Bittersweet Farms was established in 1983 as the first farmstead program for adults with autism in the United States. In the decades since, Bittersweet has expanded across Northwest Ohio, opening a second farmstead in Lima in 2005 and a third in Pemberville in 2006. Today, we provide residential, vocational, transitional, and recreational services to over 120 individuals at these three locations.

Bittersweet's Whitehouse campus sits on 80 acres of wooded farmland in the Oak Openings region. The Whitehouse location is home to Bittersweet’s historic barn, the Bittersweet Gardens program with its many hoop houses and green houses, the Bittersweet Creative Arts studio, a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen, six residential homes, an outdoor pavilion and pool, and Bittersweet’s central administrative offices and maintenance facilities.