Bluegrass Crickets

The first babies hatched in the new barn this morning! We are far from being “finished” with all our renovations and setup but this hatch gets us one step closer.

🐝 OKNP is hiring! 🐝

The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves protects some of the last remaining high-quality natural communities in Kentucky, monitors and recovers rare species and natural communities, conducts biological inventories of natural areas (private and public land) across Kentucky, and houses the states’ natural heritage biodiversity databases. The natural heritage invertebrate biologists II will help coordinate our Bee Monitoring and Inventory Program for Kentucky, conduct invertebrate survey work primarily for Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and terrestrial snails, and work alongside with OKNP biologists on plant/pollinator projects throughout Kentucky. Extensive statewide travel, including routine and extended overnight travel, is required.

Visit our website to learn more about our agency https://eec.ky.gov/Nature-Preserves/Pages/default.aspx

People tell us all the time we need a truck.

My Prius does a pretty dang good job of hauling stuff for us! We needed an extra door for our nursery and we found one in the junk room of our gift shop. So from one building to another this door travels in my little ol’ Prius. Hauling supplies and getting 50 mpg at the same time!

Egg crates got dropped off!

🌱 Join the Bluegrass Crickets team this summer! 🦗 We're seeking passionate individuals to be part of our journey as we launch a line of edible cricket products made for humans to eat.

As Kentucky's oldest cricket farm, we're expanding to a 12,000 sqft facility in Casey County, and we need your help! If you're interested in sustainability, unafraid of insects, and eager to contribute to a small business, this internship opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities include daily care of crickets, leading tours, and attending events promoting our cricket products. Food and travel stipend provided.

We are willing to accept remote interns that are interested in social media marketing and/or setting up at events to assist with our guerilla marketing.

Join us in revolutionizing the way we think about food and sustainability. Apply now to be part of something truly groundbreaking! 🌱🦗

Google Forms: Sign-in Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

Cricket grow boxes have arrived. ~2 weeks until we have crickets in the new barn!

I hate my voice and I hate being on camera but a teacher asked me to do a tour of my farm and answer some questions his students had about eating bugs. So, with Sammie's help I shot basic video around the farm and answered questions. I played around with various editing softwares and finally got a somewhat presentable video. I do plan to do more in the future so feel free to leave comments on what you'd want to see.

A tour of Bluegrass Crickets Come on a tour of Kentucky's oldest cricket farm and the first to explore the idea of crickets as an alternative protein source.--This is my first time shoot...

Strong lay last night!

Have you seen the contractors working at the new farm? It’s been so exciting to see how fast things are going after a year of no progress. Working so hard to have you all crickets soon.