MICROGREEN BUSINESS GUIDE · DAVIE, FL

Start a microgreen business in Davie, FL.

Most Davie and central Broward chefs do not realize the microgreens on their line traveled from a Homestead or central Florida greenhouse before service. The Tower Shops area concepts, the Pine Island Road corridor restaurants, the chef-driven kitchens between Plantation and Cooper City, and the Hard Rock-adjacent dining all want hyperlocal product, and almost none of them have a real Broward-cut source. The Davie grower who closes that gap owns access no out-of-county shipper can match on freshness.

Quick Answer

You can start a microgreen business in Davie with under $400 in initial equipment and grow it into a $2,500 to $6,500 per month side income within 90 days. Below is the local demand picture, the unit economics at Davie wholesale prices, and the operating system used by working microgreen farms.

If you walked into six chef-driven kitchens between the Tower Shops and Plantation on a Tuesday and asked where their microgreens came from, how many would actually point to a grower inside Broward County?

What Davie buys today

Davie sits in the center of one of the densest restaurant geographies in South Florida. The Tower Shops and University Drive corridor anchor an independent restaurant base, the Pine Island Road and Nova Drive area extends into Plantation and Cooper City chef-driven concepts, and the Hard Rock and Seminole Reservation-adjacent dining adds a steady high-volume buyer. The Nova Southeastern community supplies a wellness-curious customer base around campus.

The direct-to-consumer side is unusually strong. The Yellow Green Farmers Market in nearby Hollywood is one of the largest in the country, the Plantation, Cooper City, and Pembroke Pines weekend markets pull steady traffic, and the juice bar, acai bowl, and smoothie scene across central Broward is dense. Demographics across Davie, Cooper City, and Southwest Ranches match the microgreen buyer profile closely.

The South Florida climate sounds like a problem until you flip it. Outdoor humidity and heat are brutal, but AC is part of every household, a climate-controlled spare bedroom in a Davie ranch or a Cooper City single family holds steady year round, and a 5 by 10 foot footprint produces more weekly revenue than almost any other use of the space.

Every week you wait, another Tower Shops or Pine Island Road chef commits to a Miami-Dade distributor pulling product from a Homestead greenhouse. What does it cost you when the kitchens you wanted to serve are already on someone else's standing order?

The math, in Davie prices

South Florida restaurant wholesale prices for microgreens sit in the upper national range, with chef-driven central Broward accounts paying above standard wholesale because of the freshness gap. Here is what the unit economics look like at conservative Davie numbers.

Startup cost

$400

Trays, soil, seed, lights. Used gear cuts this in half.

Per-tray net

$20-$30

After seed, soil, packaging, delivery.

Trays per week

100

Target for $3K-$5K/mo at Davie pricing.

Break-even week

Week 4

First positive cash week. Most growers hit it.

What that looks like in Davie square footage

A 10 by 10 foot room with two vertical shelving units holds 60 to 80 active trays. That is enough to produce $3,000 to $5,000 per month in Davie at standard wholesale prices. A two-car garage doubles it. A basement triples it.

Picture the version of your week where Sunday is the planting day, Tuesday is restaurant delivery across the Tower Shops, Plantation, and Cooper City, Saturday is the Yellow Green market, and the system tells you exactly which trays to cut. What changes about your week when the income side is on autopilot?

Three things every working microgreen farm in Davie runs on

  1. A seed density and watering plan you trust. The number one cause of failed trays for new growers is over- or under-seeding. The cheat sheet inside Grown Like A Pro gives you grams per 10x20, soak hours, blackout days, harvest day, and watering for sixty-one varieties.
  2. A rotation tracker. Once you are running thirty-plus trays per week, you cannot remember what is in blackout, what is in light growth, what harvests Tuesday. A spreadsheet works for the first month. After that you need a system that pings you the day before each harvest and reorders seed before you run out.
  3. A customer + invoice layer. Restaurants in Davie want predictable weekly invoices and net-15 terms. Farmers market customers want clamshell tracking. Both want consistency. The app handles both.

The IKEA test

If you can follow an IKEA instruction sheet without screaming at the family, you can grow microgreens at a commercial level in Davie. The steps are about that difficulty: open the box, lay out the parts, follow the picture, repeat. Trays are the bookcase. Seed is the dowels.

If you ever did struggle with the IKEA bookshelf, that is exactly why Glappy lives inside the app. Glappy is the in-app coach that breaks every step down barney style, in your own language, from "how do I plant my first tray" to "why is this tray going leggy at day five and what do I do about it tonight." Type the question, get a step-by-step answer. There is no question too basic. The whole point is that a Davie grower starting today is not on their own.

What you are not buying

You are not buying a course. You are not buying a hype product. You are not buying seed from us, and you are not buying trays from us. We do not sell either. Grown Like A Pro is the operating system you run your Davie farm on. The growing happens in your basement.

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Davie microgreen FAQ

How much can I make growing microgreens in Davie?
A working microgreen farm in Davie produces $3,000 to $8,000 per month within 90 days of starting. The math: 100 trays per week, $20 to $30 net revenue per tray, harvested in a basement, garage, or spare room. The ceiling is set by how many restaurants and farmers market customers you can serve, not by the growing setup.
Is it legal to sell microgreens in FL?
Yes. In most of Florida, microgreens fall under the state's cottage food law for direct-to-consumer retail at farmers markets and to private customers. Restaurant wholesale typically requires a basic food handler permit. Verify with the Florida Department of Agriculture before you sign a wholesale contract.
What microgreens sell best in Davie?
Sunflower, pea shoots, and radish are the three highest-volume sellers in nearly every U.S. city, including Davie. Broccoli is the highest-margin variety because of its sulforaphane reputation with health-focused buyers. Specialty varieties like amaranth and shiso command premium pricing from chef-driven restaurants.
How much space do I need to grow microgreens in Davie?
A 10 by 10 foot room with two shelving units holds 60 to 80 active trays, which is enough to produce $3,000 to $5,000 per month. A basement, garage corner, spare bedroom, or sunroom all work in Davie's climate. Vertical shelving is the fastest path to higher revenue per square foot.
What is the best app for tracking microgreen production in Davie?
Grown Like A Pro is the operating system used by working microgreen farms in Davie. It handles seed density math, watering schedules, harvest timing, inventory, customer orders, and the financial side. Free 30-day trial with no credit card.
How long does it take to learn to grow microgreens commercially?
Most growers in Davie are selling their first trays within 30 days of starting. Commercial proficiency, meaning you can run 50-plus trays per week without losing crops to mold or under-seeding, takes 60 to 90 days. The seed density and watering math is the single biggest predictor of how fast you get there.
Do I need a license to sell microgreens in Davie?
For farmers market and direct-to-consumer sales in Davie, most growers operate under Florida's cottage food law with no special license. For wholesale to restaurants and grocery stores, you typically need a basic food handler permit, a sales tax permit, and depending on volume, an inspection from your county health department.
How do I price microgreens to restaurants in Davie?
Restaurant wholesale in Davie runs $1.50 to $2.50 per ounce for standard varieties, $3 to $5 per ounce for specialty varieties like shiso, micro basil, or amaranth. Sell by the pound for repeat accounts. Local fresh commands a premium over the shipped-in product that most Davie restaurants currently buy.

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