, it points the way out of the horrible dilemmas facing mankind in the not-too-distant future. A magnificent and inspiring work.”

Helen Nearing author Living The Good Life

“Diet For A New America is a powerful indictment of our dietary practices that should be read by everyone interested in healthy living. It is a well-researched, well-documented, and eye-opening account of the myths and truths about meat, milk, fat and protein. I will recommend this book to patients, friends and relatives.”

Dr. Andrew Weil author, Healthy Aging

“Diet For a New America is the best book ever written on the subject of using animals for food. I wish I had written it myself. I was especially moved by the way Robbins opens up the subject by writing about animals as living, feeling, beings.”

Jim Mason author Animal Factories

“Diet For A New America is the best book I’ve read in the last ten years, maybe ever. It is the most important book of our generation.”

Dan Millman author The Way of The Peaceful Warrior