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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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
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...
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...
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...