My name is James and I am a permaculture and travel enthusiast from Bristol. I first became interested in aquaponics whilst working on a farm in Australia. I was Impressed by how much food could be grown without the need for lots of space or soil. When I returned from my travels I took part in … Continue reading James Saunders

I’m Annelies and I joined the Bristol Fish Project as someone with an interest in all things green, from conservation biology to sustainable living. My background is mainly in biology, where I made the odd journey from postgraduate studies in computational theoretical biology, via field assistant jobs at several zoological research projects in Scotland to, … Continue reading Annelies Leeuw

Rose has a PhD in marine biology, investigating the impact of climate change on crustacean physiology and life history, and is currently a technician in the biology department at the University of Bath. She has gained experience in the aquaculture of a variety of marine and freshwater algae, shellfish and fish through her two postgraduate … Continue reading Dr Rose Crichton

Sam lives on a smallholding just outside of Bristol where he helps to run Nibley Leaves, a small salad business. He manages the holding using agroecology and permaculture approaches. He has a particular interest in sustainable protein production Sam is a great experimenter & tinkerer. He’s a founder of The Travelling Toolbox, a sustainable technology … Continue reading Sam Rossiter

  I’m Barley. I’ve been into aquaponics for 5 years now. If you see me – ask me “where are the fish Barley” and I will take you to see them. I love fish. When I’m on the farm, my job is to stare at the fish. I also welcome our guests and give everyone … Continue reading Former Team Member Barley

I’m Alice-Marie – I’m an aspiring explorer that likes to explore the world close to home. I founded Bristol fish project in late 2011 as a response to the challenges of urban metabolic losses (waste). I saw through other’s experiments that you could use aquaponics as an intervention to close material loops but also to … Continue reading Former Director & Founder – Alice-Marie Archer

I am a passionate advocate of environmental sustainability and have acquired many skills and much experience in the field. However, aquaponics has been a particular interest for me for a number of years now, as it combines my belief in changing the way we farm with reducing the levels of energy used in food production, … Continue reading Ex-Director Pete Summers

I left a career in IT working for insurance and banking companies after 30 years to follow my long term interest in fish farming, conservation and the environment. In 2014 I helped form the new Bristol Fish Project building on work carried out by Alice. The objective was to create a sustainable urban based agriculture producer by implementing an … Continue reading Ex Director – Richard Jardine

Ive been interested in aquaponics for a few years now. I’m an advocate for environmental and urban sustainability and think aquaponics has an important role to play in our future cities. For me and many other aquaponic practitioners it is about much more than the production of food. It is about moving towards a truly sustainable … Continue reading Ex-Director Robyn Hodgkiss

I am Iris and I first came across the principles of aquaponics and the circular economy when I was too busy at Re:work, the charity I was working at as their chief exec until last year. Re:work was and still is a very unusual, fairly small, innovation driven Social Enterprise supporting young people and older … Continue reading Ex-Director Iris Eiting

I‘m Baptiste grollier, I am french and I learn aquaculture in ISETA (Institue des Sciences et de l’environnement & des Territoires d’annecy) after discovering the « Skygreens » Singapour company on internet. I am very interested in aquaponics systems : I began to test the aquaponic system with shrimps (for aquarium) on 0.5 m² in a 20 liters … Continue reading Previous Intern – Baptiste Grollier – Interning from France

Oliver is interested in working with and developing unique social enterprise business models that can produce scalable, sustainable and noticeable changes to some of the most pressing issues society faces. Previously Oliver worked as an analyst for an asset management firm focussing on educational social enterprises as well as care sector software. Prior to this, … Continue reading Ex-Director Oliver Hall