BFG Supply-owned greenhouse and grower-supply retailer

Greenhouse Megastore

A BFG Supply-owned online retailer selling greenhouses, greenhouse coverings, trays, containers, hydroponic supplies, grower equipment, and gardening supplies. Greenhouse Megastore has useful equipment, but it scores low because ownership is embedded in a consolidated green-industry distribution chain rather than an accountable grower-owned structure.

Why this matters: Greenhouse equipment can help people grow food, but private distribution roll-ups should not receive the credit that belongs to growers.

Letter grade D Extractive Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Parent / owner: BFG Supply Last reviewed May 13, 2026

Greenhouse Megastore is owned by BFG Supply, which is not yet separately listed.

Final Score 21* D - Extractive

DEXTRACTIVE21 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material31

Bonus+1

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap32

Penalties-11

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Evaluation Overview

D - Extractive

The score turns mainly on Solidarity with the Unemployed, with the largest penalty coming from Reversibility.

Strengths

Solidarity with the Unemployed5/7
Loss-Bearing Fidelity5/7
Product Integrity5/5

Penalties

Reversibility-5
Accountability Opacity-2
High-Carbon Products-1
Toxic Products-1

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims16
Direct axis claims16
Coverage16/16

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	1 / 10	Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. On Ownership, Greenhouse Megastore belongs low because useful garden products are being delivered through private, founder-led, acquired, catalog-rollup, or large supplier structures. The garden value prevents a floor score, but it does not by itself create accountable institutional power. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	1 / 10	Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. On Governance, Greenhouse Megastore belongs low because useful garden products are being delivered through private, founder-led, acquired, catalog-rollup, or large supplier structures. The garden value prevents a floor score, but it does not by itself create accountable institutional power. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	3 / 10	Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. On Extraction, Greenhouse Megastore belongs low because useful garden products are being delivered through private, founder-led, acquired, catalog-rollup, or large supplier structures. The garden value prevents a floor score, but it does not by itself create accountable institutional power. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	3 / 7	Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. On Labor Sovereignty, Greenhouse Megastore belongs low because useful garden products are being delivered through private, founder-led, acquired, catalog-rollup, or large supplier structures. The garden value prevents a floor score, but it does not by itself create accountable institutional power. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	5 / 7	Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. On Solidarity with the Unemployed, Greenhouse Megastore sits in the positive middle: the products or services are materially useful for growing food or plants, and the institution shows some stewardship, durability, affordability, or mission discipline. It remains below the cooperative and nonprofit seed entries because customers and workers do not hold full binding control. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	5 / 7	Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. On Loss-Bearing Fidelity, Greenhouse Megastore sits in the positive middle: the products or services are materially useful for growing food or plants, and the institution shows some stewardship, durability, affordability, or mission discipline. It remains below the cooperative and nonprofit seed entries because customers and workers do not hold full binding control. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	4 / 5	Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. On Market Conduct, Greenhouse Megastore sits in the positive middle: the products or services are materially useful for growing food or plants, and the institution shows some stewardship, durability, affordability, or mission discipline. It remains below the cooperative and nonprofit seed entries because customers and workers do not hold full binding control. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	5 / 5	Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. On Product Integrity, Greenhouse Megastore sits in the positive middle: the products or services are materially useful for growing food or plants, and the institution shows some stewardship, durability, affordability, or mission discipline. It remains below the cooperative and nonprofit seed entries because customers and workers do not hold full binding control. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] context Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	4 / 5	Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. On Scale Integrity, Greenhouse Megastore sits in the positive middle: the products or services are materially useful for growing food or plants, and the institution shows some stewardship, durability, affordability, or mission discipline. It remains below the cooperative and nonprofit seed entries because customers and workers do not hold full binding control. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence context Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market. [1] context Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company. [2] context Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures. [3] context Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status. [4] context Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning. [5] context Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes. [6] context Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality. [7] context Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information. [8] Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure. [9]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Reversibility ? Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders, founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Reversibility relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Reversibility relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. This warrants a Reversibility penalty because the risk is tied to how the institution sells, sources, prices, markets, or governs gardening products, not merely to the existence of gardening commerce. The value is limited where the evidence indicates ordinary category exposure rather than severe, repeated, or unavoidable harm. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Reversibility relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. [11]
High-Carbon Products ? Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly. Range: -10 to 0.	-1	Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes High-Carbon Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes High-Carbon Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. This warrants a High-Carbon Products penalty because the risk is tied to how the institution sells, sources, prices, markets, or governs gardening products, not merely to the existence of gardening commerce. The value is limited where the evidence indicates ordinary category exposure rather than severe, repeated, or unavoidable harm. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes High-Carbon Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. [12]
Toxic Products ? Current sale of products whose ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. Food products receive at least light scrutiny for artificial colors, artificial flavors, petro-derived additives, pesticide residues, contaminants, endocrine-disrupting packaging, and ultra-processed formulation. Ordinary adult nightlife or alcohol service is not penalized by itself without evidence of predatory marketing, youth targeting, addiction-extractive design, or unusual product-safety misconduct. Range: -5 to 0.	-1	Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Toxic Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Toxic Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. This warrants a Toxic Products penalty because the risk is tied to how the institution sells, sources, prices, markets, or governs gardening products, not merely to the existence of gardening commerce. The value is limited where the evidence indicates ordinary category exposure rather than severe, repeated, or unavoidable harm. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Toxic Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. [13]
Price Manipulation ? Opaque, personalized, dynamic, urgency-based, algorithmic, hidden-fee, or market-power pricing that prevents customers from knowing the real price or exploits dependency, scarcity, or information asymmetry. Transparent posted pricing and genuinely public rate cards are not penalized here. Range: -5 to 0.	-1	Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Price Manipulation relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Price Manipulation relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. This warrants a Price Manipulation penalty because the risk is tied to how the institution sells, sources, prices, markets, or governs gardening products, not merely to the existence of gardening commerce. The value is limited where the evidence indicates ordinary category exposure rather than severe, repeated, or unavoidable harm. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Price Manipulation relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. [14]
Unilateral Terms ? Non-negotiable clickthrough or adhesion terms that turn ordinary customer, user, subscriber, patient, tenant, or public-facing access into a one-sided contract, especially forced arbitration, class-action or mass-action waivers, unilateral modification, venue restrictions, broad indemnity, account termination discretion, or essential-service access conditioned on unreadable terms. Range: -5 to 0.	-1	Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Unilateral Terms relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Unilateral Terms relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. This warrants a Unilateral Terms penalty because the risk is tied to how the institution sells, sources, prices, markets, or governs gardening products, not merely to the existence of gardening commerce. The value is limited where the evidence indicates ordinary category exposure rather than severe, repeated, or unavoidable harm. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Unilateral Terms relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. [15]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. This warrants a Accountability Opacity penalty because the risk is tied to how the institution sells, sources, prices, markets, or governs gardening products, not merely to the existence of gardening commerce. The value is limited where the evidence indicates ordinary category exposure rather than severe, repeated, or unavoidable harm. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. [16]

Bonus Credits

Bonus	Credit	Why this credit
Good Deal ? Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low lock-in, and clear customer surplus.	1 / 3	Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Good Deal relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Good Deal relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. This earns Good Deal credit because the practice creates unusual public value in gardening: lower-cost access, seed-saving freedom, regional adaptation, transparent grower information, or durable equipment that reduces repeat purchases. The credit stays bounded where access still depends on a private store, catalog, or platform. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Online gardening pass calibrated across cooperative seed companies, nonprofit seed preservation, old catalog retailers, creator-commerce gardening stores, nurseries, and greenhouse suppliers. Linked evidence Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Good Deal relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy. [10]

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 79/100

16 verified linked claims 16 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 16/16 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 16/20

16 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

16 direct claims across 16 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 10/10

16/16 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

Correction routeUse “Challenge this rating” for factual errors, missing counterevidence, source problems, or calculation mistakes.

Company responseCompany representatives can submit source-backed corrections; payment never changes scores or reviewer authority.

Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1Greenhouse Megastore's public record identifies its ownership form or parent relationship in the online gardening, seed, nursery, or greenhouse market.

Ownership Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG Supply acquires Greenhouse MegastoreGeneral web source · 58%

2Greenhouse Megastore's public materials indicate whether control sits with workers, consumers, a nonprofit board, a family owner, a founder, a private acquirer, or a parent company.

Governance Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG Supply acquires Greenhouse MegastoreGeneral web source · 58%

3Greenhouse Megastore's model determines whether gardening value is routed through cooperative, nonprofit, employee-owned, small-farm, creator-commerce, catalog-rollup, or private supplier structures.

Extraction Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG Supply acquires Greenhouse MegastoreGeneral web source · 58%

4Greenhouse Megastore's reviewed public record shows the degree to which workers have binding ownership or governance power rather than ordinary employment status.

Labor Sovereignty Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG Supply acquires Greenhouse MegastoreGeneral web source · 58%

5Greenhouse Megastore's products or services can support home food growing, seed saving, small farms, school gardens, community gardens, or lower-cost self-provisioning.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

6Greenhouse Megastore's public model and product promises affect whether customers carry the risk of crop failure, poor germination, weak plants, shipping damage, bad advice, or expensive equipment mistakes.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

7Greenhouse Megastore operates in a market where gardeners often rely on trust, variety descriptions, seed counts, guarantees, regional adaptation claims, and replacement policies before they can verify quality.

Market Conduct Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

8Greenhouse Megastore's core product integrity depends on seed viability, plant health, accurate variety representation, durable supplies, transparent sourcing, and useful growing information.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG Supply acquires Greenhouse MegastoreGeneral web source · 58%

9Greenhouse Megastore's scale, distribution, catalog reach, content audience, or installation capacity affects whether its gardening work remains educative and accountable or becomes extractive retail infrastructure.

Scale Integrity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

10Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Good Deal relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy.

Good Deal Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

11Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Reversibility relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy.

Reversibility Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

12Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes High-Carbon Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy.

High Carbon Products Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

13Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Toxic Products relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy.

Toxic Products Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

14Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Price Manipulation relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy.

Price Manipulation Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

15Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Unilateral Terms relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy.

Unilateral Terms Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

16Greenhouse Megastore's public record makes Accountability Opacity relevant through its ownership structure, pricing, sourcing, subscriptions, content-to-commerce design, product-risk profile, pesticide/plastic exposure, or public controversy.

Accountability Opacity Verified Medium confidence Human-reviewed May 13, 2026

BFG greenhouse solutionsGeneral web source · 58%

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