TSAC

The Sustainable Ag Company

Integrated crop science for climate-resilient agriculture

TSAC develops climate-resilient crop programs by connecting crop biology, controlled trials, data-driven decisions, genetics, and commercial partnerships. TSAC connects crop science, technology, and commercial expertise to turn a defined agricultural challenge into a practical development program. We select the crop, system, and technology to fit the outcome.

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Where we are focusing

Practical programs. A clear starting point.

From root-intact produce to crop-specific Gene Editing pathways, each initiative starts with a defined question and is shaped by scientific testing and practical needs.

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Living produce

Fresh & Live

A fresh-produce concept, delivered as living plants.

Root-intact salad plants, with growing, packaging, and delivery developed together. Our first focus for practical pilot conversations.

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Crop improvement

Gene Editing

Targeted crop improvement, led by evidence.

Crop-specific genetics pathways that start with a defined trait question and advance through scientific, regulatory, and commercial gates.

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Integrated crop development

Connect crop science to repeatable proof and practical commercial pathways.

TSAC is building a crop-development model that begins with a defined crop or partner decision. Programs connect biology, controlled trials, environmental and phenotype data, improvement pathways, and commercial planning so each stage informs what happens next.

Integrated crop-development platform connecting a defined crop or partner decision to an evidence-led next-stage decision.

Starting point

Defined crop or partner decisionA measurable technical or commercial question.
  • Crop biologyCrop, trait, quality, production, and partner requirements.
  • Controlled trialsRepeatable conditions and stage-gated evidence.
  • Environmental and phenotype dataObservations linked to each crop decision.
  • Improvement pathwaysBreeding and genetics pathways where appropriate.
  • Commercial planningPartners, rights, operating assumptions, and routes to value.

Decision gate

Evidence-led next stageEach stage informs what happens next.

A disciplined learning loop

Every program should improve the next crop decision.

A structured development loop keeps technical work tied to a measurable question, a clear evidence gate, and a practical route forward.

Six-stage crop-development loop: Define, Design, Run, Learn, Select, and Commercialize.

  1. Step 1

    DefineClarify the crop, trait, quality, production, or supply challenge.

  2. Step 2

    DesignSet the germplasm, treatment, environment, measurement plan, and decision criteria.

  3. Step 3

    RunConduct controlled trials and capture plant and environmental observations.

  4. Step 4

    LearnCompare outcomes, identify signals, and update protocols or models.

  5. Step 5

    SelectAdvance the crops, traits, and pathways that meet defined gates.

  6. Step 6

    CommercializeConnect evidence to services, production, propagation, partnerships, or licensing where appropriate.

Connected capabilities

One program, connected disciplines.

TSAC brings together the capabilities needed to move a crop-development question from concept to evidence and from evidence to a commercial decision.

  • Crop biology and program design

    Define the crop target, germplasm, trait, quality, production, and partner requirements.

  • Controlled trials

    Create repeatable trial conditions and stage-gated evidence for crop and protocol decisions.

  • Data-driven learning

    Connect environmental and phenotype observations to selection, protocol, and model updates.

  • Precision breeding and genetics

    Use crop-specific breeding and genetics pathways to advance selected traits and programs.

  • Gene-editing pathways

    Evaluate targeted crop-improvement pathways where scientifically, commercially, and regulatorily appropriate.

  • Commercial crop development

    Connect customer needs, partner roles, rights, operating assumptions, and routes to value.

Program portfolio

Focused programs, staged by evidence.

The portfolio is designed to expand only as technical evidence, partner demand, and funding support justify the next stage.

Three program horizons staged by evidence: near-term proof, specialty crop expansion, and strategic genetics.

  1. Horizon 1

    Near-term proofPartner-defined development work and controlled trials.
    Near-term programs focus on valuable crop decisions that can support scoped development work, controlled trials, protocol development, partner learning, and early commercial evidence.

  2. Horizon 2

    Specialty crop expansionExtend the playbook into selected crop and propagation pathways.
    Expansion programs may apply the development model to selected specialty crops, production systems, propagation routes, quality targets, and supply-resilience needs after the initial operating model is validated.

  3. Horizon 3

    Strategic geneticsLonger-cycle crop improvement and rights pathways.
    Strategic programs may include breeding, gene-editing, germplasm, data, rights, and licensing pathways where the science, partner structure, regulatory route, and commercial case support them.
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Who should engage

Built for defined partner and investor conversations.

For partners

Bring a defined crop, supply, production, or trait question.

TSAC connects program scope, controlled proof, partner roles, rights, and a commercial gate. The pathway can support agrifood, genetics, planting-material, controlled-environment, production, corporate R&D, and research teams.

For investors

Review staged technical and commercial proof.

Follow evidence gates and longer-term crop-program optionality. The review centers on partner-defined work, controlled proof, partner-enabled execution, compounding crop intelligence, and strategic genetics.

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Program learning

Each program can strengthen the next.

When evidence and rights are structured well, a crop program can add reusable protocols, linked datasets, decision rules, operating know-how, and commercial learning. Those assets can improve how future programs are designed and evaluated.

Programs can build from reusable protocols through linked datasets, decision rules, rights and know-how, to stronger future programs.

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    ProtocolsReusable ways to design and run the work.

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    Linked datasetsPlant and environmental observations in context.

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    Decision rulesClear criteria for evaluating the next step.

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    Rights and know-howStructured rights, operating know-how, and commercial learning.

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    Stronger programsBetter-informed design and evaluation of future programs.

Leadership

A focused team for integrated crop development.

Deepak Sehgal, PhD

Co-founder & CEO

Leads company building, partnerships, and program governance.

Tanveer Khan, PhD

Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer

Leads crop science, genetics, and technical development.

Steve Gereb

Global Managing Director

Leads global operations, partner ecosystems and strategic relationships that turn agricultural innovation into practical, scalable solutions.

About TSAC

Begin with a defined question

Start a focused TSAC conversation.

Discuss a crop-development program, strategic partnership, scientific collaboration, or investor conversation.

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