Our Team

Jennifer spent the last decade in Sydney working in both the private and Higher Education sectors in operations and people management including Executive Officer of the School of Psychiatry at UNSW.  Since returning to Tasmania in 2014 with her husband and daughter Madeline, Jennifer has relished in rekindling connections with friends and family, but also more broadly with the local Tasmanian community which she had felt was lacking during her time in the big smoke. 

Jennifer continued her track in the University sector through the UTAS Research division supporting academics with grant applications, eligibility and reporting requirements, and then stepped away from this role to have her second child, Augustus.  Since this time Jennifer has been the General Manager of Sprout, and brings with her amazing people skills, unwavering passion for all things Tasmanian and a drive to support our small producer sector to thrive and become more collaborative.

Jennifer loves everything about Tasmania; the community, the food, the natural environment.  Jen thrives on a work-life balance that enables her to spend time with her kids, and contribute to their future through her role at Sprout in supporting small scale sustainable farmers to thrive.  

A local Tassie girl through and through, Carissa loves everything about our beautiful state. She has worked in many administrative roles over her working life, she ran her own business for six years making and selling gorgeous gift hampers filled with Tasmanian produce and sharing her passion for our local products all over the world. She now fills her days with some accounting & bookkeeping work, along with the joy of spending as much time exploring her local areas beach and walking tracks and enjoying time with her little family – husband, son and (senior) pups. She joins the Sprout Team with enthusiasm and passion about our state and all that it has to offer.

Dom grew up with her hands in the soil and the wind in her hair, she spent her childhood immersed in the rhythms of boutique farming. Raised on a small property in the West Tamar, her parents planted a vineyard while she was still in the womb and later expanded into a neighbouring apple orchard. Festival season meant building cubbies under market stalls, late summer was spent freeing silvereyes from nets, and harvest left her with sticky fingers and sun-kissed cheeks.

Taking the leap across the ditch to pursue higher education, Dom extended her deep appreciation for ecology, sustainable practices, and animal welfare. After completing studies in Animal and Veterinary Bioscience and Agriculture she worked as an environmental impact consultant in Melbourne. Eventually, she returned to Tasmania to raise her children amidst a country lifestyle. In 2018, Dom and her family purchased a 25-acre farmlet in the beautiful Huon Valley, where she now balances life as a farmer, researcher, and mother. When COVID-19 altered their plans, she embarked on a PhD with the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture. Her research leverages her experience in animal science, environmental consulting, and innovation while expanding her understanding of the complexities of agriculture and food systems. 

Dom is a mum, running a small beef farm while undertaking a PhD – enough said. Her children are a major part of her work, as their future climate, food security, and wellbeing were the inspiration behind her decision to pursue climate-agriculture research. They have invested heavily in her PhD journey, in return, Dom has sought to involve them wherever possible – bringing them along to science and agriculture events, accompanying her on field research trips, meeting farmers, joining farm tours, and walking on sacred country with First Nations elders. Through these experiences, her children hear and see stories about working with and stewarding the land. They also witness their mum working tirelessly to grow her capacity to contribute to something greater than herself. 

Dom firmly believes community connection is central to sustainable food and land systems. She also makes a point of finding joy amidst the pursuit of historically compassionate and future conscious landscape stewardship. Dom is welcomed to the Sprout team as our new Producer Liaison Officer, responsible for guiding our Sprout Producer Program participants, and for all gasbagging about farming opportunities.

We will share with you our newest team members, soon…!