Addressing Agricultural Imperatives—With Practical Innovation

Labor shortages. Rising costs. Resource shortages. The Reservoir accelerates agricultural technology (AgTech) solutions where they matter most—on working farms, with growers guiding the tools they’ll put to work.

The Reservoir was founded centered on these key findings:

40%

of specialty crop expenses are spent on labor (USDA)

1,366%

increase in regulatory costs for lettuce growers (Cal Poly)

50+

years since new major water storage in California (UC Davis)

This has led to:

1.6 m

acres of California farmland lost since 1984 (CDFA)

< 1 m

acres of CA’s Central Valley may be lost due to water scarcity (PPIC)

141 k

U.S. small farms lost since 2017

Our Model

RESERVOIR FARMS
Non-profit

A deep-tech, on-farm incubator where technology and agriculture grow together. Programming supports testing, trials, demonstrations, community and industry events, as well as workforce development initiatives.

RESERVOIR FARMS is a living public-private partnership where growers, startups, industry, and the public sector work side by side to deliver lasting technological and economic outcomes.

RESERVOIR CO.
For-profit

RESERVOIR VENTURES is a pre-seed AgTech venture capital fund that is invests in 1) Robotics and autonomous systems 2) Precision agriculture and smart implements and 3) AI-driven SAAS and knowledge management.

RESERVOIR LABS builds technology partnerships and develops advanced, focused products. We execute joint hard-tech development in autonomy, robotics, precision, and AI. We develop services that strengthen AgTech.