Craig Sams
Craig Sams (born 17 July 1944)[1] is a UK-based baker, grocer, chocolatier, columnist and author.
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Biography
Early life and education
Craig Sams was born in Nebraska. He graduated from Wharton Business School in 1966.[2]
Career
In October 1966, Sams went to England with plans to open a macrobiotic restaurant. He opened Seed, a macrobiotic restaurant in Paddington with his brother Greg Sams in 1968. The Sams brothers opened a specialised macrobiotic natural food shop, Ceres Grain, the following year. He and his brother Greg and their father Ken edited and published 'Seed, the Journal of Organic Living' 1971-1977.[3] In 1970 Greg and Craig set up Harmony Foods, which eventually became known as Whole Earth Foods.
In 1991, with his partner Josephine Fairley, he founded Green & Black's chocolate. Green & Black's was sold to Cadbury in 2005.[2] Cadbury was acquired by Kraft Foods in 2010. He continues to be involved with the company.[4]
He writes a monthly column in the Organic Products section of Natural Product News [5]
From 1990 until 2001 he was Hon. Treasurer of the Soil Association, the British organic food and farming charity. From 2001 to 2007 he was Chairman. From 2007-2009 he was Chairman of Soil Association Certification Ltd, the charity's inspection and certification subsidiary and continues to serve as a board member. He is co-founder and director of Carbon Gold Ltd,[6] a biochar project and production company that converts woody biomass into charcoal that is used as a soil amendment and as a climate mitigation technology.
In addition he is a director of Duchy Originals and a trustee of the Slow Foods Trust UK.[7]
Marriage and children
Craig has two children, Rima and Karim. He has been married to Josephine Fairley since 1991. They live in Hastings, East Sussex.
Karim has three children; Saba, Roxy and Jay. Rima has a son named Mars
Publications
- About Macrobiotics (Thorson's 1972)
- The Macrobiotic Brown Rice Cookbook (Healing Arts Press 1994)
- The Little Food Book: You Are What You Eat (Alastair Sawday Publishing 2004)
- Sweet Dreams – The Story of Green & Black’s (with Josephine Fairley, Random House 2008)
References
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- ↑ Natural Products News
- ↑ Carbon Gold
- ↑ The Moment Magazine
External links
- Craig Sams
- Carbon Gold
- Judges Bakery
- Seed - The Journal of Organic Living
- Green & Black's Chocolate
- Whole Earth Foods
- Natural Products News
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