How He Turned $1k Into $12k/ Month from Microgreens (Local CEO Show Ep. 03 Donny Greens) 

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You work for 40yrs to have $1m in your retirement, Meanwhile some people are putting just $10k in a meme coin for just few months and now they are multi millionaires. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

The trick isn't growing, it's finding a consumer for your goods. If the city you live in is already saturated with growers, it's going to be difficult to break in. Donny had the good luck of finding an opening in the market to exploit, if you don't have the same hole in your local market, growing micro greens probably not as easy as Donny makes it seem like.

I feel like everybody who grows micro greens also sells courses, for some reason anyone who has a small business and sells courses throws red flags for me. I’ve never seen a a micro green video without a how to course they are selling too. I think that speaks volumes about the industry haha.

Just a tip, adding timestamps for each question can add a lot of quality to the video. Great video, btw.

I'd say 20% effort into growing it, and 80% into selling it. Unless one is close to a big, well-populated city with a lot of demand for novelty/healthy food, I would not give up on my daytime job.

This is a great series - really hope you keep generating this type of content.

Was super fun to hang with you bro!!! Lets definitely hang out more!!! 🌱🌱

He’s dropping so many jewels. Appreciate that! ❤

I love how this video has become the “breakaway” for your channel. A lot of potential, and I love the idea. Keep it up man! Subscribed

Great video! your questions and format are super chill and well-thought-out, keep up the awesome video series

I love this guys energy...he is humble... forthcoming and giving with his knowledge and things he has learned.... thank you brotha much appreciated 💯

I bought the trays you suggested and WOW! They're built really well! These are thick and sturdy! Appreciate the info and video.

Great interview. Not too long. Informative, interesting. Spot on.

Great interview. I purchased Donny's One Tray Away challeng. I'm now growing microgreens regularly for myself in my 128 sq RV trailer! I noticed cognitive improvment as I"m an old guy. Manufacturing farming is collapsing and the quality is poor. Local Gardens are the future, i.e. Urban Farming is the way to go. Taking Mr. Green's lead and learning how to grow first and expanding into growing cherry tomattos as my next crop. I am also interested in growing lion's mane mushrooms as my business takes off.

Wow. I heard about micro greens it would seem like months ago but just a little about how good it is and basically forgot about them. All of a sudden this popped up & grabbed my interest.

Awesome job finding a way to add value in so many ways! This is probably more sustainable that shipping greens from California to other parts of the country. Love your perspective on the trays and stickers. Closed loop system 😊.

Good job! Plus, I always love watching @DonnyGreens! Smart man!

As a chef I can understand why tracking us down to sell to us wasnt the way to go. Its probably quite a bit of trouble just to establish a connection with a guy whos most likely not going to use your product regularly if at all. During my time as a chef I spoke with a number of artisans who specialized and marketed directly to restaurants. Some of them got lucky by coming by with something I actually use, and a better version of it. But most of them were trying to sell me something that wasnt on my menu.

i dont understand this business. i never hear anyone mention microgreens. i dont know anyone who eats or cooks with microgreens. how does someone make 12k/mo selling an unknown product to an unknown buyer? why cant the buyer grow their own if it only takes 7-10 days? if everyone grows microgreens as you suggested then who are you going to sell to?

The best part is selling the rich folk bird seed.

I first came across Donny when intervied on a channel growing your greens, in his early days, and have followed him ever since. Donny says it how it is, a great inspiration for people and for those wanting to get into microgreens you will know what to expect, and he is very helpful if you message him with a problem on the subject.

Spicy mustache is such a great teacher too love that guy

i honestly don't know anyone who buys micro-greens on a regular basis

Thank you for sharing..

Great interview! Love the local CEO concept

This vid randomly came up on my feed while I was trying to look up growing plants with water lol. I have to say that if you did not explain what your videos were about (local businesses) within the first few minutes, I don't think I would have been motivated to continue watching, let alone subscribe immediately like I did lol. I think you were real and that's the best. Also with the beginning it could have been filmed a little bit more smoother/clearer/louder, but you're doing great and you're putting yourself out there. That's what matters. Great vid!

Great informative video. Thank you.

Great interview! Learned a lot, thanks!

You can grow segregated varieties in a single tray which works for a single person or small families, make sure your varieties grow at the same rate. I learned more than a few things watching this video. Thanks

“I’m a bit of a procrastinator here and there” is so relatable 😂 Gives me hope that I can do it, loved the video 😊

Those are some absolutely beautiful greens bro.

Micro greens is definitely a business I'd love to have. Thanks for the video!

Love what you are teaching people 💜

As in any business, the question is demand and customers. So if you had four of those racks going, let’s say, can you build up your customers do you think there’s enough customer base to even sell for racks worth of material?

Big fan of donny got my own microgreen biz he helped me when getting started big time

Really enjoyed watching this very informative video. Thank you.

First off, really amazing interview. Fantastic questions. You asked all the right questions. But the audio was a bit off. The volume is a bit on the lower side and the over all audio quality could improve a bit :)

That’s amazing who’s buying? I make my own but I don’t think I’ve ever been next to someone at the grocery store buying microgreens.

Good interviews on you for asking some on the fly questions I was wondering about too.

very useful and informative presentation you put together

Love it!

Great video and great content but for improving the value of the content further I would suggest adding timestamps to the topics of the video. It would make it so much smoother to review certain topics or tips that I feel I didn't understand or don't remember well enough. Love the video and thank you for making it!

Bro. You were definitely growing some fire.

great video. RU-vid course link? didn't see in description. When you search infinite ones pop up. Im interested in the one Donny watched initially🌱

Harvest and delivery definitely time consuming so is planning goes much faster if things are prepped before hand like seed so you can bump everything out fast

subbed! love this stuff!

Great video bro! You just earned yourself a new subscribe

Hey man what has been your response when small seeds get stuck to your plants. I’m growing broccoli and I have little seeds i between the greens. Should they be there or not. Thanks dude

I like the idea for that series. You could make it a tad more entertaining and structured for the viewer. Introduction, wrap up, chapters, some overlays (for the links and such) maybe show some of his process, like harvest or delivery. Nice video, nice dudes both of you. Good luck!

Hey I really like this , as someone who owns 2 small local businesses and 1 of them having to do with plants this is something that I know a bit about so it’s very interesting

I've now subscribed. We'll done.

Nice video brother! I made about $1,000 bucks selling to my buddys food truck! Mostly drank a bunch of PBR...................... subscribed!

You talked about it, but I would imagine a huge benefit of microgreens compared to other crops is the fact that any "catastrophic crop loss" is usually only the result of a week or two of work. Growing stuff that takes months and requires a certain timeline (can't be replanted) is stressful

Great interview Tyler. New subscriber 👍

Y.A.K im about to jump on this band wagon 💯 micro greens is the future

I would develop some favorite recipes/dishes to utilize the microgreens that you sell and include that with their purchase. Great video!

I'm on the journey of starting microgreens business in the UK. I originally wanted to do it 5 years ago. Gotta just start and make it happen.

Sounds great, but why wouldn't there be big companies producing Microgreens at scale?

Nice! How much of his business is for energy and water utility bills?

great video.

Will Allen of Growing Power. Recipient of the MacArthur Foundation's genius grant.2008 His vision and fortitude is legendary in the city of Milwaukee. It was inspiring to work there.

Not mentioning the electricity bill to keep the lights is just one of the "hidden" costs not mentioned

Growing is easy .. selling is hard... selling for high margins is REALY HARD WORK.

Microgreens is a new thing for me but I already have racks and lights etc from a lot of previous adventures in cultivation. This looks like a fun new thing to use the equipment for next and it is also the kind of process I am into. Looks relaxing and lucrative at the same time :)

Brilliant youtube vid !

What kind of lights and watts are the grow lights....and whats the size of the containers of micro greens your selling....like a lettuce bag size or ?

lol knowledge silos are funny. Commercial scale micro-green farms have been around for decades.

How about hydrophonics? Any testing for forever chemicals by your water and earth suppliers?

This is why America is magical.

Mystery Mentor, what a great term.

Good video and everything... But what i dont get is how a FARMER needs microgreens... Like what are they going to do with them... And how can they be so expensive to buy for his customers? Thank you for your awnser...

How do you find the people to spend that kind of money on your stuff though? i love growing plants for myself and could definitely do something like this growing wise, but not sure where to bring it to get that kind of money?

I did microgreens but they got moldy too often and no one to sell em to except expensive farmers market

Question to ask next time - about the database - which one did not work and which one did. May not mention names but get tips what to watch for so we dont make the same mistakes.

I literally can't believe you didn't ask him how much of his own crops he eats and why.

thank u

Gotta setup shop at farmers market

Thankyou for the info, the sound is really poor, please remake this, cheers

Hi, good video, except that the audio is not clear. The sound volume is very low which makes it hard to understand.

I have a plant and soil science education with Ag biz. I don't believe these numbers or everyone would do it. They are waiting for cannabis and microgreens comes along? Please

Dg is my initials also

This is great if you live in the city probably

Should I buy the tray with holes or without?

I can dig the rep you’re rocking

Use a lapel mic your piece to camera will come across much better and retain more viewers. Sound is the most important thing.

If anybody is curious what this business would look like on a large scale, Koppert Cress is the leading company worldwide growing and selling microgreens. Their product development is pretty insane, they have about 20 trademarked microgreens already. It almost feels strange that they don't mention this company, but it's probably only because it's not in the USA.

god bless u sir

Link to the lights used? Also do you use trays with or without holes in the bottom?

In the UK you’d lose £500 per week in electric costs! They paid less than 15p a kw over there! 😂

Do you have to have insurance to sell to grocers?

Who does he sell the micro green's too? What's the process of that? The legal side to it and the harvest to sell would be cool video watch.

you better send a thank you note to this man, he just gave you tiny chanel your brake away video lol, 128k veiws in 3 weeks is great for a chanel like yours with only 1.52k subs

Nice video! I've thought to grow micro greens for quite a while & never have done anything about it It's been a side thought for years Even now I'm still unfortunately doing nothing about it, but seeing this has got me motivated a lot more to try I have a small LED grow light so I'm thinking I might just finally get off my bum and get a single tray to just start out, like this guy recommends. I'm in Australia, so I think the opportunities to make money aren't going to be anywhere near as great here as they would be in a country with several hundred million people as its population lol I imagine I'd just start out growing for myself & giving my friends and family some too if they wanted any I don't know how i could go about finding people who would want to buy from me I only ever see 1 stall or so at farmers markets here with micro greens, so I think it'd be a challenge to try make money from it in that way sadly & they are only once a week or once a fortnight too those markets

This interview was honestly very helpful! Bought my first gear today. I have an empty shelf/greenhouse in my room so I already have the perfect place for my first try. I'm extremely excited honestly. Bought Peas, Kale, radish, sunflower & arugula. I didn't buy broccoli though - will do it after I try out these ones.

Amazing insight, thank you very much. Just you need to fix the sound - it is too low

I'm a chef, and we used to work with microgreens a lot for decoration of plates. But what we had usually was directly the small tray, to be able to cut and use what you have to use directly, to keep it more fresh. When cut they last very little time as they start to wither very fast. So do you know if there's a practical way to cut the soil and place the grown seedlings in smaller trays for resale? Or is it better to directly sow in those small trays? I'd like to try something like that to sell to some restaurants I know that could be interested.

Sick the middle man videos

issue with microgreens is the money is only good because so few peeps growing them if more people pile in wont be long till market saturation and price racing to the bottom after all its mostly fancy restaurants so limited customer base, its a niche product

Been growing cannabis for 10+ years and I think I will start this up for extra $. also mushrooms