Our family has been farming since settling along the Snake River in 1887, in what was then known as Idaho Territory. True pioneers to the region, our family raised livestock as well as forage and various food crops. Often, finding the best markets for our many foods meant making the 3-day trek on horseback to deliver produce to miners in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. In those early years, it was not uncommon to stock a small, spring water-fed pond with fish caught from the Snake River.
Today, our family business remains centered on agriculture and the spring water resources of Southern Idaho, adding aquaculture to our portfolio in the 1960's. Incorporated in 1970 as Blind Canyon Aquaranch Inc., we currently operate 11 fish farms along the Snake River raising Idaho white sturgeon and rainbow trout.
Additionally, we farm 600 acres of forage crops and operate a custom dairy heifer and beef cattle feeding operation. Blind Canyon Aquaranch also operates a 1.5 MW hydropower generating plant, making our operation a net producer, not consumer, of energy!