About Us
Who we are and why
The Organic Seed & Bean Company was founded in 2005 by Stephen
Rudkin with the idea to create an unusual range of confectionery
and snacks, always Organic and Fairtrade when possible. Further
to this aim the products must taste superb and be affordable.
Stephen was born in rural Derbyshire and spent much of his youth on
the family farm. Having been attracted to an ecological and
sustainable way of life in the 1980’s, he set up Natural
Life an environmental home delivery service for organic and natural
products. Herbs, spices and aromatherapy oils were the best sellers
in the emerging “holistic” trend, which Stephen is
still very much passionate about.
After three years of struggle, Stephen realised he
needed more experience and a bigger project to really make a difference.
The following years were spent learning the trade from managing
a health store, then “buying” for Holland & Barrett
and travelling the country as a health trade sales representative.
The next challenge was Green & Black’s and Whole Earth
Foods as business development manager. Nearly four year later sales
had risen dramatically and investors had moved in. Stephen then
moved on to become the Sales and Marketing manager for the very
healthy Clearspring brand. It was here where his interest
in wholefoods really took hold.
After years of munching through divine roasted pumpkin seeds from
Austria, Stephen had an idea – to follow their local tradition
and coat them in the finest chocolate – for an organic experience
unique within the UK & Many European markets. He then set out
to create a company that would provide a diverse mixture of organic,
sometimes healthy, snacks for adults and children alike.
So now it’s a full circle, The Organic Seed and Bean Company
has wholefood ingredients such as sunflower, pumpkin and soya beans
plus essential oil based ingredients such as lavender, lime, ginger
and other all combined with very rich organic (and often -fair
trade) chocolate.
