Turning Good Ideas Into Real Revenue
Farm-to-market consulting for food & ag businesses ready to grow. Built on real farm experience and helpful industry-wide connections you need.
WHat we do at teneraFinding the Value You're Already Sitting On
Strategic sustainability doesn’t just mean recyclable packaging.
It’s an organization-wide mindset on creating value through connection, so you can be resilient when you need to be.
We specialize in finding and capturing the value that already exists but is disconnected.
Whether that’s finding markets for a byproduct, taking ideas from concept to execution, or connecting brands to suppliers and farmers to buyers, we see patterns and opportunities.
You know your business and farm could be stronger and more resilient, but you just don’t have the time, the network, the capability, or bandwidth to tackle the problem. That’s where we come in!
Claire Smith
Principal ConsultantClaire Smith comes from a proud line of generational family farmers. This lifelong passion for food, preserving family legacies, and quality led her to help her own family farm by creating a product that used her family's unique grain. As the founder of Teffola, Claire has worked on every aspect of the grain business. From sourcing and recipe development to marketing and expansion, her knowledge and passion run deep.
Claire knows how to help farmers make more money with what they have and what they grow. She helps take your good ideas and make them real.
explore our servicesConsulting Services
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Marketing & Outreach
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Sales & Operational Support
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Food Safety Trainings
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Custom & Fractional Work
who we areWe’re not your average consulting company.
We're not here to give you another set of ideas and then leave you to untangle it alone. Tenera Grains is here to work alongside farmers, processors, and food businesses to uncover the untapped value you hold and turn it into real, sustainable progress and profit.
Our vision is simple: a food and agriculture industry where every operation can access the markets, partnerships, and opportunities it needs to succeed, not just the ones with enough time, connections, or money to seek them out.
TestimonialsWhat our clients say about us
Take a look at our results and success stories from our clients.
Claire is the definition of tenacious and is extremely committed to the work she is doing to connect
people with the food the Midwest is so well suited to growing. Few hurdles represent the end of the
road for Claire. She is one of the most all-around passionate, creative, and determined people I have ever met, and on top of it she is incredibly generous with her skills and energy.
Alyssa Harman
Executive Director, Artisan Grain Collective
Any farmer knows that diversification isn’t easy. Change is hard, and most days you are in the fields dealing with whatever the day might bring. There’s not a lot of energy left for marketing and sales.
Claire has helped us get our ideas out on paper and, most importantly, executed on them for us. We feel a lot of relief having Claire in our corner.
Joe Shwartz
Founder, Hollyhill Farms
