Meredith FreemanFor thirty years, Meredith Freeman worked in education, developing curriculum and teaching in secondary schools and at La Trobe University in Melbourne. She has always had a vegetable garden and kept chooks, and shares with her family and friends a dep concern for social justice, the environment, and the future of the planet. Since 1996 she and Gil have lived, farmed and gardened on the nine acres in South Gippsland, which is the subject of this book. Together they founded a community not-for-profit committed to supporting organic growers and the distribution of local food to local people. Their three sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren all now have a strong connection to South Gippsland. Meredith has a PhD in education and a Diploma of Permaculture. With her son Rhys she has authored a book on growing Australian native food plants in South Gippsland based on their own experiences on the land. Read More Read Less