• Growing Microgreens Podcast

  • Written by: Diego Footer
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Growing Microgreens Podcast

Written by: Diego Footer
  • Summary

  • Diego Footer and grower Chris Thoreau share 10+ years of microgreens experience in each episode, giving insights for people who operate or want to operate a profitable microgreens business. We touch on topics such as farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil and media, climate control, sanitation, post-harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance. In some episodes, we are joined by beginning or experienced microgreen growers who dive deep into their stories to find out what makes their operations successful. The show is hosted by Diego Footer of Modern Grower.
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Episodes
  • Keeping It Simple: Thriving By Streamlining Your Microgreens Crops
    Dec 30 2024

    Market gardener and aggregator Max Becher joins hosts Diego and Chris to talk all about how he grows microgreens: he discusses the difference between growing microgreens and field crops, adding new microgreen varieties to grow and when to do it, and spotting when there's just too much when it comes to growing microgreens.

    Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds at shop.modern grower.co

    Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:

    • Farm Small, Farm Smart
    • Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily
    • The Growing Microgreens Podcast
    • Carrot Cashflow Podcast
    • In Search of Soil

    Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

    Chris's online course Growing Your Profitable Microgreens Business https://microgreens.teachable.com/courses

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    55 mins
  • Building a Sustainable Microgreens Business for Retirement
    Dec 16 2024

    Veteran microgreens grower Chris Thoreau is joined by entrepreneur Pierre Marlow to talk about starting a microgreens business after having the main business shut down during the pandemic. They talk about a slow approach to scaling while maintaining a high-quality product and building a business for retirement rather than scaling into a large-scale operation. They also touch on finding a work-life balance when building and running a microgreens operation.

    Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds at shop.modern grower.co

    Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:

    • Farm Small, Farm Smart
    • Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily
    • The Growing Microgreens Podcast
    • Carrot Cashflow Podcast
    • In Search of Soil

    Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

    Chris's online course Growing Your Profitable Microgreens Business https://microgreens.teachable.com/courses

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • From Farmers Markets to Grocery Stores and a Farm Stand: Scaling a Microgreens Business
    Nov 25 2024

    Mother-son duo Robin and Kellen Kanzius of Fred's Urban Farm in San Diego California share their journey of journey of growing a successful microgreens operation in Southern California. They talk about the challenges & rewards of growing outdoors, working with family, and diversifying revenue streams. They also drill down on the importance of consistency, honesty, and community engagement in running a successful farm stand that accounts for a significant slice of the farm's income.

    Learn more about Fred's Urban Farm here.

    Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds at shop.modern grower.co

    Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:

    • Farm Small, Farm Smart
    • Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily
    • The Growing Microgreens Podcast
    • Carrot Cashflow Podcast
    • In Search of Soil

    Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

    Chris's online course Growing Your Profitable Microgreens Business https://microgreens.teachable.com/courses

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    1 hr and 13 mins

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