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Greg Sams

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The Sams brothers opened a specialised macrobiotic foodshop, Ceres Grain, the following year. To spread the word about Ceres and SEED, Greg published three editions of a specialised magazine called 'Harmony'. During the 1970s, Greg, his brother Craig and their father Ken edited and published a
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in 1971. A regular of events such as Pendragon at the now defunct Tyssen Street Theatre Factory, he still travels to music festivals, solar eclipses, and festivals such as
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Sams has been a regular on the world music festival scene since he provided the macrobiotic catering at the first
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In 1982, Greg left Whole Earth Foods with his brother who went on to become chairperson of the
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In 1990, Sams opened Strange Attractions in London, the only shop in the world dedicated to
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and went on to become a worldwide success after the word “veggie” started entering the
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in the way we live - and should live - our lives. In 2006 he completed a new book,
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Greg has been a wheelchair user since falling from a tree whilst a freshman at the
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Sun of gOd - Discover the Self-Organizing Consciousness That Underlies Everything
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Sun of gOd - Discover the Self-Organizing Consciousness That Underlies Everything
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magazine called 'Seed, the Journal of Organic Living' over a seven-year period.
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was published in 1998 in which he put forward his views on the importance of
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John Lennon Cartoon about Greg Sams and his macrobiotic restaurant SEED
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among others, who drew a cartoon about his experiences at SEED.
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SEED Restaurant soon became popular with the 1960s London
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Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain
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In 1982, Greg invented the first commercially produced
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People educated at St Mary's Town and Country School
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The Sunday Times Magazine. 412:Golding, Paul (1991-06-01). 203:. He was interviewed on the 1124:Seed Macrobiotic Restaurant 399:"Mandlebrot's set on a mug" 265:Crace, John (3 June 2009). 1242: 960:The Incredible String Band 135:. He became known for his 1109:London Film-Makers' Co-op 768: 397:Hall, Nina (1990-01-12). 1206:Writers from Los Angeles 51:University of California 452:. 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Index


Glade Festival
Los Angeles, California
fractal
University of California
Berkeley
London
macrobiotic
Paddington
Craig Sams
psychedelic
John Lennon
Harmony Foods
Whole Earth Foods
veggie burger
lexicon
Soil Association
Green & Blacks
chaos theory
fractal art
counterculture
non-violent
direct action
street reclaiming
Reclaim the Streets
trance music
psytrance
acid techno
raves
free parties

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