About Us

Hello! My name is Amy. I am the owner of Tendershoot Microgreens. The origins of Tendershoot began a few years ago when I started growing microgreens just for me- a nutrient boost to add to my salads and protein shakes. My husband had recently passed away from cancer, and I was suddenly a single parent of two young, active children- and I was in my early forties! I needed to be healthy and feel good for me and my children. I didn’t want to be a mom that was too tired and old to run and play and jump on the trampoline. Growing microgreens was an easy way for me to boost the vitamins and minerals (and all those other good-for-you-phyto-chemicals) in my meals.

I have a degree in horticulture from UGA and have always worked with plants: growing organic vegetables and flowers in my garden and for work- often times starting them from seeds. Instead of sowing twenty broccoli seeds into individual plant cells, I sprinkled lots of broccoli seeds on a tray of potting soil and stuck that under my grow lights. Instead of having to wait three or four months for a broccoli head to form for harvesting, twelve days later the broccoli microgreens were ready for me to cut and eat. That one ounce serving of broccoli microgreens had more nutrients in it than one ounce of broccoli florets! Before long, I started sharing the microgreens with my mom. Then more people became interested in getting them. And so Tendershoot Microgreens was born.

I want to offer people the freshest microgreens available. When you buy from a grocery store, you don’t know how long ago the microgreens were harvest. They just have a sell by date. At Tendershoot, we grow our microgreens on a schedule to be harvested every Tuesday so they can be delivered to your door the very next day- less than 24 hours from the time they were harvested. Some microgreens can last up to two weeks refrigerated (like pea shoots)- but others- like broccoli, kale, and cabbage have a refrigeration life of 5-6 days before the plant cells really begin deteriorating. But to have the most nutrient-packed microgreens, you want to be able to consume them right away after harvest-not sitting on a grocery store shelf for several days before you can buy them. That’s why we deliver our microgreens to you.

Thank you so much for visiting Tendershoot Microgreens!