Aug 26, 2011

SureHarvest wins six-figure grant to continue sustainability system

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded SureHarvest, a small, growing, software company, a $761,820 Conservation Innovation Grant to help specialty crop owners measure their performance in sustainable practices.

The grant allows SureHarvest to continue its work developing a way for companies to identify and track sustainable processes and materials in their supply chain and do in field pilot testing, said Jeff Dlott, founding president of SureHarvest. The grant will be split with SureHarvest partners and makes up less than 10 percent of the company’s revenues. The SIlicon Valley Mercury News

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