Rees Campbell is a fifth generation Tasmanian who has elevated her community’s appreciation of Tasmania’s edible native plants through her ground-breaking research, use and celebration of these unique native plants and seaweeds.
Rees works closely with Aboriginal people, including the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, to share understanding. She assisted the Centre’s language workers to retrieve some names of the native plants in the palawa kani language.
Her books, Eat Wild Tasmanian, Eat More Wild Tasmanian and The Seaweed Supplement, are the only published sources on Tasmanian edible wild plants. Rees’ research has been reported in academic and mainstream publications and over 1,000 people visit Rees’ Wild Food Garden each year.
Rees speaks throughout the state to community groups, schools and childcare centres on how to grow and use Tasmanian wild food plants. Because of her advocacy, schools and childcare centres are now growing edible native plants – inspiring the next generation of Tasmanians.