All product ideas originate from Andy's mastermind. Since childhood, he has been an enthusiastic researcher and tinkerer, magically drawn to everything that crawls and swims in the water. A childhood room full of aquariums and animals, wins at "Jugend forscht," studies in marine biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, and positions at AWI and AquaSander led him to aquaculture. There, he helped build Europe's largest recirculating saltwater fish farm in Völklingen at the time, to protect the seas from overfishing.

However, fish feed from oceanic catch was used as feed – a circumstance Andy could no longer support. This was the drive for founding algova – in the home pantry kitchen of the two-room apartment. Hilke was involved from the beginning, after all, it was her kitchen too. :)

Eventually, the kitchen and living room became too small, and they moved into an old dog salon a few houses down the street. Finally, algova moved to its current location: an old bakery in the "flat land" on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath.

algova has moved to its home on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath.

Why? Because we believe that a start-up specializing in animal feed doesn't belong in overpriced metropolitan areas, but rather where good food for humans and animals is produced by responsible farmers.

We see ourselves as part of this down-to-earth community and are very pleased with the warm welcome in the "flat land". Additionally, the internet connection here is wonderful and we know all our delivery services personally :)