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1/7/2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Leaficient Partners with The Chef’s Garden to Revolutionize Farming with AI-Driven Solutions


Huron, OH – January 7, 2025 – Leaficient, a fast-growing leader in agricultural technology, is excited to announce the expansion of a partnership with The Chef’s Garden, a supplier of specialty produce for the world’s most discerning chefs. The expansion of this collaboration, which began in Q2 2024, highlights the commitment of Leaficient and The Chef’s Garden to transform farming practices and enhance growers’ capabilities using artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision.

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Leaficient develops AI technologies designed to empower modern farmers. The company has pioneered tools that integrate data from a network of sensors to derive laboratory-grade insights about plant health and development, all while maintaining low hardware costs. Leaficient’s cloud-based HeliOS platform uses this data to calculate metrics that farmers care about—like growth rate, yield, and harvest predictions. To make these insights accessible, the company’s large language model (LLM) interface allows growers to interact with their farm’s data conversationally, as they would with an expert member of their grow team.

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The expanded partnership demonstrates this value at scale through a deployment in The Chef’s Garden’s 14,000 square foot Microherbs Greenhouse. In this expanded partnership, Leaficient’s HeliOS yield monitoring platform, which uses a network of cameras and sensors, will track every plant in the greenhouse, offering unparalleled precision in daily growth monitoring, yield predictions, and harvest scheduling.

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Bob Jones Jr., CEO of The Chef’s Garden, shared his enthusiasm:

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“We can’t afford to not invest in next-generation technology. Leaficient’s HeliOS platform gives our growers eyes on every plant 24/7 and helps us manage quality control and labor. Other industries have this granularity of control, and farmers should have it too.”

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Brian Stancil, CEO of Leaficient, added:

“The Chef’s Garden’s growers are uniquely passionate about quality and consistency. Our goal is to provide them with exactly the information they need on the state of their greenhouse to optimize operations and adapt quickly to changing conditions and customer demands.”

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Through this partnership, Leaficient will also help The Chef’s Garden enhance its reporting and predictive capabilities for its clients. This is a significant step forward in Leaficient’s mission to empower growers with the tools to optimize their operations, improve product quality, and meet the demands of an evolving agricultural industry.

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About Leaficient

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Leaficient is redefining agriculture with innovative AI-driven solutions. Its flagship platform, HeliOS, combines remote sensing and predictive AI with grower-centric design to deliver actionable insights and enhance productivity. By bridging the gap between AI and farming, Leaficient is empowering growers worldwide to thrive in a sustainable, data-driven future.

 

About The Chef’s Garden

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Located in Huron, Ohio, The Chef’s Garden is a family-owned farm dedicated to producing the finest specialty vegetables, herbs, and microgreens with over 100 acres of outdoor vegetable production and 15 acres of covered greenhouse operations. Known for its unwavering focus on flavor, nutrition, and quality, The Chef’s Garden serves top chefs around the globe with produce that inspires culinary excellence.

 

For media inquiries, please contact:

Brian Stancil

Co-founder and CEO, Leaficient

brian@leaficient.com

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