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EVEC Microgreens
Grow microgreens for business
Microgreens are one of the few food businesses you can start with almost no capital — a shelf, trays, seeds and ten days of patience. It is still a real business: production discipline, food safety, honest costing, actual customers. We teach the craft, and in Athens we offer the rarest ingredient of all — a free growing space so you can start without rent or investment.
Who this is for
You are an aspiring microgreens entrepreneur — a young person starting out, or a career-changer looking for a second act — who wants real income from a small space. You are not looking for get-rich promises; you want honest numbers, a reliable production method and a realistic path from your first tray to your first paying customer. That is what this page gives you.
What we offer
Business know-how, free
15 free grow-for-business articles covering the questions that decide whether you survive: who buys microgreens, how to price them, how to produce consistently at scale and which food regulations apply.
A 10-day entrepreneur bootcamp
Our Young Entrepreneurs toolkit (18–30) combines growing skills with business planning, finance, marketing and pitching in one 10-day programme, published as an open draft for community feedback.
A free growing space in Athens
Through our cooperative, young entrepreneurs get a physical microgreens growing space in Athens — no capital, no rent — with mentoring from our team and volunteers.
Results you can use
Everything below is live and free to use today; where something is still an open draft, we say so.
The cooperative
A physical growing space in Athens, offered free to young entrepreneurs who want to start a microgreens business without capital. Visit the cooperative →
Young Entrepreneurs toolkit
A 10-day bootcamp for ages 18–30: growing plus business planning, finance, marketing and pitching. Open draft — feedback welcome. Read the toolkit →
10-Day Growing Guide
Our universal step-by-step guide from seed to harvest — the production method behind everything we teach. Open draft — feedback welcome. Read the guide →
These sit alongside our crop database, cookbook and Science Library. See everything we have built →
Learn with us
Our free, self-paced courses are open educational resources — take them yourself or use them with your group. This list updates as new courses are published.
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Start a Microgreens Business — a Free Bootcamp Course
A free, self-paced course for aspiring microgreens entrepreneurs: master production, run the 10-day bootcamp, cost a tray honestly, find customers — and…
All courses live in the EVEC Microgreens Academy.
From the knowledge base
Recent articles from our grow-for-business library:
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Sensory analysis in microgreens: why some are spicy, others sweet, and others taste like fresh grass
Microgreens are not only valued for their nutritional content and visual appeal. Their true potential lies in their sensory profile: some are…
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How to set up a microgreens workflow that actually holds up. Batch sowing, weekly rotations, and a daily checklist (no improvising every day)
In microgreens, what makes you a “good grower” isn’t just producing beautiful trays, it’s producing beautiful trays consistently, week after week. Even…
You will find many more articles on markets, pricing and production — alongside growing guides, science and recipes — on our blog.
How to start
- Read the business basics in our library — market, pricing, production at scale and regulations.
- Master production with the 10-Day Growing Guide and run a few full cycles before you think about selling.
- Cost one tray honestly — seed, growing medium, energy and your time — so you know your real margin before your first sale.
- If you need space and mentoring, talk to us about joining the cooperative in Athens.
Questions about starting out?
Tell us what you are planning and we will reply by email. One message to erasmus@evec.org.gr reaches the whole team.
Co-funded by the European Union.
This portal presents the microgreens methodology; the organisation behind it is EVEC Athens — the European Voluntary and Educational Center (evec.org.gr). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.