My favourite quote is “Prevention is better than cure”. As I watched as others within the industry learned through trial and error, accepting that fish loss was ‘part of the learning’ I didn’t understand. I believed that if people understood the basics about aquaponics, fish loss shouldn’t need to happen.

So, I studied aquaculture (environmental science and a heap more)

To understand the needs of the fish, the importance of bacteria within the system and how fish, bacteria and vegetables interacted in a harmonious relationship ~ a man-made ecosystem. “Look after the fish, and the system looks after itself”.

I am passionate about caring for all aspects of the environment, as well as the ability for people to be able to grow healthy, chemical-free, nutritious food easily within their own backyard with limited time. My aim is to empower families to be able to build their own systems and help people to eat healthy food, free of chemicals, so they can age gracefully.

I remember her grandmother saying, “vegetables used to be vegetables, we never needed to put the word ‘organic’ in front of them, as they were healthy and nutritious from the soil”. Sadly, with the impacts of commercialisation and climate changes occurring, soil around the world is often degraded and eroded, lacking in nutrients to grow healthy vegetables, like back when her grandmothers would garden.