Annie Novak graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2005. She is founder and director of Growing Chefs, field-to-fork food education program, the Manager of the Edible Academy at the New York Botanical Garden, and co-founder and farmer of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn. She is the author of The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Garden or Farm. Her current research, writing and illustration work focuses on nocturnal bird migration. A passionate educator, Annie has spoken at conferences around the world on the connections between people, food and ecology, and the benefits of urban agriculture. Annie writes for The Atlantic, Martha Stewart Living, Rodale’s Organic Life Magazine, Wilder Quarterly, and Diner Journal. Her passion for agriculture began while working in Ghana in West Africa. She has since followed food to its roots in many countries across the globe as well as our own nation. Her work with the Meerkat Media Collective has been screened in New York City, and in festivals across the country.