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The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

458-Turning a Passion for Microgreens into a Business

The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

Joe Lamp'l

Home & Garden, Hobbies, Leisure

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Microgreens are incredibly healthy edible greens that are also unbelievably easy to grow with a little training. My returning guest this week, Jonah Krochmalnek, the owner and founder of Microgreens Consulting, explains what turned him on to microgreens and how he scaled from a few racks in his parents' spare room to a thriving business.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, friends, I'm Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner Show.

0:05.0

One of my favorite podcast episodes in the past was on a new to me topic with today's guest,

0:10.5

Jonah Krocmoneck, who at a young age yet introverted entrepreneur, started growing microgreens

0:16.7

in his parents' 150 square foot spare bedroom as an early teen.

0:22.1

Now, to be clear, I was well aware of microgreens,

0:24.3

but I just had never had a conversation with an expert about growing them

0:28.1

and all the good things that are associated with microgreens.

0:31.3

Anyway, Jonah's curiosity soon became the start of his very own microgreens business in 2013,

0:40.2

and that little business grew to become Living Earth Farm, one of Canada's premier organic microgreen farms. These days, Jonah is still very

0:47.3

active in the microgreens industry, more passionate about microgreens than ever, and traveling

0:52.7

the world and sharing his expertise in his new

0:55.6

business, Micro Greens consulting. And today he's back for a follow-up conversation to learn more

1:00.7

about where's Jonah now, along with some of his latest ventures, including one that we can all

1:06.5

participate in coming up on Wednesday, March 4th at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. It's a free webinar

1:12.2

Jonah is doing for our listeners on starting a profitable microgreens business from home

1:17.1

in 30 days or less. And we'll touch on that in today's episode. But you can learn more and

1:22.8

register at joe gardner.com slash microgreens, no spaces.

1:31.1

And we will repeat that link at the end of the conversation.

1:35.7

But just like in our first conversation, Jonah is so full of information and enthusiasm,

1:38.1

he can't help but love this conversation.

1:41.6

So sit back and enjoy, and maybe by the end of it,

1:45.5

you too will be inspired to learn more and improve your skills or maybe even do what Jonah did with microgreens. The sky's the limit. So let's get started.

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