"A timely and pivotal book for the next generations
of agriculture."

David J. Hill's book Unified Harvest offers a ‘new/old’ story for U.S. agriculture, the reconnection of farmers and consumers. Become more aware of agriculture and food systems so you can demand healthier food. Rediscover our Unity in Community through Interdependence, and focus on seizing transformational opportunities to heal the land and ourselves.

"Adaptability and collaboration are two basic principles of regenerative agriculture. We must first be willing to acknowledge the truth of our current situation, and move quickly with diverse solutions." -David J. Hill, Unified Harvest (2025)

David J. Hill pictured with his father, Kansas country grain elevator 1979

About

Biography

David J. Hill

Regenerative Agricultural Consultant and Storyteller

David J. Hill has a professional background in agriculture and food with 40 years of experience. He has been working for the majority of his career with farmers on production agriculture, regenerative and conventional, implementing a myriad of ways to restore soil, achieve plant wellness, optimize sustainable production and transparently connect people to where their food comes from. He has direct diverse experience in the creation, development and successful completion of value-added projects, with specific experience and managerial competencies in grain processing and milling, food manufacturing and transportation logistics. David is focused on the development of local food systems through regenerative agricultural methods, and utilizing industrial hemp to transform depleted land and agribusiness across the U.S. to achieve greater resilience and food security.

David's book Unified Harvest available now.

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McPherson Grain Elevator - Hilton Station, Kansas 1962

Consultations

Work with David

David believes in health for soil, farmers, communities and consumers.
HEALTH IS WEALTH! He is focused on matters of personal/public health and soil health through distributed local food systems, transforming large-scale ag to more sustainable practices, increasing domestic utilization of farm production and reducing our dependence on commodity exports, resulting in
significantly mitigating global political, trade, and shipping risk.

Areas of Expertise:

USDA/NOP Organic Certification; compliance and maintenance
value-added processing of crops
identity-preserve (IP) delivery systems
ingredient supply-chain development, maintenance, and compliance
transportation logistics, truck and rail
traceability, transparency, TRUST
deep experience with industrial hemp; production, compliance, plant utilization, personal wellness, myriad of ways to regeneratively restore soil and natural ecosystems through bioremediation; transition strategy to organic; processing and distribution; significant CO2 sequestration; foundational raw material to reduce/replace plastics
facilitating unified collaboration

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Consulting

Consulting & Education

David has deep expertise in agriculture, regenerative and conventional, local food system development, resilience and food security, industrial hemp, raw material delivery systems, and value-added processing. He understands the vital importance of providing traceability, transparency,
and trust for consumers.
Engage David to assist you in conceptualizing and creating an action plan for your project.

Speaking

Engagements & Podcasts

Invite David for your podcast, event or classroom as a storyteller to talk about regenerative farming, local food system resilience and community food security.
He understands and is inspired by the importance of constructive communication with our younger generations to broaden their awareness of how they can farm and raise food regeneratively.

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Strategy

Value Added Processing

David has years of successful development of value-added projects. Areas of focus and expertise include grain and hemp farm production, allergen-free food manufacturing, grain processing and transportation logistics. He recognizes the need for us all to know where our food comes from and how it was raised and processed, with an emphasis on providing traceability, transparency and trust.

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Advocacy

Regenerative Ag Advocacy

David's focus is on actionable advocacy to assist in the immediate regenerative transition of U.S. farming and policy supporting these major changes. He feels an urgent need to facilitate this necessary transformation through modifying current farm policy to heal the land and ourselves, while creating community-based food security. By working collaboratively with the goal of encouraging financial abundance and mutual benefit through unified cooperation rather than extractive competition, he believes these foundational changes are a matter now of local, bioregional, and national wellness and security for the United States.

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Agknowledgements & Interconnections

Dig deeper into David's Work

Harvest Horizons, 501C3; Co-Founder of food security and resilience project for his own local community. Storage, Preservation, Processing, Distribution; Food Production; Compost/soil building, regenerative ag education (2025-)

Hempcrete Project: Project Manager for unique hemp built retreat space utilizing all natural building materials.
Crestone, CO. (2022-2024)

First Crop ; Co-Founder; Director of Farmer relations, field production; hemp compliance by State Dept of Health and Environment; NOP organic compliance; public benefit company; plant based wellness products
based in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2019-2022)

Don't Go Nuts; Salida, CO; Developed a specialized Approved Vendor ingredient supply chain from start-up concept for nut and gluten free food manufacturing, new product development; logistics; secured 3rd party NOP organic, gluten free and Kosher certifications; NSF Food Quality and Safety Certifications for internal Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) (2012-2018)

21st Century Grain Processing, Manhattan, KS; V.P. of Grain Operations; co-created an Identity Preserved (IP) milling wheat Supply Chain for a Midwest closed cooperative farmer/investor group. Worked with country grain elevators and flour milling assets, managed all logistics by truck and BNSF railroad. (1999-2005)