Tide Mill Organic Farm, LLC

Tide Mill Organic Farm, LLC operates a very small USDA-inspected poultry plant at 77 Tide Mill Road in Edmunds Township, Washington County, Maine, under establishment number P1605. The FSIS record lists poultry slaughter and poultry processing, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 5, 2023, and a slaughter volume category of 3.0. No custom-exempt activity is reported to FSIS, so the federal record does not indicate custom slaughter for other people's animals.

The farm's website describes a certified organic family operation that has been in the Bell family since 1765, with the 7th, 8th, and 9th generations working together day to day and a Facebook post referring to a 10th generation. The site sells certified organic chicken, turkey, pork, sausage, beef, and pet food supplements, and states that meats are shipped from the coast of Maine directly to customers. The farm also states it supplies local organic chicken and turkeys to Rosemont.

Poultry is the species slaughtered under inspection at this establishment. For its red meat, the website says pigs are taken at six to seven months of age to Herring Brothers, a certified organic butcher shop in Guilford, Maine, that the farm has worked with since 2000, and that all beef is processed, cut, packaged, and frozen there as well. Hours, booking procedures, and any services for outside livestock owners are not stated in the material on file.

Households can order through the farm's online store, which lists whole chickens, boneless skinless chicken breasts, chicken thighs, turkeys, beef bundles, pork, sausage, and pet food supplements, with listed prices starting at $98.00 for whole chickens, $155.00 for turkey, $160.00 for chicken thighs, $169.00 and $174.00 for beef bundles, $179.00 for a pork bundle, and $189.00 for boneless skinless breasts. The site states that certified organic meats are shipped from the coast of Maine to customers' doors, and includes pages for local customers and for where to find the products. Availability varies by item, with some collections showing sold out listings. There is no mention of a retail storefront or of halves and quarters in the material on file.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.