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How to extend the shelf life of microgreens: harvesting, drying, temperature and storage methods that keep them fresh for days instead of hours.

Brands using microgreen extracts in cosmetics: Eminence Organic Skin Care, FarmHouse Fresh and Microglams, with named products and what customers report.

Food safety rules for microgreens and sprouts: the US FSMA and Produce Safety Rule, the European ESSA hygiene guide, and Regulations 852/2004 and 208/2013.

Part 4 of the beauty series: an oat and microgreen scrub, a coarser sugar and microgreen scrub, and a serum made from microgreen-infused oil.

Part 3 of the beauty series: infused water with cucumber, lemon and microgreen stems, plus a face cream of olive oil, coconut oil and beeswax that keeps a month.
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