Marita spent her formulative years in Milton after her parents made the sea-change from Sydney, toting all five children with them. Although initially an unwilling gardener in family working bees, after graduating with a PhB (Hons) from ANU* she spent a year WWOOFing and farm-sitting her way around England, Scotland and Wales. Turns out she did love gardening, after all. Working with her hands and living simply really clicked - she returned to the south coast to pursue her love of organic farming, self-sufficiency and science.  She's also a young adult science fiction author and academic editor. 

​Her fave way to eat mushrooms is sautéed with a dab of coconut oil, fresh garlic, himalayan salt and black pepper - tossed with fresh parsley, nasturtiums and warrigal greens and paired with fresh scrambled eggs and sourdough. 

*Majoring in organic chemistry and molecular biology because SCIENCE IS RAD.

Check out her interviews with the dashing folks at Milkwood Permaculture and Autostraddle.