10 Facts About Nell Newman

Nell Newman 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.

Nell Newman has two sisters from that marriage and three half-siblings from her father's first marriage.

Nell Newman is a graduate of The Putney School in Putney, Vermont.

Nell Newman attended the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, from which she graduated in 1987.

Nell Newman worked professionally as an actress during the 1960s and 1970s.

Nell Newman's Own Organics was a snack and pet food manufacturing company specializing in organic products that became a national brand.

Nell Newman's father died of lung cancer on September 26,2008.

Nell Newman had participated in the business, most importantly by lending his name and image as a boost to the fledgling business that began as a division of Newman's Own, founded in 1982.

In 2014, her license with Newman's Own was not renewed and Nell moved on to pursue her ongoing commitment to conservation, organic farming and philanthropy.

In 2014, Nell Newman received the prestigious Rachel Carson Award from The National Audubon Society for her environmental leadership.