Sara-Kristina Hannig standing in the middle of a long avenue of date palms
Sara-Kristina HannigDubai

Sara-KristinaHannig

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I wanted to know what my family was eating and no one could tell me. So I started growing it.
Egypt
The record2012 to now
2012Sara and Lara's BasketsA weekly subscription box.
2014Sara's Organic FoodThousands of families over the years, and hotels, supermarkets and restaurants.
2017Cartier Women's InitiativeLaureate, Middle East and North Africa.
2021UN Food Systems SummitWinner, Best Small Business: Good Food for All.
2025Egypt to DubaiAfter fifteen years.
NowBuilding what comes nextSOF is on pause.
A bell tent on a white beach on Socotra under a heavy storm cloud
Summers in Switzerland, we watched the weather and got the strawberries in quickly before the heavy rain, or they'd lose their flavor and the slugs would get them.

When I moved to Egypt I loved going to the fresh produce markets, the fakaheni and the khodari.

I run my day on AI now, work and family, and I help a few people set theirs up the same way.

I write The Working Garden on Substack. Where real things grow.

Elsewhere 01The Working Gardenessays on Substack 02LinkedInwork history and contact 03Own HoursClaude Code, built into your day 04Sara's Organic Foodthe business, now paused 05Cartier Women's InitiativeLaureate, MENA 2017