Gavin

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Agriculture
Occupation	Farmer
Location	Flowerdale, TAS, Australia
Introduction	Gavin Edwards is The Self-Sufficient Farmer™. Activist. Advocate for peasant farming and peasant rights. Founder of Balingup Sustainable Small Farm™ (Australia's first Sustainable Small Farm™). Founder of Good Heart Farm™ (Tasmania's first Sustainable Small Farm™). Farm consultant, designer and teacher. Passionate curator and protector of heritage and heirloom edible plants and seeds. Craftsman. Founder and Director of Mama Earth Pty Ltd. An autodidactic Master of Self-Sufficiency™, Master Gardener (Edible Plants)™ and Master Seed Saver™....... (More than all that I love Lisa and our way of life!)
Interests	Self-sufficiency, Vegetable growing, Food plants, Smallholding, Homesteading, Sustainability, Inventions, Futurism, Appropriate technology, Design, Crafts, Peasant living, Seed saving.
Favorite Movies	Lord of the Rings.
Favorite Music	Lamb, Lois Armstrong, Van Morrison
Favorite Books	The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency, The Self-Sufficient Gardener, The Fat of the Land, Mathew Biggs' Complete Book of Vegetables, The One-Straw Revolution, The Natural Way of Farming, Cornucopia 2, Wild Food, Vegetables (Phillips), The Earth Gardener's Companion, Adam the Gardener, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Bring Me My Bow.