Blog | Roots To Work

The urban growing advocate

Fi McAllister, was coordinator of the Capital Growth urban food growing network for three years. Here she shares her experiences of helping hundreds of growing spaces and many more people, to grow their own food in London.

27 Feb 2023

Real Bread in a virtual world

How Andra Stefanescu’s online sourdough teaching business began and continues to develop.

6 Sep 2023

Land, farmer, miller, baker, customer

Ellen Baker visits the land-to-loaf Field Bakery on Gothelney Farm, nestled at the foot of the Quantocks in Somerset.

10 Jul 2023

Bakers’ bush

Georgina Webber is the driving force behind a pioneering school microbakery at Greenside Primary in Shepherd’s Bush, west London.

4 Jul 2023

Yeast Sussex

Community Chef CIC founder Robin Van Creveld reflects on two decades of this award-winning social enterprise based in Lewes, East Sussex.

10 May 2023

The next loaf

Rebecca Bishop, founder of Two Magpies Bakery across eight sites around Suffolk, on sharing her baking passion and knowledge.

3 May 2023

Microbakers on course to success

The School of Artisan Food’s Sienna Russell reports on their bakery business course.

25 Apr 2023

In sourdough we crust

Dan and Duncan Edwards, owners of Four Hundred Rabbits in London, share their sourdough pizza passion.

9 Feb 2023

From passion to profession

Izabela Stuchlik tells of the challenges and opportunities in her microbakery story so far.

10 Jan 2023

Bakers: Let’s talk energy

Sourdough Sophia Handschuh sums up the plight of many bakery owners and calls for action.

7 Sep 2022