ANJA BAAK

Sustainability. Slow living. Eco credentials. When Anja Baak and her husband Jan Jacob set up their charcuterie business in 2003, these were not the buzzwords they are today. But a move from the Netherlands to rural Scotland – Spean Bridge, to be precise – opened their eyes and showed them their true calling. “We’d been looking to move out of the city, so when Jan Jacob was offered a job as an estate manager in the Highlands, it felt like the opportunity had come at the right time,” recalls Anja. This was in 2000; they packed up their lives, said goodbye to their friends and set off with their three young daughters to begin a new chapter.

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