Lemmon Aquaculture

We've been in the trout business raising rainbow trout for the last 50 years. And we also started raising white sturgeon white sturgeon in the 1980s. So we raised both species now and we tried to produce good food for poor people. We also have other farming operations, both cattle and crops. But this is our aquaculture part of our industry here. Normally we get eggs from an egg producer for the trout about every seven weeks. And then it's 10 to 12 month process to raise those to market size and to the point where we sell them. The Covid-19 pandemic has really impacted our aquaculture operation and it has separated us from our end consumers. Mostly our rainbow trout went to retail sales somewhat, but also mostly to restaurant trade. And therefore, with the restaurants closing down, that's completely broken our supply chain to our normal consumer. And so we're looking for ways to make that connection back with our consumer by doing more local distribution and things to try to get get our product back into the hands of of our consumer.