Microgreens CSA

Learn more about our Winter 2024 (January-March) CSA here where you can sign up and and follow payment instructions. 

  • How does the microgreens delivery model work? 

    • CSA stands for community supported agriculture. Within a CSA subscription model, people pre-pay for shares of the goods produced. In our CSA, members pre-pay for a specific number of weeks and we deliver 3 types of microgreens each week. 

    • Microgreens are typically harvested within 8 to 36 hours before delivery. For example, microgreens for Saturday morning delivery are often harvested on Thursday or Friday, depending on how quickly the plant is growing.   

    • Microgreens CSA members then leave a cooler on their doorstep and we drop them in and send a text to confirm delivery.

  • Can other products be delivered with the microgreens?

    • Yes, depending on the time of year and what is available.

    • Each week, we send an email to the CSA members to let them know what other items are available for delivery, including produce from the garden, flowers, and eggs. 

    • CSA members then add on to their order and we will deliver along with the microgreens. 

  • Are the microgreens organic?

    • The microgreens are not considered organic. We do not usually buy organic seeds; however, we do use a certified organic seed starter, Coast of Maine organic seed starter, Sprout Island Blend, which we buy from Fifth Season Gardening Company in Carrboro, NC. 

    • Given the short growing cycle, microgreens are not typically treated for pests. Consequently, no additional treatments or additives are applied to the microgreens.

  • What can you do with microgreens?

    • Drop a generous cup of pea shoots, sunflowers (sunnies!), broccoli, or kale blended into our breakfast smoothies. 

    • Use either pea shoots or Sunnies to form the base of our weekly lunch salads (in place of lettuce). Then, we typically add 2 more varieties (e.g., beets, kale), then top the salad off with a meat/protein source, peppers, onions, etc.

    • Stir fry sunnies or pea shoots with other veggies as a side dish. 

    • Make a raw or cooked micros bed for meat/protein during the main course then topped it with another. For example, we recently sautéed pea shoots in garlic then laid a burger on top. We then topped it with radish microgreens. The sweetness of the pea shoots and the sharpness of the radish greens was a fun adventure. 

    • Make pesto! Basil microgreens make an incredible pesto and you can add some arugula microgreens for added flavor and volume. 

    • Mix them into omelets with a bit of goat cheese or just top a fried egg with a few microgreens. The fried egg and arugula microgreen mix is a household favorite.

    • Toasted English muffin sammy with turkey, avocado, mayo, and pea shoots (or sunnies…or really any of them!). This one is a little specific but a recent mind boggling creation. 

    • Strategically placed beet greens to cover up your farm fresh fried eggs that came out looking like someone already ate them. 

  • But why microgreens? Because they are…

    • Efficient sources of nutrients - nutrients are super concentrated into these tiny plants! They may contain 4 - 40 times more nutrients than their mature/full grown counterparts. So for the same volume, you get more good stuff like phenolic antioxidants (broccoli), β-carotene, the precursor to Vitamin A (radish and mustard), and α-Tocopherol, aka Vitamin E (sunflower and radish).

    • Versatile tools for enhancing flavor in your usual dishes - top off your sammies, stir them into soups, roll them into wraps, and sauté them in your stir fry.

    • Gorgeous garnishes - sometimes it’s hard to tell whether the extra leaves on your plate at a restaurant are edible or thin plastic shaped like kale (and sometimes you eat it and you’re still not sure). That doesn’t happen with microgreens. Used as a garnish, they boost the confidence and status of your plated foods while also sharing a lot of flavor for such small plants. 

    • Milder versions of their bigger selves - Want broccoli but looking for something a little less brocolli-ish in flavor? Try its mini-me! Looking for something earthy but not a veggie that actually hints of dirt? How about beet microgreens? Want to sneak in vegetables to the non-believers? Hide tiny microgreens in their food!

    • A better salad base than lettuce - let’s be honest, lettuce is good a vehicle for a tasty dressing or a nice blanket for a fat piece of cheese in your salad. But other than that, there isn’t much to it. Sorry, lettuce family. 

    • Ideal for sloppy salad eaters - This one is personal. Ever try to stuff giant lettuce leaves smothered with dressing into your mouth at a restaurant and end up with ranch from chin to cheek? Not with these little greens.