Vision/Mission Statement

Maine's Own Organic Milk Company (MOO Milk Co.) was formed to promote farm preservation and economic development in Maine by marketing and distributing 100% Maine organic milk with an effort to preserve and increase the Maine organic milk producers' return by locally processing a branded line of products for the food distribution chain in Maine and New England.

The mission of MOO Milk Co. is to educate the consuming public on the value and intrinsic worth of preserving the local family farm while developing a line of premium quality milk products that support this mission.

After many months of organization and planning, Maine’s Own Organic Milk Company (MOOMilkCo) is a reality. The 10 organic dairy farms that were dropped by H.P. Hood have joined with Maine Farm Bureau and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) to form a special limited liability corporation.

Maine Farm Bureau and MOFGA put the project together with exceptional support from the Maine Department of Agriculture.

Technically the company is incorporated as an L3C company — a legal name for a low-profit, limited liability corporation, but one which is eligible to receive grants and endowments in the same way as can a cooperative or non-profit. Because the Maine Legislature has not yet approved L3Cs, the company incorporated in Vermont to obtain L3C status. It then registered in Maine as Maine’s Own Organic Milk Company, L3C, LLC. The three-person development team who put the project together is Agricultural Consultant Bill Eldridge of Bar Harbor, Farm Bureau Aroostook County staffer Rommy Haines and David Bright, a member of the Farm Bureau Marketing Committee.

Serving on the board of directors is Eldridge – in his capacity as Chairman – and farmers Vaughn Chase of Mapleton, Aaron Bell of Edmunds, and Richard Lary of Clinton. Haines, Bright, and Russell Libby, executive director of MOFGA, are serving as interim board members until the investor pool is established. At that point the investors may elect three board members.