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From Small Space to BIG Profits: Inside a 240 Sq Room Microgreens Farm
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2024
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You'll Learn How To Make Your First $2K In 30 Days Or Less Using Just 6 sq. ft. of Space… Without Knowing How To Grow Or Where To Sell!
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Profitable indoor farming in a small space is possible! Join Curtis Stone as he takes you on a tour of a 240 square foot indoor farming operation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This is a must-watch for anyone interested in indoor farming or starting a microgreens business. Discover tips and insights that will help you start or scale your microgreens business to new profit levels. Dive in and learn how to crush it and build a lean microgreens business in a tiny space!
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About Curtis Stone:
Curtis is one of the world’s most highly sought-after small farming educators. His book, The Urban Farmer, offers a new way to think about farming𑁋 one where quality of life and profitability coexist. Today, Curtis spends most of his time building his 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia. He leverages his relationships with other experts to bring diverse content into the homes of gardeners and aspiring small farmers from around the world. Learn more at FromTheField.TV.
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This guy has the most unique resume on the planet: Microgreens cutivation/sales & Government crest painting.
I went from physical security to masonry, then to web systems. Now I'm super interested in this micro greens thing.
Incoming highly secure, brick and stone micro greens growing room with high end social media, web analytics and database integration
@@rathernotdisclose8064 He loves to gloat.
Let's chat! Food Security#1
You still workin on it-lets chat!
I love the idea of doing live cuts at the farmers market. Getting ready for the market would be so much easier!
HouseBarons also less waste I would guess
@@emoleary811 True Elizabeth, you could just pack up the trays and sell the micros later. Nice!
That's actually how the Asian sell bean sprouts.
Glad to see more farmers embracing the idea of bringing cargo trailers to the market! We knew it would make for a fun presentation. If he gets power to it, he can show them how they are grown in the space like we do! Keep up the great work!
We were fortunate to meet Mike and his partner at the St. Lawrence Market,Toronto, Canada where they sell their delicious microgreens. We told Mike that we were interested in trying microgreens in our basement and he provided us with valuable information to get us started. Today we harvested our first tray of microgreens. Thanks Mike @littlefarmthatcould see you on Saturday.
Great stuff, Curtis, as usual! We will definitely work on Mike's inspiration and extend our production here in the UK's wet winters. If anybody is interested in following us setting this up from scratch, stay tuned - we will be posting some videos soon!
This will only work if you are in a booming area with lots of restaurants. Most consumers will not buy this at the market. I have never seen any success at the 5 area markets near me. However if you are an outgoing person you can get some great customers by meeting local chefs and giving them samples to try. Yes you can make the money, but there will be some money up front for equipment costs. Electricity, water, nutrients are minimal costs.
Booming meaning new as well. Most established chefs and restaurants have long lived relationships with all they need. Its different if you're offering something rare or hard to get, such as truffles or wild mushrooms.
But every Tom, Charles, and Harry with $500 tax return will be knocking on their door asking to sell their "unique" product.
Levi Burns what if you dried it all out and turned it into seasoning? Then it could last a long time and you could sell it whenever.
@@blakeavila4409dried microgreens seasoning... make everything taste like grass lol
That's my experience. not enough interest. Too much work, not worth the time
To little butter for to much toast.... Great line, and a smart young man.
It's "too little" and "too much", you lazy dumbass.
Dang, those are some fine looking greens!! 🌱
this is inspiring - Im in an apartment now but hoping to move into my first house within the next 2 years. I really want to start a microgreen operation when I have the space!
Who new farmers had a crm system, that’s so cool
Such a humble guy! Great work!!
Kool! I'm looking into micro greens for another stream of income and this is motivating. Thanks!
I'm into year three. Valentines day week we grossed $5100. I have two employees. I have yet to make a paycheck for myself. So, there's that.
“Too little butter over too much toast”, brilliant quoting Bilbo Baggins, or the wizard J R R Tolkien...
Would've been really cool if we could've actually seen the room...
Yes I wanna see!
Yeahh. Me too
Probably had lots of weed growing around the corner, explains the $1200/week 😂
Dude has 64 flats going. 10-12 oz of micro greens per flat at 20$/pound. Pretty simple stuff and easy to comprehend. I want to know what license(s) I would need to sell in Colorado. Specially to restaurants and at the local farmers market.
@@dankgenetics9663 You need a license to be a farmer?
Great feature, would love to see an update on this Local guy! 👌👏
I switched to cut and pack at the market and it helped a lot
I used to cut fresh at market. Then I switched to precut and packed at home to save time because I felt like i was losing sales when I was talking to someone. My sales PLUMMETED.
Having the fresh trays was pivotal to my microgreen success at market.
Seems like you’d have less waste. Smart idea!
@@fatherofchickens7951 I'm not sure it's about less waste, more about the consumers seeing it as more "fresh". Microgreens can't just be taken back home and store for two more weeks. You have a pretty tight cycle unlike veg in the ground.
Great video and information as usual!!! Thanks man! Keep them coming!
Thanks for the course and priceless knowledge Curtis and Luke. I'm waiting on my tax returns to come in to kick it off this Spring at two of the farmers markets near me. Already have a foot in a restaurant just down the road!!! 👍
Can't thank you all enough.
Can I ask you how would one get a restaurant interested in purchasing?
@@jasonsmith4969 Samples are your best friend. Ask to talk to the chef or food manager directly and tell them about your product and provide them the samples. Restaurants typically like the herb variety grown to the true leaf stage. It gives each variety a more unique characteristic at that stage, but not all chefs are made equal and may take anything you have.
Get straight to the point on your product and your reasoning talking talking with them, don't ask personal questions until another day after you've made a deal. Go ahead and start dining at their establishment and get familiar with their menu. They would appreciate that. Always kind of mimic who you're talking too as well to get on their level. It would help build rapport.
If they already have a microgreen producer, I'd undercut their prices. Oh and when you provide samples, I would ask if they prefer them to be sold in the flat or harvested. Chefs would love the fact they are still alive and well when they buy it. It then has no processing involved.
The last thing, and Amazon did this right, customer service is an absolute way of keeping your clients. Ask if they ever need anything changed, how you could do better, or what they would like to see.
Good luck. 👍
@@jasonsmith4969 I worked as a manager for a startup that was an urban farm catering to upscale restaurants in nyc. As the other comment mentioned...samples. We would send out tons of sample boxes to restaurants who fit a certain profile we were looking for. Make sure your samples look great and are packaged nicely, include business cards. I suggest looking at restaurant menus online focusing on higher end places and places that specialize in farm to table. It would also be a good idea to approach restaurants that are members of a restaurant group, once you get your foot in the door with one you'll probably get business with the whole group. Also, try approaching Michellin Star restaurants, they're big on fresh ingredients, pay top dollar, and it's a good look for gaining future clients.
Hey Mike, how are ya buddy I hope your still doing well and soo happy to see you:) Congratulations
Sarahann
From The Ground Up Canada 🌱
That was awesome!!! Thanks Curtis!! 🙏🏼
Scale up by using solar panels to light up your internet lights. Especially as solar panels are the ultimate scale-able power supply system so you don't have to blow your wad on too much power that you don't need right now.
@@user-gn5wv2lx5t if you've ever had to run power cord then you'd know just how much money you could save installing solar powers. The last time I installed power to spare house we spent over $2,000 in equipment alone. Not counting labor to dig a trench and installing. To run a few grow lights can be as cheap as $500 for solar panels to produce enough power to power the lights and save on a power bill. It all takes capital.
If you're going to run it out of your house, then sure, the power is already there so just plug in and way cheaper. But, if you're building a whole new building just for the plants, just something to think about.
Sounds like a better option than a room mate lol. I have about that same amount of space in my upstairs. I already have a used furniture and appliances side hustle. It wasn't really worth going to the flea & farmers market (combined market) but now it totally would be!
Wow! Really great set up. Thanks for sharing.
Ok, when I am ready to do this I will take your online course Curtis, wow, this is so exciting!
NEAT! EVEN FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION NEEDS! TIED IN WITH PRE-PORTIONED MEAL PLANS! INTERESTED IN ALL THE POSSIBLE VARIETIES!
::: Great young man! I hope he’s very careful with the general public bringing in bad bugs...
What do you mean?
Bill Astell ::: You’d be amazed how easy it is for us to drag in bugs and/or eggs on us, or our footwear and clothing. That’s why most people in indoor grow spaces use Tyvek suits, hairnets & booties.
As I understand the operation, the sprouts are cultivated without soil. I believe bugs would die for lack of nutrition in a sprout operation since from start to end you only have about a week and no place for eggs or the bugs to live. I over winter plants indoors and on occasion have a thrip challenge due to my use of soil. The thrips come in in the soil not on a person. Outside those minor annoyance no problems. Perhaps dallimamma you could share what problems you have seen in a sprout operation?
Bill Astell ::: Just in indoor grown & greenhouse cannabis mostly, but there are lots of pests that damage the greens and the roots, that’s why I commented, to see if any precautions are necessary. Spider mites, Scale, Thrips, Mealy bugs, Whitefly, Aphids, Root Aphids, Fungus gnats. High humidity can encourage mold & mildew, though probably not such a big concern with such a fast turnover crop.
@@billastell3753 Most large growers have phytosanitation standards to prevent crop infection by organisms brought in by visitors, things like fungi, viruses, bacteria, and of course insects. Some of the places I frequent sanitize vehicles entering the property, bleach baths to step through at doors etc
Curtis, The term Full Spectrum is a marketing term and a not accurate (IES) lighting term. There is no such thing as a full spectrum light. There is a CRI (Color Rendering Index) and Kelvin color temperature, and efficacy which measure efficiency as lumne/watt. Thanks for all the great youtube content. I need to speak to you about some land I want to start market farm in 2020.
Mike great job you're an inspiration keep up the energy and good job .
this was all i needed to see. thank you for sharing.
Curtis - thanks for showing us the videos. Do you think high density shelving will help produce more in a small space or do you think it may pose air flow issues?
This dude seems chillllll
Watching your videos is what’s putting me to sleep at 2 am... good looks bro
this guy doesn't just sell micro greens he sells the good stuff as well. I gotta say hes confident for a guy who has a you tube channel
So cool and that dude seems super chill too
Awesome job!! Congratulations, Mike!!
Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
Great video Curtis, love seeing this model being duplicated.
All these amazing plants provide amazing fuel for our bodies Excellent share All the very best in this service for wellness
Exciting to hear a success story! Thx
Who are the main buyers at these markets??🤔 im a head chef who often struggles for decent supply, but my spare room grows something else
J Ducky something else eh?? Haha
Cute.
i think most small growers don't know most restaurant owners or head chefs
how is this possible? why are there not bigger indoor companies wich take over the market?
Because they sleeping on this. On top of the fact that they don't care about your health.
shelf life is too short .
Its still a niche marked
@@EarthlyKisses
I don't care about your health either, but I sure care about a potential profit. There has to be more to this story than what's being told.
@@chesshooligan1282 Some folks like to buy local and organic. How is that difficult to comprehend?
When u almost say microdose instead of micro greens 😂 4:20
Those darn Canadians, eh?!
LOL
Lool
[A wild Joe Rogan appears]
Did someone say DMT?
LOOOOL Good one :D
Such a great idea! This would be the coolest microgreen stand at the market guarenteed🙌🏼
What is the best room temperature for growing micro greens? Thanks!
MIKE! BROTHER! Looking good! Miss your (buckwheat!!) greens!
Lmao
Keep rocking it!
Woah I feel this is amazing. I am interested in this where I live :D
I do this sort of work professionally. Where do you live?
nice to see you back to the more traditional videos
Quick question 1,200$ in revenue, what’s the net profit?
2.00 $
$ 5.00
probably around $600. You can see the breakdown in this video: th-cam.com/video/-MrqZE0TNWk/w-d-xo.html
Respect bro bless up to the dude on the microgreens.
Más props man. Keep hustling.
What is the depth of the trays? I have been using the standard size (10x20) and it uses to much soil.
grinningtiki220 was thinking the SAME thing...these are much shallower than i’ve been using. Great job Bilbo!
Oh Man, this dude is down the street from me. Crazy!
Wow lucky you, walk over and buy some greens!
@@DonnyGreens no
Amazing how prices and the ability to make a living is that must easier in America. Purely on price and customer base.
Great video very good content, inspiring is this is something I would like to get into I will be following the channel and I just subscribed I only last year started growing a garden again and had pretty good success outside in containers 4 self. But microgreens is where I want to go it is a great health movement and business opportunity. Thanks :-)
Let me know if you need any help Shannon! My microgreens business is now doing over $100k/year! 🌱💚
Great information excellent job
Completely blew my mind
Love the videos, many of the ideas in your videos and Donny Greens videos are crushed by the bureaucratic nonsense in the state of Colorado. Without a commercial setup or commercial kitchen, you cant make, process, or package anything for sale that needs to be refrigerated at home. You have to have a corporation, commercial business or property with a kitchen license. Colorado is a bit crazy at times.
Growing the food doesn’t seem to be the problem. Finding the buyers for the food seems to be the problem That concerns me most
Stoked for this video
I bought a house that has a 1000 sqft greenhouse the tech is bit dated and small amount of maintenance but functional. I really need information on how to get it making me money, I know it is a potential gold mine, but I don't know where to start. I keep seeing all these microgreen videos, is that still a thing? or was it a fad that in now trending down? I have already start strawberries hydroponics in the house. I will have 4 different varieties of tomatoes, some other odds and ends. How do I turn it functional business?
Great video, love it
Curtis which course is the gentleman talking about? I see you have several
need a mic on someone when you're interviewing them. for your next videos :)
Great stuff!!! Thanks
How much watts are you using and how much is your electric bill?
Wow, I’d be scared of that kinda transport......maybe custom integrated shelving in the trailer.
Great video
$1200 is awesome, but what's the profit margin?
Divide rented/owned space with the spare rooms, add 100~$ for electricity, 20 for water, keep track and add your work hour cost that you think you are worth - 1200$ portfolio = profit. The upfront costs, time spent and skills needed to build the portfolio, and when do you see the red are the questions that needed to be asked.
Thats so awesome though
Micros are rad! And profitable!
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How would you secure the grow racks inside the box truck so they don't move or tip over?
Straps.
very cool. lots good luck to you
Please respond if you have an answer/answers. I want to do this really bad for personal consumption. Anyone have a good link for starting out? And is this renewable - regrowing, or do they all die once harvested?
How costly is it to make, say, 35 servings a week?
How often do I need to buy seeds?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Google works wonders....
They don't grow back once cut, you have to keep growing from new seeds. You can't reuse the dirt either, but you can compost the dirt and the cut roots and use the result for future microgreens. The trays, seeds, and dirt are all on amazon.
Could have shown us whhat the room looked like
Could you do microgreens as like a side-gig ? How much time does it take to keep this going ?
You could absolutely do it as a side gig...it's basically just propagation in the beginning, harvesting at the end, and maintenance in the middle. For something small scale it's not a full time job.
Very nice set up 👍🏾
This is awesome that it in Toronto!!
How much your electricity its gonna be at the end of the month ? 🤔
It depends on the lights you use, if you're using LED grow lights AND add fans, it's usually less than 100 per "shelf row" which is 4 trays. So 64 / 4 = 16 rows * 100 watts = 1600 watts (which explains why he just started blowing fuses) Lights are on 17 hours a day, so ~27,000 watts or round up to 30kwh a day.
That translates to 4.50$ per day, 150$ per month at 15 cents per kwh. Wow that is a lot less than expected. Good on him.
Solar panel 😘😘
Maybe you can do a follow up video?
I like this guy seems cool
What is the perfect temperature and humidity to grow microgreens??
You have a very abundant growth. Do you use a fertilser ?
tried to sell in a 100 mile radius. made less than $50 in a month. no one will buy micro greens. didnt even work at the farmers market
@BM32 I went to every store around.. Live in eastern KY. Thats probably the reason it didnt work. About everyone has a garden :(
As soon as it becomes trendy in rural areas it might take off.
And yeah a lot of people have home gardens so location is important.
I was waiting for someone to tell the real story.. TH-cam is full of get rich quick schemes.. The only ones getting rich are the posters with these click bait videos.
This is definetly more of a city thing. I know resturants like using them for garnish.
@@ericpettyfishing Restaurants definitely like to promote their food as locally grown too.
Smart guy.
that was a fire lord of the rings reference right there
Who else thought that was an actual window behind him??
Fooled the heck out of me because of the chirping birds.
I have the same shelves, what kind of grow lights are those?
4-foot T5 fluorescents. You would put 2 per rack. Some sort of warranty is nice on these... DO NOT buy the brand "Lightech" they are too cheap to work properly!
sorry but i know from leaving one of these shelves in an area exposed to the elements (though in a drought) that these chrome finish wire shelves rust. yes RUST. they aren't 100% chromed. its some garbage coating they use in chinese factories that has no corrosion resistance whatsoever.
they are not chrome, they are NSF stainless
I love this concept! I work with Tesla as a solar installer and I have always wanted to combine the cheap solar energy with indoor year-round growing so that my family can be more self-sufficient and put less burden on the environment by growing local here in Caledon. Any idea how many kWh/Month a rig like this would use?
That's actually a common misconception. Solar panels are made mostly of glass and aluminum and last for 50 years. Way cleaner than the coal, nuclear and natural gas power from the grid. A hybrid system using hydroponics and natural sunlight in the summer woukd be even cleaner.
@@heliotechnikinc3802 it is true that the disposal process needs to be done right but other than that solar or wind are the cleanest small scale energy solutions around.
Hey, what kind of education did you need for your job? Thanks!
Great video! Ty! Also what's up with the birds chirping?
James Kenik ::: Birds start chirping at first light, which actually helps the plants’ stomata to open; so they are already awake and ready to grow at sunrise...
James Kenik ::: Also, it’s such a happy sound for the humans as well!
I love it I just wasent sure if it was indoors or a recording or real but it's really cool ty!
I don't see a link for the software you talk about in the beginning of the video.
Hi Mike & Curtis, I have watched your video with Curtis Stone a couple of times - great info!
Question for you: I want to grow Microgreens in my basement but our basement has many uses: laundry, storage, play area - and it’s also unfinished (cement floors, walls, exposed ceiling etc). Do we need to frame out and finish the grow area to keep it contained and sterile or could I set up a designated area?
Thank you from London, Ontario
Start small. In other words grow for yourself. That way you check your environment, what works for you. Not all products will be 100%. 100% commitment not 100% financial.
Have fun and learn as you go.
Anyone looking for a solution to sell your greens without going to farmers markets should check out the CropSwap app! Really easy way to market, sell, and deliver your crops to local consumers
Anyone have experience with vinder... I'm trying to sell various seeds, I'm probably the only one in my area so there's not a popular app etc I'm aware of and only selling as a hobby garden, I can't afford an extra expense that's high etc. Happy gardening!!
It seems seeds are expensive. Where is a good source of reasonably priced seeds?
Hi Curtis can I do microgreens in tropical climate country. Will I still need a room to do it? Thanks
Who do you sell to....grocery stores, restaurants,etc?
He sells 90's infomercial bullshit to dumb people. The green trays are just for show.
@@hyperslow3810
Some might call you "negative", but I think you might be right. The math isn't explained. Very sus.
Also, to sell this stuff, you have to go through health and safety. It's part of why I don't sell the stuff I grow:
1. I don't grow enough to make it a business
2. I don't feel like dealing with a third layer of paperwork, after my 5t0ck tr4ding and real 3st4te.
You're too amazing
Hey. Haha
I don't know much about farming, but from what I know, the profitability of most crops is measured in hundreds of dollars per acre. That's why I am very skeptical when I hear about a college-age kid who has figured out how to make $100,000 a year growing food in his mom's backyard. But it sounds intriguing, so maybe some one with more expertise in the subject can enlighten me about the feasibility of these kinds of systems.
Be skeptical. I’m sure guys like Mike would rather have less competition. ;)
Growing micro greens is a little different than your average crop. Since they're picked before maturity you can theoretically turn over three harvests of micro greens in the same time it would take to turn over one harvest of mature lettuce. Also, with vertical farming you can fit a lot more crops in a confined space. Honestly, most people aren't getting rich off of growing their own food...I just wanted to illustrate how money CAN be made with this type of grow compared to traditional agriculture..
please can you let me know alternate packaging ideas for microgreens. We want to start at farmer's markets but don't want to use the classic plastic clam shell packaging. Will microgreens be okay if I cut from the tray at the market and give to the customer in a brown paper bag??
Yes