20150728_151751Stuart Chignell

Stuart is a co-founder of Fish Farmers and currently responsible for system design, implementation and integration. Stuart has worked as an independent environmental consultant on projects with public companies and governments in Australia. He has brings together a unique set of skills related to farming, scientific research, engineering and financial modelling.

For the last ten years he has been focused on researching and developing methods of integrating different forms of agricultural production, with a focus on aquaculture. He is intensely passionate about excellent food and drink, the environment, sustainable agriculture, medieval re-enactment, supporting families dealing with disability and his Christian faith.

sarah's profile picSarah Chignell

Sarah is a co-founder of Fish Farmers and is responsible for value adding along with interpreting and translating Stuart.

She is professionally trained as a nurse and works in the disability sector providing families with respite and support. She also has extensive experience in agriculture through her childhood on remote agricultural properties in central Queensland, New South Wales and the family farm at Ravenswood near Bendigo, Victoria.

In addition to her professional duties Sarah is the proud mother of her and Stuart’s five children, one of whom is severely disabled. She cares deeply about her Christian faith and helping families through similar challenges. She enjoys horse riding, bush walking, camping, traditional food and family time.

140711_Prendergast_27Jonathan Prendergast

Jonathan has over a decade’s worth of experience in clean energy project development and investment. After graduate roles in engineering, his energy and climate journey commenced working on the Dandenong Precinct Trigeneration project, the first of its type to be built and operate in Australia. It included a 6MW cogeneration facility to service over 20 future buildings via 1km of underground insulated heating water pipes, and can achieve a 50% reduction in emissions through energy efficacy and use of waste heat. In this project Jonathan gained know how in energy project development, including regulation, energy markets, financial analysis, business case development and contract closure.

Jonathan continues to apply these skills for various partners investigating emissions reduction and investment opportunities. He sees Aquaponics as having a huge potential positive impact in our communities, both economic and environmental. Aquaponics does more with less, just like energy efficiency projects he has worked on prior. By using the skills in developing new projects in the energy world, he will work with Fish Farmers to see it overcome barriers and achieve success, which is the establishment of a commercially sustainable Aquaponics operation, proving that it is possible and profitable.