However, this does not mean that we are a backyard business, providing crappy service, poor quality and erratic supply.
We pride ourselves on our high levels of professionalism, customer service and the exceptionally high quality of our worms and worm casts.
We also keep track of the latest business trends and market directions.
Our worm farm has been designed using a systems based methodology, where all the processes of breeding/growing/ordering/packaging/delivery have been specifically designed from the ground up. We breed our worms in a climate controlled, fully insulated, large purpose built shed. We are not affected by adverse weather conditions nor seasonal variations.
Our worms are fed using waste by products from the local sugar processing industry. This waste is produced in enormous quantities and is idealy suited to our variety of worms.
Our technology is second to none. Yet we are still able to maintain our principle of "working with nature, rather than against nature". We work with our worms, providing them with their ideal conditions for breeding, eating and growing. We are constantly learning better ways of working with the worms by closley observing and monitoring their unique habits and patterns. They are fantastic recyclers of organic wastes, producing the finest quality worm casts (the richest top soils possible) as their natural by-product.
The Mingin family originated in Melbourne. We are Kath and George, Matthew, Cassandra, Benjamin and baby Alexandra. In 2000, we made a complete lifestyle change from the hussle and bussle of city life to the peacefull serenity of country life. George was the driver of this lifestyle change having worked professionally in a diverse range of fields from sales, customer service, marketing, reasearch and development and transport for a number of large multi national companies. After completing a Permaculture course, George developed a yearning to grow something. Having been in the worms industry some 15 years ago, starting Kookaburra Worm Farms was like coming back home. It is a most welcome and satisfying experience to work from home, in this beautiful and peaceful location.