Farmer Dave’s
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersDracut, Massachusetts, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
Farmer Dave’s firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Farmer Dave’s
- Legal name
- Farmer Dave's
- Website
- https://farmerdaves.net
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Farmer Dave’s industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Community Supported Agriculture & Direct Farm Sales
- NAICS
- Vegetable and Melon Farming (1112), Fruit and Tree Nut Farming (1113)
- SIC
- Agricultural Production-Crops (100)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Farm-to-Consumer Produce Boxes / CSA Delivery (AFAIANAC)
Keywords
Where Farmer Dave’s is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Dracut, Massachusetts
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Farmer Dave’s business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- CSA Subscriptions: Year-round Community Supported Agriculture program with multiple share types (Deep Winter, Winter Field & Market, Spring, Summer Vegetable, Summer Field & Market, Fruit, Late Fall). Members pay upfront for seasonal shares with weekly produce deliveries to pickup locations or home delivery.
- Farm Stand Sales: Year-round farm stand in Dracut with fresh produce, bakery items, prepared foods, and seasonal farm stand in Tewksbury.
- Farmers Markets: Sales at multiple farmers markets across eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire including Andover, Beverly, East Boston, Lynn, Newburyport, North Andover, Salem NH, and Wakefield.
- Pick-Your-Own: Seasonal pick-your-own experiences including blueberries ($12/quart) and cut flowers (20 stems included with admission).
- Bakery and Prepared Foods: Commercial kitchen transforms farm-grown produce into baked goods (200+ items), prepared foods, soups, quiche, fudge (50+ flavors), and frozen take-and-bake pies.
- Fudge Fundraiser Program: Groups can sell select flavors of Farmer Dave's fudge as a fundraiser.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Blueberry Pick-Your-Own admission |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Cut Flower Field admission |
| Subscription | Weekly | Home Delivery |
| Subscription | Annual | CSA Shares (pricing not disclosed) |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels8 records
Farmer Dave’s product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Farmer Dave's operates a diversified farm across approximately 90 acres in Dracut and Tewksbury, Massachusetts, growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The farm sells its produce through a year-round Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscription program with 20 pickup locations and home delivery, two farm stands, and eight regional farmers markets. It also operates seasonal pick-your-own experiences for blueberries and cut flowers, a commercial bakery producing 200+ items, a prepared foods kitchen, farm-made fudge, and educational programs such as Little Sprouts Storytime and school tours.
Product overview
Farmer Dave's is a diversified farm operating on approximately 90 acres in Dracut and Tewksbury, Massachusetts. The core product is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) with year-round shares delivered to 20 pickup locations or via home delivery. The farm also operates farm stands in Dracut and Tewksbury and participates in multiple farmers markets. Value-added offerings include a bakery (launched 2017) producing over 200 scratch-made items, a commercial kitchen (launched 2020) making quiche, soups, prepared foods, and pickles, and farm-made fudge with 50+ flavors. Seasonal offerings include pick-your-own blueberries and cut flowers, Shaw Farm ice cream, and educational programs like Little Sprouts Storytime. The farm provides educational resources including a recipe and storage blog, Vegisodes video tutorials, and a produce identification guide. The business accepts EBT/SNAP benefits and offers workplace and home delivery CSA options.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- CSA Shares (Community Supported Agriculture) Year-round subscription program delivering weekly or biweekly shares of fresh produce to 20 pickup communities across eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, or via home delivery to the Boston metro area. Share sizes range from small (1-2 adults) to regular (2-4 adults), with SNAP/EBT monthly payment plans available.
- Farm Stands Direct retail locations selling fresh farm-grown produce, bakery items, prepared foods, local products, and seasonal favorites.
- Pick-Your-Own Program Seasonal experience where visitors harvest their own blueberries and cut flowers directly from the fields at the Dracut farm.
- Bakery Products Over 200 scratch-made baked goods including scones, biscuits, tea breads, cookies, brownies, cakes, pies, and take-and-bake frozen desserts, sold at farm stands and farmers markets.
- Prepared Foods (Savory Kitchen) Savory prepared foods including quiche, soups, prepared items, pickles, stocks, dips, salads, and proteins, most made from scratch using local ingredients.
- Farmers Markets Direct-to-consumer sales of fresh produce at multiple regional farmers markets.
- Farm-Made Fudge On-site fudge production offering over 50 flavors in rotation, with a fudge fundraiser program for community groups.
- CSA Home Delivery Home delivery of CSA shares covering Boston metro extending to Cape Ann, Route 95 corridor, Route 3 north through Billerica to Lowell, Route 93 through Reading to Methuen, and areas of Hudson/Nashua NH.
- Workplace CSA CSA subscription program delivered to workplaces, providing employees with convenient access to fresh produce as a workplace wellness benefit.
Quantifiable outcome
- CSA produce harvested within 24 hours of delivery to pickup locations
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Farmer Dave’s
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Farmer Dave’s technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Farmer Dave’s partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- The Open DoorcoreMajor hunger relief partner receiving donated CSA shares. Over 15 years, Farmer Dave has donated well over 1 million pounds of produce to this and other area food banks and pantries.
- Merrimack Valley Food BankcoreMajor hunger relief partner receiving donated produce and CSA shares. Part of the 1+ million pounds donated over 15 years to area food banks.
- Greater Boston Food BankcoreMajor hunger relief partner. Over 15 years, Farmer Dave has donated well over 1 million pounds of produce to area food banks and pantries including Greater Boston Food Bank.
- Catholic CharitiescoreMajor hunger relief partner receiving donated produce and CSA shares as part of the farm's food justice initiative.
- Lazarus HousecoreHunger relief partner. Over 15 years, Farmer Dave has donated well over 1 million pounds of produce to area food banks and pantries including Lazarus House.
- Project SoupcoreHunger relief partner receiving donated produce as part of the farm's community food security initiatives.
- Zinberg Clinic at CHAcoreHunger relief partner receiving donated produce. Part of the 1+ million pounds donated over 15 years to area hunger relief organizations.
- University of Massachusetts Vegetable TeamminorFarmer Dave has worked closely with UMass Vegetable Team to trial different organic growing methods that are then taught to other sustainable farmers. Collaboration on efficacy of releasing beneficial insects in corn fields to reduce European corn borer larvae.
- Shaw FarmminorLocal ice cream supplier for the farm stand. Proudly scoop Shaw Farm ice cream at the farm stand, available seasonally April through October.
- Local Massachusetts and New Hampshire FarmsminorWhen needed, fruit is sourced from local farms in Massachusetts and New Hampshire that use environmentally sustainable methods. Farmer Dave's is working toward growing all fruit in-house.
Scale indicators6 records
Farmer Dave’s competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Wilson Farm: Lexington, MA large-scale diversified farm with CSA, year-round farm stand, prepared foods, and garden center. Wider product breadth and larger footprint than Farmer Dave's, but directly competes for the same Boston-area CSA and farm-stand customer.
Others
- Boston Public Market: Year-round indoor farmers market in Boston aggregating New England farmers and food artisans. Indirect channel competitor for farmers market sales and a potential wholesale outlet for Farmer Dave's bakery and fudge lines.
Direct peers
- Cider Hill Farm: Amesbury, MA farm with CSA shares, farm stand, pick-your-own, and on-site bakery. Comparable CSA-plus-farm-experience positioning in eastern Massachusetts.
- Kimball Farm: Family of New England farms offering farm stand, ice cream, pick-your-own, and seasonal experiences. Comparable pick-your-own and farm-stand offering in the Greater Boston / North Shore region.
- Tangerini's Farm: Millis, MA farm with CSA, farm stand, pick-your-own, and prepared foods. Comparable regional diversified farm in Greater Boston orbit with overlapping revenue channels.
- Stearns Farm CSA: Framingham, MA CSA-focused farm with pickup locations across MetroWest. Closely comparable CSA subscription model serving Greater Boston consumers.
- Verrill Farm: Concord, MA farm with CSA, year-round farm stand, prepared foods, and PYO events. Comparable diversified New England farm operating a CSA-plus-bakery model.
- Russell Orchards: Ipswich, MA diversified orchard and farm with farm stand, PYO fruit, and value-added farm products. Comparable diversified New England farm competing for similar PYO and farm-stand demand.
- Ward's Berry Farm: Sharon, MA diversified farm offering CSA, farm stand, pick-your-own, and a commercial bakery/kitchen with prepared foods. Closest direct peer to Farmer Dave's in product mix, geography, and CSA-plus-value-added model.
- Brookdale Fruit Farm: Hollis, NH diversified farm with farm stand, bakery, CSA, and seasonal events. Comparable mix and overlapping southern NH / northern MA service area.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Farmer Dave’s social profiles
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Farmer Dave’s leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Farmer Dave’s funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Farmer Dave’s M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Farmer Dave’s
What does Farmer Dave’s do?
Farmer Dave's operates a diversified farm across approximately 90 acres in Dracut and Tewksbury, Massachusetts, growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The farm sells its produce through a year-round Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscription program with 20 pickup locations and home delivery, two farm stands, and eight regional farmers markets. It also operates seasonal pick-your-own experiences for blueberries and cut flowers, a commercial bakery producing 200+ items, a prepared foods kitchen, farm-made fudge, and educational programs such as Little Sprouts Storytime and school tours.
Is Farmer Dave’s a public or private company?
Farmer Dave’s is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Farmer Dave’s founded?
Farmer Dave’s was founded in 2017. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Farmer Dave’s based?
Farmer Dave’s is headquartered in Dracut, Massachusetts, United States, in the North America region.
How does Farmer Dave’s make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. CSA Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are farm Stand Sales, farmers Markets, pick-Your-Own, bakery and Prepared Foods and fudge Fundraiser Program.
Who are Farmer Dave’s's main competitors?
Wilson Farm is listed as a broad incumbent. Boston Public Market is listed as an others. Direct peers are Cider Hill Farm, Kimball Farm, Tangerini's Farm, Stearns Farm CSA, Verrill Farm, Russell Orchards, Ward's Berry Farm and Brookdale Fruit Farm.
Does Farmer Dave’s have an API?
No public API is recorded for Farmer Dave’s.
What industry is Farmer Dave’s in?
Farmer Dave’s's product category is Community Supported Agriculture & Direct Farm Sales. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAIANAC, Farm-to-Consumer Produce Boxes / CSA Delivery. Its NAICS code is 1112 and its SIC code is 100.