Nancy Arrowsmith (Arizona) is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Kraut & Ruben, Germany's first organic gardening magazine. She also founded the international seed organization Arche Noah, with the mission to preserve endangered plants. Arrowsmith has a master's degree in acupuncture and runs her own healing practice in Arizona. She is also the author of the classic A Field Guide to the Little People (Farrar Straus & Giroux).