ACCEL-KS Founder Video: Grace Heritage Farms

The Kansas Department of Commerce and Groover Labs partnered to bring the Accelerating Concept to Commercialization in Kansas, or ACCEL-KS, to life, reaching out across the state to find and fund 25 projects, provide them with startup ecosystem support, and help bring their products to early-stage commercialization.

Near the end of the grant period, we surveyed the recipients. Based on their responses, we selected six projects that had made the most progress, and we worked with Malibu Creative to produce videos that highlight their work through ACCEL-KS.

Over the next six weeks, we’re going to share each video, along with some brief info about the project.

Here is Grace Heritage Farms!

Have you ever tried to fence a goat? Goats are surprisingly hard to contain.

Rotational grazing keeps land and livestock healthy, but today it means physically dragging fencing, which is slow and labor-intensive. Grace Heritage Farms in East Central Kansas is building virtual fencing for regenerative goat grazing.

Sarah's system puts a GPS collar on each goat. The collar beeps near a set boundary and sends a correction if the goat crosses it. Unlike collars that need a cell signal for each animal, hers runs on a base station and works where coverage is weak, staying affordable at herd scale.

ACCEL-KS funded a working proof-of-concept collar. The coaching that Groover Labs offered helped a self-described goat farmer become a startup founder.

You can see all the ACCEL-KS videos here.