Our Story

A few years ago my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Even though she always "ate heathly" due to her autoimmune issues with Celiac Disease; getting the news she now had cancer was something we weren't  expecting.

Now I had spent a few seasons transforming our back yard into areas with raised beds and growing organically in an attempt to provide good nutrition for my family, but was always concerned because we lived just down the road from a golf course. You see for golf course to maintain their perfectly manicured, cosmetic appearance, they rely heavily on synthetic pesticides. These pesticides include things like herbicides for weeds, fungicides for turf diseases, and insecticides for grubs. So how can I guarantee that the wind isn't carrying some of that and dumping it on my nice garden? The real answer is I couldn't and needed to look for other ways to ensure she wasn't going to put more toxins in her already compromised body.

Then I accidentally stumbled on microgreens last Decemeber, and learned how to grow a garden vertically indoors all year long. When I learned that microgreens themselves have 40 -100 TIMES... yes you read that right... 40-100X the nutrients of mature/ adult plants, I was convenced this was the best solution for my wife's battle with cancer. One of the most powerful cancer fighting compounds in broccoli is sulforaphane. A 1oz serving of broccoli microgreens is the equivalent of eating 1.5 lbs of broccoli florets!

Today my wife is cancer free and I'm convinced her daily diet of our nutrient-dense microgreens has a lot to do with the reduction of inflammation and free radical cell developement.

Our purpose is to help "heal" our community with some of the finest microgreen nutrition that's hard to find at your local store or if you do... it's almost never truly organic or fresh and you'll get a tiny bit for a lot of $$$...  for this reason Gems of Eden was born.