A few years ago Kelly McJannett was working for not-for-profit One Laptop Per Child, traveling to remote and disadvantaged Indigenous communities, ensuring kids in need were at least equipped with the means to access a digitally-enhanced education.
Of the many concerning scenes she witnessed, it was seeing so many kids staring out of classroom windows, unable to concentrate because they were suffering the effects of poor dental health and hunger, that made an unmovable impression.
With Kelly's own health suffering, while she was on the road, due in large part to not being able to access the fresh fruit and vegetables she was used to in her regular diet, she returned determined to find a way to address what was happening.
It catapulted the idea of empowering communities and schools in remote locations with state-of-the-art, purpose-built, easy-to-run agritech solutions so they could create their own fresh food supply and reduce the need for supply chains to travel sometimes thousands of kilometers.
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