2 Hidden Obstacles to Profit in Worm Farming

[@johnduffy6546]

Friend, you have touched on danged near every valid point relating to raising and selling worms. Well done!! I have been raising worms since 2005 in order to take all the grand kids fishing without going broke from the cost of bait...I also LOVE the castings for gardening! ...I have found the best way to harvest worms is "MUNCHKIN POWER." (a.k.a. grand kids who will tediously pick out worms from the bedding for the promise of Dairy Queen &/or pizza)...OK, I am NOT exploiting child labor...I am maximizing 1 on 1 quality life enrichment time with giggling little wee ones who are making memories with their "favorite" Grandpa...Here's to happy worms, grand kids and great memories;

[@michaelbrion6039]

No judgement my daughter and me will be doing it as a hobby it’s okay if we make money with it almost can’t have hobbies without a profit lately time and money is precious

[@JJamiah]

I’m thinking of doing it. I want to use your system to do it!

[@chaseoliver3057]

I guess Vin Diesel gave up fast and furious for worm farming lol

[@UrbanWormCompany]

😂

[@Nickjr4444]

Letty is the camera man 😂

[@SvetlaNikolova-sk3ot]

Vin diesel don't do worms 😂

[@Sethxz]

Din Viesel

[@shaunthomas3826]

Hey winnings winning 😂

[@XCrystalXMoonX]

Love how straightforward and clear your videos always are!

[@UrbanWormCompany]

I appreciate that Crystal!

[@bingbangbongmukbang3015]

I'm a fan! been dabbling with worms for over 10 years now and really considering starting a business. I really enjoy your channel and the information you provide is very accurate and educational.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Thanks so much BigBang! I am likely to be releasing a course in the next few months. Please be on the lookout for it!

[@davidlewis8640]

Thank you for your time and effort. I am starting a new business now, Big D's Worm Farm, and I am researching various revenue streams including worm sales. You confirmed what I already believed, growing worms is the easiest part, but your breakdown of the shipping process was priceless. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Thanks for checking in David! Best of luck with Big Ds! FYI, I'm working on a commercial worm farming course that may be ready for release later this year.

[@davidlewis8640]

@@UrbanWormCompany I look forward to seeing that. My first UWB is about 30 days from first harvest and I can't wait to see what it looks like.

[@driftaway2806]

Don't give up I ship my products 70 percent under UPS and USPS prices. Get out there and find a working formula 💪 get it!!

[@bennycaustic5102]

Nah, he just realized he's outing that easy money. I'm coming for that bag.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

The more the merrier! 😆

[@boomknight1015]

No business is risk free.

[@gabrielzubairy9857]

Not if the cops know about it

[@popkxw]

Not if you ask big daddy government to help you

[@SofieM-qz7ts]

In Indonesia, worms and maggots are also kept in livestock because their prices are starting to get expensive, because they are needed for agriculture and animal feed

[@ericnyamu9981]

this how you intelligently block further competition , lol . great video , though.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Yeah, I would actually prefer more quality sources of worms, actually! I've worked with 6 different suppliers and it's not the quantity of worms that's the issue. The worms are typically pretty darned good at reproducing with very minimal work by humans. It's the labor required to harvest them. That's always the bottleneck.

[@Kylescultivationfarmsandfilmst]

One easy way I find the harvest my worms is to use something like a colander for a kitchen or even a 5 gallon bucket with holes in the bottom drilled into it and put some wet cardboard or bedding material in the bucket and let them come up to it that way or get a sub pod.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Yep...that can work at small scale!

[@xuzan78]

This was a well-thought-out and informative video that rings true in every aspect! Your poker player buddy had it right!

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Thanks Susan!

[@austinrutledge6484]

Sounds like a conspiracy from big wiggler

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Ha! I'd love to talk to someone doing it who says that harvesting and shipping is easy money! :)

[@BBoyBFit]

Build locally, have a subscription/delivery route like some microgreen farmers do. Make it à la carte menu with delivery fee added.😁

[@doittoday1]

Thank You for some awesome information on the worm business as a whole, I subbed and I’m going to check out your friends course

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Thanks for the sub!

[@bobsjess]

It's not just the worms I'm interested in it's the castings as well.

[@deltaworms4242]

Great video and so true!!

[@lindafoster8182]

If we need to order local, who are you local to? Are you in the north south?

[@UrbanWormCompany]

We're in the Philly area Linda! But we don't have worms in stock locally. We have a couple different sources spread across the country

[@lylecasteel365]

What packaging do you recommend for worm castings? 1/2 cu foot or 1 cubic foot size.

[@wawansugiarto8869]

Very good. 👍

[@floyddargatz5369]

Well done

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Thanks Floyd!

[@SvetlaNikolova-sk3ot]

You can offer a deal with restaurants to collect their food for a fraction of the cost they pay in garbage removal?

[@LetsGetitTv2]

How about selling the worm casting with worm eggs and by doing that you help the farmers or worm breeders by giving them more than they actually paid for. Make your profit and give away more benefits and keep moving forward.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

If you can educate the customer enough to make them understand that this is a better value, then this could work. The other issue though is that if you're shipping worms, they need to be in an inert material like dry peat moss in order to prevent the microbes from heating anything up.

[@beebop9808]

Left out the chore of finding feed material for much of an operation above home composting. I do black soldier flies myself. Plenty of work to do but not difficult to manage and they're free. But then they eat piles more material and at lightening speed compared to worms. Biggest reason is chickens don't really care so much for worms unless they're in the mood for a few. They'll eat bugs till they puke. Piles of frass to use directly or feed to worms.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Yep, those BSFL are amazing!

[@ravichandrakumarchouturi1900]

can you give your thoughts on international shipping , will it work .

[@UrbanWormCompany]

For worms? It probably can't work due to export/import restrictions on livestock.

[@FoundingFather74]

Did you guys ever sell the worm castings

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Oh yeah….we still do. It’s about a third of the business

[@azander1958]

No wonder why the guys I'm buying vermicast refused to sell their ANC

[@freshstart5804]

Any advice for a guy just coming up in the business my question is what is the best way for marketing my worms and castings

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Hi Fresh, I have a course on this and I've gotten great feedback. And you're right that marketing, not production is key to all of this. urbanwormcompany.thrivecart.com/urban-worm-u-business-course/

[@jordannewsome6668]

Hey Urban Worm Company. I'm new to this and I'm a little confused. If you don't breed the worms, how do you make money?

[@UrbanWormCompany]

We are a reseller and work with a few different trusted suppliers!

[@Nickjr4444]

Is it doable? Is all i need to know for motivation

[@figtree393]

At what point does the compost and growing medium become casting.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Good question, fig and it all depends on what you're feeding to the worms. Highly fragmented materials like leaf mold, leaf compost, and peat can be processed within 2-4 weeks in some cases. Food waste could be 3-4 months. When we had our midscale operation here, we would assume 8 weeks for our precomposted brewer's grains and wood chips.

[@Bigrhythm4]

you're the best

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Thank you Big Rhythm!

[@gopalkshetry4320]

Which is more nutritious, vermicompost or slurry of biogas?

[@UrbanWormCompany]

I'm not sure either would be high in nutrients, but I'm partial to vermicompost. I'm also very unfamiliar with biogas slurry, but if we're talking about anaerobic biogas digestate, then this needs to be composted first

[@JesusisLord78]

I tjink the price should be per worm

[@KassahunGebre-x6g]

Hahaha 😂

[@wawansugiarto8869]

Salam kenal , Saya Wawan dari Indonesia. Maaf jika saya tidak sopan , saya tidak bisa berbahasa inggris. Saya juga beternak cacing tanah.

[@wawansugiarto8869]

Ada lebih dari satu jenis cacing yang dikembangkan disini , misalnya ; ANC , Lumbricus Rubelus , Eiseina Fetida , Prionix dan lain-lain

[@wawansugiarto8869]

Saya sudah 3 tahun lalu memulai usaha bisnis cacing ini. Tapi belum menghasilkan uang dari bisnis ini. Saya kesulitan menjual cacing dan castingnya.

[@wawansugiarto8869]

Mungkin anda punya saran , petunjuk , nasehat atau solusi untuk saya.... Terima Kasih Banyak 🙏🙏🙏

[@wawansugiarto8869]

No. WA saya

[@wawansugiarto8869]

+62-...

[@Paul-f2q1e]

do worms eat pineapples ?

[@Scav-Goblin]

"In this video, a Guy who makes a living selling Worms, tells people selling worms isn't a good idea" GEEEEEEEE. If you get mad, im joking.

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Ha! Not mad, but this is why I only *sell* worms, not grow, harvest, and ship them myself. If it were that easy, I'd be doing it! 😉

[@notgivennotgiven7776]

Money

[@OurPredicament]

he doesn't even grow his own worms????

[@UrbanWormCompany]

No he doesn't! 😅

[@coreyn8272]

The hidden problems are you have to get the worms from the dirt and ship them to customers? Did anybody think people were going to come to their house and do it themselves?

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Uhh……noooooo? It’s that harvesting takes much longer than most new sellers realize, especially if their vermiculture medium is wet. That’s why it’s a huge bottleneck for sales.

[@Vermicompost]

Fantastic video Steve! I predict this will be the go to video on YT for folks wondering about starting a worm farming business...I'll definitely be referring people to it!!🪱🪱🪱

[@UrbanWormCompany]

Thanks VLBD!