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February 18, 2025, 12:39 am UTC

Skyhaven Harvest 92159 | Government Grant Application

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Skyhaven Harvest is seeking government grant funding to address its $20,000 debt incurred from launching its products and website, as well as to support the development of additional products, estimated to cost between $5,000 and $10,000 each. The founders aim to transition this venture into their full-time income, leveraging their extensive experience in gardening and farming to meet existing product demands in the market.

Their business plan includes expanding their product offerings and ultimately opening a physical retail location that offers classes and serves as a community hub. They recognize the need to delegate tasks like packing and shipping as they grow.

The motivation for seeking funding stems from a deep personal connection to gardening and community, shaped by experiences during the pandemic. After returning home to the Driftless Region of Wisconsin during this time, they began growing microgreens and quickly established a successful presence in local farmer’s markets.

Skyhaven Harvest now offers a range of budget-friendly indoor farming kits and professional gardening tools, all curated based on their own experiences. They emphasize a unique competitive edge: while larger companies dominate specific niches, Skyhaven provides a personal touch with tailored customer service, a comprehensive gardening experience, and a commitment to sustainability.

In summary, the grant funding would enable Skyhaven Harvest to eliminate debt, expand product lines, and pursue its vision of fostering community connections through gardening.

  • General Information

    Business Registration Number: 92159

    Location: Black Earth, WI, United States

    Length of Operation: 1-5

    Number of Employees: 1-10 Employees

    Annual Gross Income: Less than $100k

    Annual Gross Expense: Less than $100k

    Open to Loans: YES

  • Funding Usage

    We are about $20,000 in debt from launching our products and website. We have plans for additional products which would cost between $5,000 -$10,000 per product. This money would clear our debt and give us the opportunity to launch a few more key products to our lineup.

  • Business Plan

    First, we want this business to become our full-time income. Having worked in the gardening/farming business for many years, we know of many product needs that are currently not on the market. We want to expand our product offerings to fulfill these needs. We would eventually like to open a "physical" retail store that would also offer classes and serve as a community space. We are also quickly getting to the point in our growth where we need to start delegating tasks such as packing, shipping, advertising. Growing, maintaining, harvesting, and learning from the interactions of plants became the lens through which I wanted to see and understand the world. I was fortunate to be raised in the Driftless Region of Southwestern Wisconsin with its rolling and wooded hills, small family farms, and the influences of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Until I moved away from home, I had no idea how significantly this area had impacted me. Being locally connected and working to build inclusive communities while having a connection with growing and nurturing your environment is essential to me. I was a student at the Taliesin School of Architecture and Design in Arizona when the pandemic hit in 2020. With the uncertainty of everything, I came home to be with my family. While it felt reassuring to be home, it was also an incredibly devastating experience to feel the sense of isolation and loss of community that the pandemic had brought. I was 24 years old at the time and like many people my age, it was a significant challenge for me to accept the world’s new reality. My time living at home motivated me to rewrite the course of my future by finding ways that I could contribute wellness, community, and sustainability to the world. My father is a professor and was also sent home during the pandemic. In an attempt to fill our time through the darker days of COVID-19, we embarked on the hobby of growing microgreens together. This evolved into delivering fresh Microgreens to our friends and family, which then led us to build a grow room in our basement. The process of growing microgreens is so gratifying and meditational to me. Watching the tiny seeds sprout and grow before my eyes is incredibly beautiful and gave me a sense of hope when I needed it most, not to mention their immense nutritional value. Since all I had was time, I decided to dive in and applied to a couple of farmer’s markets in the surrounding areas. This is when I officially launched my LLC of Skyhaven Harvest. Soon I was in four weekly farmer’s markets and began delivering to local food pantries, restaurants and grocery stores. By the end of the summer, I was at a crossroads: I wanted to move out on my own again, but I needed to decide if (and how) I wanted to continue my business. The system I had developed for hydroponically growing microgreens had become almost entirely fool-proof, and my focus shifted to teaching others about how accessible and healthy microgreens are. Empowering people to have a connection with their food through being involved in the process of growing it transformed my business. While I was growing microgreens for others to buy, I realized there was a need for an online store that supplied people with the necessary materials and resources to start their own indoor farm. Using the money I made throughout the summer, I began developing a range of budget-friendly kits designed for all skill levels. Additionally, I started selling professional gardening tools as a result of my other LLC as a professional gardener. Over the years, I have experimented with many different types of gardening tools and have grown to respect and understand the importance of an effective tool. These tools are essentially extensions of your body when you’re gardening and a great tool not only improves your ergonomics it is also more beneficial to the plants you are working with. My company brings farming indoors and makes professional gardening accessible to everyone. I sell what I sell because I use it and believe in it.

  • Self Identified Competition

    Hamama - top selling microgreens grow kits Barebones - top selling gardening hand tools Niwaki - Ecommerce store specializing in Bonsai tools All three of the above mentioned companies are larger than we are and sell more varieties of the specific items/niches they cater to. Skyhaven sells a few varieties of items from each of those niches but, our products are; * specific/unique to our store, * all of our items are created and curated by us and used by us in professional gardening capacities. * provide a one-stop experience for the gardening enthusiast. Everything one would need to grow and harvest microgreens from their apartment or home. This includes instructions, blogs, menu inspirations. * provide personalized immediate customer service. We envision our store as a community, not a collection of customers. * we are solar operated and strive to be as plastic-free as possible at all times,

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