What a system costs, and what decides it.
There is no price list, because there is no standard site. This page explains what drives cost, what a project includes, and which programs can help pay for it.
There are no figures on this page. Costs and program amounts are confirmed per project, not estimated.
Scale and configuration.
How much growing space, how much water, and how much of the building the system takes up.
The building.
A new greenhouse or an existing building, and how far water, power, and drainage have to travel.
Climate.
Climate sets the heating, cooling, and lighting bills, the biggest running costs a design can avoid.
Output target.
What the system must produce, and how reliably, sets its size and its backups.
What's included
Design through commissioning
Site assessment, design, installation, first stocking, and proving it runs. Cost is confirmed per site after assessment.
Training and first-year support
Training at handover, monitoring, and a year of remote support from the team that designed the system.
Financing & grants
USDA programs
USDA rural development and conservation programs fund local food projects. Eligibility and amounts depend on the site and the applicant.
REAP
The Rural Energy for America Program supports energy-efficient farm systems. Whether a project qualifies is checked during assessment.
SARE
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grants fund on-farm research. Early US sites feed a published research record, which fits well.
The logic, without the figures.
We publish no payback figures. A number that ignores your menu, your labor, and your climate is not a forecast. The logic is simple: two harvests from one system, produce you no longer buy, and a farm that also works as programming, curriculum, or a worksite.
The consultation puts your numbers into that logic before any quote.
Put your numbers into the logic.
Send the site, the building, and the output target. The engineering team replies with what drives cost for that site and which programs may apply.
Response within one US business day.