HomeMy WebLinkAboutSaluting Huron County's Agricultural Industry, 1987-03-25, Page 6PAGE A6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1987.
Hundreds of half-grown rainbow trout roil the surface of the water in one of the large outside
tanks as Robert Charter dumps in feed for them. The settling pond, where the twice-cycled
water goes to settle out gasses and solids before being discharged into a creek, can be seen in
the background.
Investment over $100,000
means farm not paying off yet
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Alps Creek Farm's reputation
grows.
With a capital investment of over
$100,000, the fish farm has not
nearly started to pay off yet, Robert
says. But the income is rising at a
steady rate, partly fired by the
increasing demand for fresh fish
from a public that seems to be
reducingtheamountofred meat in
its diet, for a variety of reasons.
At this point, aquaculture takes
only a few hours of each of Robert’s
days; with a local man available to
feed the fish if at any time he can’t
get to the farm himself. But he
loves the work, and loves talking to
the people who come to buy fish, or
just to see the remarkable facility.
He says he has plans for expansion,
but is in no hurry to do so - “it’s still
a one-man hobby,’’ he claims.
But the writing is definitely on
the wall - one of these years, the
Charters will be making the
decision which will not be easy for
either of them: do they stay on the
350-acre East Wawanosh farm
which has been in Robert’s family
for 135 years ... or do they move to
the lovely world they are creating
in Culross Township? Only time
will tell.
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