Farm-Raised Meat Guide: Fish & Caviar
Idaho Preferred Farm-Raised Fish & Caviar GUIDE
Enhance your dining experience this season with a variety of locally sourced meats from Idaho. Fill your freezers with fish and caviar produced right here, ensuring transparency in your food source and direct support for Idaho’s dedicated farm producers.
Did you know that Idaho is one of the largest producers of trout in the United States? Meaning Idahoans have access to some of the freshest quality fish around, including trout, sturgeon, and tilapia, as well as decadent caviar.
Further, Idaho cultivates over 185 commodities offering a bountiful state where you can more likely find almost anything you need for your dinner table grown, raised, or crafted locally. Check out the Idaho Preferred Farm + Food Finder and discover a local fish and caviar producer near you!
GUIDE TO DISCOVERING IDAHO’S PREFERRED DIRECT-BUY fISH & cAVIAR PRODUCERS
Fish Breeders of Idaho
Hagerman
Built from the water up by Leo and Judy Ray in 1973, Leo became the first to raise catfish in Idaho in concrete raceways and later the first to commercially raise tilapia in the United
States. With the addition of cold water farms, they expanded in rainbow trout sturgeon and their famous caviar. Their cold spring water and artesian geothermal water has allowed them to provide some of the highest quality fish in the USA and abroad.
Idaho Springs Foods
Filer
Built from the water up by Leo and Judy Ray in 1973, Leo became the first to raise catfish in Idaho in concrete raceways and later the first to commercially raise tilapia in the United
States. With the addition of cold water farms, they expanded in rainbow trout sturgeon and their famous caviar. Their cold spring water and artesian geothermal water has allowed them to provide some of the highest quality fish in the USA and abroad.
Riverence
BUHL
From river to store, restaurant to market, they take pride in delivering fresh, top-quality fish straight to you. With a focus on maximizing natural water resources and leveraging technology, their tenured team ensures optimal conditions. Eggs are transported to grow-out farms along the Snake River in Idaho’s Magic Valley, known as Evaqua Farms, benefiting from the purest spring water from the Rocky Mountains. This strategic location allows Riverence to provide fresh fish, often arriving the day after harvest, resulting in a nutrient-dense and clean-tasting product.
Don’t forget to check out our other farm-raised meat guides!
