Fish farming

We used to use automatic feeders on the farm, but a few years ago we switched mostly back to hand feeding. The littlest fish get fed every hour all...

Before it gets to your plate, fish often moves through a lot of hands. It’s imported and exported more than most other proteins, which means there are more chances...

Nope, that was probably true like 20 years ago, but thanks to advances in feed science AND more sustainable ingredients, farmed fish are a super eco protein! A big...

Sometimes we forget that fish farmers are farmers too! Many understand that farmers raise chickens, pigs and cows… though they think raising fish is different. But it’s not! The...

What the F!$h are those murals? We like to keep things colourful, so we’ve added many murals around the farm! Our five biggest were designed by Arlen (she always...

They’re the fin-tastic couple that runs our Cedar Crest site. Aaron (right) joined the family almost 6 years ago. Two years later he persuaded his wife Heather to join...

You may have heard the term “regenerative agriculture” to describe farms that help fix the planet. Well fish farms in Lake Huron are an example of “regenerative aquaculture”, because...

Here are the 1,789 lakes and rivers in Ontario that get stocked with fish every year. Where do those “wild” fish come from? Farms! The Ontario government operates nine...

Many don’t this, but a fish isn’t born knowing how to swim. They have to learn, just like a little bird has to learn how to fly. After a...

“But I only eat wild fish”⠀We always scratch our head when we get this comment.⠀⠀To us, the “farmed vs wild” isn’t useful when you’re trying to make a good...

Barramundi is your taste of the tropics, as they’re originally from Australia.  Their name comes from a local Indigenous word meaning “large-scaled river fish”. Though they’ve lost their Aussie...