“I was about to get married to the love of my life after years of searching for one, and my kids were all grown-up, so I expected easy living. That didn’t happen.” Instead, she had a surgery, took her case into her own hands, and managed treatments herself with her husband’s and family’s support. “It wasn’t easy, because cancer is everywhere, and people die. But the situation moved me to take my power 100% into my own hands and let go of bad emotions.” Their lifestyle change into veganism followed. “Fermented and vegan products are helping many of our friends and customers right now get rid of inflammation issues, overweight, hypertension, etc.,” she says. “I feel that I produce something that makes sense.” 

As for business-building itself, they started in a small garage with a budget of just 1,000 EUR. “My first shop was a farmer’s market booth, and we delivered goods with our own car. First year incomes grew rapidly up to 20–30,000 EUR. After four years now, the numbers are 100 times more, which is simply amazing and something I’m grateful for,” Magda elaborates. A little down the line, they were able to take their gastronomic dreams further, and a bistro in Garnizon, Gdańsk saw the light of the day. “We’ve always dreamed of a place where you can eat very high-quality vegetable dishes – without tofu, seitan, and other highly processed products. In our bistro, everything is plant-based and organic.”