She worked on her family farm near Dundee before standing for election.
[2] In 2003 she was elected as an MSP for the North East Scotland region.
She was a member of the Scottish Parliament Enterprise Committee[3] and the Scottish Greens' Spokeswoman on enterprise, waste and energy issues.
[4] In November 2005 she criticised Scottish Labour and Scottish Liberal Democrats for "not taking seriously the crucial issues of energy and climate change.
[6] In the 2010 UK general election, Baird stood for Dundee East but was unsuccessful.