Motherland Australia

244: Sadie Chrestman was a first-time mum and first-time farmer.


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Sadie Chrestman was living a stones throw away from the famous Coca-Cola sign in Sydney’s Darlinghurst, living a very urban life, when she was set up on a blind date. Sadie, who had just turned 40, knew that she wanted to have kids and settle down, she also knew she wanted more space. And it turns out the man she was set up on a date with wanted the exact same thing. You might know Sadie’s name from the long-running SBS series Gourmet Farmer. The person she was set up with in 2007 was none other than chef turned food critic turned farmer Matthew Evans. The only problem was, when they met, Matthew was about to move to Tasmania to start a new life as a farmer. Sadie moved to Tasmania’s Huon Valley when she was 7 months pregnant and very quickly, she found herself learning how to be a mum, and a farmer in a new community, in a different state. Now, Sadie and Matthew run Fat Pig Farm and their son, Hedley, is 15. This is her story.

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