User:BrendelSignature/SureHarvest

SureHarvest is an agricultural firm providing professional consulting, technological support and certification to farming enterprises. The company was founded in 1999 by entomologist Jeff Dlott, PhD, with the purpose of providing farmers with the knowledge and resources necessary to grow their crops in a manner deemed sustainable. To do so client farmers receive a software system that allows them to monitor and analyze resource use and communicate their farming practices to stakeholders; professional guidance by SureHarvest consultants and sustainability certification under the Protected Harvest non-profit program.

The company has been particularly influencial in the implementation of the Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops, which seeks to establish a universal guideline for what constitutes a sustainably grown crop, and the Lodi Rules, which seek to promote sustainable practices in the wine-growing industry and partly developed by Mr. Dlott; products grown under Lodi Rules are certified by the Protected Harvest non-profit organization, managed by SureHarvest. These sustainability programs, along with the work of SureHarvest, seek to provide resources to increase sustainable practices in addition to limiting harmful practices.