Every Essential Element

This triumphant memoir of guts, family and bucking the establishment traces a fifty-five-year journey that mirrors not only a movement but the nation. Beginning in a time when white bread was health food, Gaye and Hartley Anderson leave security to pursue a crazy idea they cannot ignore. Their friends snicker and the Food and Drug Administration bullies them, but they inspire each other through poverty, disasters, and the trials of family business. Starting at the kitchen table, they and their contemporaries grow into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Every Essential Element is the true story of the author's parents: a quirky, lovely reminder of how two people can make it--in marriage, business and life.