The passive, inline engine at the core of every DYRT STACK — one flanged spool in the line, no moving parts, no chemicals, no consumables, and everything downstream works harder.
A Vorterra unit is a flanged spool — Schedule 80 PVC or steel — that replaces a straight run of pressurized pipe. No moving parts, no consumables. Its plasma-activated chemistry feeds energy to the soil, seed, and plant — and the crop takes up more of every drop.
Water entering the spool is spun into a tight, controlled vortex as it moves through the geometry — no pump, no power.
The rotation drops pressure along the centerline, restructuring how the water carries and how it will deliver downstream.
As flow recovers past the unit, the conditioned water moves into your field — and the crop takes up more of every drop.
A flanged section of pipe that bolts into the supply line you already have. No power, no chemicals, no controls — and once it’s in, nothing to operate.
Inline · Field supplyVorterra is sized to your pipe diameter and flow and ships flanged to fit — mainline, submain, or pump discharge.
A standard flange-to-flange connection on the supply side. Same crew, same tools as any other spool piece in the system. No trenching, no electrical, no new pad.
Every drop is conditioned from the first pass. No commissioning, no settings, no consumables — the unit does its work with the pressure that’s already in the line.
No lab bench, no demo rig. This is Vorterra installed inline on working irrigation — conditioning every drop before it reaches the crop.
Results from controlled trial plots and production ground.
Controlled 8-treatment factorial trial on iceberg lettuce over 97 days. Water productivity up 23.1% — and treated plots skipped a scheduled irrigation and still out-yielded controls.
Three seasons of strawberries in Irvine on reclaimed, tertiary-treated water — a 10–15% yield increase, rising from ~5,000 to ~6,000 trays/acre, with squash & bell-pepper trials added in 2026.
A 2026 demonstration block hosted with UC Agriculture & Natural Resources — from an acre and a half, harvest donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.
“A remarkable technology I intend to expand across my operations.”
Independently evaluated by the University of Arizona — the K3 field trial in Yuma, Arizona: +20.5% yield, +23.1% water productivity.
Mark Lopez · OC Farm Bureau — playOur plasma system takes only air, water, and electricity and, through a hybrid electric plasma discharge, fixes atmospheric nitrogen into nitrate-rich, plant-available water (PAW) — clean nitrogen made on-site, with no fossil fuels, no chemicals, and nothing to truck in.
| Plasma · PAW | Traditional N | |
|---|---|---|
| Raw materials | Air & water | Fossil fuels |
| Energy | Renewable electricity | Fossil-fuel dependent |
| By-products | None | CO₂, ammonia |
| Supply chain | On-site — none | Trucked in |
| Emissions | Minimal | Significant |
| Efficiency | Nitrate-rich, better uptake | Leaching & waste |
Only air and water in — no fossil-fuel feedstock, unlike Haber-Bosch nitrogen.
A flowing water-air mixture is activated, dissolving reactive nitrogen species into the water.
Nitrate-rich PAW the crop takes up efficiently — better absorption, less leaching.
Produced at the field, around the clock — no transport, no CO₂ or ammonia emissions.
A first-to-market position in the U.S. — distributed, clean nitrogen and energy that turns every farm into its own fertilizer plant.
Growers, produce leaders, universities, and partners running Vorterra today — shared with permission.
Our client Sovereignty Ranch (Bandera, TX) — a 200-acre regenerative farm — is run by the team behind Kiss the Ground, the documentary that carried regenerative agriculture to a global audience. Same soil-first conviction, now measured with Vorterra.
The same spool piece that runs on commercial acres also runs on ground that feeds food banks and teaches the next generation. A few of the non-profits and special projects we’re proud to support with Vorterra.
Second Harvest grows fresh produce for families across Orange County. With Vorterra on the irrigation line, a single 1.5-acre block delivered the largest harvest the food bank has ever recorded — every pound of it going to people who need it.
Thaden’s campus is built around working gardens and growing spaces where students study how food is grown. Vorterra runs on the water feeding those beds — so the lesson in living soil is happening under their feet, not just in a textbook.
UHP is a veterans-focused program. On its campus along the Spavinaw River, veterans grow the produce behind the culinary and nutrition programs in the campus greenhouse. Vorterra treats the water going in, supporting healthier plants for the people learning to cook, eat, and rebuild with them.
The Colorado River Basin is negotiating its post-2026 operating rules against reservoirs at historic lows. Demand-side efficiency — making every delivered acre-foot do more — the one tool growers, districts, and agencies all share. It’s also the only thing this hardware does.
The Arizona trial’s treated plots skipped a scheduled irrigation, confirmed by soil-moisture sensors — conservation as a measured event, not an estimate.
Units are leased; Vorterra retains service, and a 10-year warranty stands behind the hardware.
Every metered acre-foot flows into the DYRT Powered by Vorterra Stewardship Score — and into water, carbon, and energy markets.
Yield up 6.8–20.5% across every treatment pair over a 97-day trial — water productivity up 23.1%.
The Secretary walked the Orange County strawberry operation that has run Vorterra for three seasons.
A multi-cutting alfalfa research program underway — 20 cuttings tracked with U of A across an 8,000-acre irrigated operation.
A working, in-field look at the platform at commercial scale.
A pilot runs a treated demo block at 25–30% less water and fertigation against a matched control, with the plant data to show it held. Units are leased, Vorterra retains service, and a 10-year warranty stands behind the hardware.