Patrice Newell

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Patrice Newell

Patrice Newell is a former model, TV presenter, turned author, alternative lifestyle advocate and biodynamic farmer. In 1986 she gave up a high profile career with the Special Broadcasting Service(SBS) and Nine network, to live on the land and run a 10,000 acre (40 km²) beef cattle property, known as Elmswood, in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Elmswood specialises in chemical-free beef. Newell has a passion for biodynamic agriculture and healthy foods, which she talks about in her books; The Olive Grove and; Ten Thousand Acres - A Love Story. She is a founding member of the Hunter Olive Association. Newell was the subject of "A Place in the Country", the 4 October 2001 edition of the ABC-Television biography program, Australian Story.

In December 2006, she announced that she would be running for a seat on the New South Wales Legislative Council in the March 2007 New South Wales State election as an independent candidate. Her policy is to put pressure on the Government to acknowledge that climate change is "the greatest crisis in human history" and that it should be recognised and taken into account in all Government policy.^[1]

Newell is the partner of Phillip Adams.