Schoolhouse Farms, Ohio – Gourmet Popcorns, Oils and Grains

ROOTED IN HISTORY, GROWING FOR THE FUTURE

SchoolHouse Farms was created from a 15-year friendship and a mutual love for bird watching. A shared passion turned into growing sunflowers which then turned into delivering our own birdseed to select local markets. This “experiment” seeded the way to our future of expanding into the lavender, heirloom corn, distillation grains and popcorn markets.

On The Eastern Edge of The Corn Belt, Special Things Happen!

We are rooted in the history of Western Ohio. The story of how our name came to be is best told over a fresh bowl of popcorn!

From our farm to you.

Quality, Non-GMO Products
We started offering direct from farm to consumer products back in the Fall of 2016. All of our products are grown, processed, quality controlled and shipped out by our team.
We are true believers that you should know where the food you eat was grown.

Did you know we offer bulk products? From 48 pounds of grain for home distillers and brewers, corn flour and grits for restaurants, 2000lbs of whole kernels for maltsters, and truckload quantities of sunflowers and distillation grains (and truly everything in-between), we prioritize meeting the needs of our customers. We’ll even custom stack pallets!

We supply corn and small grain types for distilleries, malt houses and breweries. The following products can be purchased, either whole or milled, in 48 lb quantities for direct shipment to consumers. For quantities larger than 48 lb, please contact Vaughn or Beth for details!

Distillation & Malting Grains

Yellow Non-GMO Dent Corn

Heirloom Corn

  • Ohio Blue Clarage
  • Bloody Butcher
  • Silver King
  • Hickory King
  • Oaxacan
  • Argentina Orange
  • Cherokee White Eagle
  • Dublin
  • Reid’s #2 Dent
  • Holcomb Prolific
  • MN13
  • Wapsie Valley

The operation started with Vaughn’s great grandfather’s Clipper Grain Cleaner and Beth’s keen eyesight to clean the popcorn by hand.

Vaughn hopes to eventually turn the Frysinger School into an event hall and an educational center where customers can learn more about sunflowers and the items produced by Schoolhouse Farms.

Lowell started growing popcorn in the 1990’s on a large scale so it was only fitting that SchoolHouse Farms would also grow popcorn.

Vaughn’s great grandmother, Cecil Rickard, attended the school in the early 20th century and the building eventually ceased to be utilized as a school in 1939 as the United States approached World War 2.

Vaughn Davis

Vaughn was born in Celina, OH and later graduated from Troy High School (OH) and helped his father and grandfather back in Rockford on weekends and school vacations. He is a chemical engineer, attended Vanderbilt University, and has a rich family history in both agriculture and education. Vaughn is passionate about history, railroads, music, college football (Geaux Tigers!), and the Boston Bruins.

Moving to York, Maine from Oxford, England in early 2001, he continued his work on the north shore of Boston. After a long career in engineering and specialized instrumentation, he returned to agriculture in 2016 growing sunflowers and popcorn and working with his friend, Beth. Vaughn loves to travel and explore the natural world around us.

Over the next several years, Vaughn developed markets in both distillation and heirloom corn working with distilleries from Ohio to Maine and New England restaurants.

Drop Vaughn an email anytime, he’d be happy to hear from you!