Joined
·
56 Posts
I am so excited to find this forum! My husband and I just started a new venture selling farm fresh live mealworms for sale grown locally. Its an odd business for two suburban New Yorkers but it comes with a story that might of interest to some of you.
We decided it would be fun to raise a few chicks but never anticipated how much we would grow to love our chicks as pets. A few months later we added a hedgehog to our pet menagerie. We discovered both of these very different pet types had something in common, they LOVED to eat fresh live mealworms. We ordered a large container of thousands of dried mealworms and was about halfway through it when we noticed some strange bugs in the container. Upon further research we discovered that our mealworms were from China. Since we eat the eggs from our chickens and are concerned about the overall health and well being of our pets, it made us uncomfortable to think that we were feeding them treats that had been shipped from a foreign country over 7000 miles away. We began searching for a more local alternative and, though they existed, most of the companies out there seemed to be trying to make a quick buck rather than focussing on responsibly raising mealworms to serve to customer's beloved pets. The idea was born and now we are proud to be selling mealworms that are grown here on our property, fed with local organic feed and managed by hand rather than machine.
On a more personal level we have 5 chickens we treat as pets and are expecting 4 more from My Pet Chicken next week!
Its tough being a start up business. We'd really appreciate it if you checked out and liked our Facebook Page, Sunshine Acre Worm Farm and also considered buying some mealworm treats from our online store!
We decided it would be fun to raise a few chicks but never anticipated how much we would grow to love our chicks as pets. A few months later we added a hedgehog to our pet menagerie. We discovered both of these very different pet types had something in common, they LOVED to eat fresh live mealworms. We ordered a large container of thousands of dried mealworms and was about halfway through it when we noticed some strange bugs in the container. Upon further research we discovered that our mealworms were from China. Since we eat the eggs from our chickens and are concerned about the overall health and well being of our pets, it made us uncomfortable to think that we were feeding them treats that had been shipped from a foreign country over 7000 miles away. We began searching for a more local alternative and, though they existed, most of the companies out there seemed to be trying to make a quick buck rather than focussing on responsibly raising mealworms to serve to customer's beloved pets. The idea was born and now we are proud to be selling mealworms that are grown here on our property, fed with local organic feed and managed by hand rather than machine.
On a more personal level we have 5 chickens we treat as pets and are expecting 4 more from My Pet Chicken next week!
Its tough being a start up business. We'd really appreciate it if you checked out and liked our Facebook Page, Sunshine Acre Worm Farm and also considered buying some mealworm treats from our online store!
