Wishing Stone Farm

What Wishing Stone Farm does

Wishing Stone Farm is a certified organic farm founded in 1983 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, operating approximately 40 acres of cultivated land supported by 15 or more greenhouse structures that enable extended-season and year-round production of vegetables, eggs, and prepared food items. The farm is family-owned and operated by Skip, Liz, Silas, and Ashley Peckham-Paul, with a workforce in the 1–10 employee range and no institutional shareholders, parent company, or outside funding disclosed.

The farm sells exclusively through direct-to-consumer channels: an on-site farm market open during the growing season, the Hope Street Market in Providence, the Farm Fresh Rhode Island Winter Market, and a November–December honor-system off-season farm stand. Payments are accepted in cash, credit, debit, and farm gift cards. A long-running Community Supported Agriculture subscription program (1994–2023) was discontinued in 2023, and the wholesale channel is currently closed to new clients, indicating a strategic contraction toward simplified direct retail. Land assets are protected through conservation easements with the Nature Conservancy, Sakonnet Preservation Association, and Little Compton Agricultural Agency, permanently encumbering the acreage for agricultural use.

The business model is straightforward small-scale organic retail agriculture: revenue per transaction, no disclosed pricing schedule, no enterprise customers, no recurring subscription revenue post-2023, and no technology platform or software layer. The underlying technical assets are agronomic — greenhouse cultivation, certified-organic growing practices, and a protected land base — rather than digital. There are no patents, proprietary models, or data assets described in the input.

Name

Wishing Stone Farm

Legal name

Wishing Stone Farm

Website

https://wishingstonefarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wishing Stone Farm is a family-owned certified organic farm in Little Compton, Rhode Island, established in 1983, selling vegetables, eggs, and prepared foods directly to consumers through its on-site farm market and regional farmers markets on approximately 40 protected acres.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Certified Organic Farm Produce

NAICS

Other Crop Farming (1119)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Farmers’ Markets & Farm Stands (Fresh Food) (CRAHAHAE)

Keywords

• Certified organic produce
• Farm fresh vegetables
• Local farm eggs
• Farmers market retail
• Small family farm

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Compton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Farm Market Retail Sales: Direct retail sales of vegetables, eggs, prepared food items, and produce at the home farm in Little Compton and farmers markets in Providence. Customers can pay with cash, credit, debit, or farm gift cards.
2. CSA Program (Discontinued): Community Supported Agriculture program that started in 1994 was ended in 2023. Members paid upfront for seasonal produce shares.
3. Wholesale: Wholesale produce sales to restaurants and retailers. Currently not accepting new wholesale clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wishing Stone Farm is a certified organic farm that grows and sells seasonal vegetables, eggs, and prepared foods directly to consumers through an on-farm retail market in Little Compton, RI, regional farmers markets in Providence, and limited wholesale accounts. The farm operates approximately 40 acres with over 15 greenhouse structures enabling year-round production of greens and specialty crops for the local Rhode Island community.

Product overview

Wishing Stone Farm is a single-location agricultural operation offering fresh vegetables, eggs, and prepared food items. The farm operates a retail market at its home farm in Little Compton, RI, participates in the Hope Street Market in Providence, and engages in seasonal winter markets. The farm previously operated a CSA program (1994-2023) but has discontinued it. Prepared food offerings include items from tenant vendors such as Wilma's Kitchen (pies, quiches) and The Rusty Leek (soups, pesto). The farm also offers an honor system self-checkout market during the off-season.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Certified Organic Vegetables and Eggs Fresh, certified organic vegetables and eggs grown on approximately 40 acres and in 15+ greenhouse structures, sold at retail farm markets and through wholesale channels to local Rhode Island consumers.
• Prepared Food Items (vendor-supplemented) Prepared food items (pies, quiches, soups, pesto) sourced from partner vendors Wilma's Kitchen and The Rusty Leek, sold at the Little Compton home farm market alongside the farm's own produce.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nature ConservancycoreOthersLand conservation partner whose conservation practices make much of the farmland possible. Provides protected land access for farming operations through conservation easements.
• Sakonnet Preservation AssociationcoreOthersLand preservation organization that works with the farm to protect agricultural land through conservation easements.
• Little Compton Agricultural AgencycoreOthersLocal agricultural agency that helps protect and preserve farmland for agricultural use through conservation partnerships.
• Wilma's KitchenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrepared food vendor at the farm market offering pies, quiches, and other treats. Returns seasonally to supplement farm offerings.
• Pat's PasturedminorOthersHosted pullet (young laying hen) pick up for the farm. Located in East Greenwich, RI.
• The Rusty LeekminorOthersLocal vendor providing frozen soups and pesto sold at the farm market.
• Sweet and Salty FarmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts annual Thanksgiving Market at the farm in Little Compton.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Langwater Farm: A certified organic farm in North Easton, MA selling produce and flowers through a farm stand, CSA, and farmers markets, closely mirroring Wishing Stone's organic, multi-channel DTC model at a similar scale.
• Stearns Farm CSA: A Framingham, MA organic vegetable farm operating a CSA and farm stand with comparable crop mix and family-farm scale, serving as a useful analog for the share model Wishing Stone recently exited.
• Sweet and Salty Farm: A small-scale Little Compton-area farm that co-hosts Wishing Stone's annual Thanksgiving Market, indicating comparable scale and a similar diversified-produce, direct-to-consumer farm-stand model in the same local micro-market.
• Verrill Farm: A Concord, MA vegetable and specialty crop farm with a farm stand, bakery, and PYO operations, comparable to Wishing Stone in its family-owned, diversified-produce retail model.
• Tangerini's Farm: A Millis, MA diversified vegetable and cut-flower farm running a farm stand, CSA, and seasonal U-pick — a structurally comparable New England family farm with overlapping GTM channels.
• Four Town Farm: A long-running family farm in Seekonk, MA that grows vegetables and small fruit for PYO and farm-stand retail, operating with a similar diversified-crop, family-owned structure to Wishing Stone.

Broad incumbents

• Siena Farms: A larger Sudbury, MA certified organic vegetable farm selling through CSA, farm-stand retail, and wholesale to restaurants; overlaps with Wishing Stone on produce categories and DTC channels but operates at meaningfully greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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