Business students have eyes on the prize

Five Year 13 Business Entrepreneur students from St Peter’s School in Cambridge have entered the 2023 Young Enterprise Scheme with an innovative business idea called Sprowt.

Aimed at encouraging people to grow their own vegetables, the monthly seed subscription plan includes two packs of seed, fertiliser, growing instructions and recipe ideas. With three of their parents holding AgriBusiness or horticulture quali cations and two families owning kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty, it was a natural t for these business-minded girls.

e idea for Sprowt was triggered when the group saw the destruction of crops after the ooding in Hawke’s Bay and felt growing food at home was important. Each of these 17-year-olds has a role in the business that complements their school subject choices and strengths.

Harriott Edwards-Heemy is the CEO. is AgriBusiness student calls on her strengths as a leader and organiser for the company.

Eleanor Benthien-Parrott brings her economics skills to her role as CFO.