Farm Horizons • April 3, 2017 • Page 16
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Anita Pelnis of Howard Lake works with animalEO essential oils north of Howard Lake. The business is owned by Dr. Melissa Shelton, whose husband, Winston, and two children also help with operations.
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vary year to year. Quality may suffer when demand gets too high, for instance, as companies struggle to keep up. At animalEO, only the highest quality oils are used, and supplies are limited.
Originally, animalEO products were packaged out of Shelton’ s home, but the business quickly outgrew the space.
“ After I spoke at a convention in Iowa, our sales doubled,” Shelton recalled.“ We just keep growing and growing. Right now, we’ re just trying to contain the growth.”
In September 2015, the family broke ground on a big blue building on their property for animalEO, featuring brightly colored walls and an employee workout facility.
“ We moved in this fall,” Shelton said, adding that the building offers room to grow.
Staff at animalEO currently includes Shelton, her husband Winston, and her best friend Anita Pelnis of Howard Lake. Shelton’ s two children also help out, along with Anita’ s three children.
To learn more about Shelton’ s work, or to order animalEO products, visit www. animalEO. info. •