Partnership

It is a comprehensive, long-term collaboration in which our scientific team works closely with you to plan, establish, and manage your orchard using proven scientific truffle-growing methods that continue to innovate. The partnership combines full training, codified best practices, and systematic root and orchard monitoring, and brings your high-quality truffles directly to chefs and consumers through ATC’s distribution channels.

The partnership is designed for growers who treat truffle cultivation as a serious agricultural investment, not a side project. 

You’re likely a good fit if: 

• You own or plan to own land in a region that may be suitable for Périgord black truffles. 
• You are planning a long-term project and are comfortable with a multi-year time horizon. 
• You value data, research, and structured guidance over trial-and-error. 
• You want an expert team that will challenge assumptions and help you make disciplined decisions. 
• You want to avoid the pitfalls that have historically rendered 98%+ of truffle orchards failures in North America. 

If you’re still assessing whether your land or target region might be suitable, we encourage you to start with our truffle fundamentals and suitability resources, then return to explore a potential partnership. 

We help you navigate every major decision from the earliest planning discussions through orchard maturity, tailored to your specific situation, microclimate, and soil. That typically includes:

• High-level site and project review to understand your goals and constraints 
• Guidance on orchard layout and planting strategy for truffle production 
• Training on irrigation, ground cover, and orchard maintenance practices 
• Practical recommendations for day-to-day management as the orchard develops, specifically tailored to your local conditions.
• Formulating a winning truffle dog strategy and sourcing dogs trained by some of the best trainers and most experienced truffle hunters in the world 
• Preparation for harvest operations once truffles begin to appear 

You are never left to interpret generic instructions on your own. You gain direct access to a team whose sole focus is truffle science and truffle orchards. Throughout, our commitment is to bring scientific rigor, accumulated experience, and practical judgment to each major decision point.

Truffle orchards do not fail overnight. Problems usually develop slowly and invisibly—unless you know where to look.

As part of the partnership, we implement systematic monitoring of key indicators of orchard and root health. In practice, this can include: 

• Periodic analysis of root systems to understand colonization and development 
• Review of soil and orchard conditions within truffle-ideal parameters 
• Identification of trends that signal emerging risks or opportunities 
• Actionable recommendations to adjust management before small issues become larger ones 

This is not casual observation. It is a structured feedback loop between your orchard and our scientific team, designed to support earlier, more informed interventions.