Tide Mill Organics

What Tide Mill Organics does

Tide Mill Organics is a 10th-generation family farm located in Washington County, Maine, claiming continuous operation since 1769. The company raises certified organic livestock and produces a portfolio of organic meats, sausages, charcuterie, and pet food supplements under MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association) certification. Operations are vertically integrated through an on-farm USDA-inspected processing facility, which controls quality, organic compliance, and slaughter scheduling. Long-standing third-party processing relationships (including a partnership with Herring Brothers dating to 2000) have historically supplemented in-house capacity.

The business sells through a multi-channel go-to-market: an on-site farm stand, regional farmers markets, 35+ independent retail accounts across Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts (anchored by partnerships such as Rosemont Market), restaurant and wholesale accounts, and a Shopify-powered direct-to-consumer e-commerce channel that ships nationwide. Product offerings span individual cuts, sausage varieties, and bundled meat/sausage boxes priced roughly $80 to $349, plus an organic pet supplement line extending the brand into adjacent premium pet nutrition. The website also surfaces apparel and merchandise as ancillary offerings.

The revenue model combines DTC e-commerce transactions, wholesale distribution to independent grocers and restaurants, and on-site farm stand sales. The company is privately held, employs 1-10 people, and has not disclosed funding, revenue, or investor information. Strategic activity to date has centered on distribution expansion, SKU breadth, and product line extension (notably into pet supplements) rather than acquisitions, fundraising, or major capital projects beyond the on-farm processing build.

Name

Tide Mill Organics

Legal name

Tide Mill Organic Farm LLC

Website

https://tidemillorganicfarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1765

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tide Mill Organics is a 10th-generation family farm in Maine that produces and sells certified organic meats, sausages, and pet food supplements via farm stand, farmers markets, 35+ regional retailers, and nationwide DTC e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Certified Organic Meat Products

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (11232), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (42444), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Organic Poultry & Egg Production (AFAEAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organic & Pasture-Raised Poultry & Egg Production (AFAEADAJ), Organic Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIAJAD), Organic & Pasture-Raised Hog Farming (AFAEAEAI)

Keywords

• Certified organic meats
• Pasture-raised poultry
• Organic sausage products
• Raw pet food
• Family farm

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmunds (Township of Edmunds)

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct E-Commerce Sales: One-time purchase model through their Shopify e-commerce storefront selling frozen, certified organic meats (chicken, turkey, pork, beef, sausage, pet food) directly to consumers nationwide. Customers place orders online and products are shipped frozen to arrive by Friday.
2. Farm Stand Retail: On-farm retail sales through their Farm Stand in Edmunds, ME, open every Saturday year-round (11am-3pm June-September, 11am-1pm October-May). Customers can purchase fresh organic vegetables, herbs, fruits, chicken, beef, pork, turkey, milk, eggs and pet food.
3. Wholesale to Retail Stores: Supplying products to over 35 retail locations throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts including natural food co-ops, grocery stores, and specialty retailers.
4. Farmers Markets: Sales at Eden Farmers Market in Bar Harbor, ME (Sundays May-October) and their on-farm market in Edmunds Twp.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tide Mill Organic Farm raises, processes, and sells certified organic meats (chicken, turkey, pork, beef, and chicken sausage) and raw pet food supplements from its multi-generational family farm on the coast of Maine. Poultry is harvested and air-chilled in an on-farm USDA-inspected certified organic facility; pork and beef are processed at the partner Herring Brothers butcher shop. Products are sold as individual cuts and pre-portioned bundle boxes direct to consumers and through wholesale channels.

Product overview

Tide Mill Organic Farm is a 10th-generation certified organic family farm operating since 1765 on the coast of Maine. The company offers a portfolio of certified organic meat products centered around six core categories: Certified Organic Chicken, Certified Organic Turkey, Certified Organic Pork, Certified Organic Sausage, Certified Organic Beef, and Certified Organic Pet Food Supplements. These core offerings are sold both as individual cuts (whole birds, breasts, thighs, wings, ground meat, bacon, pork chops) and as bundled assortment packages (Chicken Lovers Deluxe, Boneless for Everyone, Dark Meat Lovers, Summertime Grill, Big Bird Bundle, Chicken Sausage Lovers, Porky the Pig, Get your Ground On, The Best Of It All). The products are produced using organic farming practices with no growth hormones, antibiotics, or GMOs, and processed either on-farm (poultry) or at partner facility Herring Brothers (pork and beef).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Certified Organic Chicken

Quantifiable outcome

• 147 customer reviews with average ratings between 4.67 and 5.0 out of 5 stars across all products.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Herring Brothers (Guilford, ME)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Herring Brothers is a certified organic butcher shop in Guilford, Maine that processes, cuts, packages, and freezes Tide Mill's pork and beef. This partnership has been in place since 2000, providing certified organic meat processing for non-poultry products.
• Rosemont MarketcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTide Mill Organic Farm supplies Rosemont Market with their local organic chicken and turkeys. Rosemont featured the farm in their 'Know Your Farmer' video series, helping Tide Mill reach a broader consumer audience in the Portland, Maine area.
• Yost FarmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYost Farms in Blaine, Maine sources and mills the organic grain feed for Tide Mill's chickens. The exact recipe changes with ingredient availability. This is a key local supply chain partnership supporting Maine organic grain agriculture.
• Gryffon Ridge SpicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Gryffon Ridge Spices to perfect the spice blend for Tide Mill's handcrafted chicken sausages. Gryffon Ridge helps develop proprietary sausage recipes produced in Tide Mill's on-farm air chilling facility.
• MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association) provides organic certification approval for Tide Mill's products. They worked with Tide Mill on approval for the natural sheep and hog casings used in their certified organic sausages, as certified organic casing products do not exist.
• Farm Drop (Mount Desert Island)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOnline local pickup market on Mount Desert Island, offering Tide Mill products for local customer pickup.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Organic Valley: Large farmer-owned organic cooperative producing organic dairy, meat, and eggs. Comparable in certified-organic farming practices and farmer-cooperative ethos but operates at national scale across multiple product categories versus Tide Mill's single-farm focus.
• Applegate Farms: Scaled national brand of organic and natural meats sold across mainstream grocery and natural foods channels. Comparable in organic/natural meat positioning but operates at vastly greater scale and broader distribution than Tide Mill's regional footprint.

Direct peers

• Country Natural Beef: Cooperative of ranches in the Western U.S. producing grass-fed beef for natural foods retailers and restaurants. Comparable rancher-cooperative model and natural foods wholesale channel, though focused on beef and operating at larger geographic scale.
• Niman Ranch: Network of family farms supplying pasture-raised, antibiotic-free pork, beef, and lamb to premium retailers and foodservice. Comparable to Tide Mill in small-farmer sourcing model, no-antibiotic/no-hormone standards, and natural foods wholesale channel.
• White Oak Pastures: Multi-generational family farm in Georgia raising and processing certified organic, pasture-raised beef, pork, poultry, and lamb on-farm with on-site processing — closely mirrors Tide Mill's vertically integrated, on-farm, certified-organic model with DTC and wholesale.
• Vital Farms: Pasture-raised organic egg and now poultry producer with a strong certified-pasture brand. Highly comparable to Tide Mill in pasture-raised, third-party-certified organic positioning, premium pricing, and DTC-plus-retail distribution.
• Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed: Grass-fed beef brand sourcing from a network of U.S. ranchers and selling to natural foods retailers and DTC. Comparable in 100% grass-fed, no-antibiotic/hormone positioning and natural foods wholesale channel, though narrower category scope.

Regional players

• Maple Wind Farm: Vermont-based pasture-raised and certified organic poultry, pork, and beef farm selling via farmers markets, farm stand, CSA, and regional wholesale. Comparable small-scale, multi-species organic meat operation in neighboring New England geography.

Emerging players

• ButcherBox: Subscription-based DTC meat company offering grass-fed beef, organic chicken, and heritage pork with national delivery. Comparable in DTC frozen-meat subscription model and premium organic/natural positioning, though operates at significantly larger scale.
• Porter Road: Pasture-raised meat brand sourcing from Kentucky/Tennessee farms and selling DTC through curated bundles and subscription boxes. Comparable in DTC-first, premium-curated, pasture-raised meat positioning though not organic-certified.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/tide_mill_farm
• TikToktiktok.com/@ladiesoftidemillfarm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tide-mill-organics

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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