Top 32 Quotes by Nell Newman

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.

What I discovered was that just by eating normally, we all have background levels of contaminants.

Extinction was a difficult concept for a 10-year-old.

I grew up shopping from farm stands. Dad taught me how to smell a good cantaloupe and thump a watermelon for ripeness.

It didn't occur to me to go into something that didn't have an ethical return for me.

I used to tell people my father was a plumber, because that would mean we had a normal life.

By the time I grew up, acting just seemed like something I'd already done. I had absolutely no interest in it, even though some people thought it would be my calling.

I always sought out organic produce because to me it always tasted better; the quality was better - if you got it fresh.

I live in a cabin in Santa Cruz.

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.