During season Marina sells farm-fresh produce from Grabouw at the market: blueberries, organic fruit (organic or residue free when available, otherwise some mainstream produce), Heirloom beans, sprouting seeds, organic aloe juice amongst other things, a real-life story children’s books on adventures with her bullock MooMoo which she has been caring for like a child for the past 14 years ago.
(He even travelled with her to the airport to welcome foreign students). When he was smaller, all he wanted to do was ride on her lap in the front of the bakkie, and they even strolled Greyton’s streets together in wedding outfits for a marketing campaign years ago.

In our beautiful valley of grace, she lives out her passion for natural living, pesticide free/organically produced food and adventuring into the mountains with like-minded friends.
As co-founder of Plant Based Health SA nutrition education resource for the general public and health care sector; she has a love for sharing and coaching healthy lifestyle education through workshops and consultations.
The very special nature-nurtured Waldorf inspired Little Hippo playschool run by Ashleigh Gordon, is what took Marina back to Greyton recently.

For the rest of the week, in Grabouw and HouwHoek valleys she farms with her family and husband, spends time with her rescued cattle and caring for them, spends time through natural horsemanship with her horses, and trains for triathlons by mountain biking or swimming adventures. She home schools her daughter and tends to her half-adopted 2nd daughter for schoolwork.

Inbetween a full life, her passions are music (flute and a little piano), spreading the message of her life story after having met and rescued her bovine child MooMoo from a dairy farm in 2006, and doing compassion awareness work linked to animal agriculture and food choices for the planet as well as people’s health and quality of life.

Her life purpose is to contribute to a movement to awaken humanity re-connection to self and to nature.. to elicit a positive transformation for the health of the planet for future generations and for a kinder world for all animals through a message delivering the truth in a way that is inspired by positivity and love.