MICROGREEN BUSINESS GUIDE · NORTH MIAMI, FL

Start a microgreen business in North Miami, FL.

Most North Miami residents do not realize that one of the most diverse food scenes in South Florida runs on microgreens grown nowhere near it. The Haitian, Caribbean, and Latin kitchens along Biscayne and NE 125th are buying garnish trucked in cold, days from harvest. The North Miami grower who delivers genuinely local trays on the morning of service quietly takes the category.

Quick Answer

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

How many North Miami chefs do you think actually know a microgreen grower by name, and how many are just dialing the same distributor as everyone else?

What North Miami buys today

North Miami sits in one of the most culturally rich corridors of South Florida, with a long established Haitian food scene, growing Latin American concepts, and a steady wave of chef-driven openings tied to the design and art districts just south. Microgreens cross every one of those plating styles, and the demand is built in.

The wellness segment in North Miami has expanded fast over the last few years. Juice bars, plant forward cafes, and smoothie spots all use microgreens as toppers, and that direct to business channel rounds out the restaurant base nicely.

The climate consideration is humidity, which is handled with a small dehumidifier and disciplined airflow in any garage, spare bedroom, or insulated shed. Once that is solved, North Miami growers run trays year round with no seasonal slowdown.

Every month you wait, another North Miami concept signs a 12 month supply agreement with a distributor truck rolling in from elsewhere. What does it cost you when the chefs you wanted to sell to are already on someone else's purchase order?

The math, in North Miami prices

North Miami restaurant wholesale prices run at or near the metro average, with chef driven and Caribbean concepts paying solid prices for genuinely local cut to order product. Here is what the math looks like at conservative North Miami 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 North Miami pricing.

Break-even week

Week 4

First positive cash week. Most growers hit it.

What that looks like in North Miami 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 North Miami at standard wholesale prices. A two-car garage doubles it. A basement triples it.

Picture the version of your week where Sunday is planting day, Tuesday and Thursday are restaurant deliveries along Biscayne, and the app tells you which trays to cut and which orders go where. What changes about how you spend the other four days?

Three things every working microgreen farm in North Miami 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 North Miami 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 North Miami. 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 North Miami 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 North Miami farm on. The growing happens in your basement.

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North Miami microgreen FAQ

How much can I make growing microgreens in North Miami?
A working microgreen farm in North Miami 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 North Miami?
Sunflower, pea shoots, and radish are the three highest-volume sellers in nearly every U.S. city, including North Miami. 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 North Miami?
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 North Miami's climate. Vertical shelving is the fastest path to higher revenue per square foot.
What is the best app for tracking microgreen production in North Miami?
Grown Like A Pro is the operating system used by working microgreen farms in North Miami. 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 North Miami 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 North Miami?
For farmers market and direct-to-consumer sales in North Miami, 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 North Miami?
Restaurant wholesale in North Miami 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 North Miami restaurants currently buy.

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Once you have the North Miami math in your head, the next read is the density chart that drives every tray you plant.

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