Growing Microgreens Podcast

About Growing Microgreens Podcast

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.

Publisher

Diego Footer

Category

health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Sept 2019

Latest episode

30 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Dec 2024

   Keeping It Simple: Thriving By Streamlining Your Microgreens Crops

   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 (https://shop.moderngrower.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 (https://www.youtube.com/@InSearchofSoil) Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF (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

2. 

   16 Dec 2024

   Building a Sustainable Microgreens Business for Retirement

   Veteran microgreens grower Chris Thoreau and entrepreneur Pierre Marlow share expert insights on building a sustainable microgreens business for retirement through slow scaling and work-life balance.

3. 

   25 Nov 2024

   From Farmers Markets to Grocery Stores and a Farm Stand: Scaling a Microgreens Business

   Robin and Kellen Kanzius, founders of Fred's Urban Farm, share their journey scaling a successful microgreens operation, highlighting the importance of consistency, honesty, and community engagement.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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