Todd Elliott is the author of The Cunning Farmer: Agrarian Magic, Mythology and Folklore, published by Inner Traditions International. An organic farmer, father of two boys, husband, magical practitioner, earth worker, healer, and astrologer, he has been certified as a Reiki Master by Insight Holistic Health and as an Astrological Magician by Renaissance Astrology. A life-long student of organic agriculture, mythology, religion, folklore, and esoterica, he lives, writes, studies and works the land on a 30-acre ridge-top farm in Owen County, Kentucky, where he and his family run a CSA program, ethically raising vegetables, fruit, and livestock.