We were deeply sad to hear that pioneering farmer and insightful teacher Marina O’Connell died earlier this week. 

She fed the people of Hackney with fruit, preserves and eggs through our farmers’ market and veg box scheme for over ten years, before moving to Devon in 2017, swapping her 4 acres of smallholding in Essex for 34 acres at Huxhams Cross Farm on the Dartington Hall Estate.