For Immediate Release:
February 24, 2009
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Ted Quaday
Communications Director
Organic Farming Research Foundation
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Nell Newman to Keynote Organic Summit
Natural Foods Visionary to Address Making Organic Relevant to a Social-Networking Generation
BOULDER, CO – Nell Newman, co-founder and president of Newman’s Own Organics, will be the keynote speaker at the Organic Summit
(www.theorganicsummit.com), June 3-5, 2009, in Stevenson, WA. Ms. Newman will participate in a presentation with Bob Scowcroft, executive director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) where they will discuss engaging a social-networking generation in the important social, economic and environmental values delivered by organic food production.
“Nell is a groundbreaker and long-time supporter of organic agriculture and industry. She has contributed to the evolution of the industry and organic products being found in every household across the country,” said Scowcroft, whose foundation is a partner in creating the Organic Summit.
The daughter of actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Nell had an early introduction to natural foods at their rural Connecticut home. The family had a garden and raised chickens. Nell was taught to cook by her mother, and spent many hours fishing with her father, as well. While in college, she continued to experiment in the kitchen, and is still the designated chef when home for family holiday dinners.
Nell's commitment to organic food and sustainable agriculture helped her persuade her father to let her establish an organic division of Newman's Own. She won him over by creating a completely organic Thanksgiving dinner, and then suggesting organic food products for the Newman's Own line. "All of Newman's Own products are ones that Dad enjoyed, so we chose ones that he really loved," states Nell. She credits her parents, too, with teaching her by example to be socially responsible, politically involved, and philanthropic.
In speaking about organic agriculture, Nell Newman has said that her “niche will be to support the environment through the growth of organic agriculture."
“Newman’s Own Organic is a true success story, and Nell’s passion for our earth and our food is a message that is relevant to a generation connected more to keystrokes than four-strokes,” said Jylle Lardaro, Director- Organic Industry, New Hope Natural Media and the Organic Summit.
The Organic Summit (www.theorganicsummit.com) provides leaders in the organic industry as well as top executives from leading conventional food companies a forum for in-depth discussion of the business issues that impact the future of the organic industry. New Hope Natural Media and the Organic Farming Research Foundation have partnered to facilitate these discussions. Participants in the Organic Summit are leaders in the organic industry representing all stakeholder groups. The Organic Summit provides a singular opportunity for these groups to come together and have equal voice. Past conferences have attracted leaders in the slow money conversation, national media representatives, innovative government stewards of our land and legacy, as well as small family farmers producing food organically.
About the Organic Summit and Penton Media
The Organic Summit is produced by New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Media, in partnership with the Organic Farming Research Foundation. New Hope Natural Media (www.newhope.com), a division of the Penton Media, Inc., is the leading media resource and information provider for the natural, organic and healthy products industry with print, in-person/event, and e-business products and services. Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
About the Organic Farming Research Foundation
The Organic Farming Research Foundation was founded in 1990 to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems. OFRF sponsors organic farming research and education projects, disseminates the results to organic farmers and to growers interested in adopting organic production systems, and educates the public and policymakers about organic farming issues. The majority of OFRF’s board members are working organic farmers.
Learn more about OFRF and its work at www.ofrf.org.
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