Cultivating Knowledge, Growing Value

Your Knowledge is Valuable. Your Practices Matter. Your Legacy Deserves Recognition.

For too long, Black farmers have seen their knowledge extracted without proper recognition or compensation. Agricultural researchers study your practices, document your techniques, and publish findings—all while the economic and intellectual value flows away from your community.

We're building a different model. When you partner with Asé Analytics, you're not just subjects of research—you're co-creators of knowledge with full recognition of your expertise and fair compensation for your contributions.

What You Receive as a Farm Partner

Direct Farm Benefits

Infrastructure Improvements Based on your priorities, we invest in tangible improvements to your farm operations:

  • Irrigation systems upgrades

  • Soil amendment programs

  • Storage and processing facilities

  • Equipment purchases or repairs

  • Technology integration support

Soil Health Program

  • Comprehensive soil testing and analysis

  • Regular monitoring and recommendations

  • Tailored amendment strategies

  • Documentation of soil improvements

Technical Support

  • Monthly consulting sessions with our agricultural specialists

  • Access to our network of regenerative agriculture experts

  • Assistance with certification processes

  • Marketing support and business development

Knowledge Documentation & Preservation

Your agricultural knowledge represents generations of wisdom and innovation. We work with you to document these practices in ways that:

  • Honor the cultural and historical context of your farming methods

  • Create resources for future generations

  • Protect sensitive knowledge according to your specifications

  • Connect traditional practices with contemporary scientific understanding

All documentation belongs to you—nothing is published or shared without your explicit approval.

Fair Economic Relationships

We structure our partnerships to ensure that those who contribute knowledge receive fair compensation:

  • Transparent financial arrangements with 53-75% of research funding directed to farm partners

  • Revenue-sharing from research outputs when applicable

  • Long-term relationships that extend beyond individual projects

  • Development of new market opportunities and value-added products

Voice in Research Direction

As our partner, you have substantive input throughout the research process:

  • Help determine research priorities and questions

  • Co-design data collection approaches

  • Participate in interpretation of findings

  • Guide how results are shared and implemented

  • Maintain ownership rights over your knowledge contributions

Becoming a Farm Partner

If you're interested in exploring a potential partnership, we'd love to hear from you.

Our partnership development process includes:

  1. Initial conversation to understand your farm, practices, and priorities

  2. Site visit and mutual assessment of alignment

  3. Collaborative development of partnership agreement

  4. Joint planning of research and documentation activities

  5. Implementation of farm improvements and knowledge documentation

Community Resources

Through our partnerships with agricultural organizations, policy advocates, and funding sources, we connect farm partners with additional resources:

  • Grant opportunities

  • Technical assistance programs

  • Land access initiatives

  • Marketing cooperatives

  • Legal support services

Contact Us

Interested in learning more about becoming a farm partner?

Contact us to start a conversation:

 FAQs for Farm Partners

  • No. We work with farms of all sizes, from urban micro-farms to larger rural operations. What matters most is your knowledge and practices, not your acreage.

  • You maintain complete control over what knowledge is documented and shared. We work with you to establish clear boundaries and protocols for handling sensitive information.

  • Unlike conventional research, our model ensures that you receive direct economic benefits, maintain ownership of your knowledge, and have substantive input throughout the process. We're building long-term relationships, not extractive, project-based engagements.

  • No. Our focus is on documenting and understanding your existing practices, not imposing external methods. Any adaptations or innovations will be developed collaboratively based on your goals and priorities.

  • We aim to build long-term relationships that evolve over time. After the initial period, we'll work with you to identify next steps, whether that's continuing documentation, implementing new improvements, or exploring new research directions.