Pat Dodd Racher

Pat Dodd Racher grew up on a farm, and has a geography degree from the London School of Economics. She writes about planerary dangers and sustainable living experiments, including the fascinating if conflicted national example of Cuba.

She was a prize-winning journalist with Reed Business Publishing, mainly on Farmers Weekly and British Farmer & Stockbreeder, between 1972 and 1988, when she moved to West Wales and studied for an M.Ed and PhD.

She is a director of Dodd Racher Ltd She is also a community councillor, a director of Calon Cymru Network Community Interest Company, Cynefin Community Land Trust, and treasurer of Llansawel Recreation Field & Village Hall Trust -- all dedicated to improving life in the countryside.