12/27/2023 0 Comments Acorn and oak ownersDuring the fall, it is often ‘raining acorns’ with acorns hitting cars, homes, cracking windshields, windows and causing a little bit of inconvenience. Many people have a love-hate relationship with acorns. He also serves as an acorn removal service. Having found this huge untapped market, Kompf now spends each fall outside collecting acorns through-out Northern Vermont. Acorn seeds represent growing together, a perfect reminder for wedding guests of the special day. National retailers ordered for displays, hunters and individuals called looking for feed for deer and squirrels and wedding organizers called looking for seed packets as gifts for wedding guests. Soon Kompf was getting calls and orders from as far as way as California and Florida looking to buy organic Vermont Red Oak Acorns. That was the beginning of Acorno Acorns.” I heard of people selling tumbleweeds on the Internet and I wondered if someone would buy acorns.” According to Kompf “I searched on-line and found 2 websites selling acorns. “I got into the acorn business accidentally one day walking along the bike path during fall and looking at all the acorns on the ground. In business since 2008, Acorno Acorns ships a few varieties of Acorns to businesses, hunters, pet owners, gardeners, and wedding organizers. Kompf owns and operates Acorno Acorns ( a Burlington based business selling Vermont ’s famous Northern Red Oak Acorns. Figuring in that each pound is roughly 60 acorns that means over 2 million acorns have been shipped. Patrick Kompf of Burlington has found a way to turn the acorns that fall each Autumn into a thriving business that ships over 35,000 lbs or 17 ½ tons of acorns each year to people across the USA and Canada. In this challenging economy one local man has found that money actually does grow on trees.
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