Sugar Mountain Farm

What Sugar Mountain Farm does

Sugar Mountain Farm is a privately held, family-operated farm and sustainable forestry business located at 252 Riddle Pond Road, West Topsham, Vermont, founded by Walter and Joy Jeffries over 30 years ago. Historically the operation produced meat and meat products from sheep, goats, dogs, chickens, and geese, but the company is now transitioning its primary commercial activity toward direct-to-consumer sales of forest and farm land parcels priced from $6,000 to $50,000 per acre, while continuing residual farming, forestry, building, and butchery on the acreage it retains. The land sales, which can total up to 500 acres, are described by the owners as a means of paying down farm debt rather than as an expansion of the underlying business.

The company's product surface is a single offering: rural Vermont land parcels near Barre-Montpelier with road frontage along Route 302 and Riddle Pond Road, including utilities (power, phone, high-speed fiber optic internet), clean fresh water, no zoning restrictions, minimal septic permitting requirements, and the right for buyers to further subdivide. Pricing is unit-based on acreage, with volume discounts that incentivize larger or group purchases. There is no proprietary technology layer: the business runs on a WordPress blog (currently disabled due to a security incident), direct email to [email protected], phone, and a TikTok account (@walterinvt) used to showcase available lots.

The go-to-market motion is entirely direct-to-buyer with no intermediaries, brokers, or distribution partners. Marketing is conducted through the company website, TikTok video content, and personal email outreach, with the owners explicitly encouraging prospective buyers to pool resources with friends for better per-acre economics. The entity is structured as Sugar Mountain Farm, LLC, domiciled in Vermont, USA, with two disclosed principals (Walter and Joy Jeffries) and no external investors, parent company, or disclosed funding rounds. The operating geography is the U.S. (New England), and the business model blends one-time real-estate transactions with ongoing low-volume agricultural production on retained land.

Name

Sugar Mountain Farm

Legal name

Sugar Mountain Farm, LLC

Website

https://sugarmtnfarm.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Sugar Mountain Farm is a family-operated Vermont farm founded by Walter and Joy Jeffries over 30 years ago, now primarily selling forest and farm land parcels directly to individual and group buyers while continuing sustainable farming and butchery on retained acreage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Land Sales

NAICS

Sheep and Goat Farming (1124)

SIC

Forestry (800), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Ranches & Livestock Properties Brokerage (BPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Timberland & Forestry Properties Brokerage (BPAJADAC)

Keywords

• Rural land sales
• Farm real estate
• Sustainable forestry
• Livestock farming
• Vermont acreage

Headquarters

HQ city

West Topsham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Land Sales: Sale of forest and farm land parcels ranging from $6,000/acre to $50,000/acre. Larger parcels offered at lower per-acre pricing. One-time transaction-based revenue from real estate sales.
2. Farming Operations: Continuing farming, forestry, building and butchery operations on remaining land. Ongoing agricultural production activities generating recurring revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sugar Mountain Farm is selling up to 500 acres of forest and farm land parcels near Barre-Montpelier, Vermont, priced from $6,000 to $50,000 per acre. Parcels include road frontage, power, phone, high-speed fiber optic internet, clean water, no zoning, and minimal septic permitting, with volume discounts for larger purchases. The owners are continuing farming, forestry, building, and butchery operations on the remaining retained land.

Product overview

Sugar Mountain Farm is a family farm and sustainable forestry operation with over 30 years of experience. The business offers forest and farm land parcels for sale while continuing farming, forestry, building and butchery operations on remaining land. The primary offering is rural land at various price points per acre with amenities including fiber optic internet, road frontage, and clean water access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forest and Farm Land for Sale Forest and farm land parcels ranging from a few hundred to up to 500 acres near Barre-Montpelier, Vermont, along Rt-302 and Riddle Pond Road. Parcels include road frontage, power, phone, high-speed fiber optic internet, clean fresh water, no zoning, and minimal septic permitting requirements. Priced from $6,000/acre to $50,000/acre depending on location and lot size, with volume discounts for larger purchases. Further sub-dividable by the buyer.
• Farming, Forestry, Building and Butchery Operations Continuing sustainable farming, forestry, building, and butchery operations on remaining land after the land divestiture program. Includes production of meat and meat products from sheep, goats, dogs, chickens, and geese as part of the farm's traditional agricultural activity.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• FarmTogether: FarmTogether is a farmland investment platform offering fractional ownership of U.S. farmland. It is an emerging player with thematic overlap to Sugar Mountain Farm's farm and forest land offerings, but with a different capital structure and buyer profile.
• AcreTrader: AcreTrader is an online farmland investment platform that enables investors to buy fractional or whole parcels of farmland. It is an emerging player that intersects with Sugar Mountain Farm's land sales activity but operates via a tech-enabled, fractional ownership model.

Direct peers

• Lands of America: Lands of America is a major online marketplace for rural land, farms, ranches, and timberland listings across the United States. It is directly comparable to Sugar Mountain Farm's rural land sale activity and shared target buyer segments.
• Land and Farm: Land and Farm aggregates rural land, farm, ranch, timberland, and hunting property listings across the U.S. It is directly comparable in the rural acreage transaction category and shares Sugar Mountain Farm's emphasis on farm and forest parcels.
• LandWatch: LandWatch is one of the largest online marketplaces for rural land, farms, ranches, timberland, and hunting properties in the U.S. It is directly comparable to Sugar Mountain Farm because both transact in rural, acreage-based parcels with similar buyer profiles (lifestyle buyers, investors, recreation buyers).
• United Country Real Estate: United Country Real Estate is a national network specializing in country properties, farms, ranches, land, and auctions. It is directly comparable because it transacts the same type of rural, acreage-based real estate that Sugar Mountain Farm is selling.
• Hall and Hall: Hall and Hall is a brokerage specializing in ranches, farms, timberland, and sporting properties across the Rocky Mountain West and beyond. It is comparable to Sugar Mountain Farm in the ranch and farm real estate category, with overlapping buyer profiles.
• LandHub: LandHub is an online marketplace focused exclusively on land listings, including farms, ranches, timberland, and rural residential parcels. It competes for the same rural land buyer demand that Sugar Mountain Farm is targeting.
• Mirr Ranch Group: Mirr Ranch Group is a brokerage focused on legacy ranches, sporting properties, and large-acreage rural real estate. It is comparable to Sugar Mountain Farm's larger-parcel, ranch-style land offerings and the lifestyle/asset buyer segment.

Regional players

• Vermont Land Trust: Vermont Land Trust is a regional conservation organization that helps preserve Vermont farms and forestland. It is regionally adjacent to Sugar Mountain Farm's Vermont location and operates in the same conserved-land and working-landscape category, though as a nonprofit rather than a private seller.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SugarMtnFarm
• Facebookfacebook.com/sugarmountain.farm.7

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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