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Hi! I'm D. Andrew Neves

 Editor-in-Chief, Microgreens World, “The Best Information: Tray Tested, Science Backed"  Co-Founder of JPure Farms, an early startup indoor microgreens operation in Atlanta, Georgia  Author of more than 10 books, including "Children of the Soil: How To Grow Nutritious Microgreens At Home in Nine Days"  Founder and Managing Editor of MBS Publishing, "Science Writing for the Rest of Us"  Certified Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and over 35 years of writing and researching health and nutrition. Visit my website, Microgreens World, www.microgreensworld.com

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Here's to Growing Together in 2026!

Hello Reader, Happy New Year! As we step into 2026, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you. Whether you've been with Microgreens World since 2017 or just discovered us last month, you're the reason this community exists. Your questions, your wins, your "look what I grew!" moments. They fuel everything we do here. This year? We're going bigger. You'll see a fresh website designed to help you find exactly what you need, faster. New courses are in development. And yes, the Phytonutrient...

26 days ago • 1 min read
Fenugreek microgreens line drawing

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 38 Tuesday, 28 October 2025 Hello Reader, Slovak researchers exposed H295R cancer cells to fenugreek microgreen extract at 300 and 1000 µg/mL for 48 hours. At the higher dose, mitochondrial activity—the energy function keeping cells alive—dropped to 30%. Cell membranes collapsed. Lysosomal activity...

3 months ago • 1 min read
Pea shoots weren't always food.

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 37 Tuesday, 21 October 2025 Hello Reader, German researchers tracked 234 people with prediabetes who didn't lose weight—some even gained pounds. Yet 22% reversed their condition anyway. The secret? Their bodies stored new fat under skin instead of around organs. These folks improved both insulin sensitivity...

3 months ago • 1 min read

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 36 Tuesday, 14 October 2025 Hello Reader, I read that finding twice. Pomegranate microgreens delivered ninety times the antioxidant activity of seeds—not 90 percent. Phenolic content jumped 30-fold in the same window. The study examined 60+ micro-herb species over 25 years. Pomegranate wasn't alone. Each...

4 months ago • 1 min read

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 35 Tuesday, 07 October 2025 Hello Reader, Your Iron Pills Don't Work Like This Italian researchers simulated human digestion—exact pH, temperature, enzymes. Three microgreens tested. Swiss chard released 33% more iron. The mechanism behind absorption changes everything. → See what bioaccessibility means...

4 months ago • 1 min read
Ethiopian Mustard Microgreens

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 34 Tuesday, 30 September 2025 Hello Reader, Ethiopian kale microgreens killed aggressive prostate cancer cells in three separate labs. The cancer cells stopped dividing. Twenty-eight days of testing: zero toxicity. The compounds—sulforaphane, glucosinolates, phenolic acids—activated genes that fight cancer...

4 months ago • 1 min read
Radish Microgreens: The Temperature That Changes Everything

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 33 Tuesday, 23 September 2025 Hello Reader, Growers using "gentle" drying methods are destroying 21% more nutrients than those using this "harsh" technique. Penn State's new study proves what the industry got backwards. The temperature everyone recommends as "safer" actually lets destructive enzymes chop up...

4 months ago • 1 min read
chia microgreens

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 32 Tuesday, 16 September 2025 Hello Reader, You know that handful of microgreens you sprinkle on your salad? Well, new research just dropped a bombshell that changes everything we thought we knew about chia microgreens. Seven university studies reveal these tiny leaves pack 900% more nutrition than anyone...

4 months ago • 1 min read
Broccoli, kale, mustard, and radish spring from one wild ancestor—Brassica oleracea—a scrappy Mediterranean plant feeding humans for millennia.

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 31 Monday, 08 September 2025 Hello Reader, While most people wait for the "next breakthrough," you're about to access research that changes everything about cancer protection. Brassica microgreens don't just contain nutrients—they actively hunt down cancer cells while protecting healthy tissue. Lab results...

5 months ago • 1 min read
health broccoli microgreen on a wooden spoon

MICROGREENS WEEKLY DIGEST Your weekly digest of everything microgreens, delivering the latest news, science, nutrition facts, trends, and recipes straight to your inbox. Volume 2025 Number 30 Monday, 01 September 2025 Hello Reader, You've been growing regular microgreens. But what if I told you there's a category that packs 4-40 times more therapeutic power? New research on six herb microgreens—fenugreek, basil, mustard, fennel, coriander, and moringa—just proved they're concentrated medicine...

5 months ago • 1 min read