We are phasing down our Farm-in-a-Box site and directing you to our new MicrogreenFarm site. The new site will become the hub of our microgreen efforts leading to the holiday season this year ... click on the link and visit our new site, also watch the new site for exciting new products and kits coming in the next few weeks ...
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The evolution of our MicrogreenFarm products has taken a decidedly Eco turn. Building on a comment from my daughter Malia, who was one of the original beta kit testers, we searched for ways to make our kits truly eco conscious and not just through upcycling. We were lucky to find our needed pieces and the culmination of researching sources and testing samples is what you see here .... Our seed sources were already organic so we were good with our seeds. The media we were using included some material that was not within our eco definition so we found a pure coir media supplier. Coir is made from coconut husks and is a truly sustainable resource. In fact, we reuse the media after harvesting by adding it in our garden.
The biggest challenge has always been finding the right container, both in size and capacity, while having an eye on visual presentation. We finally found our last piece and have now included a tree free, compostable tray that is food safe for people and healthy for the planet. Our "farms" are meant to be an integral part of a meal and can even be placed on a table and harvested as you dine. The ultimate expression of farm to fork ... By using these items to assemble our new eco farm line, you will not only feel good by eating nutritious microgreens, but feel good because you are also doing something positive in the world ... We will release more details and products soon ... follow us here on the blog and also see our etsy store. Just a fun post today highlighting our fresh microgreens ... we loaded up a bowl of rice with 2 types of local poke, king crab garlic and shoyu ahi with sea asparagus and topped with a mixture of fresh harvested microgreens from our farm ... doesn't get much better than this !!!
It is not often you get validation of your work by such a celebrity .... In the latest O Magazine article on Mini Greens we have gotten a huge validation of what we have been preaching. The punch you get with microgreens is incredible.
Our full lineup of products to grow a wonderful crop of microgreens can now be had on our etsy store ... MicrogreenFarm ... testing is underway on some new products that advance our vision of truly sustainable production in our home farms. Stay tuned for photos and more information .... Today we are proud to unveil a refill kit for our Micro Farm-in-a-Box Broccoli Microgreen Farm. This refill is also a standalone Farm product that can grow 3 full crops of broccoli microgreens similar to the picture. You can purchase the refill kit at our new etsy store MicrogreenFarm along with our full Farm kits. This refill kit only contains the seeds and media and the basic BYOC (Bring Your Own Container) is simple. Once you have a suitable container and a sprayer for initital misting ... you have basically all you need to grow a crop like this ...
Because we are reusing small food containers (small food portion, approx 4" x 4" in size) you can grow three full crops like the photo above. We have gotten today some new containers that are totally compostable and made from sustainable sources. We are testing these under a new product designation to further green out our Farm Products ... stay tuned, as the first crop is in our field and we will know in a week .... After extensive research, design, development and testing ... we are now proud to unveil our Farm-in-a-Box line of microgreen grow your own products. We are going live today on our MicrogreenFarm store on estsy. Our line initially has 2 products that are designed for an individual or family to get into growing and consuming these wonderful live foods ... microgreens. Check out our new store and watch for additional products ...
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