I do not have any agricultural background, nor experience, so I get most of my information from the internet.

When it comes to the crop farming side, the initial plan was to grow green pepper, which was my summer crop. But then I saw we were still in winter, why wait for September? Because I do not have any agricultural background, I went to the internet and searched what it is that you can actually plant in winter.

I actually diversified because nowadays you need to diversify farming, you can't stick to one product or one type of livestock. Even in any business, you can't stick to one product, because what if that product doesn't sell well? You need to have something to bounce back on. So that is why. What I'm trying to do now is to diversify my farm.

I have always been a risk-taker. I've always believed in using each and every opportunity, and actually creating opportunities for yourself. Because if you do not create opportunities, no one is going to present them to you. I started with what I had, I did not wait on the government to fund me. I started with the little that I have, because we need to normalise starting small, and not waiting on the government or funding. 

I always say that fear has killed a lot of dreams, fear is still killing a lot of dreams. You actually need to start. You need to start. For example, if you're thinking of owning a catering company, do not wait for funding, start selling amagwinya.

The farm that I currently use, I'm renting. I do not own that farm. At the moment, there is a farm in Gordon's Bay. I recently joined Group 500 Investment - they are all about empowering women-owned entities.

What I always say is that you can't do farming alone. You need people to help you in order to make your farm sustainable. You need to employ people. For me, employing people is something that I've always wanted to do, uplifting the community and creating job opportunities.

I've always advertised my business on social media. From the catering company, most of the support that I got was from people that I hardly knew, people who saw my posts on social media.

When my business closed down, I didn't have the chance to actually complain or blame the government, that the government isn't assisting. I just knew that I needed to think of a plan. I needed to see an opportunity instead of complaining, to see a solution.

There are a lot of opportunities that you get in farming. For example, food security is the most important thing in the country, because the nation needs to be fed and you can never, ever go wrong with farming.