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Arran Stephens (born Arran Blackburn Stephens; 1944) is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Nature's Path, a leading manufacturer of organic foods. He is regarded as a pioneer in the food industry and has received numerous acknowledgements for his work promoting sustainable agriculture, organics, and opposition to genetic food modification. ==Early life== Arran Stephens was born on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, the son of Rupert Stephens, a berry farmer and songwriter, and Gwen Stephens. Stephens has a brother, Godfrey Stephens, a well-known Canadian artist. Stephens is of English and Scottish ancestry. His maternal great-grandfather was Lt. General JM Cripps, of the Bengal Staff Corps, India. Stephens grew up on a berry farm on Vancouver Island until his early teens, when his parents relocated to Los Angeles, following his father’s pursuit of a songwriting career. For a brief time, Stephens attended Hollywood High School. In his later teen years, Stephens supported himself as a painter and poet with gallery showings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City. In 1964 while living in New York, Stephens became interested in spirituality and mysticism. In 1967 he traveled to India to study at an ashram under the guidance of well known spiritual teacher Sant Kirpal Singh. In 1967 Stephens moved to Vancouver and opened ''The Golden Lotus'', Canada’s first vegetarian restaurant in the heart of Kitsilano.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Restaurants that Changed Vancouver )〕 In 1968, Stephens returned to India and married Ratana, and returned with his new wife to Canada. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arran Stephens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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