agriculture founded 1999 founder jeff dlott phd headquarters soquel california products farm management software professional consultation product certification website http www.sureharvest.com sureharvest is an american agricultural firm providing professional consulting information technology support and certification to farming enterprises . the company was founded in 1999 by entomologist jeff dlott phd with the purpose of providing farmers with the knowledge and resources necessary to grow their crops in a manner deemed sustainable . client farmers receive a software system that allows them to monitor and analyze resource use and communicate their farming practices to stakeholders ; professional guidance by sureharvest consultants and sustainability certification under the protected harvest non profit program . 1 2 the company has been particularly influential in the implementation of the stewardship index for specialty crops which seeks to establish universal measurement standards for what constitutes a sustainably grown crop 3 4 and the lodi rules which seek to promote sustainable practices in the wine growing industry and were partly developed by dr. dlott ; products grown under lodi rules are certified by the protected harvest non profit organization managed by sureharvest . these sustainability programs along with the work of sureharvest seek to provide resources to increase sustainable practices in addition to limiting harmful practices . 5 6 the certification process offered by protected harvest requires the water air and soil of farms to undergo scientific scrutiny . 7 see also edit sustainable agriculture external links edit sureharvest official web site protected harvest official web site lodi winegrape commission sources edit story of sureharvest . retrieved 2010 06 12 . mitham p. january 15 2010 . sustainable benchmark . good fruit grower . pdf . retrieved 2010 06 16 . stahl z. may 13 2010 . new agricultural initiative aims to move past greenwashing into measured sustainability . monterey county weekly . . retrieved 2010 06 14 . burflied t. march 2010 . a sustainability mpg rating . the grower . pp. 16 18 . the lodi rules for sustainable winegrowing . retrieved 2010 06 14 . sureharvest leadership tram . retrieved 2010 06 14 . burfield t. november 30 2009 . sustainability ranks high among citrus growers priorities . the packer . pdf . retrieved 2010 06 14 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sureharvest & oldid 396492882 categories agriculture companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 november 2010 at 11 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view