
Homestead
Springs
Farm
is
located
in
Central
Ohio
in
Ashland,
OH,
owned
and
operated
by
Damon
and
Jayne
Meyer
and
their
children.
A
small
team
of
creative,
hard-working
employees
help
them
run
Ohio’s
largest
trout
and
only
Spring
Coho
salmon
farm,
as
well
as
a
Berkshire
Hog
facility.
Damon
Meyer
started
out
as
a
farmer
raising
hogs
and
cattle
with
acres
of
corn,
alfalfa,
beans,
organic
soy,
wheat
and
oats.
Today,
he
focuses
on
raising
fat-and-flavor-forward
Berkshire
pork
and
believe
it
or
not,
rainbow
trout.
Back
in
2010,
Damon
was
approached
by
a
friend
and
trout
farmer
with
a
proposition
to
take
over
his
farming
business.
With
five
generations
of
family
farming,
as
well
as
new
adventure
into
fish
farming,
the
Meyer
family
has
made
quite
a
statement
with
their
all-around
quality
products!
SPRING
TROUT
AND
COHO
SALMON
The
fish
are
raised
in
very
cold
53
degree
water
flowing
from
an
underground
spring
at
a
rate
of
about
1,500
gallons
per
minute.
With
that
flow
rate,
the
fish
are
constantly
being
given
exactly
what
they
need
to
thrive
-
cold
water
and
a
lot
of
oxygen!
The
spring
comes
up
from
the
ground
right
at
the
hatchery
and
outdoor
raceways
so
there
is
no
run-off
from
neighboring
fields.
The
eggs
they
purchase
are
certified
to
be
disease-free
and
begin
hatching
about
a
week
after
being
overnighted
to
them.
The
hatchlings
are
raised
in
an
indoor
hatchery
for
several
months
before
being
graded
and
moved
to
their
outdoor
raceways.
Fed
a
custom-mixed
feed
high
in
protein,
the
fish
are
harvested
approximately
12-15
months
after
hatching,
at
approximately
1
pound
each.
No
antibiotics
or
hormones
are
ever
added
to
the
feed
or
the
water.
And
finally,
their
trout
and
coho
are
harvested,
cleaned
and
processed
on
the
same
day
that
we
receive
them!
Now
that’s
fresh!
100%
BERKSHIRE
PORK
Fed
a
real
corn
diet
to
develop
inner
muscular
fat,
all
of
their
Berkshire
hogs
are
bred
purely
for
taste
and
have
far
more
flavor
than
most.
Butchered
on
site
to
order,
all
meat
is
juicy
and
tender
with
more
fat
and
finer
marbling
for
incredible
flavor
and
texture.
For
specific
product
in
house,
please
view
our
informational
sheet
here!