Craig Sams

Craig Sams (born 17 July 1944)[1] is a UK-based baker, grocer, chocolatier, columnist and author.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Birthdays". The Guardian (Guardian Media). 17 July 2014. p. 33.
  2. 1 2 Dolce, Joe (August 2008). "Mister Cool". Gourmet.
  3. ↑ Jeffries, Stuart (2005-05-16). "I should cocoa". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Green and Black's About Us
  5. ↑ Natural Products News
  6. ↑ Carbon Gold
  7. ↑ The Moment Magazine

External links


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