Microgreens and Shoots
How to Select, Grow, Harvest, and Package Nutrient-Dense Greens for Profit
Microgreens and Shoots
How to Select, Grow, Harvest, and Package Nutrient-Dense Greens for Profit
The first complete guide to planting, growing, harvesting, packing and selling microgreens for the market farmer.
Organic farmer and activist Corinne Hansch established herself in Upstate New York’s competitive farmers market scene by cultivating high-quality, nutrient-dense microgreens—a cornerstone of her operation to this day. In Microgreens and Shoots, Hansch profiles the most profitable microgreens in her operation, including arugula, basil, cilantro, and pea shoots, and offers her hard-earned advice for tailoring one’s operation to their unique strengths and goals. From seed selection to growing spaces to overcoming pests and disease to recordkeeping and business management,
this is the definitive guide to producing microgreens.
With their short seed-to-harvest timeframe, limited space and light requirements, low maintenance needs, and high yield potential, microgreens and shoots are a worthwhile enterprise for small, diversified farming operations—whose success is the foundation of healthy, regenerative communities and economies.
“THE manual for growing microgreens and shoots professionally.”—Jesse Frost, author of The Living Soil Handbook
Reviews & Praise
“In a business as poky as farming, where most crops take months to grow into something sellable, microgreens and shoots can provide a path for farms to start, stabilize, and profit quickly. In Microgreens and Shoots, farmer Corinne Hansch not only details how these crops have worked to build her own farm business but guides you through the steps and strategies to make them work for you.
I love all the individual crop breakdowns and the focus on growing mediums. The interviews demonstrate the many different ways in which these crops can be grown. This book, however, really shines in its presentation of the nerdy details. From marketing and packaging to rodent protection and recordkeeping, Microgreens and Shoots opens the door to a dependable (and delicious) revenue source for small farms.
Corinne really has created THE manual for growing microgreens and shoots professionally.”—Jesse Frost, author of The Living Soil Handbook
“This is the book we’ve been waiting for. Covering everything from how to fund microgreens infrastructure to whether to plant seed mixes or single varieties, what medium to grow them in, where to grow them, and how to package them, Corinne lays it all out for us.”—Andrew Mefferd, editor and publisher, Growing for Market magazine
“Corinne has created the resource I wish every grower had when starting out with microgreens and shoots. Practical, clear, and grounded in real-world experience, this book brings together everything you need to know in one place.”—Jodi Roebuck, Roebuck Farm, New Zealand
“I met Corinne at a New Hampshire farming conference, where her presentation on how to grow microgreens was a weekend highlight. She impressed me with her professionalism and the realism she brings to her technical expertise. Her book is no different: Finally, a guide to
growing microgreens on a commercial farm. Corinne guides you through a realistic setup (on a realistic budget) and shows you how to handle inevitable challenges. I wish all farming guides were written like hers. From a real farm to yours. Adopt this guide with confidence!”—Catherine Sylvestre, coauthor of The Winter Market Gardener; owner, Ferme Décembre