IMI Global Acquires SureHarvest
Castle Rock, Colo.—Where Food Comes From Inc. (d.b.a. IMI Global Inc.), the largest independent verifier of food-production practices in North America, announced it is acquiring SureHarvest Inc.
The transaction expands and diversifies WFCF’s commodity reach with high-value specialty crops, including winegrapes, almonds, hazelnuts, strawberries, mushrooms, cut flowers, leafy greens and other fresh produce.
Dr. Jeff Dlott, president and CEO of SureHarvest, says the deal also allows more growers to be able to tell their sustainability and production stories.
SureHarvest employs a range of sustainability and farming Management Information Systems (MIS) solutions, certification, compliance management and professional services including its flagship Sustainability Management Information System.
SureHarvest also brings five issued patents, eight 2016 patent allowances and three pending applications that provide broad coverage in the field of where food comes from and how it is produced including devices, methods, and systems to capture farm level data, record chain of custody (traceability) and automatically certify and/or communicate agricultural production and/or product information to consumers. The company has identified more than 240 potential licensees in the agriculture industry for these patented devices, methods, and systems.
SureHarvest, which is based in Soquel, Calif. and also has offices in Modesto, Calif., has eight full-time employees, who will continue to operate from their current locations. The company was founded in 1999 to invent and commercialize sustainable performance management and farm information systems to add value to farmers. Since then, it has pioneered the design of sustainable performance systems to measure and monitor the impact of farming on natural and human resources in the specialty crop space.
The transaction expands and diversifies WFCF’s commodity reach with high-value specialty crops, including winegrapes, almonds, hazelnuts, strawberries, mushrooms, cut flowers, leafy greens and other fresh produce.
Dr. Jeff Dlott, president and CEO of SureHarvest, says the deal also allows more growers to be able to tell their sustainability and production stories.
SureHarvest employs a range of sustainability and farming Management Information Systems (MIS) solutions, certification, compliance management and professional services including its flagship Sustainability Management Information System.
SureHarvest also brings five issued patents, eight 2016 patent allowances and three pending applications that provide broad coverage in the field of where food comes from and how it is produced including devices, methods, and systems to capture farm level data, record chain of custody (traceability) and automatically certify and/or communicate agricultural production and/or product information to consumers. The company has identified more than 240 potential licensees in the agriculture industry for these patented devices, methods, and systems.
SureHarvest, which is based in Soquel, Calif. and also has offices in Modesto, Calif., has eight full-time employees, who will continue to operate from their current locations. The company was founded in 1999 to invent and commercialize sustainable performance management and farm information systems to add value to farmers. Since then, it has pioneered the design of sustainable performance systems to measure and monitor the impact of farming on natural and human resources in the specialty crop space.
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