Zest Data Group

Fast and fresh data analysis.

A geospatial consultancy focused on supporting plant conservation efforts.

We build analyses, applications, and open source tools that bring even more value to your hard-earned field data.

What we do

Spatial data analysis

Species distribution models, conservation gap analysis, raster classification workflows, and statistical evaluations.

Modeled range of Vitis acerifolia in the south-central United States with occurrence points · Conservation gap analysis Crop wild relatives of the United States Species distribution modeling and conservation gap analysis for all of the United States crop wild relatives.
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Grounded in the research

Our methods come out of peer-reviewed work on crop wild relatives, species distribution modeling, and conservation gap analysis.

19
peer-reviewed papers
577
citations
13
h-index

Selected publications → Google Scholar, September 2026