A Legacy of Ahimsa: Honoring John Robbins

Ocean and John Robbins

Food Revolution Network

On June 11, 2025, the world lost one of its most courageous and compassionate voices John Robbins, bestselling author of Diet for a New America and a true pioneer of ethical living.

John Robbins gave up an inheritance to the Baskin-Robbins fortune to pursue a higher truth advocating for a plant-based lifestyle, environmental justice, and spiritual integrity. Through his books and the Food Revolution, John ignited a movement that helped millions awaken to conscious choices about food, compassion, and health.

His story became personal for many of us. In a deeply moving video, John and his son Ocean opened up about his diagnosis with Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS), a little-understood condition affecting many polio survivors. In sharing his truth, John once again brought clarity, healing, and comfort another act of grace and courage from a man who led with his heart.

What John leaves behind is not only a body of knowledge, but a legacy of love, one that lives on through the tireless and radiant work of Ocean Robbins and the global community they cultivated.

Veganism is Ahimsa in Action. John showed us that peace begins with what we put on our plate, in our minds, and into the world.

We honor John Robbins not only for the life he lived, but for the love he gave, and the light he leaves behind.

Resources & Tributes:

• John Robbins Health Sharing Video with Transcript (PPS)

• Food Revolution Network

• Seeds of Light & ABC Segment

• “A Table Without Suffering: Food Justice and the Practice of Ahimsa” by George Cassidy Payne