Adrienne C. Compton studied a BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Science at the University of Nottingham and following her degree worked in agribusinesses for 15 years. In the last 10 years she has worked to research potential production regions all over the world. Following a Graduate Diploma in 2012, she completed her MA in 2014. Part of her MA dissertation, reassessing the Tadlow Field System, identified by Oliver Rackham in The History of the Countryside was published in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society in 2018. She currently works full time as a civil servant visiting farms and fields.