Craig Sams

"CRAIG SAMS (chair) founded Whole Earth Foods organic food company with his brother Gregory in 1967. In 1991 he founded Green & Black's Organic Chocolate with his wife Josephine Fairley, whose Maya Gold chocolate was the first product to carry the Fairtrade mark. In 2004 he created the ‘Nomato’ range of tomato-free products. Craig is author of: About Macrobiotics, The Brown Rice Cookbook, The Little Food Book and writes a monthly column in Natural Product News. He has been both honorary treasurer and chair of the Soil Association. Craig currently operates Stonelynk Wood, an organic chestnut coppice for biochar, and runs Judges Organic Bakery (est.1826). He is co-founder of Carbon Gold Ltd, a biochar project and development marketing company. Craig is group leader of Slow Food Hastings." His father is Ken Sams. His brother is Greg Sams.


 * Chair, Slow Food UK
 * Certification Board, Soil Association