Do you think a worm farm would be a profitable venture?
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Question by John: Do you think a worm farm would be a profitable venture?
I have another business already, not related, and I’m kind of bored with it. So I’m thinking of something kind of quiet and not too much work. Worms seem like a good option.
Or maybe snails. I have eaten in a lot restaurants that charge a pretty healthy price for something I can pick of the walls of my porch on a cool night.
How much do you think the start up costs would be in relation to potential profits?
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6 Responses to Do you think a worm farm would be a profitable venture?
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Worms are good business providing you are a robin, blackbird or thrush. When comes to escargots, that’s a different story altogether, however not every type of snail will qualify for a restaurant. Most snails I’d been dining on in France or elsewhere in Europe come from either France itself or from the Czech Republic where they are raised on special farms and supplied on contracts.
Should you be still interested to pursue some lucrative business of your own, something quite and not too much work (4 hours a day perhaps), contact me directly and based on your interests, knowledge and desires of income I may be able to advice you on selection of lucrative businesses based on your future plans.
StanTheMan
October 22, 2011 at 11:56 pm
be careful who you give your information to.
juicy_fruit_3000
October 23, 2011 at 12:35 am
The New Orleans Superdome helped support a worm business. The company built worm holding pens to mulch the waste from the dome after games. This was then used to fertilize all of the landscaping around the dome (outside and in potted units inside)
The company received a grant for Ecological Recycling to help fund their start up costs.
The hardest part – it took almost a year to convince the Dome into partnering.
diblyhoo
October 23, 2011 at 12:46 am
Continuing on the post above me…
And then when Katrina hit, and all the folks crammed into the Superdome pooping, peeing, and dying all over the place, the worms really chowed down and took over. They had to airlift out the survivors. You saw it on the news.
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October 23, 2011 at 1:27 am
interesting idea…no clue on start up fees but I’ve gor a efw hundred grand I’m looking into investing in a scheme such as this. Contact me if you are looking for stock holders, my good boy, John.
Jethro
October 23, 2011 at 2:23 am
This really sucks because I KNOW what the bait is … and I really want to bite … but, seriously, as a gardener … and this is for real, there is a huge market for earthworms AND their casings. The big push is for organic food, organic toilet paper … even organic cars. With the ever decreasing population of the earth worm, particularily due to the myth of “Oh … don’t worry if you cut the wormy in half … he’ll just regenerate and then there will be 2” with every shovel that inadvertenly slices a worm in half, dies yet another of soil’s greatest contributors. Fact is, if wormy gets cut in half … no 2 wormies. Just one dead one. Make this public and I guarantee you can easily get 3 times the going market price.
Did you also know the common earth worm is not native to NA soil? I wouldn’t let that one get out though … what with all the hype about introducing foreign species and all. Then you’d be lucky to get even market value, if they didn’t boycott you altogether.
Don’t know about you but I’m goin’ down yonder to the crick to do me a little fishin’.
whatever
October 23, 2011 at 2:45 am