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?

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...

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!

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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Transforming our food system by upcycling food wastes to grow vegetables, greens, herbs and berries

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Fares interviewed HeartFoods Community Farms on November 11, 2021. Play Video

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says, "Urban farming is growing and here to stay. The founder is a domain expert with decades of experience. The wind is in their sails over the coming years."

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says, "I'd like to better understand the distribution model. This can make or break the business if the supply chain is not nimble and adaptive to change. Best of luck!"

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Heartfoods combines three most important factors utilizing food waste, net zero energy, and producing organic foods in our neighborhoods. This company will make a huge difference for climate change and food security. The founders are experienced engineers and consultants that can readily replicate a viable food system in hundreds of locations. Our focus is to scale food production in our communities that can provide fresh food and local jobs.

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