Designing, building, and operating place-based food, land, and hospitality ventures that endure.
I partner with founders, developers, and mission-driven organizations on visionary projects rooted in land, food, and community, grounded in realistic economics and long-term stewardship.
Eric Fenster is an entrepreneur and operator with nearly three decades of experience bringing complex, values-driven projects to life. His work spans restaurants, retreats, farms, agrihoods, and community destinations—often guiding projects from early vision through development, launch, and ongoing operations.
Eric works with people and companies who care deeply about impact and place, and who also want rigor, clarity, and durability in how their projects are built and run.
Design
Vision, mission, and concept development that balances inspiration with feasibility.
Build
Development strategy, partnerships, financing support, and design-build oversight.
Operate
Launch, operational leadership, systems design, and long-term organizational health.
“... the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds.”
― Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma
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I’d love to hear your vision and help bring it to life!