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Shagbark Seed & Mill

88 Columbus Circle
740-590-8240

A certified organic seed processing hub in Appalachia Ohio. We partner with Ohio family farms to create delicious whole heirloom milled products, dry beans, spelt pasta, corn tortilla chips, & corn crackers. We oer internships and research opportunities to Universities that want to help bring high nutrtion grain, beans, and seed into our food systems.

Regional milling and seed cleaning disappeared over the last 50 years. In its place US agriculture's "get big or get out"* approach to farming paved the way for today's distant and huge grain elevators lled with low-nutrition GMO grains and beans. A model regional scale system will make it possible for everyone can have food that's Good, Clean, & Fair. 

By building an alternative to the cheap food movement that has undermined farms and farm workers for decades, we are supplying open-pollinated seed and premium pricing to Ohio's organic farmers. Our products are the freshest available, and are always the most recent harvest. And our tortilla chips are a super food snack** made from 100% corn masa.

The Farmers

-Andrew's Organic-Deance County, OH

-Clinehens Organics-Shelby County, OH

-Hershberger Farms-Morgan County, OH 

-Dan Lane-Delaware County, OH

-Tom Klein-Wynadot County, OH

-Dave Paynter-Crawford County, OH

-Rainbow's End Organics-Marion County, OH

The Crops

CorN & Popcorn date back thousands of years in the Americas. We prefer old varieties because of the superior nutrition and avor of their native ancestors. 

It's no wonder Black Turtle Beans have been a staple of Central and South America for 7,000 years. They have the highest anti-oxidants of any bean.

Adzuki Beans are central to Asian recipes, as well as the Macrobiotic Diet. Antioxidants, lots of dietary ber, and protein regulate your glucose levels.

Spelt is like the "Great Aunt" of modern wheat that retains its ancient, wild traits including more protein, ber, and B vitamins, not to mention a richer, sweeter avor than wheat. And Ohio grows most of the nation's spelt.

We are proud to oer Pinto Beans, a soup bean of the Appalachians and an HeIrloom Popcorn that has been grown in Appalachia for many generations.

Buckwheat is an excellent cover crop and food that was rst domesticated & cultivated in SE Asia more than 7000 years ago. It's not a grain, although it has long been used like one. Gluten free, alkaline, and a great source of manganese, magnesium, copper, and dietary ber. it contains all eight essential amino acids, including lysine. 

Our Products

-Organic Stone-Ground Organic Spelt, 

 Heirloom Corn, & Buckwheat Flours 

-Organic Heirloom Corn Polenta

-Organic Heirloom Corn Meal

-Organic Heirloom Corn Grits

-Heirloom Popcorn

-Pinto, & Organic Black & Adzuki Beans

-Organic Whole Spelt Berries

-Organic Whole Heirloom Corn

-Corn Tortilla Chips** (organic corn)

-Corn Minis Crackers** (organic corn)

-Spelt Pasta (made w organic spelt)

-Organic Cream of Buckwheat Cereal

-Organic Cream of Spelt Cereal