Feed processor uses a processing system that doesn't look at all like a conventional batching system. This feed processor uses a unique automated processing system that doesn't look at all like a conventional batching system. First and foremost Eric Shiffer, founder/owner of Freedom Feeds, Urbana, Ohio, is an entrepreneur who won't accept "it can't be done" thinking. One of the "out-of-the-box" ideas he brought to the aquaculture industry was to replace the controversial fishmeal-based feeds with all grain-based feeds. The naysayers said it couldn't be done, but using years of fish nutrition research from universities, the latest agriculture technology, and improvements developed by his own in-house research, Freedom Feeds diets are revolutionizing aquaculture. Salmon, trout and other carnivorous species can be raised using 100 percent vegetable proteins. Freedom Feeds calls these fishmeal-free diets VegiPRO. It is a feed that reduces the use of limited marine resources and reduces water pollution by utilizing renewable grain resources. Fish farming around the world is growing at a fast pace. Most of today's farm-raised fish are fed diets based on fishmeal. With traditional ocean fishmeal supplies limited, the harvesting of fish to produce fishmeal is using a finite resource from the marine environment that cannot be expanded to supply the needs of aquaculture. The use of ocean-harvested protein also increases the risk of pollutants in feed fed to the farm raised fish. Grain-based feed manufactured by Freedom Feeds reduces these inherent problems and the public perception associated with fishmeal-based diets.
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