Leah McLaren

Know your onions

Leah McLaren meets James Wong, the Jamie Oliver of plant-based medicine: handsome, telegenic and on a mission to persuade Britain to trust natural remedies again

issue 27 March 2010

James Wong may not yet be a household name but he does have trouble getting through the checkout line at Sainsbury’s. As the presenter of BBC2’s Grow Your Own Drugs, the 28-year-old’s fame is fast on the rise. In a nutshell, he is the Jamie Oliver of plant-based medicine: affable, competent, with a cheeky glint in his eye.

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