Corinne Hansch is an organic farmer, writer, mentor, activist, and entrepreneur. She farms with her husband and a hard-working crew at Lovin’ Mama Farm in Amsterdam, NY, while homeschooling her three kids. They grow over 400 varieties of vegetables and cut flowers using regenerative practices such as no-till and perennial plantings, producing over 50,000 pounds of food and hundreds of thousands of stems per year on 3 acres, all while paying their crew living wages. They direct market at five regional markets per week and are building a line of value-added products for online sales.

“Corinne’s book takes me back to the excitement I felt in my early days of farming. I poured over many books to figure out how to make a living. Sometimes I went back a hundred years to study with the greatest farmers I could find. Microgreens and Shoots blends Corinne’s experiences of countless trials with detailed explanations to share a way of growing food that works. It is a very exciting book from a Real Organic grower. I want to go out and seed some trays right away!”—Dave Chapman, founder and codirector, Real Organic Project“Microgreens and shoots can be a great addition to a farm business to extend the season and increase profits, when done well. With Microgreens and Shoots, Corinne Hansch shows exactly how. Like any enterprise, there are so many details to consider, from seed selection and growing systems to pricing, recordkeeping, and building a loyal customer base. Corinne covers them all in full detail along with her experiences (both successes and mishaps) to give you an easy-to-read, practical, and comprehensive guide to adding microgreens and shoots to your profitable farm business.”—Julia Shanks, author of The Profitable Farmer and The Farmer’s Office“In a business as poky as farming, where most crops take months to grow into something sellable, microgreens and shoots can provide a path for farms to start, stabilize, and profit quickly. In Microgreens and Shoots, farmer Corinne Hansch not only details how these crops have worked to build her own farm business but guides you through the steps and strategies to make them work for you.I love all the individual crop breakdowns and the focus on growing mediums. The interviews demonstrate the many different ways in which these crops can be grown. This book, however, really shines in its presentation of the nerdy details. From marketing and packaging to rodent protection and recordkeeping, Microgreens and Shoots opens the door to a dependable (and delicious) revenue source for small farms.Corinne really has created THE manual for growing microgreens and shoots professionally.”—Jesse Frost, author of The Living Soil Handbook“This is the book we’ve been waiting for. Covering everything from how to fund microgreens infrastructure to whether to plant seed mixes or single varieties, what medium to grow them in, where to grow them, and how to package them, Corinne lays it all out for us.”—Andrew Mefferd, editor and publisher, Growing for Market magazine“Corinne has created the resource I wish every grower had when starting out with microgreens and shoots. Practical, clear, and grounded in real-world experience, this book brings together everything you need to know in one place.”—Jodi Roebuck, Roebuck Farm, New Zealand“I met Corinne at a New Hampshire farming conference, where her presentation on how to grow microgreens was a weekend highlight. She impressed me with her professionalism and the realism she brings to her technical expertise. Her book is no different: Finally, a guide togrowing microgreens on a commercial farm. Corinne guides you through a realistic setup (on a realistic budget) and shows you how to handle inevitable challenges. I wish all farming guides were written like hers. From a real farm to yours. Adopt this guide with confidence!”—Catherine Sylvestre, coauthor of The Winter Market Gardener; owner, Ferme Décembre