Maegen Blom | 2025 Zanda McDonald Award Winner & Operations Manager for Mills Bay Mussels
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Maegen Blom is the first ever Zanda McDonald Award Winner for Aquaculture winning the award in 2025.
She is also the Operations Manager for family business Mills Bay Mussels.
With applications for the 2027 Zanda McDonald Award now open we caught up with Maegen to ask how winning it changed her life.
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