Introduction to Growing Microgreens

Have you ever wanted to grow organic microgreens and sprouts? We will show you how to grow microgreens year-round with a minimum of fuss in the tiniest spaces. 

Microgreens are fresh, nutrient-dense baby greens renowned for their vibrancy and vitality. Harvested soon after the first leaves appear, the concentration of nutrients is up to 40 times that of mature plants. 

Microgreens can be grown most anywhere, at home, on the kitchen bench. We will show you how to organise a continuous supply; how to grow various types; and familiarise you with all the equipment and knowledge pertinent to growing. 

The workshop will run out of CERES’ certified-organic vertical farm, where we grow pea shoots and sunflower sprouts for wholesale and retail. 

What you will learn

• How to grow microgreens at home
• How to grow the most productive microgreen varieties
• How to plan for a continuous supply of microgreens
• How CERES grows microgreens commercially

What you will get

• Microgreens seeds and soil to trial growing at home
• A set of instructions to raise your first crop

What to bring

• Closed toe shoes
• Clothes you wouldn’t mind getting dirty
  
  

Trainer Bio's

Rachel Rubenstein is a passionate educator and farmer. Rachel is the Urban Farmer at Honey Lane Organics at CERES. She completed her masters degree in sustainability when she realised her passion was to create a resilient foodbowl in Melbourne. Having gained experience at farms in urban and peri-urban Melbourne,  Rachel now designs and implements farming education program. Rachel dreams of a city filled and surrounded by regenerative and sustainable farms.

Daniel O’Farrell is an entrepreneur with a passion for sustainability and urban farming. He started farming 5 years ago when he set-up CERES Microgreens, a social enterprise producing certified-organic microgreens for wholesale and retail. Today Daniel manages CERES Microgreens and co-ordinates a R&D project funded by Landcare to promote pea shoots and sunflower sprouts as resource-efficient and environmentally-friendly alternatives to conventional salad-greens. Daniel studied Permaculture at Permaculture College Australia in 2013-14.