
Seeding Rural Economic Development
Farmed engages rural communities and their local governments with in-person public engagements and multimedia outreach. We bring the catalytic-information into considerations of the growing opportunities in rural economic development.

Food. Fuel.

Perpetual harvesting.

Renewable energy includes micro-nuclear power.

Food. Fuel.
What We Do
Farmed works in advocacy specific to rural economic development initiatives. We inform and propagate verifiable facts, cited data material, published studies and research work, expert interviews, and broadly-sourced news reports specific to the growing opportunities for rural local governments, businesses, and citizens,
Making It Happen
Farmed is one of six, independently-licensed and branded subsidiary organizations of THOS., a highly-specialized, strategic consulting firm that brings large-scale infrastructure projects, local government capital improvements, and ambitious economic development initiatives to fruition.
Using The Multifaceted Approach For Success
THOS. makes the "big stuff" happen in government, economic development, and major infrastructure initiatives.
The Rural National Defense Initiative works to further American security with untapped agricultural resources.
"DC Frog" provides information and resources to locality interests in rural economic development efforts.
Gridvocate provides information and resources to locality interests in efforts to strengthen the U.S. electrical grid.
Local Gov, LLC ("LGOV") helps local, proactive governments find atypical and creative means to meet goals.
Did you know nearly any, proactive initiative can be proposed, or made to be, a public-private partnership?

Partner 30-second promo video. | R.N.D.I.

Partner 30-second promo video. | R.N.D.I.
Meet the Team
The Farmed leadership team includes those below and other highly-skilled, successful experts who are part of the THOS. Group. We engage communities, recruit, and build the locality-based Farmed chapters wherever rural infrastructure and economic development projects are proposed.

Thos. "Tom" Byrnes
President and Founder, THOS.
Tom went from working for U.S. Congressional leaders to developing the repeatedly proven campaign strategies THOS. uses to advance and bring among the most challenging and ambitious of public, private, and partnered initiatives to fruition. Read his THOS. bio here.

James Rattling Leaf, Sr.
WoLakota Lab Founder | THOS. Senior Land-Use Advisor
James is highly-regarded, international Tribal leader. He is an advocate for building equitable indigenous / non-indigenous partnerships, and use of geospatial-related applications in the land-use decisions of the U.S. Congress as well as state and local governments. Read his THOS. bio here.
