Published by admin on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 11:59am
Why, you may ask, am I writing about ice in the middle of summer. The obvious answer is that it's the middle of summer and I am hot and sweaty, and writing about ice makes me feel cooler. So, today we look at the ice industry and the money to be made.
Harvesting ice is nothing new. Almost every farmer who had a pond or creek running through his place cut ice in the winter. It would be stored in the barn, surrounded by hay or straw, where it would keep for many months.