Tag: microgreens Detroit
The Farmers’ Market Season Begins!
We’re kicking off the 2025 Farmers’ Market season this Sunday, May 4, 9am – 2pm at the Birmingham Farmers’ Market. This is our 6th year at the market and we’re looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. We’ll have a variety of …
Just 11 More Days!
We’ll be back for our sixth season at the Birmingham Farmers’ Market on Sunday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lots of fresh microgreens for you. Our microgreens are packed with flavor and up to 40% more nutritious than the full-grown version of the plant. We do not use any chemicals, fertilizer, pesticides or insecticides and we’re MDARD and USDA certified. Our microgreens are grown indoors, year-round, at our urban farm in Detroit.
We’ll have arugula, broccoli, basil, cantaloupe, cilantro, leek, kale, mustard, pea, radish, red cabbage and sunflower microgreens along with our Asian, Hero, Garden, Italian, Rainbow and Spicy microgreen mixes. Stop by, say hello and check us out!
Getting Ready!
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 …
Have You Tried Our Microgreens on Market Wagon?
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 microgreens and mixes, we’re able to offer a wider selection on Market Wagon. You can order weekly from Market Wagon until midnight on Sundays and your order is delivered to your home fresh the following Tuesday afternoon. Check it out!
Ugh Winter!
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 …
Are Our Microgreens Organic?
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, …
