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AGRICULTURAL CONSULTING SERVICES AVAILABLE NOW
From site evaluation to dependable operation.
Farmer-led consulting and agricultural project management for rural farms, controlled-environment operations, and City Farming projects. Work with us on a specific need or ask us to coordinate the specialists, budgets, schedules, approvals, and decisions that move a project from planning into operation.
COMMON STARTING POINTS
Begin with the situation you have today.
FIVE-PHASE SERVICE FRAMEWORK
Follow the work from feasibility through performance.
Open a phase to review its capabilities. Each one considers production, operating costs, food safety, maintainability, workforce needs, and commercial performance.
PHASE I
Business planning, feasibility & site development
Agricultural business plans
Develop a new business plan or evaluate an existing one, including demand, production assumptions, management, labor, investment, operating costs, revenue, cash flow, financing, schedule, risk, and expansion.
Site & climate evaluation
Assess topography, soils, drainage, rainfall, heat, humidity, frost, water, seasonal production windows, energy availability and cost, transportation, agricultural infrastructure, and access to Atlanta-area and regional markets
Farm master planning
Integrate field production, high tunnels, greenhouses, indoor growing, roads, utilities, stormwater, wash-pack, processing, cold storage, loading, employee spaces, and future expansion.
Crop & production planning
Select crops, varieties, production methods, planting schedules, rotations, harvest windows, labor requirements, and projected yields for the site and target market.
PHASE II
Production systems & agricultural engineering
Outdoor farms, edible landscapes & hybrid systems
Plan integrated field production, edible landscapes, edible permaculture systems, vertical gardens, edible homesteads, high tunnels, protected cultivation, greenhouses, indoor growing, and other controlled-environment systems. Each design considers climate, water, labor, maintenance, household or community goals, and long-term productivity.
Controlled-environment agriculture & growing systems
Coordinate aquaponic, hydroponic, and organic systems—including nutrient film technique, deep-water culture, gutters, vertical towers, and container cultivation with greenhouse and indoor layouts, irrigation, fertigation, lighting, controls, workflow, and automation.
Integrated design management
Manage and align agricultural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, irrigation, refrigeration, automation, and environmental-control requirements around production, constructability, budget, schedule, and long-term operation.
Water, fertility, energy & controls
Evaluate water quality and quantity, irrigation, drainage, storage, recirculation, rain capture, fertility, soil health, heating, cooling, dehumidification, lighting, utility demand and cost, energy efficiency, heat recovery, cogeneration, renewable-energy integration, controls, and backup systems.
PHASE III
Permitting, cost development, procurement & construction
Permitting & regulatory coordination
Support zoning, site-plan review, building approvals, utilities, stormwater, environmental reviews, health requirements, agricultural permits, and other applicable approvals.
Capital & operating cost development
Prepare preliminary capital and operating cost projections for sitework, structures, growing systems, equipment, utilities, labor, energy, water, supplies, maintenance, food safety, packaging, processing, and distribution.
Equipment selection & factory-direct procurement
Set requirements, compare proposals, evaluate suppliers, and coordinate factory-direct purchasing from agricultural manufacturers for growing supplies, growing systems, climate-control equipment, greenhouse packages, and related materials. Selections consider performance, serviceability, reliability, maintenance, and lifecycle cost.
Construction & project management
Manage budgeting, scheduling, procurement, contractors, quality, installation, safety, and owner representation while keeping design and construction decisions aligned with commercial production.
PHASE IV
Certification, compliance, postharvest systems & launch
Field, hydroponic & organic certification readiness
Our work and applied research are supported by multiple organic certifications held or managed since 2005 across Florida, Georgia, and Minnesota. That history includes outdoor, indoor, vertical, hydroponic, and other CEA operations. We support Organic System Plans, input reviews, records, transition planning, employee training, inspection preparation, and continuing certification readiness.
Food safety & third-party audit readiness
Develop risk assessments, standard operating procedures, sanitation, training, traceability, recall, supplier control, and audit programs aligned with applicable FSMA, GAP, GMP, HACCP, GLOBALG.A.P., PrimusGFS, and SQF frameworks.
Wash-pack, processing & cold chain
Plan receiving, washing, grading, packing, cooling, cold storage, packaging, loading, sanitation, product flow, traceability, shelf life, and cold-chain integrity.
Commissioning & commercial launch
Test growing, irrigation, control, electrical, mechanical, automation, refrigeration, processing, and food-safety systems; train employees; and transition into dependable production.
PHASE V
Operational performance & training
Production & operational optimization
Improve yields, quality, labor efficiency, water and energy use, fertility, biological pest management, harvesting, postharvest handling, maintenance, and production costs.
Plant production inputs
Plan, source, and coordinate conventional, hydroponic-ready, organically produced, and heirloom plants; seeds, seedlings, liners, grafted plants, nursery stock, propagation supplies, growing media, substrates, soil amendments, fertility inputs, and biologicals for field, greenhouse, indoor, edible-landscape, and homestead projects.
Management systems & training
Develop manuals, crop schedules, training, maintenance, sanitation, recordkeeping, performance controls, and management protocols for farms, processing facilities, and cold storage.
Cooperative production
Coordinate crops, purchasing, certification, packaging, processing, and distribution among farms and agricultural businesses.
ADDITIONAL
SERVICE
Supplies & equipment
Procurement support shaped by how the farm must operate.
Through factory-direct procurement relationships, we source growing supplies, growing systems, climate-control equipment, greenhouses, and related materials directly from agricultural manufacturers. We help assess needs, write performance-based specifications, compare proposals, coordinate cooperative or volume purchasing, plan delivery and installation, support commissioning, and identify maintenance needs and critical spare parts.
SYSTEMS & OPERATIONS
Growing systems, equipment & operating supplies
01
Growing-system materials & components
Containers, trays, crop-support materials, grow beds, channels, rafts, gutters, towers, drain-and-return components, and system hardware for aquaponic, hydroponic, greenhouse, indoor, and organic production.
02
Irrigation, water & fertigation
Pumps, filtration, tanks, treatment, dosing, nutrient delivery, reuse components, and water-quality monitoring.
03
Greenhouse, high-tunnel & CEA equipment
Structures, coverings, climate equipment, controls, sensors, lighting, benches, racks, gutters, and production systems.
04
Field, crop-protection & harvest supplies
Season extension, IPM, biosecurity, worker protection, food-grade harvest equipment, small tools, and maintenance supplies.
05
Wash-pack, processing & packaging
Product handling, food-contact work areas, packing equipment, packaging materials, labels, lot coding, and quality-control tools.
06
Cold storage & distribution
Refrigerated systems, pre-cooling, monitoring, food-grade storage, material handling, insulated delivery, and sanitation support.
07
Food safety, sanitation & traceability
Cleaning systems, hygiene supplies, verification tools, environmental monitoring, traceability, visitor PPE, and facility protection.
08
Facility, utility & resilience equipment
Backup water and power, alarms, drainage, cleanable finishes, warehouse systems, waste handling, replacement parts, and spares.
Specific products, pricing, delivery areas, and lead times depend on project scope and supplier availability. Organic certification decisions are issued only by an accredited certifying agent. Regulated professional work is performed or approved by appropriately licensed, accredited, or authorized professionals.
ADDITIONAL
SERVICE
City Farming
Food production designed for difficult urban environments.
Growing food inside a city requires more than selecting a production system. Limited space, older infrastructure, high utility and property costs, zoning, neighboring uses, stormwater, traffic, site history, and complex approvals must be resolved alongside crop requirements, food safety, workflow, and financial performance.
01
Urban feasibility & approvals
Evaluate zoning, land use, existing structures, utilities, environmental conditions, site history, neighboring uses, delivery access, workforce needs, food safety, and market demand before significant capital is committed.
02
Industrial-to-indoor farm conversion
Assess former warehouses and industrial buildings for structural capacity, power, water, drainage, HVAC, dehumidification, lighting, fire and life safety, cleanable surfaces, workflow, cold storage, and code-compliant indoor production.
03
Hybrid green-space farming
Convert suitable urban land and buildings into coordinated outdoor, greenhouse, high-tunnel, courtyard, rooftop, or vertical growing areas while addressing soils, stormwater, irrigation, access, biosecurity, and postharvest handling.
04
Integrated design & code coordination
Coordinate municipal and state reviews, agricultural and building engineers, environmental requirements, utilities, budgets, and construction around one practical production strategy.
05
Sustainable energy & cogeneration
Our work includes evaluating energy demand utility rates, efficiency, heat recovery, renewable-energy integration, and combined heat and power opportunities for greenhouses and indoor farms. Each option is coordinated with crop climate, reliability, permitting, capital cost, and operating economics.
06
Startup & operating readiness
Align commissioning, crop plans, staffing, food safety, maintenance, training, performance controls, and operating procedures so the completed facility can transition into dependable production.
Sixteen years of multi-state project development experience helps us connect the crop plan with the permit set, building systems, environmental conditions, capital budget, and operating plan. We help clients determine what can be reused, what must be changed, and which farming technologies make practical and economic sense for the site.