Schmidt Farms of Auburn LLC® is a centennial farm dating back to 1877.  Situated just a little north-west of Auburn, Michigan, the farm was originally settled by my great-grandfather, Frank Skelton, who passed the farm to his son, Melvin.  Melvin, in turn, passed the farm to his youngest daughter, Agness – my mother.

Although the farm currently goes by my last name of Schmidt, it is actually the Skelton farm with a name change mid-way through its history. The farm has only been a “Schmidt” farm since 1940 when mom married Harold – a “city” boy from Auburn.  Mom and dad expanded the original 40 acre farm to 100 acres growing a variety of cash crops while milking ~40 head of dairy cows and raising a family of four children.