The REAL TRUTH About Growing Microgreens For Profit
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- The REAL TRUTH About Growing Microgreens For Profit /// Want to know the real truth behind microgreens business and microgreens farming? I’m a microgreens farmer myself, and I’m going to use this microgreens video to tell you about the fun facts and hard truths of farming indoor microgreens. Growing microgreens indoors is a fun way to learn organic gardening and indoor farming while starting your microgreens business plan and understanding the real truth about health. If you already know how to grow microgreens, this will provide some insight as to whether your indoor garden can become a real business for you. This isn’t necessarily a microgreens how to video, but it relates to the benefits and drawbacks of urban farming and the microgreens industry.
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Tell me your struggles and success stories! ✏️👇🏼
There is so much to learn, especially in the beginning. I remember mastering my watering technique was tricky in the beginning but I got the hang of it quickly!
Donny Greens Ive been trying to grow micros but I’ve had a mold problem every time I try.
NEMO well all my my videos this month for April will be about mold so lucky you!
@@DonnyGreens Can you suggest a good consistent fine mister bottle/ hose that's easy to attach/detach from a kitchen sink? Thank you!
would love to see your take on plant health.
Im so glad that he admitted the help he got from his parents. Not taking away his work ethic. Many times these "gurus" don't tell everything. Thanks For the honesty
OMG another Donald! 🌱💚 Much love bro, im so glad you appreciate that. Im big on honesty and transparency, I literally have the word "Truth" tattood on my chest. Thanks for this comment
this one show his hummility.. it is grand, pleasant video and informative
Agreed, these self help gurus RARELY tell u the head start they got because the SELL you the notion that you can do it too. Robert Kyasaki had a friend/neighbor who's dad mentored him as a kid. Dave Ramsey was born into the real estate business.
Thanx Honest Don
@@comfortmobilecarwash9561 So true.
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I'm disabled and I have to use a wheelchair. My brother and I are buying the equipment to start a Microgreens business. I hope we can be successful as you are. We have two 10x10 empty rooms we are setting up to grow out of. We don't have a car yet but we will in the next month or so. I am definitely watching all your videos.
Very exciting my dude! Get that equipment and start growing! I'm sure you will find success if you take my advise and are passionate about growing food and helping people. Two 10 x 10 rooms is a ton of space, you can grow a lot of food and make good money with those rooms. Thanks so much for watching my videos, it means the world to me and I love to help! What is the biggest challenge you foresee in the near future?
@@DonnyGreens Right now I think the biggest hurdle for us would be the waiting out the quarantine. Not knowing when it would be over so we can start going out to sell our Microgreens. On the other hand we can grow for the next few months and not have that pressure to rush into going to local Farmer's Market or finding restaurants to sell to. We can focus on growing a better product and determine what pace we can keep up with. I always worry about my brother being overwhelmed with work so I think we could use this time to get used to a schedule.
@@MrCreepandJeep I think thats a good idea too. Start growing them so you know what expect, improve your skills, and learn how to eat them. Make the best of the time you have! Getting overwhelmed with work is definitely something that can happen in this business, I speak from experience lol 🤪 But if you have a two person team, it should b very manageable, especially in the beginning 👍🏼 What varieties are you most excited to grow first?!
Have you attempted your first grow yet?
Grow weed instead. Way more profitable and easier to sell
I'm going to my first farmers market tomorrow wish me luck.
How did it go ?
How did it go?
Update?
Haha Andy, I think people want to know how your market went!
I'm making progress . First week I only sold 45 $ 2 week it was worts but .. 3 week I came up with with better banners and ways to explain what Im doing Im .. I crush it ..
Great video, was worried that I would get discouraged but it did the exact opposite and motivated me. I currently live in a 1br apartment and plan to start in my living room. Realistic goal would be netting 2k-3k weekly from growing. Finding a consistent client sounds like the hardest part.
Just starting my micro greens adventure. I am a personal trainer and hope to incorporate micro greens into my programs for clients. Looking through the comments I am impressed at how many comments you respond to. This thoroughness has probably contributed to your success.😊
how are things going?
How are you doing? @Mighty Wind
how did you go in your first year?
Microgreens could also be the future in food sustainability with every family/household growing their own microgreens. 👍
I would love to jump into this business, not too afraid of getting equipment or growing it, but to aquire customers I'm lost in the sauce...
I wonder about the same thing
Walk into the business and try and get a meet with the manager. Old school . Bring lots free samples for them.
I find growing the micro greens the easy part, the hard part trying to find some place to sell them.., at least for me.
Two totally different aspects of the business. Start off at a local farmers market and build from there!
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Snoopy FPV Reach out to your local restaurants
How do you even present it to a restaurant?
Yeah that's what I told him and he's like nono you don't know what you're talking about x)))
The biggest thing keeping me from starting a micro greens farm is moving the product. Finding which greens local consumers want and how much they will buy seems daunting.
Thick skin, lots of shoe leather and start cold calling. Marketing and sales is the only thing that matters. Knowing how to grow product, which isn't that hard if you have the equipment, is only a small part of the business. Good luck.
Love that he has a microgreens business and is literally helping other people do the same which many people may feel scared they would compete.
Much love Amy, thanks for this comment 🌱💚
UA-cam money
Why work when you can post a video?
Another valuable video. I am impressed that you clearly state that running a business is a huge commitment. Without reliable help you are the only one getting all the work done (no vacations). Paperwork, taxes, rent, packaging, delivery, customer service.
Thanks so much for this comment. I try to be as honest as possible!
I’m going to start this. 4 years after this video, all the testimonies from other social media farmers about this have been positive. Thanks for providing this info because I chose today to start doing this.
Microgreen consumption is a key to keep ourselves in a better condition. Thank you Donny for sharing your real life experience with microgreen farming.
This year was my 40'th year of organic gardening.....I started by studying Robert Rodale's book on organic gardening & subscribed to his magazine in 1980...and used to sell fresh garlic at my local farmers market in 1999-2002...& am exited about growing microgreens for profit !!
Wow David that's incredible! What a badass you are - I would love to learn from you, I havn't gotten to good at outdoor veggie farming just yet, but I am pretty good at the indoor microgreens at this point haha. Thanks for doign what you do and growing the farm movement!
I would love to hear an update on your adventure! How is the profit? What problems did you overcome?
What stops me? Thinking I won’t be able to sell them. I’m going to start by growing them for my family and see how it goes from there.
Thats a great idea and is exactly what I recommend. Selling can be tricky but there are so many opportunities out there if you have the guts to pursue them!
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Donny, I've watched the others. They don't compare to yours. I have picked up some tips but you are the one I run to when I'm not sure of something.
How do you find clients?
I'm not considering starting a micro greens business, just small scale for myself and giving or maybe selling to a few friends. I'm also wondering how it would go taking a few trays with me when I travel with my caravan. I appreciate your honesty, all the positives and negatives and will check out your other videos. Thanks a lot.
This past spring or summer is the first time I've heard about microgreens. We got some and I put them outside and didn't think about them when a storm came and they over flowed with water. So we ended up throwing that batch out. We are interested in trying it again.
I mostly haven’t started my business because the process seems to be intimidating and also knowing where to start is a huge contributing factor in struggling to start. I have a general idea of where to present myself, like certain farmers markets, but still just am stuck with the entire process of creating logos and creating an operating space etc. I go to school for horticulture and summer break just started so now that my schooling is coming to an end somewhat, I feel myself inclined to make a decision in joining the industry and this is definitely an outlet im considering. With the help of your videos, it certainly helps take away from all the fear of failing, and it helps to have a huge insight of your business operation-it creates confidence.
Great info! I've grown Microgreens for my family for over a year and love them! Black oil sunflower is my personal fave. This summer in our tiny town, with Covid going on, our flea market/farmers market consisted of about 5 vendors, including me, selling my homemade soap and body care products, garden produce, and Microgreens. Fairly consistently, I sold 2 trays worth of Microgreens per week. Most people didn't know what they were. A few were thrilled and became regulars. I cut and packaged them fresh at my stand and offered samples. It was fun to educate and see people's reactions. This is about the limit for me at this time with a young daughter still at home. However, I've been intrigued since I began with the idea of selling for profit...maybe one day...a wonderful healthful product that helps people!
Yes absolutely ! Thanks for your comment 🌱💚
Questions:
How to start
Who are we selling to
How much are we investing
Where can hold a groups of to speak on tips
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Watched several of your presentation now and they have really helped me. I have my first rack and lights installed in my kitchen and starting to grow...I called business license. Dept. in town and filled out application for (agriculture) business license just TODAY . Explained what I wanted to do...sell to restaurants, Farmer's Markets, people, etc. And he basically said, go for it....of course I told the business license guy I plan on getting insurance and he said I would be legit in my area...you have mentioned calling health and AG department to get clearance on several occasions...my question....should I trust the business license people and start selling???
Awesome! So glad my content is helping you, this makes me very happy 🌱😄 Congrats on getting started! You can definitely get started selling, just be sure to get the insurance asap and you should give a call to your local dept of health and dept of ag to see what they require/have to say. Does this help?
You are saying you made six figures but is that net or gross??? There is a huge difference because what if you make 100k but spend 70k on business expenses? Please be more transparent.
I was waiting for the negative hard truths that scared me and suddenly the video was over! I guess it's time to start... 🙃
Haha much love 🌱💚 Get growing!
Check us out when you need some Clear Containers that are plant based and Compostable to sell all your beautiful microgreens!
I love how humble you are. Keep putting in the hard work!
Hi Donny! We really appreciate your channel and all the amazing info you share! We have dreamed of having our own CSA program for so long now and you’ve encouraged us to jump in with microgreens. We just received our trays, our seeds and lights are on their way and we couldn’t be more excited! Thank you so much for everything you do! We are excited to get started.
Can we please be in direct contact and help me with your suppliers? My email address is h.chimota6@gmail.com
Its been 1 yr since u added this comment. Can you circle back n let us know jow your doing?
Loved how real you were in this video - Whats stopping me from starting my own is how Easy is it to sell the items that you grow in such a rapid timespan... A weekly subscription service sounds like the best course of action
yes, i only do a weekly subscription
Whats stopping me is I have a cat and only a 1 bedroom apartment for me and my wife. (We are expecting a baby in october as well). I REALLY want to start a farm and I love the idea of microgreens, I just need a room to grow them in first :(
one day soon
I started growing medical cannabis as well as outdoor gardening then i got a head injury while at work. and haven't been the same since, what i do have left is a love for life and an ability to grow happy healthy plants. But i still find myself forgetting everything that i have learned over the years, and even with the frustration of forgetting everything i just try my best and keep on goin... thank you for the information and great content.
The biggest hurdle for me right now is living in NYC and not knowing the legalities of running an urban farm.
Call your local department of health and department of agriculture. Are you growing yet?
Hello! Very informative.. I’m retired h from military next year and looking into farming.. I wasn’t sure how to start are what to grow. I heard somethings about micro greens and your channel popped up! What you discussed about failure about starting a business was good info.. most young kids need to know and understand this. But more importantly not be afraid of it.
Donny, love it. What video series/classes do you recommend?
All of my videos here on youtube. Then the microgreensmentors.com program. Then you can find deeper courses in the descriptions of my UA-cam videos
what's stopping me is that I don't have anywhere to grow them. Is growing them outside viable if I have outside lights I can use?
Hello, in the lockdown due to corona outbreak, i m thinking to grow a little for my kitchen. Your videos were useful . Thanks for the content and continue posting.
Love from india
Awesome! Definitely start growing at home! Thanks so much for you kind words brother, I will definitely continue posting 😊What varieties do you want to grow first?!
@@DonnyGreens thanks for the response mate, I'm currently growing mung beans (green gram) currently. Any suggestions are most welcome. Good day
It's May 2023, I live in Los Angeles County, every restaurant I've been to and all the people around me talk about food. I'm the lead prep for BJ's Restaurant. So I speak to a lot of other chefs from different restaurants. The only time I've ever heard about microgreens has been online to this day has been all the videos. I don't think I've seen any microgreens on any dishes out here. I've only seen them in packages at Vons. I'm starting to grow my own, not sure how to Market it though.
Love the passion..
Thanks so much! Love farming and business haha 🌱💚
I'm glad he talked about rejection. Business owners face rejection all the time for no other reason than they are talking to the wrong person (not a decision maker or not interested). If your marketing doesn't deliberately filter those kind of people out, hearing 'no' so often can really affect your emotional wellness. You have to protect yourself, preferrable by putting filter information into your marketing so the wrong people don't even contact you. We business owners need to protect ourselves as much as possible.
yes absolutely esther
Hi Donny, love your enthusiasm. You are coming with the same energy Curtis did 10 years ago, I love it. I used to grow and sell microgreens and plan on doing it again. I did not make a profit from it otherwise I would never have stopped. I plan on giving it another go, but I find the biggest hurdle to be the fact that Americans are obese people who prefer to scarf down Whataburger and Wendys everyday and yes that even includes Californians living in Texas. Seen it with my own two eyes. So where do I find these clean living, clean eating people? When I lived in Austin, which was supposed to be the clean eating capital of Texas, I met with all the microgreens growers I could and they were all struggling. Now I am in a smaller town in Texas and I plan to give it another go, mainly because of my entrepreneurial passion and low starting costs, but honestly as someone with experience in the business and I did everything right, a six digit income or even 1000 a week is not something i am holding my breath for. Mainly just want the experience in a new context. My first microgreens business was in New Jersey. Heck, I even came out in the local news twice! It did not increase my microgreens sales.
You need to work on your marketing and selling skills. Everyone cares about their health. It is such a trend right now. There are people everywhere that just need to be educated and sold.
@@DonnyGreens I guess I am surrounded by those who don’t care about their health. Any suggestions? Keep in mind I am in the obesity capital of Texas and there are no health food stores in my town. This trend flew right over this town. When there is a line around the block for Chik-fil-a it’s hard to see what you see.
This means that your town especially needs microrgeens. Be the pioneer of health in your community
@@DonnyGreens Yes sir, I love the way you look at it. Working on my website and then will be working on facebook ad as soon as I catch a break from my current career.
I am very interested. I am retired and pretty much a stay at home retiree. My biggest concern is not the hard work, not the dedication, but worried about "over saturation" and availability to find markets/persons/companies to sell too.
We have been developing our business since January. We'd been working on it for several months before we officially launched. Our biggest struggle to date is definitely finding customers. Because we don't have a shop, we depend on delivering microgreens to our customers. Unfortunately, they don't buy in enough quantities to do anything more than break even every month, and we're going to have to start charging a small delivery fee, but when they are already only ordering about 2 ounces each per week, I don't think they will pay a delivery fee. We have yet to have any restaurants sign on for regular orders, despite setting aside multiple days weekly for months to personally deliver samples. We will be starting markets this summer, which is not what we wanted to do at all, but at this point, we have no other options. I am watching you to see if you have any tips or suggestions we haven't exhausted yet. I am not ready to give up after only 3 months, but I'm getting tired of the constant dead ends. We have an income source separate from microgreens, but I feel like I've tried every suggestion I've come across so far, and nothing has panned out. We are absolutely nowhere near making this a viable income source.
Basically, I'm feeling very disillusioned by the whole business.
Im not in microgreens. But like any business, your prolly not taking profits for the first 2 years. Keep at it, keep grinding, keep going to restaurants, especially new ones as your gonna want to move volume.
I saw someone recommend providing a free supply to a restaurant for a month. This may be an option to try if you haven't. They get free greens for a month, and you get to show them your consistency, and confidence in your product. The person who said this recommended doing this for five restaurants and said one will most likely order from you afterward.
Pogo, it may work for a few, but this strategy is legendary in the wholesale food and liquor trade. "stock my bar or kitchen for the next 30 days and we will give u the business permanently" said the owner. Works great til the "next guy" does the.same. Most expect it. For the bigger distributors its factored into their pricing.
Any update on your business?
How is it going so far?
I am a cannabis grower but legalization has ruined that. All and all I am a farmer, looking for a profitable crop. My passion is growing cannabis but farming is what I’m on this earth for. Any help would be appreciated
He forgot to add that the microgreens business is ideal for local growers due to the fast distribution an independent farmer can provide, thus reassuring freshness. By the time they are shipped to a supermarket and put on a shelf, they have lost a lot of freshness and nutrition, and start to become mushy.
It's 3 years since this video. How are you doing Donny? I hope you're knocking it out of the park!
Can you list any seed that CANNOT be grown as a micro green? I am growing micro greens for myself and family. Thank you
No, i'm sorry I cannot list any seed that cannot be grown as a microgreen. I suggest growing varieties that are commonly grown as microgreens. You can watch my video where I talk about the best varieties to start with: ua-cam.com/video/duomKZjt0PI/v-deo.html
Hey Donny, love your content. I don’t really have questions about cultivation, but I am very interested in learning how to sale my crops after they are harvested.
ill have videos on this in the future or you can join my challenge and upgrade to VIP where we go over all the business stuff! onetrayaway.com/
I wanna start growing I jst heard about this tonight and live in Arizona
Haha get growing!
Aw I love your parents. My parents are awesome to. Sorry I know off topic but made me smile to hear.
Thank you so much mate! Much respect and appreciation for this.. more than information , it gave me motivation to start now instead of waiting for ages till the "time was right" 😂
Boom! Awesome! So glad I was able to help make that happen for you. Getting started in something is often the hardest part 🌱 🔑
I'm thinking about starting with a couple trays and playing with growing micro greens. If it's right for me, I'll go all-in. If it's not, then I got a way to grow greens for the family. My biggest barrier is space. I can make it, but gotta make sure it's right for me - I have other side hustles that take up time.
YES - that is exactly what I recommend. You have a great head on your shoulders and are very self-aware, I can tell! I hope. to see you thriviing as a microgreens farmer one day!
I’ve been growing for some months with decent success. I’ve found that there are some other growers around my city, and there’s at least one other grower at every farmers market. Im very eager to go out and start making some money back from this, but I don’t feel like my micros are at the high quality enough they should be to be competitive. Plus I’m garbage at “selling”. Lol.
Bright side: there’s a serious lack of home delivery around me! Currently looking at establishing myself there. 😁
Awesome I wouldn’t be too scared about competition. I think that there’s endless potential for these powerful young plants because the whole world is sick, fat, and tired and these products will help them. After all, what is more important than your health? I think doing the home delivery is a great idea and will set you up with a resilient business that stands apart to your competition. I would just keep on working on the quality of your product, dialing in your processes, and putting in some of your first customers on the basis of helping them to be healthier. Does this help? Where are you located anyway?
@@DonnyGreens Thanks for the encouragement! I'm just out of Austin, TX.
I have been a gardener for many years and have a good understanding on all types of growing....I am interested in starting a micro green business
Love to hear it Jim!! Well people like you inspire me too - I can't wait to do more outdoor farming!! Id say the best option for you right now for you to learn from me is joining the One Tray Away Challenge, check it out at OneTrayAway.com if you like 🌱🌱 The free Microgreens Business Secrets video will be great for you but the challenge as a whole will be very useful for the early stage you are at
Awesome thank you! Ive watched other “hard truth” videos before and they were depressing. This one left me inspired and motivated, well done. Thank you for being you and sharing your knowledge!
Thanks a lot! I definitely tried to show both sides of the story here.
I've started but the hardest part is selling them and storing them what's the best way to go about it
Hi Donny, really loving the content you're making! I live in New Zealand and unfortunately due to Covid-19 my alcohol delivery start up failed. It was definitely for the best because microgreens have a polar opposite effect on peoples health and wellbeing. Enjoying the content and quality of information in every video! Would you recommend selling to restaurants or farmers markets first?
Both. Diversify for resilience. And welcome to the light side 🌱😊
My main concern before I get started is the details on how to market them and what licenses are needed
Marketing and sales is definitely a challenge even outside of the growing part. I'm still learning this myself even though i've been doing super well so far. I'll be sure to make content about this in the future so we can all learn! I recommend getting started anyway and seeing if you even like growing. You wont be able to figure everything out before starting. You need to learn as you go too. Experience is how you really learn. Gotta dive in!
See my comment above!
Thanks for the video. I have been considering growing the greens for some time now. I started several years ago growing the Ganja here in Alaska and between the permits, time to harvest and a variety of other factors there was too much time and money spent trying to make a profit. Already have the general growing skills and a lot of equipment and will be checking out some of your other videos. Thanks again.
No problem!! Thanks for the comment, i wish you the best of luck! Also - microgreens are MUCH less complicated than cannabis. Much less details and what to know with lights, nutrients, etc. I see cannabis growers start growing micros and overcomplicate. Pretend to unlearn everything you learned about growing and start over from super basics with micros. Super simple and easy compared 🌱🌱🌱💚💚
I have watched hundreds if not thousands of videos about all aspects of the microgreens business. I have experimented with growing, I have the supplies, equipment, packing options, prior entrepreneurial experience, etc. I feel like I am ready to start a business except that I have no confidence about one important topic, packaging and pricing the finished product. How much is in a package and how much do you charge for it? Pretty simple yet there seems to be a dearth of actionable information regarding these topics. Where can I get this information?
So far so good, im introverted af bro. I smoke weed daily, exercise, and am a homebody. This sounds perfect for me.. How have I not heard of this lmao. Once my fb account is unbanned, im gonna join some groups. I like to network, learn from others.
Haha awesome, luckily, if you have a home delivery subscription model, you wont have to be too extraverted. Blaze on brotha 🌳 😎
Best tip would be where you buy seed from and popular cultivars.
You can find links to all the seeds, supplies and equipment I use in the descriptions of my UA-cam videos!
I am launching my mini micro greens biz as a side hustle this weekend! I have watched countless videos and decided sink or swim, there is only one way to find out! SOoooo I am starting with literally one. lone. tray. at the farmer's market this weekend (alongside my other products like soaps and baked goods). I have four trays started for next week so wish me luck!
When setting up this business in basement, don't you ahve issue wiht higher humidity in your house? If so, how do you manage that? Thanks, SK, PH.D.
That's what a dehumidifier is for!
I wish that was my issue! I have mice 😓
@@rlopez18m There is a product called Pest Offense & it works very well. It is a plugin unit that apparently uses the wires in the walls to deliver EMF & repel all manner of rodents & insects. I moved into a country house years ago & it was completely overrun with mice. You could hear them in the ceilings & walls & they'd run all over the place once the sun went down - literally jumping over your feet as they ran by. Never seen anything like it.
I bought a couple of these units, plugged them in & didn't see another mouse after about 24 hours. Be sure to get this exact brand though. There are a lot of similar products that don't work well at all.
Hey Donny, as a Microgreens farmer who is our customer? Whom do we sell microgreens to? Won't grocery stores already have their supply chain for it? How do you find customers?
Health food stores, juice bars, direct to consumers, health conscious consumers, restaurants, distributors
I would like to connect with you. I've ordered most of my gear. I need a mentor.
I offer 1v1 consulting on my website donnygreens.com
Me too!
I'm on a pilot project...see if I like it and if I'll grow enthousiastic about it
yeah, I'm shy and that first person that tells me no I'm done, I get so crushed I just give up.
Pamela! Losing and failing is fun! Convince yourself that you love no's and you will be invincible. It's okay to be shy but don't let small failures keep you from "playing the game" and taking advantage of this incredible opportunity! Have you gotten a yes yet?
Hi Pamela, as long as that first person is not yourself you will make it.
The first person that tells u “yes”....that will feel awesome! Believe in your product, you can’t grow wrong and good luck!
Failure is an integral step on the path to success. You keep failing until you learn all the possible ways you can fail, at which point success is the only remaining option.
The only way to _truly_ fail is to give up before you reach that point - everything else is just a temporary setback. As long as you never give up on yourself, success is inevitable.
Man! This thread has the best positive and supportive encouragement I've seen in a long while. I actually took a screenshot to use as inspiration in the future. Way to go, people! Spread the love. 💖
These are cold hard facts for running any business... not just farming micro-greens.
Donny’s comments on starting a business are the real deal. I own an unrelated business and am a professional engineer. Getting my business off the ground was a tougher challenge than getting my engineering degree. Imagine putting in 80 hour weeks for months on end with very little income coming in.
school cam easy to me... starting a business was the hardest thing ive ever done. Well worth it and you get so much improvement over time
I'm starting growing this week..where should I start my sales? Farmers markets? Delivery? Restaurants?
Why not all?
What did you set up?
You want to diversify your customer base in general but to start, I would go to Farmers Markets to get the name out about your company and products. From there, you will gain much insight from these market attendees. Get their emails with an email list and convert them to weekly delivery subscribers. This will be the foundation of your business. From there, branch out to restaurants, juice bars, health food stores, and distributors in order to diversify your customer base and ensure a resilient and profitable business 🌱💚
@@cryptoassets7239 I just ordered all my stuff racks lights seeds getting ready
@@DonnyGreens Thanks for the information..i sure will..where is cheapest place to get good seed in bulk online? Trueleafmarket..thats where i am thinking on ordering from
Gamer Show yep, thats a great source. I use many of their seeds. I sell a few high quality seeds through my website that i get from Italy. Feel free to check those out too. I have a coupon code for TrueLeaf if you want also
First you are a remarkable instructor and motivator. And for the rest here are my blockades for starting my own business. Fear of failure mostly because I'm disabled and I live alone. You made a good point about not being able to take vacations and days off. For now that might be a problem for me because I have some medical conditions where I must go to all-day doctor appointments. But I'm Savvy enough to work out a way to do my responsibilities and keep my garden small while I'm doing all of this. I'm a 63 year old disabled veteran with some pretty bad disabilities but I could do small farms like this for sure. But it's the running of the business like you said it's very hard because I also have never ran my own business. Thanks for listening and I look forward to your Tuesday videos
Yes, logistics. How do you package them for customers. Do you do it yourself or use a third party. How many different types to grow or should I stick with the more popular ones? Thank you 🙏🏼
2:57 On the “what’s stopping you from starting” am realizing not as much as 1st assumed. I still need to learn a bunch sure and set up key infrastructure, but otherwise seems doable.
This coming from a 22 year old recently out of college debt free from combination of scholarships, working ft while going to school pt, and parents allowing to live at home with minimal expenses.
Hearing your origins has torn down the wall of excuses I initially imagined, thank you!
Awesome Paul, glad to hear this, thanks for this comment! Get growin!
2 years after this video you may not even be reading comment anymore, im just starting to grow microgreens for myself and if i like doing it im going to give bussiness a try. i know no one will want my products.. so my question is
How did you get your name out there? how did you become bigger than just growing for your own ocnsumption?
So I believe in the benefits. But I now live in a small town in Wyoming. I don’t know where to sell it out here. Any suggestions?
I've been selling produce for 26 years. We carry 3 varieties of micro greens. Unfortunately all 3 go out of date before they sell. In a store with 80k in produce sales per week I'm lucky if i can sell 3- 4oz packages of micro greens
Just made purchase with true leaf. Thank you 🙏🏽
Awesome best of luck!!!!
I love it. I want to start now. I bet this lifestyle model/business would take off in Thailand :)
How do you sell microgreens grown in your basement or home, without it being a state inspected location? Don’t you have to pass inspection to legally sell food?
I want to start growing but i dont know where to sell it and the legal aspects.
I’m just going to follow this guy for his peer honesty!! Made my day
Haha much love 🌱💚💚💚
You are a very wise young man. All the truths of running a business.
How can anyone compete with all the microgreens companies already existing in any given market?
I recently sold my Inn Restaurant of 20 years and now started a lavender, herb, produce farm with a microgreens area. My area is an RV garage 18x30. My question is will natural light help or hinder the process. It has 6, 3x5, windows evenly spaced. I was thinking about putting black screen film over the windows to retain heat as well. That will reduce the natural light to a shade.
Thank you. love the videos..
Natural light couldnt hurt!
My biggest hurdle at the moment is finding out how to grow individual trays, say 14x14cm, directly on the tray, without holes. Is it even possible? Any help on that? Thanks, lovely content!
Thanks a lot! That isn't a common way of growing but i'm not saying it can't be done. Is there a specific reason why you want to grow like that?
@@DonnyGreens yeah, I wanted to deliver one of those boxes pre-harvested per week to the clients house, on a subscription basis.
raquel ripado chaves that’s an interesting idea, did you validate with a few clients about their interest in this product ?
Glad to see the business idea with less capital and place.. I want to start growing microgreens bt don't how to start
This will get you started: onetrayaway.com/
Did mommy and daddy help out with the initial investment like lighting equipment, storage, vehicle, etc?
lol this is affordable if you can support yourself. kids in their 20s are growing weed without mommy and daddy and its way more expensive.
@@lPOTCl kids in thier 20's live with mommy and daddy
After watching endless videos by many content people. I believe I have come up with 2 segments that have not really been tapped. Great work out there.
Awesome!
Question:
Why in soil and not hydroponic?
Based on my trials, the plants prefer soil, so i give them what they want 😊
Donny Greens cheers !
Because you asked, I just bought the $60 starter pack from True Leaf Market, and just got finished planting my first tray of micro cilantro. Wish me luck
Where can we learn to start this from ground zero?
I haven’t started, so I don’t have a success story. My question would be, do you think it would be possible to accomplish as a second job if you have a 40 hour week job already? Maybe as a small scale operation.
yes definitely. at a small scale it is not very time intensive
Good advice. I would add, the hardest part of any new business, especially one that involves direct sales, is being able to sell ones self. It's an art that is overlooked. You can have the best product, service, work ethic, financial resources, and other positive personal qualities necessary. But I you can't "sell yourself" to prospective customer's you will struggle. Restaurants are typically tough to get your foot in the door let alone consistently hold on to their business. Don't ignore this component in your business plan.
I'm thinking about growing microgreens as a business, i really enjoy the work and it would not be a problem,I love growing stuff and i've been thinking about it for a long time. my main concern is with the marketing and selling of the product. I don't wanna end up with alot of produce and nowhere to sell. I live in the UK by the way.
Grow to order so you don't end up with extra. Any extra you can give away as samples to get new customers. Farmers markets, restaurants, juice/smoothie bars, home delivery (my specialty), health food/grocery stores, corporate wellness, the list goes on. Infinite potential sales!
Well I am going to do this. Not even fro the money but just to eat healthy and possibly turn it into a business.
Where would you sell micro greens ? Restaurants, local stores ?
Restaurants, local food stores, farmers markets, juice bars, and my personal specialty - home delivery! Are you thinking of starting a microgreens business?
What is your electric coats per month? How many micro green racks?
Ive dont have the desire to get into Microgreenes as a business. Ive got an auto immune disorder and Im looking at Greens for a couple reasons and for a bit may grow on a commercial style grow. Not only will I be looking for the nurtitional aspects of things to help balance my system, but will be working to balance my Endocannabinoid system also. Aside from this I want to look at making topical oils and maybe ointments for the skin. Due to Arkansas depriving me of my benefits and being sick I don't have money to put into a corse but am tying to cram the info I can, and hope to share my journey of healing myself from 95% psoriasis coverage with others. Trying to promote a healthier way of living which in essence will have more people shopping for Greens :) I will do you a solid and share a couple of your videos with people along the way.
Just ordered trays and seeds a couple days ago. Happened to have racks and lights laying around! Excited to get this started as I'm pretty sure I will be the only grower in my county!
Awesome!!! So glad to hear about another grower getting started. It's off to the races now! Excited to watch you progress 🌱💚 Best of luck! Let me know if you need any help!
Information of much value friend, I am starting in the world of microgreens and it has been great. Greetings from Colombia.
Awesome Mateo!!! Excited for you! When I visit Columbia next, I will come say hi :)
@@DonnyGreens I hope to see you here in Colombia, it would be a pleasure