Our team is passionate about helping communities, farms, and food businesses access the infrastructure they need to scale operations, reduce waste and strengthen local food security.
Chris and Mike founded AgriKit to make professional modular infrastructure accessible to the communities and organizations that need it most.
They share a passion for partnering with small- and medium-sized organizations, and are driven by a shared goal: building a more resilient and secure food future.
Chris Hildreth is an award-winning social entrepreneur who has spent the past decade working with community partners to transform underused spaces into productive farms.
Known for his ability to bring together people across diverse disciplines and specialities, Chris led his first company, TOPSOIL, from a small pilot project to a 20,000 sq. ft. urban farm supplying 30+ restaurants and hundreds of residents.
While scaling TOPSOIL, he designed and refined a custom modular food-processing unit that dramatically improved his operations—an innovation that inspired him to found AgriKit, giving others access to the professional infrastructure that helped drive his success.
Mike is a CPA and brings a wealth of business experience gained over a long career in public practice and private industry. Mike currently resides in Vancouver, but during his career has spent 5 years in the Netherlands and almost 20 years in Silicon Valley working in a variety of start-ups and tech companies.
Chris asked Mike to join forces with him on Agrikit after collaborating on a number of projects at Chris’ prior company Topsoil. They realized they shared a similar collaborative approach, had very complimentary skillsets, and they shared the same enthusiasm for working in a small business with the goal of improving food security.
