Nell Newman
Nell Newman
Elinor Teresa Newmanis a former child actress who performed under the name of Nell Potts. She is an environmentalist, biologist, and a prominent supporter of sustainable agriculture, who became an entrepreneur when she founded an organic food and pet food production company, Newman's Own Organics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth8 April 1959
CountryUnited States of America
dad farm good grew smell taught
I grew up shopping from farm stands. Dad taught me how to smell a good cantaloupe and thump a watermelon for ripeness.
daddy noses people turn word
Daddy was like a lot of people who kind of turn their noses up when you say the word 'organic.'
banned beard dad dressed front pasta says sells
Have you ever read the back of the Newman's Diavolo pasta sauce? Dad on the front is dressed like the devil with a little beard and horns. He says that he sells his soul to the devil for the recipe. It was banned in the South. They thought it was an abomination.
barley cheaper corn switched syrup
Barley malt has a really deep, rich taste. A lot of manufacturers have switched over to corn syrup over the years because it's a cheaper sweetener, but it doesn't have the flavor.
adopting good job organic practices preserving
Adopting big-business practices is one thing, and adopting agribusiness practices that would dilute the meaning of 'organic' is another. On the whole, I think we're doing a pretty good job of preserving the integrity of organic foods.
home
When I was at home, I always cooked, and I usually cook over all the holidays. I always used organic.
hungry takes
When I come in from the beach at night, I'm too hungry to wait for anything that takes very long.
discovered
What I discovered was that just by eating normally, we all have background levels of contaminants.
food readily
It's become more readily apparent that we need to be growing our own food and growing more things organically.
It didn't occur to me to go into something that didn't have an ethical return for me.
company good learning leave legacy
I want our company to leave a legacy of learning to find the balance between what's good and what's good for you.
father life mean normal people
I used to tell people my father was a plumber, because that would mean we had a normal life.
avoiding food life open public quarry spent
I spent my whole life avoiding the public eye. At these food shows, I'm open quarry again.
I live in a cabin in Santa Cruz.