Cascade
SELECTED WORK

Experience that connects the field to the board room

Our work is driven by business outcomes in service of nature and life. We draw on years of experience on the ground - with intimate knowledge of ecosystems and agronomy, as well as extensive experience with business and institutions at the supply systems level. 

Origin

An integrated and whole-systems approach to understanding origins, unlocks bespoke transition strategies, farm management optimization, MRV and compliance data foundation, and targeted capital allocation. It allows for the assessment of risk, impact, and opportunities, in a way that a desktop sustainability report can't give you.

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INTEGRATED ORIGIN WORK
COLOMBIA · ETHIOPIA · MEXICO · PERU

Blue Bottle Coffee, transition strategy across four coffee origins

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

Four origins put on one basis, with an insetting-grade carbon baseline underneath them.

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Origins made comparable
2
Costed transition scenarios
WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • Gap dashboards on income, yield, price, and management practice, per origin
  • Farm-level financial models for each transition scenario
  • Carbon baseline supporting future insetting claims
  • Blue Bottle's public statements confirm the plans moved into implementation. No production or farm-level outcome data is claimed here.
PARTNERS
Blue Bottle Coffee Caravela Coffee Valle Inca Red Fox Coffee METAD Rainforest Alliance Producer groups, four origins
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
ORIGIN GAP DASHBOARDS FINANCIAL MODELING CARBON BASELINE
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RISK AND FINANCE ASSESSMENT
NICARAGUA · LEÓN, JINOTEGA, MATAGALPA

Banpro and CABEI, regenerative capacity across an agricultural lending portfolio

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

Transition capacity built inside the bank that lends to the farms, across five crops at once.

150+
Producers and bank staff trained
87.5%
Reported increased confidence
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Crops and farm roadmaps
WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • Five workshops across sugarcane, coffee, rice, peanut, and cassava
  • Soil baselines and phased transition roadmaps for five representative farms
  • Credit design, incentive, and blended finance insights inferred from the project
  • The recommendations were delivered to the bank. Phase 2: financial instrument innovation pending
PARTNERS
Banpro CABEI / BCIE MIPYMES Verdes Producers, 5 departments
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
SOIL DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCER TRAINING TRANSITION ROADMAPS
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FEASIBILITY STUDY
WEST TOBA, NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

SOS Sumatra, feasibility study for wildlife-friendly regenerative palm oil

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

Risk and opportunity assessment, EUDR conform pilot project outline, and transition finance model

3
Villages assessed
25 ha
Costed pilot scope
EUDR / RSPO-IP
Chain of custody assessed
WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • Wildlife-friendly agroforestry tested against farmer livelihoods
  • A tiered approach toward organic management, soil health, and biodiversity development
  • A finance model beyond grant dependency
PARTNERS
Sumatran Orangutan Society Three West Toba villages Local partner: Tahukah Buyer: Faith in Nature Local mills and buyers
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
STAKEHOLDER MAPPING SUPPLY CHAIN ASSESSMENT PILOT SCOPING
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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
MULTIPLE ORIGINS INCLUDING ARGENTINA AND USA FOR PEANUTS

Mars Wrigley, climate driver crop assessment

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

Emissions reduction and sequestration options set out per crop, in support of the Sustainable in a Generation Plan.

WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • Practice-level emissions reduction options for peanut, sugar beet, and sugarcane
  • Sequestration potential and region-specific opportunities per crop
  • Delivered as confidential client research. No figures or findings are reproduced here.
PARTNERS
Mars Wrigley Crop sourcing teams
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
EMISSIONS ASSESSMENT CARBON SEQUESTRATION CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE
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RESEARCH PROJECT
MULTIPLE ORIGINS · COMMISSIONED BY THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

Regen10 and Rockefeller Foundation, smallholder regenerative agriculture research series

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

What makes regenerative agriculture viable for smallholders, applying six lenses to one integrated vision.

6
Reports in the series
4
Regions on crop diversification
1
Report led on market opportunity
WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • Definitions and principles, measurement methods, and scaling strategy
  • Secondary crop diversification across four regions, and market opportunities
  • Contributing author on four reports, lead author on one, editor on community health
PARTNERS
Regen10 The Rockefeller Foundation Smallholder Data Services
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
RESEARCH SERIES MARKET OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS SCALING STRATEGY

Landscape

What the land can hold: terrain and water read before anything is sited, then resolved into a masterplan and a build sequence.

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TECHNICAL DESIGN
SAMANÁ PENINSULA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC · 20 HA

Samaná water layer design

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

Water security on karst, and a four-phase sequence that optimizes implementation for capital spent.

24
Located water interventions
4
Phases sequenced
0.5 m
Terrain model resolution
WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • Technical GIS assessment with guidance on landscape verification
  • Hydrological design reconciling water storage capacity, flood mitigation, and capital expenditure
  • Tiered implementation optimizing for complexity of interventions, available machinery, and human resources
PARTNERS
Site owner and project team Earthworks contractor Local agronomy team
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
LIDAR TERRAIN ANALYSIS HYDROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT IMPLEMENTATION SEQUENCING
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AGRITOURISM CONCEPT DESIGN
CABARETE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC · ~2 HA

Maisha EcoVillage, regenerative masterplan on a wetland edge

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

A flood-resilient, buildable plan inside a regulated buffer, with living, hospitality, and food production on one plot.

4
Areas of use resolved
7
Resident bungalows
3
Flood depths simulated
WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • One masterplan across four areas of use, with a phased implementation strategy
  • Flood at three depths setting where structures stand and which ponds need lining
  • Public and private, development and conservation, reconciled on one compact site
PARTNERS
Maisha EcoVillage Local builders, Dominican vernacular Wetland buffer authority
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
FLOOD AND WATER DESIGN MASTERPLANNING ECOTOURISM
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CROPPING CONCEPTS
GUINOPE, HONDURAS · DRY CORRIDOR

Mercon and Pelican Rouge/Selecta, regenerative coffee origin foundation

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BUSINESS OUTCOME

Climate resilience for a Dry Corridor coffee cluster, with six parties committed to one transition logic.

130+
Producers reached in the cluster
6
Stakeholder groups aligned
2
Cropping concepts modeled
WHAT IT DELIVERED
  • Two diversified, multi-strata cropping concepts modeled against conventional baselines
  • A phased farm-transition approach over a long horizon
  • One shared MRV framework across funder, supplier, roaster, and certifier
PARTNERS
Mercon Pelican Rouge / Selecta Funder: RVO Netherlands Certification partner: Rainforest Alliance Guinope producers
CAPABILITIES APPLIED
STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT CROPPING CONCEPT DESIGN FINANCIAL MODELING

The same discipline runs through every engagement, regardless of crop, geography, or scale.

Selected clients and partners

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Which question are you asking?

Start at the pillar that matches the decision in front of you. If it is both, say so on the call and we will scope it as one engagement.

ORIGIN

Deciding about a supply shed, a portfolio, or a sourcing region.

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LANDSCAPE

Deciding what a specific site can carry, and in what order to build it.

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