Transforming Our Food System
Building community farms for a secure and sustainable future.
Our Mission
Heartfoods Community Farms utilize food waste to transform how local communities grow healthy food.
Our Process
We recycle the energy, nutrients, water and carbon from local food waste to create a robust organic fertilizer to grow nutritious foods indoors, year-round.
In exchange for food waste, ripe healthy food is harvested and delivered the same day to HeartFoods partners and customers, including:
Restaurants, Hospitals, Elder Care Facilities Universities, Schools, Grocery Stores Commercial Kitchens, Food Trucks, Home Delivery Services
The Problem
The current global food supply chain creates food waste.
HeartFoods Community Farms touches on all four parts of the world’s food system that must be transformed:
Production, Processing, Distribution and Consumption
Why Do We Need to Change Our Food System?
Watch the short video from UNEP below
The Solution
A Better Farm to Fork Economy
Current Global
Food System
HeartFoods Food System
HeartFoods products are sourced and sold within the HeartFoods community.
Transform the food system from a linear model to a circular economic model
Net Zero Design
Fresh food is produced in a closed loop system.
Closed-Loop Design
Energy + Nutrients + CO2 + Water
Organic Certified
Fertilizer & Foods Crops
- Vertical Grow Rooms and High-Tech Greenhouse Food Production
- Regenerative Agriculture Applications for Restoring and Enhancing Soil Health
Hydroponics to grow vegetables, greens, herbs, spirulina and berries in a controlled environment
Unique Advantages
- An agritech, cleantech, green energy precedent
- Proprietary organic fertilizer made from food waste
- Carbon capture & sequestration
- Fresh organic food grown year-round in any climate
- Food sold direct to customers at retail prices
- Provides local food security and jobs
- Stimulate local “circular” economies
Business Model
HeartFoods is a design-build-operate entity contracting with customers to build their own net zero, food waste to food production farms in any location or climate worldwide.
We design and build the farm facility, including the equipment, set-up and start-up operations.
We train the local operational staff in food waste collection and processing, grow room production, and produce harvesting and distribution.
We provide on-going monthly supply of biological additives and operational support via remote monitoring and controls.
Architectural Rendering
Example Concept Modular Farm
Community Farm [Modular Farm Option]
Structures and equipment are assembled in a shop and delivered to the site for “turnkey” operations.
Architectural Rendering
Community Farm [Campus Option]
High-tech greenhouses can be added to the modular core system based on location and customer specifications.
Architectural Rendering
Founder
Mark Buehrer
HeartFoods CEO / Founder
Mark is the founder and director of 2020 ENGINEERING and a recognized authority on sustainable water resource management. He is a registered professional civil engineer, author, and inventor. Since 1995, 2020 ENGINEERING has been dedicated to providing simple and innovative solutions for the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of local, national and international communities. HeartFoods Community Farms was launched in October 2020.
HeartFoods Group, Inc.
A Public Benefit Corporation
1010 C Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 671-2020
[email protected]