Any time a new technology is introduced, like when TV was first invented, everybody was like, "Radio's dead." Maria Rodale More Quotes by Maria Rodale More Quotes From Maria Rodale If you do just one thing—make one conscious choice—that can change the world, go organic. Buy organic food. Stop using chemicals and start supporting organic farmers. No other single choice you can make to improve the health of your family and the planet will have greater positive repercussions for our future. Maria Rodale healthy-eating choices world Why do we keep believing that we can control nature,even as it banishes us repeatedly from our homes in search of new fertile ground? Maria Rodale keep-believing home believe Switching to all organic food production is the single most critical (and most doable) action we can take right now to stop our climate crisis. Maria Rodale switching climate action My goal is to create a sustainable long-term business that, we're committed to print, we're rooted in print, but we're expanding into digital and into modernizing the way we sell to customers through e-commerce and things like that. And it requires different skill sets; it requires different ways of doing business. Maria Rodale skills goal long Organic is something we can all partake of and benefit from. When we demand organic, we are demanding poison-free food. We are demanding clean air. We are demanding pure, fresh water. We are demanding soil that is free to do its job and seeds that are free of toxins. We are demanding that our children be protected from harm. We all need to bite the bullet and do what needs to be done—buy organic whenever we can, insist on organic, fight for organic and work to make it the norm. We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated. Maria Rodale fighting jobs children We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated. Maria Rodale clean-air rich choices If you do just one thing to change the world, go organic. Maria Rodale one-thing ifs world I want to create this magical moment when a kid is sitting on a parent's lap and they're reading a story together where both the kid and the parent learn. Maria Rodale parent reading kids For the first time in my life I feel truly free, truly strong and comfortable with who I am and what I stand for. The future feels like an exciting adventure and I am a daring explorer...who knows what I'll discover? But I know it's going to be fun! Maria Rodale strong fun adventure I am proud of all my ancestresses. They showed us that it's possible to do great things and still live a happy, pleasure filled life. So can I; so can you. Maria Rodale ancestor pleasure proud People develop their health habits when they're kids, and that carries through their whole life. Maria Rodale habit kids people To me one of the most important things is launching a children's book division. Maria Rodale important book children You can't just be in one thing and be comfortable in that one thing. You have to understand multiple things and how they all connect. Maria Rodale one-thing multiple comfortable When the internet came along, everybody said it would mean the death of television, newspapers. There is a dip, and it comes back to a new normal. We're in the dip; we're waiting to see what the new normal is. Maria Rodale new-normal waiting mean That's the Holy Grail right now for the whole media industry, and so that's where most of our efforts are going to: How do we get people to pay for this, and to continue to pay for it as there's more and more competition for their attention? Maria Rodale holy-grail media people The biggest challenge I think every publisher is facing is how do we get readers to pay for content? So we're constantly testing, trying new things. Maria Rodale challenges trying thinking A lot of people who are passionate about digital or publishing, they either want to be in New York or Brooklyn. Maria Rodale passionate new-york people I don't make promises. Maria Rodale promise I would love to see us all succeed together, but we will do what we have to do to succeed and survive in that sustainable way that benefits everyone. Maria Rodale benefits together way To me, the most important thing is, what do our customers think. Maria Rodale important customers thinking
