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Sam Cooper

Sam Cooper is a professional chef but has since left the kitchens for the garden, now working full-time with Huw Richards as a co-director for Regenerative Media. His fascination with seasonal and homegrown produce has grown along with his Instagram – @chef.sam.black has amassed 600K followers – where he posts delicious ferment recipes using homegrown produce. Sam wrote the In the Kitchen chapter of The Self-Sufficiency Garden (March 2024) and The Fermentation Kitchen (November 2024). He is also a photographer and illustrator.
A Year of Fermentation
How to Grow Food
The Fermentation Kitchen
The Self-Sufficiency Garden

Books

A Year of Fermentation
How to Grow Food
The Fermentation Kitchen
The Self-Sufficiency Garden

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