Nelson Campbell

On the heels of writing and directing the 2015 documentary film PlantPure Nation, Nelson Campbell founded PlantPure Communities (PPC) in early 2016. Released in theaters in over 100 cities, the PlantPure Nation film (now on Amazon Prime) highlights the dramatic healing power of a plant-based diet and examines the political and economic factors that have suppressed information about these healing benefits, while making connections to public policy, medical practice, food deserts, and farming.

As founder of PPC, Nelson continues to drive the strategic direction of the organization. PPC supports an international network of local support and advocacy groups called “Pods,” now involving more than 100,000 people, and is launching a grassroots and media-driven strategy to engage this network in bringing the plant-based nutrition message into local communities across the US. This strategy will be kicked off in early 2023 with the release of a sequel to PlantPure Nation called From Food to Freedom, which Nelson wrote and directed.

Nelson also founded the PlantPure foods business. PlantPure sells plant-based foods through supermarkets and has made a philanthropic commitment to waive 100% of its profit margin on sales of certain of its products in under-resourced communities.

In addition to his work with both PlantPure organizations, Nelson has extensive experience in public speaking, mostly focused on issues surrounding plant-based nutrition, but also touching on public policy, economics, and social concerns.

Prior to his involvement with PlantPure Nation, Nelson worked for 25 years as a business entrepreneur. He graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and a master’s degree in Economics.