Perceptive
What matters most to you: Is it timing? Funding? Legacy? Innovation? Repeatability? Ease of operations and maintenance? We ask questions that go far beyond technical specifications to discern exactly what you need, so we can deliver long-term success, defined by you.

Connected and tuned-in
We’ve built relationships with dozens of organizations working toward a more sustainable future for farmers and communities across Pennsylvania. Our network is broad, but it is closely knit. We share experiences with one another to stay on top of trends and best practices, to learn from every project and apply that knowledge on your project for maximum success.

Holistic
We consider projects from every angle – agronomic, ecological, and engineering — to deliver the most cost-effective, resilient solution. Our projects enhance soil health and crop productivity while easing operations and maintenance for the farmer and healing the environment through true
regenerative agricultural practices.

Business-minded
Members of our team are fellow farmers with first-hand experience managing the daily operations of an agricultural business. We approach all of our projects with a love of the land and a focus on the metrics that define business success like animal capacity utilization, labor costs, nutrient balances, water usage, and operating margins.

In this video by the PA Department of Environmental Protection, our group manager Josh Satteson talks about improvements he made to his farm that are enhancing operations while improving water quality in Turtle Creek.

Skilled at obtaining & leveraging funds
Our financial services team has experience with dozens of funding programs for agriculture and environmental sustainability, and we are particularly skilled at obtaining funds from PENNVEST, obtaining almost $8 million for our clients in grants and loans. We can create a detailed roadmap that identifies which funding programs your project is eligible to receive, their application requirements, key deadlines, and milestones. Then our engineers determine a timetable for design and permitting that perfectly aligns with funding program schedules.

We are conservation leaders
Our team is influencing policy and innovation, industry-wide. Erin Letavic (above left) is a governor-appointed member of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Board and a member of the Lancaster Farmland Trust Board of Trustees. Josh Yetter Clark (above middle) sits on the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council’s Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Steering Committee. Nick Hepfl (above right) is a member of the Pennsylvania Sustainable Agriculture Board, the Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Workgroup, and the EPA-NRCS Crediting Task Force.