Lettuce Shelf Life After Harvest: Temperature, Ethylene, and Cooling Methods That Actually Work
Lettuce is a crop that spoils not in the field, but after it. Most growers lose 15–25 % of marketable value not through disease or pests, but through poor handling in the first hours after harvest. Temperature, storage neighbours, and the cooling method matter more than any agrochemical protection. Why Lettuce Spoils So Quickly Lettuce […]
Fungus Gnats on a City Farm: Where They Come From and How to Get Rid of Them
Those tiny black flies hovering above your trays are not just an annoyance — they are fungus gnats (sciarids), and while you are waving the adults away, their larvae are already eating the roots of your microgreens. Here is where they come from and how to stop them at every development stage simultaneously. What Fungus […]
Mould on a City Farm: Why It Appears and How to Eliminate It for Good
You spot a fluffy white ball on a tray — straight into the bin. No deliberation. But do you know why it appeared in the first place, and what to do so it does not happen next time? Mould on microgreens is not just an inconvenience. It is a signal: somewhere in your process there […]
Microgreens for Children: Which Varieties Are Safe and How to Get Kids to Eat Them
Parents tend to fall into two camps. Some say: “my child eats anything I put in front of them, including rocket.” Others: “we have spent three years trying to get a single lettuce leaf past them.” If you are in the second camp, this article is for you. Microgreens can turn out to be an […]
₴50,000 a Month from Microgreens on 10 m² — Myth or Reality? We Do the Maths
You have definitely seen it. Ads on Instagram, YouTube, Telegram. A smiling person in front of green shelves explaining how they transformed their life. “Started from zero,” “minimal investment,” “now earning ₴50,000 a month from 10 square metres.” And then — a button: “Buy the course.” We picked up a calculator and counted everything — […]
7 Microgreens Growing Mistakes That Make Beginners Quit After the First Try
Most of these mistakes happen once — and never again. Microgreens are genuinely easy to grow, but only once you understand a few basics about moisture, airflow, and timing. Mistake 1 — Too Much Water at the Start The most common one. The logic seems right: seeds need water, so water them well. But microgreens […]
80 Acres Farms Enters 17,000 US Stores — Microgreens Now at Walmart and Safeway
When microgreens land on Walmart shelves, it is a signal that the product has definitively left niche status. That is exactly what happened at the start of 2026: vertical farm 80 Acres Farms announced a major expansion of microgreens sales across the United States. What is being sold and where From January 2026, 80 Acres […]
IoT and Automation in Microgreens Growing: How Technology Is Changing Small Business
The biggest pain for a microgreens producer is not the growing itself — it is consistency. Today the harvest is perfect; tomorrow it is too humid and half the trays are covered in mould. Or you forgot to water on time and ended up with a stressed crop the day before harvest. This is exactly […]
USDA Launches $700 Million Regenerative Agriculture Programme
In December 2025, the USDA — the United States Department of Agriculture — announced the launch of a Regenerative Pilot Program with $700 million in funding for the first year alone. It is the largest government investment in regenerative agriculture in American history. What regenerative agriculture is — and how it differs from organic Organic […]