2026 Technology Program
Sweet Farm’s Technology Program is the engine driving impact across all our initiatives. By piloting and advancing breakthrough innovations, we empower animal care, agriculture, education, and community engagement with greater scale and efficiency. Through strategic collaboration and technology adoption, we transform ideas into real-world solutions that ripple far beyond our farm—strengthening industries, inspiring communities, and building a more sustainable, resilient future.
Piloting a Way
Fundraising Goal $125,000
Sweet Farm’s Innovation Pilot Program is transforming the future of sustainability by accelerating groundbreaking technologies. By hosting on-farm pilots and supporting pioneering ventures across Food, Agriculture, Waste, Energy, Advanced Materials, and AI, we create a proving ground where bold ideas become scalable solutions with global potential.
Leveraging our unique combination of start-up expertise and hands-on farming knowledge, we go far beyond traditional incubation. We partner directly with entrepreneurs to identify market opportunities, strengthen fundraising strategies, and navigate the often-daunting grant landscape.
Every pilot launched at Sweet Farm is more than a test—it is a catalyst for change. By elevating technical readiness and accelerating adoption, we empower innovators to bring life-saving, planet-protecting solutions to market faster and more effectively. With your support, we can continue to amplify this impact, building a pipeline of world-changing technologies that reimagine how humanity feeds itself, generates energy, and stewards our shared planet.
(For corporates, we also offer the Ecosystem Opportunity Program—a unique entry point for M&A teams to stay at the cutting edge of emerging startups and trends.)
Climate Thought Leadership
Fundraising Goal $25,000
Sweet Farm’s Climate Thought Leadership Program is a driving force for bold innovation and transformative solutions in the fight against climate change. By serving as judges, speakers, and mentors at leading competitions, symposiums, and panels, we are not only shaping the conversation but also steering the direction of global climate action.
Our program thrives on collaboration. By bringing partner organizations, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and researchers together as panelists and speakers, we spark the exchange of diverse ideas and amplify the voices needed to drive meaningful change. Sweet Farm provides more than feedback—we provide vision, guidance, and the credibility that helps promising solutions break through barriers and accelerate their impact.
Every stage we step onto, every voice we uplift, and every idea we champion, expands our influence as a trusted and collaborative leader in climate innovation. With your support, we are igniting a movement of entrepreneurs, researchers, and changemakers who are developing solutions powerful enough to transform industries and protect the future of our planet.
Campus Catalyst Program
Fundraising Goal $25,000
Sweet Farm’s university engagement program is shaping the next generation of changemakers in sustainability, agriculture, and technology. Through immersive internships, mentorship, and capstone lectures, we partner with leading universities and local colleges to bring classroom knowledge to life with real-world impact.
For more than seven years, we have built transformative collaborations with institutions such as Santa Clara University, Cornell, Penn State, Keuka College, RIT, Stanford, and the University of British Columbia. These partnerships don’t just educate—they inspire. Students and faculty walk away with the tools, vision, and hands-on experience to reimagine how humanity can live in harmony with the planet.
Every lecture delivered, every mentorship offered, and every project completed plants the seed for innovative solutions the world urgently needs. With your support, we are not only investing in education—we are fostering a global legacy of bold thinkers and leaders committed to creating a sustainable future.