Marion Moon

Marion Atieno Moon (born 5 December 1983) is a Kenyan organic farmer and managing director of Wanda Organic, a company that improves farmer productivity using bio-organic fertilisers. She was among seven recipients of a grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Feed the Future initiative.

Early life and education Marion Atieno was born in Kenya and brought up in Nairobi. She attended Braeside School, Brookhouse School and St Mary's School in Kenya for her early education, before studying Business Administration at Macquarie University in Australia, graduating in 2006.

Career She first worked at the Kenya tourism board as an intern before joining the media and advertising agency Scangroup as a media planner. She worked for the insurance firm AoN in Kampala, Uganda, as an executive assistant before leaving in 2011 She chose to leave because while she was successful at her job, she did not feel fulfilled by the work; she said: "I was doing really well, but to what end was it?" Moon also wanted to do something that would be closer to home. The choice of organic fertilizer was deliberate: inorganic types have helped deplete nutrients from the soil over time. As she learned about organic fertilizers, she came in contact with Eliseo Cruiz, who had created a brand known as Plantmate. Her company, Wanda Organic, imports organic fertiliser from the Philippines where it is cheaply produced. Moon's work has had a positive effect on farmers in the area who have seen better crop yields and improvements to their living standards.