Fish farming

“Are you organic?” is a question we get a lot at the farm. We support buying organic fruits, vegetables and meat, but we do not find it very useful...

Arlen and I swore we’d NEVER be fish farmers when we both left home at 18. Back then, our family had just one farm. It was the early days...

“But your farm could have an impact on the environment” Our farms do have an impact, but why do we assume that’s a bad thing? All the waters from...

Jeremy has been part of the Springhills family for over 10 years! He manages our Springhills farm near Chatsworth, where he lives with his wife Krista and two daughters....

Our friends at the University of Guelph are doing a research trial with crickets in fish food. We’re looking to see how they affect fish growth, fish health and water quality...

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...