Sustainable Agriculture, Clean Energy

Owner of Scenic Valley Green Energy and Scenic Valley Farms. Erik has thirty-three years of experience in business development including System Computer Program Engineering and Project Management and Marketing. His areas of specialization are business operations, marketing, project structuring, system requirements, design and engineering, software development and high tunnel agriculture. His companies currently incorporate information technology, renewable energy, and high tunnel agriculture. The companies provide turnkey project development services for small wind, solar and high tunnel agriculture. Currently his agriculture operations in Rosemount, MN and Readstown, WI conduct research on the viability of growing blackberries and raspberries in multiple high tunnels. He developed the Environmental Management System (EMS) which monitors, automates and manages the high tunnel growing environment. Beyond the research, the company plans to commercialize high tunnel berry production on multiple acres.