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We can watch the plants growing in the hydroponic and soil media systems and are harvesting healthy greens...","published_at":"2022-11-21T22:32:36Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/159518","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/159518"},{"id":159513,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:159513","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"November Investor Update -Branding \u0026amp; Marketing","preview":"The HeartFoods’ professional branding process captures our core mission, vision, and values.\u0026nbsp; We have completed the branding and collateral phases, so we have a new logo, font and color palette (this image also explains how the logo was created). Next marketing action will be an updated website and social media strategy for posting content to LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.","published_at":"2022-11-21T22:25:08Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/159513","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/159513"},{"id":157321,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:157321","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"August 2022 Update","preview":"Hello HeartFoods Investors!Thank you again for your many kind words, support, and confidence in the mission of HeartFoods Community Farms. \u0026nbsp;It makes such a difference to read your words reminding us of the impact that HeartFoods can bring to communities around the world.\u0026nbsp; Every day the news media provides us with more incentive to help fix food chain issues and bring food production, food security, and food waste upcycling to local communities with the HeartFoods’ unique technology ...","published_at":"2022-08-08T04:56:44Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/157321","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/157321"},{"id":155952,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:155952","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"Thanks to you!","preview":"Hello HeartFoods Investors!Thank you again for your support and confidence in the mission of HeartFoods Community Farms. Now that the HeartFoods community round has been funded and the Wefunder campaign is over, the next steps are being taken to move us toward our first full-scale farm build.Our progress update: Hiring Expert Staff.\u0026nbsp;We have hired a Biotechnical Operations Manager.Public-Private Partnership. We are completing the EDI application submittal with the local public college.Bra...","published_at":"2022-06-07T19:11:34Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/155952","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/155952"},{"id":155123,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:155123","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"Thanks to you, we made it!","preview":"The good news: we hit our funding goal of $250K, which means our efforts will move forward to the next level which is a series seed round for accredited investors. We are so thankful for all of you! Wahoo!As investors, you are officially part of the ground floor launch of this new business opportunity and will obtain future equity shares at a 30% discount. There is still time, if you act real soon, to increase your investment in the community round. The equity crowdfunding deadline is tomorr...","published_at":"2022-04-29T16:44:54Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/155123","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/155123"},{"id":154899,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:154899","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"Happy Earth Day!","preview":"And there is only one more week….to invest in HeartFoods and help change the future of the food system. Earth Day was started by our friend, Denis Hayes, on April 22, 1970.\u0026nbsp;Denis is the president of the Bullitt Foundation, a Seattle non-profit that promotes and supports sustainability in the Pacific Northwest.\u0026nbsp; Fun fact, HeartFoods founder, Mark Buehrer, PE, and director of 2020 ENGINERING, designed the net zero water system in the Bullitt Center (called the “greenest office buildin...","published_at":"2022-04-23T01:31:49Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/154899","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/154899"},{"id":154228,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:154228","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"How We Grow!","preview":"There are so many good reasons to invest in HeartFoods Community Farms, such as helping to address the food crisis by bringing food production local, converting food waste to organic fertilizer to grow healthy food all year round, and recycling water, energy, nutrients, and carbon!But is it also a good financial investment?\u0026nbsp; Yes, and getting better by the minute!\u0026nbsp; Your Wefunder investment is going to fund “The Mothership” of the HeartFoods Community Farms, a design-build-operate ent...","published_at":"2022-04-04T02:19:09Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/154228","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/154228"},{"id":153734,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:153734","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"Help address the global food crisis","preview":"According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), household food waste—those random, expired, or spoiled items lurking in cabinets or deep within refrigerators—totals nearly 570 million tons every year—11% of global food production.https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2021/december/features/facing-the-food-waste-crisis#Help us create healthy, organic food from local food waste. Our campaign is only open a few more weeks, invest now!","published_at":"2022-03-18T19:55:41Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/153734","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/153734"},{"id":153573,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:153573","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"On The Road – Introducing HeartFoods Community Farms","preview":"The word is getting out about HeartFoods Community Farms!HeartFoods founder, Mark Buehrer, was recently invited to drive across the state to attend Spokane’s Ignite Northwest 25 + 5 accelerator event, where he was introduced to investors from the Spokane, Coeur D’Alene and Sandpoint region.\u0026nbsp; Earlier in the day, Mark met with the team at sp3nw, a life sciences incubator, in the Ignite Northwest/WSU Center for Innovation building, which is part of the innovation “Hub Zone” of the Universit...","published_at":"2022-03-14T02:28:04Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/153573","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/153573"},{"id":152791,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:152791","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"HeartFoods Webinar: Net Zero Food Waste to Food Production","preview":"Bellingham, WA (February 15th, 2022) - HeartFoods Group, PBC, hosted a webinar for Uptic Studios, an architectural and design firm located in downtown Spokane, WA, on the topic of:\u0026nbsp;HeartFoods Community Farms - Net Zero Food Waste to Food Production.\u0026nbsp;Heartfoods is seeking seed investment for design-build community farms using food waste as a key resource.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;HeartFoods Community Farms operate a revolutionary food waste-to-food production system with a closed loop, net zero de...","published_at":"2022-02-17T00:20:23Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/152791","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/152791"},{"id":152510,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:152510","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"The Heart of HeartFoods - Valentine's Day Update","preview":"Love is often expressed in food, and wars have been fought over food scarcity. To feed the ones we love, healthy and delicious organic food can be available, year-round, from the arctic to the rainforest, from a HeartFoods Community Farm.\u0026nbsp;Each farm is custom designed for location and crops, and will fall into two main categories:1) The “Plug \u0026 Play” farm:\u0026nbsp;These modular farms are ideal for quick set up and start-up at sites such as grocery stores, food banks, schools/universities, ho...","published_at":"2022-02-14T19:25:28Z","author_name":"Mark Buehrer","url":"/feed/152510","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/152510"},{"id":152511,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:152511","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"Pilot Study: HeartFoods’ Proprietary “Probiotic” Hydroponic Fertilizer","preview":"The concept of the food waste to food production system is a novel unification of existing proven technologies.\u0026nbsp;The pilot study is being used to test and refine the procedures that will be used when the first HeartFoods Community Farm is built full-scale.At the “heart” of the closed-loop net zero design is HeartFoods’ proprietary process of converting the food waste’s liquid digest, and its water and nutrients, into a customized liquid fertilizer. The fertilizer formulas are blended in-h...","published_at":"2022-02-13T23:54:36Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/152511","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/152511"},{"id":152459,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:152459","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"HeartFoods locations are lining up!","preview":"We have been busy talking to more potential HeartFoods Community Farm partners across the world.\u0026nbsp;These are people and organizations that see the need for a HeartFoods farm in their community.\u0026nbsp;The HeartFoods team will design and build the facility, supply the equipment, set-up and start-up the operations, and train the local operational staff in food waste collection and processing, grow room production, and produce harvesting and distribution.\u0026nbsp;The list of some of the locations ...","published_at":"2022-02-04T21:28:17Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/152459","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/152459"},{"id":151120,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:151120","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"HeartFoods Press Release","preview":"The founder and director of 2020 ENGINEERING, Mark Buehrer, PE, a pioneer in the green building industry for over 25 years, has been developing the idea of a net zero design of agritech for urban farming over the last twelve years. 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The final goal of this seed round raise is $2 million, which will help build the first modular “Plug \u0026 Play” showcase farm in Bellingham, Washington, and expand early-stage business operatio...","published_at":"2021-12-08T19:02:12Z","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","url":"/feed/150345","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/150345"},{"id":146249,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:146249","type":"FeedItem::Update","visibility":"public","title":"The future of urban farms!","preview":"Already 24 investors and over $90,000 raised!","published_at":"2021-11-26T05:19:21Z","author_name":"Mark Buehrer","url":"/feed/146249","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/146249"}],"q_and_a":[{"id":184683,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:184683","question":"Thank you very much Janet. So if you will be using your own natural fertilizers, will your products legally be able to be called \"organic,\" even though they are for the most part, I assume, actually recycled non-organic produce? Re the financial issue, putting aside the fact that most startup fundraisers even at your early stage do manage to arrive at some explainable valuation, most startups have several crowdfunding campaigns before a Series A fundraiser, during which time the \"valuation\" of the company (whether you call it by that name or not) may multiply exponentially, as you yourselves speak of an ANNUAL expansion of 5x, so it does not inviting at all - or fair - to invest seed money at this riskiest early point to receive only a 30% discount on what accredited investors will pay a few years down the road at much less risk and much better value. Am I missing something?","author_name":"Josh S.","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-12-21T19:37:48Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/heartfoods#question-184683","answers":[{"id":190447,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:190447","answer":"1. Yes, the liquid fertilizer that is produced from food waste can be certified organic, as is the HeartFoods’ proprietary natural biological process for enhancing a “probiotic” type of nutrient mix for use in the hydroponic and aeroponic grow rooms. The fertilizer meets organic standards so that the food crops grown in the HeartFoods farms can also be certified as organic food. Our selling price point for the HeartFoods’ fresh organic produce is at or below “conventional” non-organic food prices found at local grocery stores. 2. Our current financial plan is to take in a Series A investment round soon after the Wefunder seed round is completed. We are currently speaking with serious investors that are interested in HeartFoods.","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","votes":0,"created_at":"2022-01-29T20:51:52Z"}]},{"id":183032,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:183032","question":"Hi there, Do I understand correctly that your plan is basically to get only relatively small communities - and only those that are near enough to farm land - off of the national \"food grid\"? What is the maximum size community it would be feasible for? Obviously it would not work for a large city, or could it? And would you be able to supply each community with ALL of its farm needs, because if not, the necessity to inevitably go shopping would likely cut into your sales. Also, no valuation cap is stated. Am I to assume that to be identical to the total amount you are raising, which is $2M, and that the current share price then would be $2M divided by the $12M of the future Series A which you estimate will be at a $1/share, meaning a current share price of $0.166? But that, which is only a 6x share increase, does not fit with your business model of annual expansion of 5x. What am I missing or have gotten wrong? And whatever the valuation is, will you be maintaining that until you reach the $2M mark, or might you raise it already after you reach the initial $250K mark? What is your long term vision toward which you are working? Can you see yourselves becoming a multi-billion dollar international company? Your model would probably work even better in developing countries than in the US. Thanks.","author_name":"Josh S.","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-12-08T17:38:25Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/heartfoods#question-183032","answers":[{"id":183998,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:183998","answer":"Hi Josh, Here are answers to your two question topics. 1. Ideal locations for HeartFoods Community Farms. Most communities, urban or rural, can build and operate a HeartFoods farm, as long as they are big enough to generate adequate food waste to assure a profitable operation. Larger communities and cities will have multiple HeartFoods farms which are ideally located within the core of the community centers where housing, restaurants, hospitals, and schools are located, where an abundance of food waste is found that is converted into healthy food for those same customers. Our community farms grow a large selection of healthy vegetables, berries, herbs, and greens. Larger operations also grow fish and shrimp. Other types of food for a community will be supplied by the current food supply chain, although food wastes from those foods can be put into our system (i.e., grains, oils, fruits, and root vegetables). Since we grow hydroponic and aeroponic using a probiotic type of liquid fertilizer that is created in our unique process (i.e., crops are grown in a soilless grow media) the HeartFoods farms are not associated with farmland. So, the location of a HeartFoods farms is more dependent on being located as close as possible to the source of food wastes and our food customers. This location criteria is a very important part of minimizing the costly transport of foods which is part of the problem of our current global food system. 2. SAFE agreement terms. We felt that setting a valuation cap for a startup like HeartFoods, that has potential for large growth, was too arbitrary for a seed funding round. The 30% discount rate is much easier to understand and apply to our startup, where money invested at this seed round gets converted to shares at 70% of the cost paid for shares by a future Series A investor. HeartFoods is entering an $8 trillion global food market. Since our HeartFoods farms can be located in any worldwide community location, the growth possibilities seem highly favorable for our agritech food waste to food production business niche.","author_name":"Janet  “Jessie” Buehrer","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-12-16T19:18:36Z"}]},{"id":181483,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:181483","question":"Hello, I cannot access the Appendix B and the Form C itself is not downloading correctly for me. What is the current valuation for the raise? Thank you!","author_name":"Eric Pruyne","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-11-26T21:33:58Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/heartfoods#question-181483","answers":[{"id":181825,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:181825","answer":"Hi Eric. We are in the seed round for our startup, seeking to raise $2M on Wefunder. The investors are under a SAFE with a 30% discount. Once we reach $250K the first draw from the escrow account will be made. Here's the link to the SEC - EDGAR site where the registered Form C can be reviewed: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1891091/000167025421001266/xslC_X01/primary_doc.xml","author_name":"Mark Buehrer","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-11-30T04:38:43Z"}]},{"id":178725,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:178725","question":"This is super exciting. Congratulations. I appreciate the commitment to this work. What is your analysis of other businesses that are offering similar models? ....like Sky Vegetables or Harvest Power or others?","author_name":"Deb Guenther","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-11-10T23:04:35Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/heartfoods#question-178725","answers":[{"id":179091,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:179091","answer":"Hi Deb. Thanks for your question and your support! Sky Vegetables has done well to demonstrate the concept of growing food in urban areas by using new or existing rooftops to add greenhouse food production areas. I'd be interested to see if their facility could be operated profitably without their assumed subsidy. Harvest Power provides PV Solar power to residential and commercial operations. The HeartFoods operations also include PV Solar to provide green power as part of our Net Zero Energy design. The PV panels will come direct from manufacturers to keep our costs down. We also generate power from the energy we capture from the biogas production in our food waste digestor process where the separated methane gas is used to produce clean power via a fuel cell that creates electricity, heat and pure water, all of which are used in the efficient food production operations. Also, the food waste resources that we use (which in most locations we can charge a fee to accept the food waste) helps make the HeartFoods operations more profitable as well as providing an organic source of fertilizer that is used in our hydroponic and aeroponic vertical and greenhouse grow rooms. Besides the nutrients and energy in the food wastes, we also capture the carbon and water that optimize the overall operations. It's the integration of all the components in the HeartFoods' food waste to food production that makes for an efficient and cost-effective operation! ;-)","author_name":"Mark Buehrer","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-11-12T19:51:04Z"}]}],"faq":[{"question":"This is super exciting. Congratulations. I appreciate the commitment to this work. What is your analysis of other businesses that are offering similar models? ....like Sky Vegetables or Harvest Power or others?","answer":"Hi Deb. Thanks for your question and your support! Sky Vegetables has done well to demonstrate the concept of growing food in urban areas by using new or existing rooftops to add greenhouse food production areas. I'd be interested to see if their facility could be operated profitably without their assumed subsidy. Harvest Power provides PV Solar power to residential and commercial operations. The HeartFoods operations also include PV Solar to provide green power as part of our Net Zero Energy..."},{"question":"Hello, I cannot access the Appendix B and the Form C itself is not downloading correctly for me. What is the current valuation for the raise? Thank you!","answer":"Hi Eric. We are in the seed round for our startup, seeking to raise $2M on Wefunder. The investors are under a SAFE with a 30% discount. Once we reach $250K the first draw from the escrow account will be made. Here's the link to the SEC - EDGAR site where the registered Form C can be reviewed: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1891091/000167025421001266/xslC_X01/primary_doc.xml"},{"question":"Hi there, Do I understand correctly that your plan is basically to get only relatively small communities - and only those that are near enough to farm land - off of the national \"food grid\"? What is the maximum size community it would be feasible for? Obviously it would not wo...","answer":"Hi Josh, Here are answers to your two question topics. 1. Ideal locations for HeartFoods Community Farms. Most communities, urban or rural, can build and operate a HeartFoods farm, as long as they are big enough to generate adequate food waste to assure a profitable operation. Larger communities and cities will have multiple HeartFoods farms which are ideally located within the core of the community centers where housing, restaurants, hospitals, and schools are located, where an abundance of ..."},{"question":"Thank you very much Janet. So if you will be using your own natural fertilizers, will your products legally be able to be called \"organic,\" even though they are for the most part, I assume, actually recycled non-organic produce? Re the financial issue, putting aside the fact t...","answer":"1. Yes, the liquid fertilizer that is produced from food waste can be certified organic, as is the HeartFoods’ proprietary natural biological process for enhancing a “probiotic” type of nutrient mix for use in the hydroponic and aeroponic grow rooms. The fertilizer meets organic standards so that the food crops grown in the HeartFoods farms can also be certified as organic food. Our selling price point for the HeartFoods’ fresh organic produce is at or below “conventional” non-organic food pr..."}]}}}