Since graduating with a BA in Theatre and Film Gretta has dedicated herself to food, healing and health. 

She has worked in various guises including co-director of Wellington based The Organic Catering Company, researcher to OANZ (Organic Aotearoa New Zealand), Project Manager to Te Waka Kai Ora overseeing the development of the Hua Parakore Organic Verification Programme and member of the Aotearoa delegation to the Terra Madre International Slow Food Meeting of Indigenous Food Producers in Italy 2008.

Gretta has a National Diploma in Biodynamic Organic Agriculture  and has spent many happy hours over the years in abundant organic gardens. 

Gretta is also a qualified  Classical Homeopath running a clinical practice in Hawkes Bay since 2012.  She has 3 children who have grown up on her family's sheep and cattle farm in Rissington.