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Who We Serve

City Planners & Municipalities

Comprehensive plans, food-system strategies, and ag-edge planning for counties and cities.

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How we work with city planners & municipalities.

From the McHenry County Comprehensive Plan to the Jasper County, Iowa plan, we have helped local governments connect food production, watershed health, and land-use planning into a single, defensible document the community owns.

  • County and municipal comprehensive plans
  • Food-system and food-access strategies
  • Watershed and stormwater coordination
  • Public engagement and stakeholder design
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Where we typically start

Services that fit city planners & municipalities

Most engagements combine more than one.

Farm Planning & Strategy

Farm Planning & Strategy

Whole-system, succession, business and food-system planning rooted in our 143-question process.

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Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture

Soil-health-led consulting on regenerative practices, organic transitions, agroforestry, and cover crop systems.

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Environmental Assessments

Environmental Assessments

Site, watershed, and ecological assessments for landowners, conservation groups, and municipalities.

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Farm Lease Consulting

Farm Lease Consulting

Lease advisory for owners and operators: agricultural, conservation, crop-share, and solar leases.

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How we work

Our six-part process

The same framework, scoped to city planners & municipalities.

1

Guiding Principles

Decision-maker principles vetted up front.

2

Regional Context

History, hydrology, regional economy.

3

Current Conditions

Inventory of the property or portfolio.

4

Opportunities & Constraints

Regulation, infrastructure, legal context.

5

Recommendations

Resilience-first and prioritized.

6

Revenue Generators

Income recommendations weighed against the future.

Also serving

Other audiences we work with

Most engagements connect across these.

Farmland Owners & Operators

Farmland Owners & Operators

For families and operators who steward working farms across the Midwest.

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Agricultural Investors

Agricultural Investors

Due diligence, BMPs, and ESG-grade reporting for institutional and family-office landholdings.

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Conservation Organizations

Conservation Organizations

Working-lands strategy for land trusts, watershed councils, and habitat-focused nonprofits.

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Food System Stakeholders

Food System Stakeholders

Food hubs, processors, distributors, and place-based food advocates.

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Frequently asked questions

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With a free consultation. We will read what you send, look at the property or portfolio, and follow up with a recommended first scope.
Yes. We can connect you with a reference closest to your situation during the consultation.
Yes. Many of our engagements start with a discovery and assessment phase, then move into the planning phase only if both sides agree to proceed.
A senior practitioner runs every engagement. The same people who scope the work also do it.
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