American - Businesswoman | April 8, 1959 -
The biggest problem was convincing my father that organic food was worth eating. All he could think of was the nut loaf with yeast gravy that my mother made in the Seventies.
Nell Newman
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I want our company to leave a legacy of learning to find the balance between what's good and what's good for you.
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I think all family businesses are difficult and fraught with problems because you have that family relationship to get over. But my dad has been so supportive, we've managed to work around that.
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After getting recognized in public from my picture on our pretzel bag, I can understand not wanting to be in the public eye. It has given me a public persona I had always avoided as a child. I do it because it's for a good cause.
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Basically, what we've done is, every year we take half the money and allow people who've helped us in the industry to give it away. One year, the ladies who put the pretzel bags in the boxes got to give it away.
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It didn't occur to me to go into something that didn't have an ethical return for me.
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Education is very important, and the botanical garden is the place to do that. I grew up in a semi-rural area and learned from that being my playground.
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My dad hates doing PR, so I volunteered to do this for him.
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I spent my whole life avoiding the public eye. At these food shows, I'm open quarry again.
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I know I could make a difference by supporting the right causes.
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Daddy was like a lot of people who kind of turn their noses up when you say the word 'organic.'
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It's so gratifying to see people face to face who get to meet the people who are giving them a fair price for their work. They can now provide medical support for their kids, give them better education and in general have a better standard of living. God knows they deserve it.
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