Why we began this adventure:   Our family company dries spent coffee grounds as a recycled material for animal and garden bedding.  We started our business on July 4, 2023. We researched an easy, cost-effective alternative form of nesting product because we wanted to keep our coop smelling fresh, staying clean and to be easily maintained. The idea is imagined, but there is no product readily available throughout most of the United States. We found a local distributor of coffee and tea products and bid them for their spent materials. We then began drying vast drums full of coffee grounds for ourselves. We have two teen boys who do not like to clean (but do it because they have to) and we wanted something to make our jobs easier, as chickens aren’t the cleanest of pets. We went from farm scent to coop café with a fairly thick layer of grounds in our coop and the time spent sifting the waste turned in to a simple and clean task without wasting the bedding medium. We’re still filling our coop, as our chicken palace is 30′ x 17′, which is equal to over a half a ton of spent grounds.