Matthew Evans is a food writer, farmer, television broadcaster and chef. Based in Southern Tasmania, Matthew lives and works on Fat Pig Farm, a mixed holding where he tends a garden, makes cider, fattens the namesake pigs and tries to entice milk from three full cream dairy cows. Matthew’s personal farming journey has been the focus of six series of Gourmet Farmer on SBS, and he’s presented two documentaries, For The Love of Meat, and What’s The Catch. Matthew is the author of thirteen books on food, including the authoritative ethical meat manifesto On Eating Meat, and his latest cookbook The Commons. His new book, SOIL, is due out in July 2021. He’s an advocate for open, fair, accountable food and farming systems, and has pushed for honest labelling so we can all enjoy sustainable seafood.
Matthew Evans is passionate about the myriad ways that food and farming can frame the future, including food security, soil health and the sequestration of carbon through regenerative methods. His farming choices are underpinned by a drive for high ethical standards for the land, for the animals, and for the community that drives it all. Fat Pig Farm regularly hosts education programs teaching ways to make farming more sustainable, ethical, productive and conscious.
Farm 2 Plate Exchange 2021 Speakers