Lot 49 Advisors

What Lot 49 Advisors does

Lot 49 Advisors (legal entity Lot 49 LLC) is a Vermont-based boutique consultancy operating in the food, agriculture, and consumer products sectors. The firm serves mission-driven organizations including retailers, NGOs, certifiers, CPG brands, and agricultural operations, providing advisory services across six integrated practice areas: standards and verification program development, sustainability strategy and stakeholder engagement, certification and audit support, quality assurance and food safety, regulatory compliance and governmental affairs, and supply chain sustainability. Representative engagements include modernizing ingredient standards for a national consumer-owned food cooperative, advising the Upcycled Food Association on creating Upcycled Certified, guiding a consortium of seven New England food hubs through USDA organic certification under the SOE rule, and supporting compliance with California AB 899 for heavy metals testing in baby and toddler foods.

The firm has no proprietary technology platform; its value proposition is built on the expertise of a small team of senior practitioners, including former Whole Foods Market Global Director of Quality Standards Joe Dickson, former Clean Label Project Executive Director Jaclyn Bowen, and Upcycled Food Association co-founder Benjamin Gray. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements priced on a quote basis, with clients sourced via direct outreach, referrals, and thought leadership within the food and sustainability ecosystem. The company maintains embedded relationships with allied organizations (Wolf & Associates, Clean Label Project, Upcycled Food Association, ASI Food Safety, Pennsylvania Certified Organic) that extend service delivery capacity. Public financial data is not disclosed, and the firm operates as a privately held LLC with no disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds.

Name

Lot 49 Advisors

Legal name

Lot 49 LLC

Website

https://lot49advisors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lot 49 Advisors is a Vermont-based boutique consultancy that helps mission-driven food, agriculture, and consumer products organizations with standards development, certification, sustainability strategy, regulatory compliance, and supply chain advisory work. It serves retailers, NGOs, certifiers, CPG brands, and farms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability and Food Systems Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Sustainability consulting
• Standards development
• Certification advisory
• Food safety consulting
• Regulatory compliance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Peru

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: The company generates revenue through project-based consulting engagements. Services include standards development, certification support, sustainability strategy, regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and supply chain advisory work. Engagements are typically scoped project work with defined deliverables.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lot 49 Advisors is a boutique consultancy that helps mission-driven brands, retailers, NGOs, certifiers, and farms design standards, build certification programs, navigate regulatory and audit requirements, develop sustainability strategies, and strengthen supply chain integrity. Engagements are project-based advisory work covering organic, food safety, sustainability, packaging, and labeling compliance across the food, agriculture, and consumer products sectors.

Product overview

Lot 49 Advisors is a consultancy (not a software product company) offering six integrated advisory service lines: Standards & Verification Program Development, Sustainability Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement, Certification and Audit Support, Quality Assurance & Food Safety & GMPs, Regulatory Compliance & Governmental Affairs, and Supply Chain Sustainability. These services are delivered by a team of former certification body leaders, retailers, and standards developers who help mission-driven brands, retailers, NGOs, certifiers, and farms build credible systems that strengthen integrity across the food supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Standards & Verification Program Development Designing standards and verification programs for organizations, including retailer ingredient standards and third-party certification programs. Services include criteria development, governance modeling, auditor guidance, and commercialization pathways for certifiers, standards bodies, retailers, and NGOs.
• Sustainability Strategy, Storytelling & Stakeholder Engagement Building credible sustainability strategies and stakeholder communications for retailers, CPG brands, NGOs, and standards bodies. Combines practical goal-setting, impact narratives, and stakeholder engagement to align farmers, suppliers, certifiers, NGOs, and buyers around shared priorities.
• Certification and Audit Support Guiding companies through complex certification landscapes including organic, food safety, non-GMO, gluten-free, cGMP, and retailer programs. Includes documentation systems, gap assessments, SOPs, audit preparation, and compliance troubleshooting delivered by former certifiers, auditors, and standards developers.
• Quality Assurance, Food Safety & GMPs Building quality and food safety systems for food and beverage organizations, including facility-level QA operations, multi-site program development, risk assessments, preventive controls, supplier verification, environmental monitoring, and corrective-action systems.
• Regulatory Compliance & Governmental Affairs Navigating regulatory requirements around food, agriculture, consumer products, labeling, imports, and emerging policy. Spans USDA organic rules, FDA labeling and preventive controls, FTC advertising guidelines, state-level requirements, PFAS and packaging laws, and specialized programs such as SOE and California AB 899.
• Supply Chain Sustainability Strengthening supply chains by improving transparency, integrity, and environmental performance from farm to finished product. Includes regenerative sourcing frameworks, ingredient and supplier assessments, traceability systems, risk reviews, and on-farm support pathways.

Quantifiable outcome

• Guided consortium of seven New England food hubs through USDA organic certification under SOE rule, achieving certification for all hubs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wolf & AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoe Dickson serves as Senior Associate at Wolf & Associates, a consultancy focused on organic and sustainable agriculture. John Foster serves as COO at Wolf & Associates. This relationship enables collaborative work on organic certification and sustainability projects.
• Clean Label ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJaclyn Bowen previously served as Executive Director of Clean Label Project, leading the largest peer-reviewed study on heavy metals in baby food. Benjamin Gray serves as Strategic Advisor. Jaclyn also serves as SVP of Strategic Initiatives at Radicle Science. The relationship enables collaboration on food safety, contaminant testing, and certification development.
• Upcycled Food AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBenjamin Gray serves as Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the Upcycled Food Association, having spearheaded the creation of Upcycled Certified, the world's first certification for upcycled ingredients and products. Lot 49 Advisors advised on the program's creation, governance, and rollout.
• ASI Food SafetycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJody Peterson serves as SQF Contract Auditor and Consultant with ASI Food Safety, providing food safety auditing and consulting services across the industry.
• Carnation FarmsminorOthersJoe Dickson serves as a board member at Carnation Farms, a nonprofit focused on sustainable food systems and agricultural education.
• Pennsylvania Certified OrganicminorOthersJoe Dickson serves as Board President at Pennsylvania Certified Organic, a USDA-accredited organic certification agency.
• Vermont Land TrustminorOthersJohn Livingston serves as Director of Finance at Vermont Land Trust, overseeing financial operations for the organization's land conservation mission.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• NSF International: Global public health and safety organization offering food safety certification, standards development, and testing across many categories. Comparable because Lot 49's food-safety, quality, and certification work overlaps with NSF's broader portfolio, though NSF's scale and testing-lab capabilities dwarf the boutique.
• Intertek: Global quality assurance and testing company providing food safety, agricultural, and sustainability certification services. Comparable to Lot 49 in food-safety and supply-chain assurance advisory, though Intertek's lab infrastructure and enterprise reach make it a broad incumbent peer.
• Control Union: Global certification and inspection company providing sustainability, organic, and supply-chain certifications across agriculture and consumer products. Comparable to Lot 49 because both help organizations design, operationalize, and verify sustainability and organic programs, but Control Union operates at a far larger global scale.
• QIMA: Quality control and supply-chain compliance provider offering testing, audits, and certification across food and consumer products. Comparable to Lot 49 because both work on supplier verification, certification, and compliance programs, but QIMA operates a global audit and testing network.
• SGS: World's largest testing, inspection, and certification company with extensive food and sustainability service lines. Comparable to Lot 49 in food-safety, quality, and sustainability advisory work, though SGS's lab network and global delivery make it a broad incumbent rather than a specialist peer.
• Eurofins Scientific: Global testing, inspection, and certification group with a large food and feed testing division. Comparable to Lot 49 in the food-safety/quality assurance and contaminant testing advisory space, though Eurofins is a publicly listed incumbent with thousands of labs versus a Vermont-based boutique.

Direct peers

• SCS Global Services: Independent sustainability and food certification firm offering third-party certification, standards development, and verification services. Comparable to Lot 49 because it operates in the same certification-program-design and sustainability-verification niche, though at much larger scale.
• EAS Consulting Group: Food and dietary supplement regulatory consulting firm providing FDA, USDA, FTC, and state regulatory compliance support. Comparable to Lot 49 because both firms serve CPG brands navigating labeling, ingredient, and food-safety regulatory requirements across federal and state frameworks.
• Wolf & Associates: Organic and sustainable agriculture consultancy led by former organic certification and standards leaders. Directly comparable because Lot 49 team members serve as COO and Senior Associate at Wolf & Associates and both firms focus on organic certification, sustainability programs, and food system advisory work.

Emerging players

• Resource Recycling Systems (RRS): Circular-economy and sustainable-materials consultancy advising brands, retailers, and NGOs on packaging, recycling, and circularity standards. Comparable to Lot 49 because both advise NGOs on standards ownership and support retailers/CPGs on sustainability and packaging programs, though RRS specializes specifically in circular materials rather than food systems broadly.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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