Sustainable agriculture is the production of food, fiber, or other plant/animal products using farming techniques that protect natural resources without sacrificing profitability or social justice. To this end, we offer a full suite of technological and social skills to align agricultural endeavors with this triple bottom line of sustainability.
At its core, sustainable agriculture orchestrates the stocks and flows of water and carbon in partnership with open-source genetic resources to turn waste streams of other processes into valuable products.
We offer soil health evaluation and management services, life cycle assessment of carbon and water footprint and integrated, holistic approaches to land management that respect ecological limits, communities, and individuals.
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) can be emitted through land clearance, the production and consumption of food,
fuels, manufactured goods, materials, wood, roads, buildings, transportation and other services. Though the Carbon Footprint
name originates from Ecological Footprint, a Carbon Footprint is more focused than an Ecological Footprint as they merely
measure emissions of gases that cause climate change in to the atmosphere.
A Carbon Footprint is the total amount of
greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or service and is currently the most common focus of a
Life Cycle Assessment. The carbon footprint of a product or activity is expressed in kg of CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e). Some
agricultural products can have a negative Carbon Footprint, meaning they sequester and store more atmospheric carbon than is
emitted in their production.
Globally, agricultural water use accounts for 70% of all withdrawals of water stores used by human activity and approximately 40% of the world’s food is currently grown in artificially irrigated areas. By 2050, the global water demand is estimated to increase by nearly 20% for agriculture alone. Water Footprint analysis used alongside Life Cycle Assessment provides a science-based characterization of water use and a critical first step in improving and quantifying efficiency.
The soil is a recycling system for nutrients and organic wastes, a regulator of water quality, a modifier
of atmospheric composition, and a medium for plant growth. This makes it the critical provider of ecosystem services. Soil
conservation is the prevention of soil loss from erosion or reduced fertility by over usage, acidification, salinization or
other chemical soil contamination.
Above-ground and below-ground biodiviersities are tightly interconnected, making soil conservation and protection of ultimate
importance for any restoration or conservation plan.
If it’s backyard ponds for koi, irrigation and retention ponds, stocked ponds for fishing, recycling/bioremediation ponds for agricultural runoff, production space for aquatic plants, or treatment plans for drinking water, let us help you create what you need.
We can find or generate high resolution imagery to make maps of your property and the surrounding landscape to allow your organization to use a bird’s eye view for management or develop a map that shows how water moves based on digital elevation models. If you’re not sure where to put a pond or site a structure, we can help you look at your property in an entirely new way.
Plants and trees can purify the air we breathe, shade us from the sun, decrease stormwater runoff, and protect us from cold winds if we choose and plant them ecologically. Sited appropriate, they can reduce the heating and cooling costs of structures nearby. These “ecosystem services” are a benefit of landscape plants that far outweigh the costs associated with planting and maintenance. The built environment is our shared human habitat.
What and where to plant to maximize energy conservation in your home is geographically dependent on factors like seasonal weather patterns and latitude, in addition to other constraints including existing ground cover and your own aesthetic interests. Our knowledge of plant physiology and ecology is a palette we use to build beautiful and functional landscapes.
Green Infrastructure refers to the living landscapes providing functional services to the city. In contrast to Grey Infrastructure (highways, utility corridors, sewers) which offer the conveniences of civic life, Green Infrastructure provides for comfortable outdoor living (parks, greenways, arboretums, riverwalks) in urbanized areas. Green Infrastructure is increasingly being recognized as a critical component in urban and regional planning.
If irrigated lawns were considered a crop, they would be the #1 crop (by area) in the
United States. Backyard gardening may not be able to provide for all of our nutritional requirements, but
they can provide significant quantities of fresh fruit, vegetables, culinary and tea herbs.
It doesn’t get
more local than right out your front door.
A low-maintenance landscape is one that requires minimal effort to maintain. Lawncare, specifically mowing, requires a significant monetary and/or labor time investment. There are aesthetically pleasing alternatives to the plain grass lawn that will improve your comfort and raise the value of your property.
If you are reading this, you are reliant on information technology. Instant, global communication has never been so attainable, but the necessary skills are difficult to find. Let us help you make the most of technology.
We can make high resolution maps for print to custom size and specification or complex, interactive mobile friendly digital maps to share a story relying using data analysis. See our portfolio… [Portfolio Link]
Just because you emptied your trash doesn’t mean it’s gone. Equipment failures are not necessarily the end of everything.
Most small businesses and residences have a network of computers, smart appliances,
and handheld devices at home connected to the internet, but are those networks and devices as secure,
useful, and reliable as they should be?
Let us help you get the most out of what you have.
Tell us what is wrong, what you’re trying to do and let us help you.
Do you or your company want a presence online that offers more functionality
(or less intrusion) than typical social media?
We can take care of hosting and maintenance costs in
addition to developing a website tailored to your needs. We code so you don’t have to.
Let us help you achieve your aesthetic needs with our deacdes of experience using powerful graphic design software
What does your logo say about you? Are you simple and elegant? Complex and striking?
Somewhere in between?
Users experience graphics differently depending on their hardware. If your users are using a combination of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers you need a design that scales and re-arranges to suit all platforms simultaneously.
If you're looking for something unique to hang on a wall or launching a guerilla marketing campaign, let us help you get those visions out of your head and in front of your eyes.