About Us

Our Founder

Maree O’Malley founded Bokashi Composting Australia in 2004 after experiencing bokashi composting in New Zealand. Impressed by the principles, convenience and philosophy of the system, Maree was keen to try it for herself back home in Australia. However, Maree was disappointed in her search to find the bokashi system so decided to set up her own business and bring this wonderful way of composting across the Tasman Sea to Australia.
 
When Maree first set up Bokashi Composting Australia, she worked from her home in inner-western Sydney and juggled the business part-time with her career in financial services. Maree travelled to New Zealand to learn about bokashi composting and also visited Townsville in Queensland, where the microbes were being used in farming and agriculture, to experience how the micro-organisms (a vital component of the system) work to produce stronger, healthier crops.

Maree threw herself into bokashi composting and made her bokashi mix in a sandpit in her backyard, drying it under the sun on a tarp – a tricky task on a windy day! It soon became clear that there was a real demand for bokashi in Australia and Maree was able to turn her business and her new passion into her full-time occupation. The sandpit has since been retired but Maree remains 100% involved in Bokashi Composting Australia and is a respected bokashi expert supplying all over Australia.