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JOURNAL
Representing creative individuals whose craft, skill and practices are all connected by a commitment to positive change.


KATHE KACZMARZYK - FOUNDER OF SPECERIBUTIK
When I dreamed about what I would do when I got older, I never once imagined it would be owning and running a shop.
Mar 18, 2022


IAN JAMES - WATER LANE
Water Lane is one of the projects that may never have come about if it hadn’t been for the first lockdown.
Mar 5, 2022


WILL ROLPH - WHAT CAN TWO FIELDS REALLY CHANGE?
In 2013, a visit to Greece would change our lives. We just didn’t know it at the time.
Feb 18, 2022


CECILIA BYRNE - ENDLESS RHYTHM
Any cooking process which requires three ingredients or less has always attracted me. I have always liked the idea of doing more with less
Dec 20, 2021


HOLLY LETCH - MAD ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
In September I travelled to Copenhagen to attend the MAD Academy
Nov 26, 2021


LIZ SEABROOK - PHOTOGRAPHER
At the end of April this year, I was commissioned to work on a book about female chefs – 30 to be precise.
Oct 29, 2021


LUCY VINCENT - FOOD BEHIND BARS
The other week I put a set of photos on Instagram of a vast, dilapidated old greenhouse set within some wild and unruly grounds.
Sep 17, 2021


JAKE TAYLOR - CHEFS IN SCHOOLS
I grew up in a sleepy village in Norfolk, I ate well as a child but not all that adventurously.
Jul 26, 2021


HARRY DYER - COFOUNDER OF SHRUB PROVISIONS
Sam and I set up Shrub for a plethora of reasons really, but mainly all spawning from our love of good food.
Jul 13, 2021


CHARLIE WOOD - COFOUNDER OF CROSSOVER BLENDERY
It was in 2008 that George and I had our first taste of a Belgium Gueuze, a blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old Lambic beer, from Brasserie-Brouwer
Jun 20, 2021


KEYMEA YAZDANIAN - SABZI
Keymea Yazdanian is a photographer of Iranian heritage who grew up in Britain.
May 22, 2021


PETER HONEGGER - ON CROSS POLLINATION
I remember the first time our business partner Jimmy Toffola from Kiffe my wines brought up the idea of ‘cross pollination’ in the context o
Apr 23, 2021


BREAD PETE
SSAW co-founder Liv first met Piotr, who is based close to her fields in Hertfordshire, when she swapped a festive wreath for some of his...
Apr 4, 2021


SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES -THEY ARE KILLING ALL OF US
You might have recently seen campaigns about the temporary allowance of a type of bee-killing pesticide called neonicotinoid thiamethoxam, F
Mar 31, 2021


ETHAN FRISKNEY-BRYER - HEAD CHEF, FITZROY AND NORTH STREET KITCHEN, AND GROWER
I’ve been living down in Cornwall for the past two years, having lived in London for the previous nine. Straight out of university I got...
Mar 19, 2021


CHRISSY HARRISON - FOUNDER OF KEATS ORGANICS
It’s true that it's hard to be what you can’t see. So, it wasn’t until I reached my mid-twenties that I first imagined myself in a farming
Feb 19, 2021


VALENTINE'S RECIPES
For those who might like to spend some time enjoying an indulgent meal for two this month, we thought we would share the recipes that...
Feb 13, 2021


HANNAH MCCOLLUM - FOUNDER OF ChicP on FOOD WASTE
I first became aware of waste at school and then while working in the food industry where huge amounts of food were being thrown away.
Dec 28, 2020


TIM WILLIAMS - COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY
The Erth farmers, Tim and Claire Williams, are a huge inspiration to us at SSAW. A permaculturist and regenerative farmer joining forces...
Dec 17, 2020


MIKE THOMPSON on FERMENTATION
Preserved food is not a new concept, it’s not something that is reserved only for chefs and it’s certainly not complicated. The joy of...
Nov 23, 2020
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