It didn’t occur to me to go into something that didn’t have an ethical return for me. Nell Newman Read Quote
When I come in from the beach at night, I’m too hungry to wait for anything that takes very long. Nell Newman Read Quote
I used to tell people my father was a plumber, because that would mean we had a normal life. Nell Newman Read Quote
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. Nell Newman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I spent my whole life avoiding the public eye. At these food shows, I’m open quarry again. Nell Newman Read Quote
It’s become more readily apparent that we need to be growing our own food and growing more things organically. Nell Newman Read Quote
My background is in biology. Before getting into the family business, I worked at the Predatory Bird Research Group at the University of California at Santa Cruz, fundraising for them. Nell Newman Read Quote
I grew up shopping from farm stands. Dad taught me how to smell a good cantaloupe and thump a watermelon for ripeness. Nell Newman Read Quote
When I was at home, I always cooked, and I usually cook over all the holidays. I always used organic. Nell Newman Read Quote
