Valerie Pearson is on a mission to bring good food, simple living and good health to people. Through her workshops and her books, Valerie teaches the skills of making gorgeous handmade cheeses, delicious sourdough breads, sensational sauerkrauts, crunchy kimchi, fabulous lacto-fermented foods, home preserves, soaps, beeswax wraps and natural mineral cosmetics. She is a passionate advocate for living a sustainable, self-reliant lifestyle: “I love the feeling of competence and independence I get from being able to do it myself. I also love sharing my knowledge with others, which is why I became a writer and a teacher.”
Valerie purchased her Pozieres property in 2007. Her ambition to live in a place with an amenable climate and to be part of a country community was realised in 2010, when she moved her home base to Pozieres. Today she travels to deliver workshops and attend events, but always looks forward to coming home to the Granite Belt.
Through her website, Green Living Australia, Valerie sells equipment and books to guide beginners on their self-sufficiency journey to become accomplished at making their own home made foods. “I was having trouble finding supplies for all my interests, so I started Green Living Australia in 2003.The thinking was that if I could not find what I needed maybe there were other people out there that had the same problem.” Valerie also finds time to write a blog through her website Living Simply with Valerie, which has unique and delicious recipes to try at home.
“My goal is to teach as many people as possible. It’s a goal I will work on for the rest of my life and I am happy to do so. I just want to keep writing and teaching. You change the world one person at a time.”
Valerie Pearson will be giving a fermented food demonstration at the Stanthorpe Eco-Expo on Saturday September 3rd 2022 at Ananda Palli, 463 Back Creek Road, Severnlea.
