Microgreens World Weekly Digest - August 7, 2026


National Farmers Market Week, 80 Acres Farms closes Hamilton, and a fertigation study that tracks Salmonella. August 7, 2026͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ 
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Vol. 7  ·  No. 32  ·  Week of July 31 – August 6, 2026  ·  microgreensworld.com
Top Story This Week

Policy

A state government just wrote microgreens into its agriculture budget, and it is the first one ever to do it.

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This Week's Stories

Vertical Farming

80 Acres Farms Announces Closure of Its Hamilton, Ohio Operation

Food Safety

Auburn Thesis Ties Fertigation Choices to Both Antioxidants and Salmonella Survival

Postharvest

Blue Laser Light Before Harvest Deepens Red Amaranth Colour and Extends Shelf Life

Farmers Markets

National Farmers Market Week Arrives With Markets Booming and Rules Misunderstood

It's National Farmers Market Week, and the full issue tells you where to go this weekend, plus a market finder that flags which markets carry microgreens. Also inside: the Wisconsin farmer who narrowed his whole business down to microgreens, cabbage tested head to head under different LED spectra, mung bean compared at grain, sprout and microgreen stage, federal SNAP cuts hitting the farms that supply Hawaiʻi markets, and six action items pulled straight from this week's research.

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