Ghann's Cricket Farm Inc. in Martinez is heading to the small screen.
The business will be featured in an episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel.
The cable network hasn't set a date for the episode to air. New episodes of Dirty Jobs return in October, according to a Discovery Channel media representative.
Dirty Jobs, with host Mike Rowe, is a series that profiles American workers who earn a living in unusual ways.
Camera crews arrived June 30 and followed owner Clay Ghann and his staff as they performed daily routine tasks. Ghann's Cricket Farm grows crickets of different sizes as live food for reptiles.
"They wanted it to be a regular day in the life of a cricket farmer. I guess there were a dozen different tasks that we would perform. Mike Rowe would watch one of my people do it, and then we would explain what we were doing and why we were doing it," Mr. Ghann said.
Then Mr. Rowe would attempt the task on his own. The routine jobs included collecting eggs; measuring a certain volume of baby crickets and dispensing them into bins to grow until ready for sale; and loading them in boxes for shipping.
Ghann's Cricket Farm produces five or six tons of "cricket poo" each week, which customers buy in bulk.
Mr. Rowe shoveled and smoothed the waste in the back of a dump truck so that it could be measured and priced for customers, Mr. Ghann said.
"It's a great organic fertilizer. That's one of the most interesting things from their perspective -- that one of our byproducts is also quite a viable product on its own," he said.
A customer recommended the business for the show. Mr. Ghann was contacted in December, but he had to keep the filming date confidential.
Reach LaTina Emerson at (706) 823-3227 or latina.emerson@augustachronicle.com.
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Wow!!!
I love Mike Rowe and his show. I can't wait to see this episope!!!
Wish I'd known Mike Rowe was gonna be in town, woulda nabbed that cutie.... haha. Pretty cool!
I love the show! Mike Rowe is great! Funny and willing to take it all on, not some naby-pamby staged stuff. He comes out of those shows with scars, ba-be!
It is a dirty job! I worked at the Cricket Farm in 1984 as a summer job when I was in high school. As I'm sure Mike found out, the smell is horrendous...my clothes had to be left outside! One thing for sure, it was still fun working there! Can't wait til the episode aires.
Good story, can't wait to watch it, I like that show but I always wonder how people do those jobs....I don't think I could. Look forward to the episode.
We can only hope that it will be as funny as the geo duck episode.
Mike Rowe is HOT HOT HOT!