It’s been a while since we’ve unearthed a fresh candidate for our faces of the future series, so it’s particularly pleasing to read about the work of 27-year-old Ryan Marchington. Despite his relatively tender age, he’s enjoying the responsibility of being operations lead for Greenwave Aotearoa – where he sees channelling the skills of the country’s impressive mussel farming industry as being integral to the growth of their nascent kelp farming sector. It’s still early days – both for Ryan himself and for the local kelp cultivators – but it’s a country where regenerative aquaculture, backed by the indigenous population, looks to have a better than average opportunity to succeed.