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USDA just funded three microgreens projects

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Two of them name food safety. Here is what each one will test.͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ 
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Vol. 7 · No. 42 · Week of October 9 – 15, 2026 · microgreensworld.com
Top Story This Week
Funding
USDA just put $140,990 of specialty crop money into three hydroponic microgreens projects, and I had to read a 118-page PDF to find them.
USDA · October 13, 2026
This Week's Stories
Science & Research
One mineral dose made mustard microgreens richer under one light and smaller under another
Science & Research
A two-season trial found the seed density and feed strength that worked, and a season when nothing did
Industry & Business
Two sprout outbreaks are open at the FDA, each tied to a lot code, and one name is missing from both pages
Industry & Business
A family farm now sells every egg through a shop with no staff, and microgreens went on the same shelf

Also in this week's full issue: the three funded projects and their dollar figures, a quinoa seedling study with a microgreen angle, how investigators traced 32 illnesses to one seed lot, a Kerala spare-room farm, an Ohio delivery route, and an Ontario market whose manager named the microgreens grower as a winter supplier.

Plus six action items drawn from this week's stories.

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Hi! I'm D. Andrew Neves

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