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More seed beat more light. By a lot.

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Plus the iron source that did nothing, and a weekend market padlocked without warning. ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ 
Microgreens World - Weekly Digest for Growers, Researchers & Entrepreneurs
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Vol. 7  ·  No. 38  ·  Week of September 11 – 17, 2026  ·  microgreensworld.com
Top Story This Week
Industry & Business · Vertical Farming
A vertical farm just posted profit at all three of its sites while its American peers were folding.
Farmtario  ·  11 September 2026
This Week's Stories
Yield · Vertical Farming
A four-crop trial found the cheap lever beat the expensive one, and it was not close
Biofortification · Minerals
One iron source more than quadrupled the iron in a tray. Another one did nothing at all.
Farmers Markets · Enforcement
A weekend market was padlocked in days, and the fire department reached back thirty-three years to say why
Product Announcement · Supplements
A new microgreens powder lists five species on the label and one number is missing from all of them

Also in this week's full issue: the seeding density that beat the light budget, the crowding cost nobody puts on the spec sheet, a $13.6 million indoor farm headed for Mankato, an Ontario market trading out of its own car park, and six dated deadlines worth putting in your calendar today.

Plus six action items pulled straight from this week's research.

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