Gregory P. Crossgrove, Inc.

Solution Oriented Agriculture Consulting Services
for the Agricultural Community

Greg Crossgrove Agriculture Consulting offers their clients extensive experience in all facets of farming and produce development. Including growing, water management, harvesting, packing, cooling, and marketing of fresh conventional and organic vegetables. Specialization in arranging customized deals between growers and marketing groups to meet individual company needs through the formation of action plans for all phases of growing, harvesting, packing, cooling, and marketing.

Our consulting skills and expertise are also offered in business plan development, financing arrangements, budget formulation, and cost analyses preparation. Documentation is structured and prepared for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and food safety programs for audit/ certification for such entities as USDA, Primus GFS or Global G.A.P.

With increased concern for safe food in the food supply chain, Greg continues to attend food safety lectures, training classes and workshops to maintain food safety certifications in the industry. These updates to our knowledge in food safety services in the growing, harvesting, packing, cooling and shipping of your food supply creates higher consumer confidence in the marketplace.

Solar and greenhouse design and development have been added to our services. These services enable produce operations to develop their sustainability goals and reduce energy costs in the areas of packing and cooling facilities as well as irrigation needs on the farm.

Greenhouses are a further phase for produce companies to begin or maintain crop and seed research, growing of transplants for your own commercial outside farming operations, or the production of greenhouse commercial crop production. Such as baby leaf spinach, lettuce, organic spring mix, tomatoes or herbs.

The following listing indicates some of the conventional and organic crops with which Greg Crossgrove has specialized experience with:

Broccoli • Cabbage • Cauliflower

Baby Leaf Spinach • Kale • Spring Mix

Celery • Mixed Lettuce • Romaine and Romaine Hearts

Sweet Corn • Potatoes • Melons

Onions (Yellow, Whites, Reds) • Leeks

Additional areas of agriculture consulting specialization:

• Creating agreements with labor contractors
• Leasing/ Purchasing harvesting and cooling equipment
• Procuring harvesting supplies; cartons, RPC’s, pallets, and packaging materials
• Designing, Organizing and Managing cooling facilities
• Obtaining and training permanent employees in their area of responsibility
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel and other industry software