What is Terramor Consulting?

Terramor consulting is your path to sustainable growth, sitting at the intersection of small-scale farming, systems design, and applied project work. The focus is on applying the principles of peak efficiency that make small-scale farming successful, and putting them to work in real-world conditions to help agricultural businesses and growing ventures thrive year after year.

– Farm operations and day-to-day workflow systems –

– Crop planning and production strategy –

– Team building, structure and accountability –

– Farm and project systems design for larger initiatives –

Who This is For

  • Farms and Small teams

     Operators who want to develop a solid foundation for growth. 

  • Organizations and project partners

    Groups looking for practical insight, operational realism, and well-designed growing systems that support long-term success.

About Terramor Consulting

Terramor Consulting is led by Luke Sheldrick, owner-operator of Terramor Farm. He is an educator and consultant focused on practical, systems-based work in small-scale agriculture.

For over a decade, Luke has built and managed a diversified organic vegetable and flower farm with staff, infrastructure, and multiple sales channels. That experience shapes every part of the work, from how crop plans are built, to how teams function, to how systems hold up when things get busy.

Trellis exists to help farms and projects build practical systems that support long-term success.

Background and Perspective

Luke’s work is shaped by three overlapping roles:

Operator

Running Terramor Farm means working daily with the realities of vegetable and flower production and business ownership. Luke knows firsthand the challenges of labour limits, weather, cash flow, and fatigue, and the reality that systems only matter if people can actually follow them.

Educator

Luke teaches and supports farmers through courses, presentations, and program development, bringing lived experience and operational context to every setting.

Consultant

Through Terramor Consulting, Luke supports both individual farms and larger initiatives by bringing operational thinking into planning, design, and decision-making, helping align systems, people, and goals for a holistic approach to each venture.

Work with Market Gardener Institute

Market Gardener Institute Collaboration

Luke works closely with the Market Gardener Institute as an educator and consulting partner, contributing practical, operator-led insight across education, program development, and platform improvement.

His work with Market Gardener Institute includes:

  • Teaching and consulting within the Heirloom crop planning platform
  • Designing and teaching the Crop Plan Accelerator course
  • Contributing to the Crop Planning module within the Market Gardener Institute Masterclass
  • Serving as a Canopy-certified consultant and online expert within the Market Gardener Institute community

This work complements on-farm consulting and reflects Terramor Consulting's role as a bridge between education, planning, and real-world execution.

Brand Partnerships & Education
 Luke also works with select agriculture brands to share tools and systems he uses on-farm with a broader grower audience through education, content, and demonstration.

Past partnerships include Dubois Agrinovation and Orisha Automation.

AREAS TERRAMOR CONSULTING SERVES

Services

Farm Operations and Systems

Support for farms that want clarity in how the work actually gets done.

This work focuses on day-to-day farm operations, with an emphasis on aligning systems with capacity and goals.

This often includes:

  • Workflow, role, and task design
  • SOP design for clarity and smooth operation
  • Labour expectations and time targets
  • Leadership, accountability, and record keeping

Best suited for farms with teams who want smoother days and fewer bottlenecks.

Crop Planning and Production Strategy

Support for farms that want a crop plan aligned with both production capacity and sales goals.

This work often includes:

  • Sales-focused crop planning that reflects your goals and markets
  • Aligning planting schedules with available labour and workflow
  • Reducing unnecessary plantings while maintaining overall output
  • Using Heirloom or custom tools to support clearer decision-making

Farm and Project Systems Design

Terramor Consulting works with developers, institutions, and organizations to design growing systems that function well beyond opening day.

This is not about installing a garden or checking a box. It’s about designing systems that can be maintained, staffed, and used successfully over time.

This work includes:

  • Community or institutional growing spaces
  • Educational or demonstration farms tied to programs or facilities

Design support focuses on:

  • Farm design and infrastructure
  • Crop planning aligned with intended use
  • Labour and team structure
  • Operational considerations that support long-term success

Engagement Options

  • One-hour consulting calls
  • Short-term, focused engagements
  • Ongoing advisory or project support
  • Complete Crop Plan development

What clients are saying...

  • Jana Farms, Fallbrook CA, USA

    Before we worked together, I had a big vision for Jana Farms and plenty of momentum, but I was running the season week to week. Crop planning, labour and production all felt reactive, and I didn’t have a clear picture of how they fit together.

    Working with Luke gave me real structure. My crop plan is intentional now and I can see the whole season laid out ahead of me. We also built out processes and SOPs that made us a lot more efficient. Managing the team got easier too. Everyone knows their role, we communicate better, and we’re on the same page about expectations.

    What I valued most was that he could get into the operational details with me and also help me step back and look at the bigger picture. None of it was theory. The systems we put in place made the farm run smoother and more profitably right away.

    If you’re a grower who’s good at production but wants better systems, a clearer plan for the season, and a team you feel confident managing, I’d recommend working with him.

    – Justin Van Dyck

  • Harmonious Harvests LLC, WASH, USA

    Our first consultation with Luke paid for itself tenfold. His feedback on what we were planning to do saved us hundreds of dollars, as well as time and energy. Drawing on his years of market garden farming, Luke helped us see where we could make refined choices from the start.

    That first session was so valuable that we knew his ongoing consultations were an absolute must for our market garden farm startup. Working with him feels like having an elder to turn to—someone whose years of experience and refinement can help us give our market garden the best possible start.

    We also hired Luke to create our first crop plan for 2027. His Crop Planning course with The Market Garden Institute taught us a great deal, but we recognized how much time we would need to work through the learning curve on our own. Drawing on his farming, market, and business experience lets us move forward with a successful plan while investing our time in building the farm. Luke's support is one of the best investments!

    – Nicola Hoffman

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