The Author Marina O'Connell is a successful grower, farmer and educator. She has action- researched the use of biodynamic, organic, perma-cultural, agroecological, regenerative and agroforestry methods in her work, and with the Apricot team and her family has turned the bare land at Huxhams Cross Farm into a productive, beautiful, community-connected and profitable farm. People from all over the world visit her farm and go on her courses. She is consulted by farm estates and farmers asking her to help them undertake the successful transition to resilient food systems by 2030.