Rajasthan dairy farmers sell cow dung cakes on Amazon
Three young entrepreneurs from Rajasthan’s Kota city othewise known as an education hub have taken their 15-year-old dairy farming family business to the next level and are now selling cow dung cakes on e-tailing site Amazon.
“We found potential in this business. For the last three months we have been selling cowdung cakes on Amazon,” Amanpreet Singh, one of the three directors of APEI Organic Foods, told IANS.
These cakes, about the size of a quarter-plate, are priced at Rs 120 per dozen. They currently have an average sale of 15 consignments each of 500-1,000 cakes per week.
“We are getting a good response, mainly from Mumbai, Delhi and Pune,” Singh said.
The product is packaged in such a way that the cakes don’t break.
For starters, the dung, which is a semi-liquid mixture, is first dried. It is then put into a circular die which goes through a heat shrinking process. The finished product is then packed in cardboard boxes and despatched. Read more…