Microgreens go from trendy vegetables to functional food – Penn State News

microgreens salad - Di Gioia

Image Credit: Francesco Di Gioia, Penn State

A salad with a mix of microgreens freshly harvested from a kitchen “garden.” Consumers can produce microgreens at home using simple tools available in a kitchen.

On September 28th, as part of a project titled, “Food Resilience in the Face of Catastrophic Global Events,” an international team of researchers has found that these vegetables can be grown in a variety of soilless production systems in small spaces indoors, with or without artificial lighting. The findings are especially relevant amid a pandemic that has disrupted food supply chains.

Access the full news article here

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *