The Mahoning County-based agricultural non-profit, Goodness Grows, proposes to lead in the development of a 1000 acre NE Ohio network of diversified specialty crop farms that would create 150 to 250 new jobs for the unemployed and underemployed (including adults with disabilities).
My company, CogniTek, specializes in energy efficiency. We are developing an LED panel for use in vertical farming configurations which will reduce capital costs by 10-25%, plus reductions in operating costs depending on the existing system. However, as our expertise is in energy (vs farming), we are searching for companies with LED vertical farming experience that are willing to share their knowledge, in particular business economics, energy and food growth issues. In exchange we could analyze your energy use and recommend ways to decrease related costs.
Our customers primarily want (and will get) Good, convenient, healthy food that is competitively priced.
Some also want quiet or low carbon lawn services, some want help moving to healthier lifestyles.
Our main services are:
1. Installing and often maintaining bio-friendly vegetable gardens
2. Producing
3. Lawn care
