Originally published in 1987, Diet for a New America awakened
the conscience of a nation with its startling examination of the food we
buy and eat — and the moral, economic, and medical price we pay
for it. Drawing a clear line connecting America’s factory farm
system with disease, animal cruelty, and ecological crises, Robbins
makes perhaps the most eloquent argument for vegetarianism ever
published. Robbins walked away from his family’s business
— the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire — to pursue his
dream of promoting a healthy society that practices
“compassionate stewardship of a balanced ecosystem.” In
Diet for a New America he presents both a disturbing portrait of our
current system and a vision for the future that will educate and empower
readers to change.