Grow Ohio Valley

Name

Grow Ohio Valley

Legal name

Grow Ohio Valley

Website

https://growov.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Systems & Urban Agriculture

NAICS

Food Crops Grown Under Cover (11141), Fruit and Tree Nut Farming (1113), Vegetable and Melon Farming (1112)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Greenhouse Vegetable Production (Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Leafy Greens) (AFAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm-to-Consumer Produce Boxes / CSA Delivery (AFAIANAC), Farmers’ Markets & Farm Stands (Fresh Food) (CRAHAHAE)

Keywords

• Urban agriculture programs
• Community supported agriculture
• Local food systems
• Nonprofit food initiatives
• Farmer training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Wheeling

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. CSA Subscriptions: Community Supported Agriculture program offering 15-week seasonal shares. Full shares ($495) and partial shares ($345) with 80-member capacity. SNAP recipients receive 50% discount and can pay in monthly installments.
2. Public Market Retail Sales: Full-service grocery store and cafe operating at 1401 Main St. Sells locally farmed produce, meat, and products year-round. Local farmers sell on consignment, setting their own prices. SNAP-eligible products sold at 50% off.
3. Grant Funding: Primary funding from government and foundation grants including USDA grants, Appalachian Regional Commission funding, EQT Foundation awards, and West Virginia Humanities Council support.
4. Cookbook Sales: Sale of Wheeling Community Cookbook with sliding scale pricing ($15-25). Proceeds support community education programming including after-school cooking classes.
5. Incubator Farm Program: Pilot program supporting small agriculture businesses through USDA Rural Business Development Grant. Provides farmland, infrastructure, tools, and training to emerging farmers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grow Ohio Valley operates an integrated local food system in the Ohio Valley region through four urban farm sites (Farm 18, 14th Street Greenhouses, Vineyard Hills Orchard, Lincoln Meadow Farm) that produce fruits and vegetables using sustainable and regenerative methods. It then sells and distributes that food to the community through the Public Market (a full-service grocery store and café), a 15-week CSA subscription program, and a year-round farmers market, while supporting small farmers and food entrepreneurs through an Incubator Farm Training Program, Community Composting, and a planned Wheeling Food Hub shared commercial kitchen.

Product overview

Grow Ohio Valley is a non-profit organization operating a multi-component local food system with core programs including urban farms (Farm 18, 14th Street Greenhouses, Vineyard Hills Orchard, Lincoln Meadow Farm), the Public Market grocery store and café, CSA subscription program, Backyard Gardeners family training program, Incubator Farm Training Program, Community Composting, and the planned Wheeling Food Hub. These programs work together from farm fields to market shelves to improve regional health and economic opportunity through accessible local food.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSA Share Program Community Supported Agriculture subscription program providing fresh local produce weekly from June through October, with full share ($495, ~11 items/week) and partial share ($345, ~7 items/week) options. SNAP recipients receive 50% discount and monthly installment payment plans. Serves 80 members and sources from multiple participating CSA farmers (Eric Freeland's Farm, Oak Hill Farm, Lettuce Ladies, Soul & Soil). Thursday pickup at the Public Market.
• Public Market Grocery Store Full-service grocery store at 1401 Main St. Wheeling stocking locally farmed produce, meat, and products year-round, including consignment sales from local farmers who set their own prices. SNAP-eligible products sold at 50% off through the SNAP-Stretch program. Open Monday-Friday 9AM-6PM, Saturday 9AM-4PM.
• Public Market Café

Quantifiable outcome

• 80-member CSA program serving local farmers' produce
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Grow Appalachia (Berea College)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Grow Appalachia, an initiative of Berea College in Kentucky, supports the Backyard Gardeners program. Since 2010, Grow Appalachia has partnered with 60+ nonprofits helping 6,000 families grow 4 million pounds of organic food. Grow Ohio Valley serves as a partner site coordinator delivering organic production resources and technical assistance.
• Wheeling HeritagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWheeling Heritage supported the Public Market construction (completed 2019) and continues as a partner. Provided financial support via Partnership Grant program for the Wheeling Community Cookbook project.
• Wheeling Housing AuthorityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in the Vineyard Hills Orchard development, working with GrowOV to beautify cleared hillsides in the Wheeling Heights neighborhood.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Local Food Hub (Charlottesville, VA): Virginia nonprofit aggregating and distributing produce from regional small farmers to institutions and CSA customers — direct comparable on the aggregation/distribution side of Grow Ohio Valley's model.
• Dreaming Out Loud: DC-based nonprofit operating urban farms, a food hub, and workforce development for food entrepreneurs — overlaps Grow Ohio Valley on the incubator farm and food hub dimensions.
• Wholesome Wave: National nonprofit pioneered SNAP-incentive (Double Value Coupon) programs at farmers markets; Grow Ohio Valley uses the same SNAP-Stretch/50% discount model at its Public Market, making Wholesome Wave a direct operational peer.
• FRESHFARM: DC-region nonprofit running farmers markets, food access programs (including SNAP/Fresh Match incentives), and farm-to-wholesale aggregation; comparable in running year-round markets and SNAP-doubling programs.
• Field & Fork Network: Buffalo, NY-based nonprofit operating double-up food bucks, farmers markets, and food access programming — directly comparable SNAP-incentive and food desert mission to Grow Ohio Valley's SNAP-Stretch program.
• Corbin Hill Food Project: NYC-region nonprofit operating a farm and farm-share (CSA) program specifically designed for food-insecure communities using SNAP payment — comparable CSA + SNAP-access model.
• Local Matters: Columbus, OH-based nonprofit that connects people to local, healthy food through farmers markets, CSA-style programs, cooking classes, and food access education — closely mirrors Grow Ohio Valley's farm + education + market model in a nearby Ohio geography.
• The Food Trust: Philadelphia-based nonprofit operating farmers markets, nutrition incentive programs, and food access advocacy — directly comparable mission and multi-channel delivery model.
• Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture: Virginia-based nonprofit running a working farm plus mobile farmers markets and farm-to-school programs; the on-farm production combined with direct-to-consumer retail mirrors Grow Ohio Valley's urban-farm-plus-market structure.
• CUESA (Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture): San Francisco-based nonprofit running the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and food education programs — comparable farmers-market-plus-education nonprofit structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/publicmarketwv
• Xx.com/GrowOhioValley
• Facebookfacebook.com/GrowOV
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grow-ohio-valley

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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