What Riverdog Farm does

Riverdog Farm is a 350-acre certified organic diversified family farm located in California's Capay Valley, in operation since 1993 and owned by Tim Mueller. The farm produces over 80 crop varieties — vegetables, fruits (including stone fruit on 6 acres), nuts (12 acres of almonds), and pasture-raised livestock including heritage pig breeds on 50 acres of organic pasture, laying hens rotated through 5-acre pasture swaths with mobile coops, and a newly established 170-ewe lamb program. Integrated farming practices include compost, crop rotation, cover cropping, hedgerow planting, and the use of livestock manure as natural fertilizer — all maintained under CCOF organic certification since 1993.

The business operates a multi-channel revenue model anchored by CSA subscriptions (weekly or biweekly farm boxes at $30/box monthly or $28.80/box on annual plans delivering 7-9 hand-harvested items to pickup sites across 8 Northern California counties), direct-to-consumer farmers' market sales (Berkeley x3 weekly, Sacramento, and Winters), and B2B wholesale to restaurants, grocery stores, food co-ops, and food hubs including Chez Panisse, Quince, Nopa, Berkeley Bowl, Davis Food Co-op, Earl's Organic, and Veritable Vegetable. Add-on revenue streams include Frog Hollow Farm fruit box partnerships, pasture-raised eggs, pork products (smoked hams, sausages, bacon), and a new 2026 organic flower product line.

Distribution is regional, concentrated in Northern California (Bay Area, Sacramento, Davis, Napa), with fulfillment via a pickup-site network, farm-direct pickup (7 days/week), online ordering through a Farmhand-powered e-commerce platform, and pre-order capabilities at farmers' markets. The farm employs 50 people year-round, supporting 50 families, with no external investment, private equity, or parent company — a fully bootstrapped family operation sustained across three decades.

Name

Riverdog Farm

Legal name

Riverdog Farm

Website

https://riverdogfarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Riverdog Farm is a 350-acre certified organic family farm in California's Capay Valley, operating since 1993. It sells produce, pasture-raised meats, and eggs via CSA subscriptions, farmers' markets, and wholesale to Northern California restaurants and grocers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Guinda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. CSA Subscriptions: Weekly or biweekly farm boxes delivered to pickup sites. Members receive 7-9 hand-harvested items. Plan 1 at $30/box monthly, Plan 2 at $28.80/box semi-annually/annually. Seasonal add-ons include Frog Hollow fruit boxes and farm-fresh eggs.
2. Farmers' Markets: Direct sales at 5 weekly farmers' markets in Berkeley, Sacramento, and Winters. Pre-order online available for convenient pickup.
3. Wholesale: Direct wholesale to Bay Area, Sacramento, Davis, and Napa grocery stores, food co-ops, restaurants, and prepared food vendors. Farm pickup or delivery available.
4. Online Store: Shop via gofarmhand.com for custom orders of organic vegetables, nuts, eggs, fruits, and pasture-raised meats subject to availability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Riverdog Farm is a 350-acre certified organic diversified family farm that grows vegetables, fruits, nuts, and pasture-raised chickens and pigs in Capay Valley, California. The farm sells its produce and protein directly to consumers via CSA weekly farm boxes, farmers' markets, and an online store, and to wholesale partners including restaurants, grocers, and food co-ops across Northern California.

Product overview

Riverdog Farm operates as a 350-acre certified organic diversified family farm offering a multi-channel distribution model. The core offering consists of CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) weekly farm boxes, farmers' market sales, and wholesale accounts. Add-on products include pasture-raised livestock (pigs, laying hens, lamb) producing eggs and pork products (sausages, bacon, ham), a Frog Hollow Farm fruit box partnership, and seasonal flower offerings (sweet pea flowers, calla lilies). The farm grows over 80 different crops and diverse varieties of produce.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSA Farm Boxes Community Supported Agriculture weekly farm boxes delivering fresh, certified organic produce directly to members with pickup locations throughout the Bay Area, Sacramento, and Yolo counties.
• Wholesale Program B2B produce and protein sales to restaurants, grocery stores, and food co-ops throughout the Bay Area, Sacramento, Davis, and Napa regions. Orders placed via [email protected] with farm pickup or delivery available.
• Farmers' Market Sales Direct-to-consumer sales at farmers' markets in Berkeley (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday), Sacramento (Sunday), and Winters (Sunday), featuring seasonal produce and pastured proteins.
• Pasture-Raised Eggs Farm-fresh eggs from pasture-raised hens including Araucana, Vega Brown, Rhode Island Red, Red and White Leghorn, and Barred Rock breeds producing multi-colored eggs, rotated through 5-acre pasture swaths.
• Pasture-Raised Pork Products Pork products including smoked hams, various sausages (9 varieties), bacon, and frozen cuts from Tamworth, Duroc, Hampshire, Chester, and European Wild Boar pigs raised on 50 acres of organic pasture with no antibiotics or growth hormones.
• Frog Hollow Fruit Box Add-On Weekly fruit box add-on at $33.25/week from Frog Hollow Farm partnership, delivering mixed organic stone fruits and seasonal varieties alongside CSA produce boxes for Wednesday/Thursday/Friday subscribers.
• Pasture-Raised Lamb
• Sweet Pea Flowers CCOF certified organic sweet pea flowers, available seasonally in soft white and violet-purple color ranges.
• White Calla Lily CCOF certified organic white calla lily cut flowers, ivory-white petals suited for elegant arrangements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50 families supported with year-round employment through CSA program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Frog Hollow FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFarmshare partnership offering Frog Hollow fruit boxes as CSA add-on. Weekly fruit boxes of mixed organic fruit delivered alongside CSA vegetable boxes for a local one-stop-shop experience. Fruit box available to Wednesday/Thursday/Friday CSA subscribers.
• Cowgirl CreamerycoreOthersCowgirl Creamery provides whey as a nutritional supplement for pigs. Pigs are fed Cowgirl Creamery whey along with produce leftovers, black walnuts, acorns, farm-grown grains, and organic feed.
• Roundman's SmokehouseminorOthersRoundman's Smokehouse in Fort Bragg smokes Riverdog Farm hams over apple and alder woodchips. Hams range 8-12 lbs with no added nitrates, sold for $13/lb.
• Gold Oak Ranch (Jose Luis Melendez and David Scheuring)coreOthers20-year partnership supplying mandarins (Gold Nugget and Murcott varieties) to Riverdog Farm CSA boxes. Ranch home to second largest Oak tree in Yolo County.
• Blue Heron FarmminorOthersBlue Heron Farm in Rumsey supplies CCOF-certified organic Washington Navel oranges. Located about 6 miles from Riverdog Farm.
• Good Humus FarmminorOthersLocal farm in Capay Valley. Good Humus hosts on-farm events including annual Peach Party since 1993 and has collaborated with Riverdog for community support.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Full Belly Farm: Full Belly Farm is a 400-acre certified organic diversified farm in Guinda, Capay Valley — the same community as Riverdog. It operates CSA boxes, farmers' markets, and wholesale accounts with similar livestock integration (chickens, sheep, pigs), making it the closest direct peer in geography, scale, and business model.
• Capay Organic: Capay Organic (also operating as Farm Fresh To You) is a Capay Valley-based organic farm running one of California's largest CSA programs with home delivery across Northern and Southern California. It directly competes with Riverdog in CSA subscriptions and offers an overlapping set of produce, fruit, and organic staples.
• Eatwell Farm: Eatwell Farm is a certified organic farm in Dixon, CA that runs a CSA-delivery model with add-ons like eggs, fruit, and flowers, very similar to Riverdog's structure. Both farms emphasize sustainable practices, multiple pickup sites, and year-round weekly subscriptions in the Bay Area and Sacramento regions.
• Mountain Bounty Farm: Mountain Bounty Farm is a Nevada City, CA organic CSA farm operating weekly subscriptions and farmers' market sales across Northern California. It shares Riverdog's CSA-first, multi-channel distribution approach and is even listed as a wholesale partner on Riverdog's site, signaling direct overlap.
• Frog Hollow Farm: Frog Hollow Farm is a Brentwood, CA certified organic stone-fruit farm that runs CSA-style fruit box subscriptions, ships nationwide, and is a direct strategic partner of Riverdog via the fruit-box add-on. It is comparable as a premium organic brand with subscription and wholesale channels, though narrower in crop mix.
• Tomatero Farm: Tomatero Farm is a certified organic farm in Watsonville, CA operating CSA boxes and farmers' market presence in the Bay Area. It overlaps with Riverdog on CSA subscription delivery, organic produce variety, and farm-to-restaurant relationships in the Northern California market.
• Suzie's Farm: Suzie's Farm is a certified organic farm in San Diego running CSA subscriptions, farmers' markets, and farm-to-restaurant wholesale. It is comparable to Riverdog as a diversified organic operation with multiple distribution channels, though operating in Southern California.

Regional players

• Good Humus Farm: Good Humus Farm is a small Capay Valley organic farm collaborating with Riverdog on community events like the annual Peach Party. While smaller in scale, it operates a similar CSA and farmers' market model in the same micro-region.
• Blue Heron Farm: Blue Heron Farm is a small CCOF-certified organic farm in Rumsey (Capay Valley) that supplies citrus to Riverdog's CSA boxes. It is comparable as a fellow certified-organic grower in the same valley, though much smaller and focused on a narrower crop set.

Others

• Earl's Organic Produce: Earl's Organic Produce is a Bay Area wholesale distributor of certified organic produce and a wholesale partner of Riverdog. It is comparable as an organic produce supply-chain intermediary operating in the same Northern California market, though as a distributor rather than a grower.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/riverdogfarmCA
• Instagraminstagram.com/riverdogfarm
• Xx.com/RiverdogFarm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/riverdogfarm

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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