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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 29

Monday, 25 August 2025

Hello Reader,

My neighbor Raiko called me panicked about food safety after that Walmart shrimp recall. "Between radioactive shrimp and bacteria scares, what's even safe anymore?"

I told her about the tiny plants sitting in her fridge that could be her secret weapon.

New Czech research just showed microgreens pack serious antibacterial power against the exact bacteria making people sick. Radish and onion varieties crushed food poisoning bacteria in lab tests.

But that's not all this week...

Two indoor farming giants merged into a $200M powerhouse serving 17,000 stores. A basement grower sells thousands using simple LEDs. Delhi kids ditched plastic packaging after growing their own food. Plus, flash-cooking onion microgreens unlocks concentrated nutrition.

Your gut health depends on this information.

Read the full digest here →​ Microgreens World Digest.

Talk soon,
Andrew

P. O. Box 580, Decatur, GA 30031
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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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