Did you know you could run a microgreens side hustle from home in just 10 hours a week?
What’s that? You say you don’t even know what microgreens are? Me either.
According to Jonah Krochmalnek, microgreens are baby vegetables. Think: basil, arugula, amaranth, Swiss chard, dill, kale, spinach, etc.
They’re used for visual appeal and flavor.
You’ll find ’em in your salads, on your avocado toast, in your green smoothies, beside your bone-in ribeye, right?
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So get this:
These itty-bitty greens are up to 40 times more nutrient dense than traditional vegetables like broccoli.
And you don’t even have to retreat to the garage to let your farts out before cuddling up next to bae on the couch.
Another cool thing?
Micro greens go from seed to finished product in like 10 days.
That should excite you, Jonah says, because people will happily pay you money to grow these bad boys.
How much?
About $20 per week per tray (where a “tray” is about the size of a large cutting board).
Jonah’s been growing and selling microgreens for more than a decade now.
“What started out as a fun hobby in my parents’ spare bedroom,” he says, “turned into one of Canada’s largest vertical microgreen farms. I now produce about 1,500 trays a week.”
And microgreens are hotter than a cougar’s hiccup, skyrocketing in popularity among regular, everyday people.
Right now’s literally the best time to start your own in-home farm, Jonah says.
He’s currently earning about $2,000 a day from his automated microgreens business, and sees no reason you can’t get in on the action too.
Especially if you follow his proven process.
Again, you can do this in less than 10 hours a week.
No experience necessary.
And you don’t need a lot of space. The corner of your kitchen works just fine; the laundry room; some people even do it in their bathroom.
(Excuse me while I fetch a barf bag, ’cause that’s a whole new level of disgusting.)
But yeah, within 30 days, you could easily be making $2,000 a month – if not more.
Jonah will never forget his first tray of microgreens. Hideous. Not exactly what you’d wanna see sitting in the produce section at Whole Foods.
“They were barely edible,” he laughs. “But it didn’t matter. I was hooked.”
Fast forward to today: Jonah’s a microgreens millionaire.
Now he’s on a mission to help people from around the world follow in his footsteps.
He’s taken his 10+ years of experience and carefully documented every step he would have to take if he had to start over from scratch.
It’s all laid out in easy-to-follow video lessons, worksheets and templates, inside his Start A Microgreens Business From Scratch Masterclass.
There are bonuses as well:
- A Watering Crash Course
- Free lifetime access to Micro Farm Sites, where you can build a custom website and manage leads and customers
- Free lifetime access to Farmware, a tool with pre-loaded grow recipes that also helps you stay organized and on task
- A Profitability Calculator
- And monthly live Q&A calls with Jonah
Cost for all that? $997.
“From growing your first-ever tray to generating customers on demand, everything you need to be successful is in this course,” Jonah promises.
“This is the future of small farming education. Join me and see for yourself why microgreens can change your life,” he pitches.
Freedom Farmers, which hosts Jonah’s masterclass, is like a Udemy for the modern farming niche. There are other instructors and courses you can check out.
I actually kinda love it.
Zero interest in doing it myself. But a nice change of pace from the sketchy stuff I normally review.
Q&A
Q: Jonah Krochmalnek net worth?
A: Unfortunately, Jonah wasn’t sitting next to me at the nail salon, oversharing loudly on a phone call about his financial situation, while a thirty-something woman named Phuong with high cheekbones gave me a pedicure. So yeah, I don’t know. But considering thousands of people have paid $997 for his Start A Microgreens Business From Scratch (SAMBFS) course, he’s easily a millionaire by now.
Q: Is microgreens a passive income business?
A: Not quite. There’s daily watering, mold patrol, constant deliveries, and restaurant chefs ghosting you after promising to buy in bulk. But hey, at least you’re not cold calling strangers or dropshipping junk from Alibaba.
Q: How profitable is the microgreens business?
A: Jonah does more than $700k a year but guarantees his students just $2k a month from home. Still, he claims the microgreens market is exploding, with demand for locally-grown micros increasing daily.
Q: Which microgreens make the most money?
A: In short, the ones that die the least and sell the fastest. But if you want specifics, pea shoots, sunflower, radish, wheatgrass, and broccoli tend to have the best margins. Chefs love them, health nuts swear by them, and yeah, they go from seed to sale real quick. Just have buyers lined up so you’re not stuck with a fridge full of wilting garnish sitting next to a half-full bottle of Ranch, a 12-pack of Dos Equis, and one shriveled lime for when ‘people come over’ (they won’t).
Q: How much do microgreens make per square foot?
A: Ballpark, around $30 per square foot per month. Decent, but unless you turn your entire living room into a jungle of kale and radish sprouts, how far can you really take this?
Q: What would scaling up look like?
A: More space, more racks, more trays, and hiring some help. You’ll need tight systems, reliable buyers, and a way to keep up with demand without your living room turning into Jumanji. That’s how you go from side hustle to full-blown city farmer.
Q: How much does it cost to produce microgreens?
A: One tray costs $5 and sells for $25, giving you an 80% profit margin – if everything goes well.
Q: Is the microgreens business oversaturated?
A: Not really. Most cities don’t have enough local growers to meet demand. But it depends on where you live. If you’re in a farm-to-table kind of town, expect some competition. On the flip side, if the fanciest restaurant around is an Applebee’s with a busted neon sign, good luck convincing anyone to splurge on artisanal pea shoots.
Q: Most embarrassing way to fail at microgreens?
A: Selling to a high-end restaurant, feeling like an urban farming legend, then realizing too late you miscalculated your yield and have to personally deliver three sad trays of stunted mustard greens to a chef who was expecting 20 pounds. Whoops.
Q: Why not just sell to grocery stores?
A: You could, but then you’re up against large-scale suppliers who can afford to undercut you and deliver massive orders like clockwork. Grocery stores aren’t paying premium prices to some guy growing wheatgrass in his guest bedroom. Without legit distribution and volume to match, you’re better off selling to restaurants, farmer’s markets, and direct-to-consumer buyers who actually care where their food comes from.
Q: What if a customer complains that my microgreens taste bad?
A: You must be new here. Tell them it’s organic and double the price.
Q: What’s the biggest lie about microgreens?
A: That they taste amazing. Let’s be honest: most of them taste like slightly spicier grass. Again, you’re not selling flavor, you’re selling the idea of being healthy. That, and a reverse-seared ribeye sizzling in butter presents better with some thyme and garlic on top.
Q: Is there anybody on Reddit, BBB, or Trustpilot that’s talking trash about Freedom Farmers?
A: The Better Business Bureau came up empty. Reddit, per usual, is a nihilistic black hole where every online course is a scam – Freedom Farmers included. Over on Trustpilot, one chick called them “evil, narcissistic, sociopathic hypocrites” in a rant that read like maybe she forgot to take her psych meds. Trustpilot officially shows 15% of their reviews as 1-star, but between her meltdown and some dude named Jim – who left three separate bad reviews because his refund took too long – their overall 3.7 rating should probably be higher.
Q: Why would I pay for a microgreens course when my grandma grew this stuff for free with nothing but dirt and vibes?
A: Touché.
Q: What’s your favorite SAMBFS alternative?
A: Search engine optimization (SEO), which is how you got here. Unlike babysitting trays of arugula, SEO lets you make money without your house smelling like damp soil. Watch this video and thank me later.