CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE
Research. Experience. Applied innovation.
Bringing engineering, crop systems, and commercial operations together to advance how the world grows.
ROOTED IN EXPERIENCE. FOCUSED ON WHAT’S NEXT.
of consulting experience
patents in development
Work with some of the largest greenhouse companies in North America.
01 / OUR EXPERTISE
Connecting agricultural research, greenhouse operations, and technology development to help you decide what comes next.
Frame the right questions. Explore the variables that matter. Build a practical path for your controlled environment agriculture project.
Technical assessments, feasibility analysis, financial and operational models, and management and staff training—grounded in experience with commercial growing systems.
Discuss research & consultingBring the crop, the growing environment, and the operation into the same conversation—from early concepts to existing facilities.
Greenhouse planning, hydroponic growing systems, fertigation and irrigation, environmental controls, and operational review. Connect facility design with the needs of the crop and the people who grow it.
Discuss your greenhouseConnect technical ideas with the realities of commercial agriculture. Explore what an innovation needs to move toward practical use.
Growing-system development, automation, technical validation, and commercial planning. Experience spans aeroponics, automated nutrient film technique systems, and the practical demands of greenhouse operations.
Discuss an innovation02 / LOOKING FORWARD
Innovation starts with a problem worth solving. ARID Group brings its experience in controlled environment agriculture to an active technology development pipeline.
Explore a collaborationA forward-looking commitment to agricultural innovation.
03 / OUR EXPERIENCE
Twenty years of consulting experience. Perspective shaped by work with the largest greenhouse companies in North America.
ARID Group, LLC is an agricultural research and development company focused on controlled environment agriculture. We connect consulting experience with a commitment to developing what comes next.
Whether you are exploring a new facility, examining an operational challenge, or developing a technology, the conversation starts with your goals and the conditions you are working within.
Tell us what you’re working on04 / PROJECT PORTFOLIO
Greenhouse development, growing systems, and commercial operations—from North America to Europe and Asia.
ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
2020–2024
Headed a major commercial greenhouse development. Engineering leadership encompassed design coordination, project planning, cost evaluation, and collaboration with executive leadership.
ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
2020–2024
Headed the development of an innovation and research-and-development center, connecting greenhouse infrastructure planning with technology development.
ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
2020–2024
Oversaw a development program encompassing the projects above, expanding the portfolio from zero to four greenhouses. The role included financial and operational models, recruitment planning, and leadership of engineering directors and an 80-person team.
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Half Moon Bay
Completed greenhouse development work for lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers.
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Culpeper
Completed greenhouse development projects encompassing lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers.
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Norway & Denmark
Completed a recirculating aquaculture system development project, extending controlled environment expertise into aquatic production systems.
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Finland & Denmark
Led automated nutrient film technique system development and operational verification for lettuce and herb greenhouses.
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China, Taiwan & Mexico
Delivered design and installation consultancy for hydroponic greenhouse fertigation and irrigation systems, including projects in Shanghai, Tianjin, Hubei, Taichung, Hsintien, Kaohsiung, Guadalajara, and Chapala.
PREFERRED PRODUCE · OPERATING ROLE
Deming, New Mexico
As President, CEO, and Head Grower, brought the facility into operation in nine months, expanded the greenhouse footprint from one to three acres, and sold all production capacity within six months.
05 / STARTING TOGETHER
Every project is different. A useful first conversation makes the next step clearer.
Tell us about your operation, your idea, and the outcome you want to achieve.
Discuss the technical unknowns, practical constraints, and priorities.
Explore a suitable scope for research, consulting, or development.
06 / LET’S TALK
Bring us your challenge, your idea, or your next big question.
innovate@aridgroup.comPlease keep your initial message non-confidential. We can discuss how to share sensitive project information when we connect.