Microgreens

We Care About Your Health

Our Mission is to Make Healthy Habits Easy

Food is our best medicine and micro-greens happen to be one of nature's most potent super-foods! Both nutritious and delicious, we deliver our spray free, local grown, micro-greens direct to you and via our local retail partners.

Micro-greens are an older sibling to sprouts. They take between 8-25 days to grow. Unlike sprouts, they develop their first juvenile green leaves and are grown in a seed raising medium. Scientific studies tell us they can have up to 40 times the nutrient density of their fully mature version...simply amazing!

We grow our delicious fresh microgreens in the South West corner of Victoria on our organically managed farm near Mount Richmond. We supply both private customers and business. Our home deliveries primarily focus on supplying you with living, growing greens.
We think accessing living, fresh, locally grown food is the key to a healthier future. Our growing punnets ensure you get the freshest possible product. You don't just eat the greens, but tend them as living baby plants and keep close by to your food preparation area, to harvest when you get hungry! It's a great feeling to be a part of the natural growing cycle and that's what we want you to become involved with. If you have children, this is such a fun way for kids to get excited about healthy food and experiment with texture and flavour.

We are committed to sustainable practice and consider waste reduction a very important part of supplying produce. We grow our micros in BPA free plastic punnets and trays which are resilient and reusable. Every time we supply you with a new order of fresh produce, we exchange your used containers with newly planted ones.
We have a large worm-farm which we use to compost old seed raising mix, roots and any stem material still remaining and use this to increase fertility in our soil.

HOW DOES OUR SERVICE WORK?
Private Consumers/ Cafes or Restaurants/ Caterers
A micro-green super punnet ready to snip n eat is the freshest you can hope to buy. You'll find they are full of moisture, crunch, texture and flavour. They are also great value for money and good for the planet. You are bulk buying a living product and avoiding creating waste.
Minimum purchase is 2 super punnets (each are 32cm x 14 cm in size) which are supplied in one water tight tray. Currently we offer this service to both private customers and hospitality businesses who reside in Portland.
To make it simple for your first order we recommend trying our most popular varieties:

Broccoli
Spicy Kick Mix (blend of rocket, purple & green mizuna, red mustard, purple radish)

As a first time customer you are charged a one off cost for the containers the microgreens come in - so for 2 punnets and a water tight tray, it costs $6.00

Total charge for delivered microgreens for first order will be $26.00.

As a return customer, we will swap your empties over for freshly filled punnets in a clean tray for $20.00.

CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD CURRENT VARIETY/PRICE LIST

Microgreens are Superfood

Health Benefits

You maybe wondering what all the fuss is about micro-greens? Well they maybe small, but they pack a big nutrient rich punch! Nature knows we need a helping hand when it comes to staying healthy. These young, baby plants called micro-greens have much greater nutrient density than their mature versions.

Research Studies

In an American study, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, joined forces with the United States Dept. of Agriculture to produce some very convincing statistics about the nutrient content of some varieties of micro-greens . They examined nutrients such as Vitamin C, E, K and beta carotene found in 25 different types of micro-greens including cilantro, broccoli, red cabbage, radish, green basil and rocket to name a few. They were surprised to say the least, when they discovered how incredibly nutrient rich micro-greens proved to be - from 4 to 40 times the levels of antioxidants than their mature counterparts. You can read more here: https://agnr.umd.edu/news/mighty-microgreens

If you are looking for a full spectrum break down of what they discovered, the following research paper documents this study in much greater detail: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267354000_Microgreens_Assessment_of_Nutrient_Concentrations

Sulforaphane

Infact the presence of those nutrients are just the tip of the iceberg. At Wild Banksia, we have chosen to grow a lot of varieties of the cruciferae family. Such members are: Broccoli, red cabbage, radish, rocket, red mustard and red russian kale. The reason is, we know this family of plants holds yet another particularly beneficial compound known as Sulforaphane. This amazing substance stimulates our antioxidant levels, revs up our immune response and reduces our inflammatory response...pretty useful attributes!

Micro-greens are one of the most useful additions to our diet and could be considered one of the most powerful disease preventatives we can adopt as an easy healthy habit.
What can Sulforaphane do for us?

Help reduce blood sugar levels.
Slow down cellular aging.
Boost brain function.
Assist balance mood swings, anxiety and depression.
It has potent anti-cancer fighting properties.
Boosts our immune response.
Reduce inflammation.
Assist prevent heart disease and regulate blood viscosity.
Encourage detoxification and regular bowel movements.

This compound has all eyes on it now due to it's vast range of health promoting properties and no doubt there will be much more to discover yet of the incredible benefits it can bring to our health.

Read more about Sulforaphane here: https://beyondmicrogreens.com/blogs/news/15-health-benefits-of-sulforaphane

Or if you prefer a more in-depth scientific analysis: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225737/

One thing is for sure however, adding micro-greens daily to your meals either fresh or dried could be the easiest habit you could adopt, to help prevent disease. Why is it easy? Their taste and texture is so complementary to just about any meal! (Maybe not dessert :)) Although in saying that, broccoli microgreens do not have a strong flavour and can easily be added to a sweet smoothie without a negative savoury taste. How good is that!

We now have dried broccoli powder available also,. Half a teaspoon per day is a great amount to have consistently. It is equivalent of approx. 1 cup of fresh microgreens.