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The Whole Foods Shebang
An interview with John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods |
Amanda Griscom Little |
17 Dec 2004 |
Main Dish |
| John Mackey wants you to buy his organic squash. He's the Bill Gates of organic foods. John Mackey, founder and CEO of the Whole Foods empire, started his original health-food store, called Safer Way, in a garage in Austin, Texas, in 1978. Local farmers would drop off produce from junky old pickups, hippie bakers would supply nut loaves and 20-grain bran muffins. It was strictly veg ... |
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| Topics: business, food, greenish companies, interview (all these topics) |
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Nell on Earth
An interview with Nell Newman, creator of Newman's Own Organics |
Amanda Griscom Little |
23 Nov 2004 |
Main Dish |
| We have Thanksgiving to thank for the beloved Fig Newman. It was Nell Newman, daughter of actor Paul Newman, who actually created the eponymous product, but she had the opportunity only after convincing her father to take his food company, Newman's Own, in an organic direction with a triumphant organic meal she whipped up for her family on Thanksgiving 1992. The following year, N ... |
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| Topics: business, food, green living, greenish companies, interview, organic food (all these topics) |
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