Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm

Name

Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm

Legal name

Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm

Website

https://cedargroveblueberry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

U-Pick Fruit Farming

NAICS

Berry (except Strawberry) Farming (111334)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Berry Farming (Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Cranberries) (AFAGACAD)

Keywords

• U-pick blueberries
• Spray-free fruit farming
• Dry-farmed blueberries
• On-farm produce sales
• Sustainable agriculture

Headquarters

HQ city

Cedar Grove

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. U-Pick Blueberry Sales: Direct-to-consumer sales of blueberries through U-Pick experience. Customers pay per bucket at the farm stand or online. Seasonal operation open 7 days a week during the harvest season. Credit card, checks, and cash accepted.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm operates a spray-free, dry-farmed blueberry farm on 93 acres in Cedar Grove, North Carolina. The farm sells blueberries primarily through a direct-to-consumer U-Pick experience open seven days a week during the harvest season, with pre-picked buckets sold at the farm stand and seasonal on-farm events coordinated with the adjacent Botanist and Barrel cidery.

Product overview

Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm operates a single unified u-pick blueberry operation on 93 acres of protected farmland. The primary offering is the U-Pick Blueberries experience, where visitors harvest spray-free, dry-farmed blueberries. Additional offerings include pre-picked blueberries for direct purchase and on-farm events coordinated with Botanist and Barrel. A portion of the blueberry harvest is also supplied to Botanist and Barrel for use in their cider and wine production, representing a farm-to-business integration within the family operation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• U-Pick Blueberries A you-pick blueberry operation where visitors harvest their own spray-free, dry-farmed blueberries directly from the bushes during the open harvest season, paying per bucket at the farm stand. Open 7 days a week from sunup to sundown for families and individuals seeking locally grown, sustainable produce.
• Pre-Picked Blueberries

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Botanist and BarrelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Botanist and Barrel is an adjacent cidery founded by Bernadette Pelissier's children Lyndon Smith and Kether Smith. The two businesses operate in collaboration: Botanist and Barrel creates farm fermented cider and wine using blueberries from Cedar Grove Farm, and operates a tasting room at the farm entrance. The blueberry bushes provide both family U-Pick experience and fruit supply for Botanist and Barrel's products. On-farm events are scheduled through Botanist and Barrel's website.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Naturipe Farms: A grower-owned berry cooperative marketing blueberries, strawberries, and other berries to retail and foodservice. Comparable as a blueberry producer with sustainability branding, but at national distribution scale versus a single-farm U-Pick operation.
• Driscoll's: The largest berry marketer in North America, selling strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries across retail channels. Comparable as a producer/marketer of cultivated blueberries, though operating at massive scale and through grocery distribution rather than on-farm U-Pick.
• Wyman's: A large U.S. grower and marketer of frozen and fresh blueberries and other berries, with retail and foodservice distribution. Comparable as a blueberry supplier with a multi-state grower network, though operating at industrial scale rather than on-farm direct-to-consumer.
• Wish Farms: A major U.S. berry grower and shipper with a branded blueberry and strawberry program across retail and foodservice. Comparable as a commercial blueberry supplier, though focused on wholesale volume rather than direct-to-consumer agritourism.

Direct peers

• Cottle Farms: A North Carolina farm in Faison offering U-Pick strawberries and blueberries and a farm-stand retail operation. Directly comparable as a Southeast U.S. pick-your-own berry farm with seasonal operation and farm-stand distribution.
• Vollmer Farm: A multi-generation farm in Bunnlevel, NC operating a U-Pick experience across strawberries, blueberries, and other produce with an on-farm market and events. Directly comparable as a North Carolina agritourism U-Pick farm targeting families with a similar mix of pick-your-own and on-farm sales.

Others

• Botanist and Barrel: A farm-based cidery and tasting room co-located with Cedar Grove that produces cider and wine using the farm's blueberries and hosts on-farm events. Comparable as the farm's B2B customer and integrated event partner, even though cider/wine production is outside the farm's primary crop business.

Regional players

• Lyman Orchards: A multi-generation Connecticut orchard offering pick-your-own fruit (including blueberries), a farm market, and seasonal events. Comparable as a family-operated U-Pick fruit operation with on-farm retail and agritourism events, though located in the Northeast rather than the Southeast.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cedar-grove-blueberry-farm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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