Growing Microgreens Podcast
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Growing Microgreens Podcast

Diego Footer

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Episodes
30
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Cadence
Every 2 Weeks
~every 12.4676 days
Since
Sep 14, 2019
First episode
Latest
Dec 30, 2024
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Established Catalog

30 episodes for longitudinal research

Content Profile

Category
Health & Fitness, Natural Sciences, Nutrition, Science
Language
English
Region
United States
Format
Episodic
Content Rating
Clean or unspecified

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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.

Recent Content Cues

Keeping It Simple: Thriving By Streamlining Your Microgreens Crops
Dec 30, 2024
Building a Sustainable Microgreens Business for Retirement
Dec 16, 2024
From Farmers Markets to Grocery Stores and a Farm Stand: Scaling a Microgreens Business
Nov 25, 2024

Recent Episodes

Keeping It Simple: Thriving By Streamlining Your Microgreens Crops

Dec 30, 2024 55m

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…

Building a Sustainable Microgreens Business for Retirement

Dec 16, 2024 1h 6m

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…

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

Nov 25, 2024 1h 13m

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…

Growing Pains: The Real Talk on Launching a Microgreen Business

Nov 11, 2024 45m

Michael Quinn of Mourne Microgreens joins host Chris Thoreau to talk about his journey of starting a microgreens business in Northern Ireland. He shares the challenges of growing and selling a niche…

Mastering Microgreens: Essential Sanitation and Food Safety Considerations

Oct 28, 2024 48m

Long-time microgreens grower Chris Thoreau joins co-host Diego to talk about the nitty-gritty details of sanitation when it comes to growing microgreens. Since microgreens are considered higher-risk…

Insights and Innovations in Indoor Farming

Oct 14, 2024 1h 23m

Alex Dale of Hunters' Dale Microgreens in Chilliwack, BC joins host and veteran microgreens grower Chris Thoreau to share her story of how she started her farm with her mother, who initially began…

Greens & Dreams: Building a Microgreen Empire

Sep 30, 2024 1h 4m

Lupe Smith, owner of Barons Microgreens in Los Angeles, California shares his startup journey. He talks about how he canvassed the LA area and ultimately ended up growing microgreens. He also shares…

The Seed Dilemma: Rethinking Farm Sustainability

Sep 23, 2024 1h 9m

In this episode, long-time microgreens grower Chris Thoreau joins host Diego to talk all about seeds, specifically, local seed production...or the lack thereof. He talks about what it means to…

The Power of Microgreens: Growing Big Profits Year-Round

Sep 16, 2024 56m

Farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farms in Taranaki, New Zealand jumps on the show to discuss how they grow microgreens as part of their market garden operation. Farmer Jodi shares some…

Building a Farm from the Ground Up: The All-In Entrepreneur's Journey

Sep 09, 2024 46m

Lily Evans of Short Roots Farm in Kenosha, Wisconsin shares her entrepreneurial journey into microgreens starting from how she bootstrapped her business with minimal investment, to scaling up her…

Fresh Profits: How Two Friends Grew a Microgreen Empire

Sep 02, 2024 1h 2m

Blake Cowling and Austin Collins on Scintilla Farms in San Diego, California share their microgreens journey starting on a very small scale and expanding to growing in a warehouse to service over 30…

To Blackout or Not: What Our Microgreens Trials Revealed

Aug 26, 2024 10m

In this episode, Chris and I discuss using the blackout stage in growing microgreens, particularly broccoli, and whether it's beneficial. The blackout stage involves keeping plants in the dark after…

Microgreens and Montana Dreams: Joe Sessions on Building a Local Brand

Aug 19, 2024 1h 11m

Joe Naiman-Sessions of N Bar S Microgreens in Helena, Montana shares his microgreen growing journey, from reaching out to other microgreen growers in the area and selling to grocery stores, to…

From One Rack to 2,000 Trays: How Jacob Goldfarb Grew Goldfarm Canada

Aug 12, 2024 53m

Jacob Goldfarb of Goldfarm Canada shares his microgreens journey and how he moved his growing operation from his kitchen in his 1-bedroom apartment, to his 3-bedroom apartment, to a commercial…

Adapting and Expanding: Six Years of Lessons from a Microgreen Farmer

Aug 05, 2024 1h 22m

Catch returning guest microgreens grower Vincent Cuneo of Agrarian Feast to share how his business has fared since it began in 2018. Vincent details his strategy of partnering with grocers and…

Growing and Improving a Microgreens Business with Max Beecher and Chris Thoreau

Mar 07, 2020 1h 53m

The benefits of building a microgreens business, and how to keep improving it. Chris's online course Growing Your Profitable Microgreens Business https://microgreens.teachable.com/courses Increase…

Growing Great Microgreens Starts with the Great Soil

Feb 15, 2020 1h 9m

Microgreen grower Chris Thoreau joins me to talk about the importance of soil in growing microgreens. Chris's online course Growing Your Profitable Microgreens Business…

The 10 Year Evolution of a Microgreen Farmer and a Microgreen Business

Jan 26, 2020 1h 10m

Chris Thoreau has grow microgreens for over 10 years, but he recently reached the point where he Chris realized it was time to do something else and move on. Find out what changed and why Chris is…

Tips and Advice for Selling Microgreens to Grocery Stores with Vincent Cuneo

Jan 04, 2020 1h 34m

Vincent Cuneo talks about what has made him successful selling microgreens to small independent grocery stores. He discusses giving samples, shelf placement, packaging, and credit for unsold product.…

Can You Make a Living Growing Microgreens?

Dec 15, 2019 1h 13m

In this episode Chris Thoreau joins me to explore the idea - Can you actually make a living growing microgreens? Is it actually possible or just an unrealistic dream? If it is possible what does that…

Publishing Analytics

Frequency
~every 12.4676 days
Every 2 Weeks
Avg Duration
1h 2m
Format
Episodic
Since
Sep 14, 2019
Latest
Dec 30, 2024

Ecosystem Signals

Region
United States
Hosting
microgreens.libsyn.com

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