Media Coverage & podcasts

Abandoned 1930s Trout Hatchery Reborn In Hills of Appalachia!

Mountain Roots

The Trout Farmer

Storytellers of Appalachia

HE RAISES RAINBOW TROUT IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS!

Tanner Farmstead

A Trout Hatchery, fly fishing, Homesteading & Faith: A conversation Ty Walker from Smoke In Chimneys

The Storied Outdoors

Trout Nicoise Salad

Byron Talbott

128. Managing a century-old trout hatchery with Ty Walker of Smoke In Chimneys.

Dads On The Fly

Smoke in the Chimneys Hatchery and a Rare Spring Creek

Fly Fishing Insider Podcast

Digital Articles:

Taste the Wild

Fresh mountain trout from Smoke in Chimneys has chefs and fine purveyors hooked.

Clearly, this is a different kind of farmed trout.

virginialiving.com

revival of a Trout Hatchery | The Filson Journal

Smoke in Chimneys is a New Castle, VA husband-and-wife farming operation. Together they’ve revitalized a historical trout hatchery.

filson.com

A Century-Old Trout Hatchery in Virginia Is Making Waves

From his farm in New Castle, one man is on a mission to put Southern trout back on plates

gardenandgun.com

Meet the Modern Trout Farmer Using Gravity to His Advantage

Ty Walker wants to bring old-school, sustainable trout farming back to Virginia—and he’s succeeding.

modernfarmer.com

Let It Flow

Fresh mountain trout from Smoke in Chimneys has chefs and fine purveyors hooked.

Clearly, this is a different kind of farmed trout.

richmondmagazine.com

Inside One Family’s Mission to Revive an Abandoned Appalachian Trout Farm

The Walkers’ hatchery now provides rainbow and brook trout to Michelin-starred restaurants across the East Coast.

atlasobscura.com

Virginia Hatchery Wants to Hook People on Eating Trout

Discover the flavorful journey of Smoke in Chimneys, a Virginia hatchery reviving trout culture and challenging perceptions about farm-raised seafood.

kinute.com

Here @home cooks a whole trout with smoke in chimneys

After visiting Smoke in Chimneys trout hatchery in New Castle, Here @Home looks at an easy way to make a whole, head-on trout.

wdbj.com

Healthy, Wholesome Harmony

We got to know the owners of Smoke in Chimneys Farm, who raise livestock for the good of our community — and our environment.

theroanoke.com

French Magnolia Cooks: Trout | Episode 3 | PBS

The cleanest mountain stream in SWV & a revived trout hatchery. Chef Missy fishes & cooks

pbs.org