Microgreens are FRESH 0 mile from "farm" to fork. It is buying and consuming as local as local gets.
What I call con-produce, conventional produce, in the standard store is dead or dying food. So called fresh food in grocery stores has been raised on depleted soils. It has been picked days, weeks, months or years in the past. It has been handle, washed, sanitized, packaged, stored, transported from who knows where. It is stored and handled in the back of stores. Then displayed and fondled by everyone and finally you come along and adopt it and the microbes that have hitched a ride along with the con-produce. Con-produce has been purposely developed to withstand the rigors of the above description of being processed and handle. I speculate that the good healthy microbes our MBS needs from fresh food is not available from con-produce. Instead we are eating unnaturally raised and processed foods with free loader microbes our MBS doesn't need. Without the proper microbes on and in our MBS we cannot process the few if any nutrients that the con-produce has, if any. Over the past many decades the nutrimental value in food has radically declined.
Where to Grow
Microgreens can be grown at home or work in a wide variety of containers and locations. It doesn't take much time or space once you have the seeds and the small amount of equipment you might need. With the right light, temperature and water, spaces like garages, basements, out buildings and other locations can serve well to grow microgreens for individuals and others. Basically all microgreens need is some water, growing medium, light and warmth, not too cold and not too hot. These tiny little greens can sometimes be grown on a windowsill that gets some light and warmth or under grow lights.
This Book Includes:
- What are Microgreens and Why to Grow Them
- Benefits of Microgreens
- Material Equipment and Everything Needed
- Microgreens Variety and How to Choose the Seeds
- Top Microgreen You Must Grow (Reasons and Curiosity about Microgreen Varieties)
- Sowing and watering
- How to grow microgreens (step by step process, step growing instructions)
- Growing Techniques & Lighting Optimization (From Seed Selection to Planting)
- Tips and Tricks on How to Harvest, Store and Use Microgreens
- Storing and harvesting microgreens
- Microgreens Business, How to Make Money with Microgreens
- Setting Up the Garden for Business
and much more...
Grow lights can be purchased online or directly in local indoor, hydroponic, growing shops. Often times at places where people work the lights consist of fluorescent lighting. This can work for some microgreens because they don't demand all that much when it comes to light.
When to Grow
This is another super cool part when it comes to these baby greens. Growing your own greens is a four season treat. Microgreens can be grown year round. But, if you have access to fresh vegetables during the main growing season outdoors in a garden, then growing greens inside in the fall winter and into spring can be just what the doctor ordered, as the old saying goes. No more dependence on a fragile food system or time of year. Growing fresh microgreens indoors or even outside when and where appropriate, is more than a good thing, it's nothing but fantastic year round.
Imagine the taste of fresh peas on a cold day in the depths of a freezing day outdoors in the middle of winter...
Start Working Towards Growing Microgreens Today!
