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 …
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, insecticides or pesticides. We use only NON-GMO seeds and in some cases, our peas and cantaloupe are grown with organic seeds. Our soil is carefully screened to ensure that it is contaminant-free and safe. Overall, we practice safe growing methods and have been recognized and certified by both the Michigan Department of Agriculture and the USDA for those efforts.
Organic Certification is expensive and we feel the expense is unnecessary based on the needs of most of our customers.
We’ve partnered with Market Wagon to offer a wide variety of our nutritious microgreens online. Plum Markets, Westborn Markets, Pap Joes and Zerbos just don’t have the display space to offer our complete line of microgreens to you, but go online and you can find …
If you’re looking for something healthy addition to your diet, try microgreens. A USDA study found that these tiny greens can provide up to 40% more nutrients than the adult plant. They’re great as toppings for sandwiches, omelets, salads, in smoothies or just plain as a snack. Check them out!
We deliver fresh microgreens to Zerbos in Livonia and Zerbos in Commerce Township every Thursday. Give them a try.
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 …
