Growing 38 varieties of microgreens sustainabily in Detroit
Looking for something special to add to dish? We grow 38+ different kinds of microgreens for both consumers and the food industry. Our microgreens are grown indoors year-round without the use of any insecticides, fertilizers or chemicals. We are both MDARD and USDA inspected and…
Did you know eating microgreens provides many healthy benefits? Microgreens contain powerful antioxidants that can help protect against certain diseases. Microgreens contain vitamins, carotenoids, polyphenols, and glucosinolates, which may help prevent cancer. According to the Cleveland Clinc, research on microgreens is still in the early stages,…
We get asked this question a lot at the Farmers’ Market. The answer is “There are countless ways to use microgreens!” People use them as snacks – particularly the crunchy sunflowers (our dogs even love them as a treat). Customers use them in shakes for…
With Spring approaching, Kelly and I got a start on our cut flowers for the new season at the Birmingham Farmers’ Market last weekend. We planted snapdragons, zinnias, rudbeckia, columbine, pansies, monarda, statice, amaranth, cosmos, ornamental peppers-close to 5,000 plants inside adjacent to all our…
Market Wagon (www.marketwagon.com) is an online farmers’ market that offers home delivery over a wide part of the Metro Detroit area. While many of the grocer stores we’ve partnered with (Plum Markets, Papa Joes, Westborn Markets and Zerbos Markets) offer a good selection of our…
Pretty cold and bleak outside here at Motor City Micro Farm. Our flower gardens are sleeping under the blanket of snow. We’ll start seeding our summer flower flats inside soon., but in the meantime, we’re growing our microgreens indoors trying our best to keep them…
It’s a question we get asked occasionally and the simple answer is, “no”, but there’s a little more to it. Though we are not certified “Organic”, we do practice many organic methods in the growing of our microgreens. We do not use any chemicals, fertilizers,…
Just got done ordering all the plants and seeds for Kelly’s 2025 flower garden down on the farm. She’ll have bouquets galore again this year at the Birmingham Farmers’ Market. Looking forward to seeing everyone again this year.
