Florida Atlantic student Logan Rae worked over 100 hours a week for five months leading up to this Valentine’s Day. But it wasn’t for her date — it was for everyone else’s.

Rae and her business partner, Kimberly Hruda, launched their delectable bacon business, Bacon Boxes, last year.

“I made a bacon arrangement for a friend as a birthday gift, delivered it to his busy office and come February, his employees and co­workers from my day job in clinical research were requesting I make them one,” Rae said.

Even though Rae studies neuroscience, she also has a passion for cooking and crafting.

Rae and Hruda met through friends and quickly became business partners. They worked hard to quickly get their roses on the market.

Not only are Rae’s bacon roses unique, they’re also sustainable.

“When we established our company standards we chose to offer a unique luxury that follows organic principle, eco sustainability and humane husbandry,” said Rae.

Rae and Hruda also will be providing duck, lamb and venison bacon varieties. The bacon roses were offered for Valentine’s Day, but the partners also offer a special collection for occasions like baby showers, weddings and birthdays.

Rae’s bacon roses have been available for three months now. On Bacon Boxes’ website, there are 10 different varieties that range from $25 to $280.

Rae and her roses have been featured by the South Florida Business Journal, myPalmBeachPost.com, My Country 95.5, Fox News, WFQX in Michigan and more.

After Rae, a senior, graduates, she plans on attending medical school and continuing her love for research and the human brain.

Even though she’s going down this route, she doesn’t plan on leaving her bacon roses behind. “Bacon Boxes will live on with my shared efforts by both myself and my partner Kim,” she said.

For more information on bacon roses and how to order them, visit Bacon Boxes.

Destiny Francois is a contributing writer with the University Press. To contact her regarding this or other stories, she can be reached at [email protected].