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Farming Leafy Greens

Underserved Producer Expert
Advisory

We offer our brilliant experience in Climate Smart Agriculture for underserved producers. 

ABOUT

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CHAZ J. SHELTON

CLIMATE SMART STRATEGIST

I built a vertical farming company from scratch and raised in private investments by +25 private investors. Together with my team, I developed proprietary technologies like the USDA organic nutrient formula, IoT growing hardware or cloud-based predictive analytic tools.

 

I successfully scaled the company and was able to achieve positive operating cash flow after 6 months of founding. Furthermore, we reached our sales capacity within 9 months of incorporation.

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My focus is in urban, vertical, indoor, and sustainable agriculture. We offer our brilliant experience in Climate Smart Agriculture for underserved producers. 

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ABOUT US
SERVICES

WHAT SERVICES WE OFFER

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Impact Analysis

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Culturally Appropriate Training

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Climate Smart Ag Education

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Outreach Strategy

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ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Secured and managed United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding to expand outreach for climate smart technologies to US farmers.

  • Awarded USDA funding for GHG emissions measurement and calculation tool for national farmer adoption.

  • Due diligence agriculture industry expert for nation’s 3 largest angel investor network.

  • Commercialized early-stage aquaculture genetics technology by securing 3 pre-license agreements with world’s largest aquaculture companies. Company acquired 18 months after commercialization.

  • Developed post divestiture marketing brand strategy and executed process and technology reorganization with strategy to divest from legal entities and combine into single entity establishing one brand.
     

OUR EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

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Dynamic agriculture strategist specializing in new product development and go-to-market strategy with strengths in market analytics and due diligence assessments.

 

Diverse agriculture sector success with experience ranging from genetic technology commercialization to on-farm production management and optimization.

 

Proven competencies in end to end value creation through the founding and sale of company.

 

Balanced success across entrepreneurial and corporate strategy experience communicating with C-level executives regarding investment, processes, and outcomes.​

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ACHIEVENTS
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AWARDS

  • National Social Impact Award 2013.

  • $100,000 Indiana University Business Plan Winner 2015.

  • $10,000 Cultivating Change Grant Winner 2017.

  • Listed by Forbes Magazine as Top 50 Most Innovative AgTech Startup in the World 2018.

  • $10,000 Farm Bureau Entrepreneurship Award 2018.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY

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Joey L.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE

  •  2018 I-Corp National Science Foundation Award for Food Trackability Tool for Optimization using Blockchain Technology

  • 2018 Farm Bureau Top 10 Innovation Finalist

  • 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Grant - Reduce water consumption in urban agriculture in arid climates

  • 2019 Cultivating Change Award - SUSTAINBLE & EFFICIENT SUMMER FARMING IN THE DESERT

  • 2022 NRCS Office of Equity and Outreach Climate Smart Grant

  • Current AZ NRCS Subcommittee for Urban and Small Producers

  •  Current AZ Farm Bureau Organic Producer Subcommittee

PRESS

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