About Us

Welcome to JRVA Microgreens 

My name is Jenine Pendlebury 

My farm, James River Valley Acreage, is a small direct to community farm that offers home deliveries of freshly GROWN TO ORDER Microgreens.

I started a Greenhouse after moving here to the James River area 5 years ago. Since then, I have expanded my growing knowledge greatly.

One day I came across an article about microgreens and the amazing benefits they have on human health. Find the article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772566921000057

 After losing many loved ones to cancer, and my own health 10 years ago. I am always looking for ways to become healthier. After some intense research, I decided that microgreens were definitely something I wanted to be able offer the world. And at an affordable price!

No need to go to a fancy restaurant to get your microgreens anymore, when you can have them delivered right to your doorstep as often as you like.

Did you know that microgreens contain up to 40% more phytochemicals (beneficial nutrients and components) than their full-grown counterparts? 

After learning this, I decided that I was going to specialize in growing 5 varieties of nutrient-dense microgreens… Then it became 8... Now 11!

 

OUR VARIETIES

Alfalfa  

Harvested in 14 days

Micro Alfalfa has a very neutral taste like green iceberg lettuce as both sprout and microgreens. The taste is sweeter the more light you give the plants.

Alfalfa microgreens have become well-known as an outstanding option to lower cholesterol in your body, helping to reduce the risk of several types of cancer, and even helping to inhibit cardiovascular disease. These microgreens have plenty of vitamins, K, C, and A, all of which are essential to good skin. Learn more here...

Arugula    

Harvest time 10 days

Arugula is one of the most popular microgreens because of its distinctive spicy, nutty, almost astringent flavor that develops into a more bitter, tangy taste as the plant matures. Arugula microgreens are delicious when raw.

Five times the vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin K, and four times the iron as the iceberg lettuce. Arugula microgreens are also a rich source of nutrients, vitamins E, L, lutein, and beta-carotene. Learn more here...

 

Broccoli   

Harvest time 10 days

Micro Broccoli microgreens have a slightly bitter taste, thanks to the sulforaphane in them. However, this makes them a great addition to anything on the sweeter side as it will balance the flavor. A great addition on top of a sandwich, salad, or even your hot meal.

Micro Broccoli has concentrated levels of vitamins A, B, C, and E, the minerals calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, and zinc. Furthermore, broccoli microgreen nutrition doesn't stop with vitamins and minerals. They contain high levels of compounds that convert to sulforaphane once consumed. Learn more here...

 

Bulls Blood Beets   

Harvest time 17 days

Micro Bull's Blood Beet is a very attractive microgreen that foodies and chefs love for its contrasting colors, distinctive earthy flavor, and crunchy yet juicy texture. The microgreens taste like a sweet mix between root beets and spinach.

Micro Bull’s Blood Beets are a source of vitamin C, an antioxidant that strengthens the immune system, vitamin A to maintain healthy organ functioning, and vitamin K to assist with faster wound healing. The microgreens also provide copper, magnesium, potassium, calcium, and lower amounts of phosphorus, zinc, and folate. Learn more here...

 

Leeks  

Harvest time 10 days

Micro Leeks are bright green and have a straight, narrow appearance. With a rough, black seed husk attached to one end that is fully edible. The greens also have a crisp, succulent, and tender consistency. Micro Leeks have a mild onion-like flavor with a garlic aftertaste and a refreshing hint of cucumber.

Leek microgreens contain Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Potassium, Vitamin B6, Manganese, Magnesium, Folate, Riboflavin, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Fiber, and Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Learn more here...

 

Pea   

Harvest time 8 days

Micro Pea Greens are best used fresh as an edible garnish or subtle flavoring. The delicate greens can be sprinkled over soups, mixed into salads, selectively placed on main dishes, appetizers, and some desserts to enhance the visual appeal, or used as a fresh flavor over roasted vegetables, potatoes, and pasta. Micro Pea Greens can also be sprinkled on vegetable pizza, layered into sandwiches, used as a bed of greens under grilled meats, or blended into a bright pesto. Pea greens are traditionally used in Asian cuisine and are a favored flavoring in stir-fries. The greens are also popularly dressed in light sauces as a side dish. Micro Pea Greens pair well with cheeses such as goat, feta, parmesan, and pecorino, aromatics such as garlic, ginger, leeks, and shallots, fava beans, asparagus, mushrooms, radishes, citrus, eggs, seafood, and poultry. Micro Pea Greens will generally keep up to 10-14 days when stored in the refrigerator in a sealed container.

Micro Pea shoots are an excellent source of micronutrients that are often lacking in many people's meals. They'll add a bit of protein and fiber to your diet, as well as vitamins C, A, K, and other vital vitamins and minerals. They're easy to incorporate into your diet to add a nutrient boost. Learn more here...

Popcorn     

Harvest time 7 days

Micro Popcorn shoots have a rather sweet corn flavor with a slightly-sour, grassy finish evoking wheatgrass. Their texture is moist yet crunchy, almost like bean sprouts.

Micro Popcorn microgreens are loaded with nutrients. They contain vitamins A, B, C, & E, as well as other nutrients including calcium and magnesium. As with other microgreens, they pack a serious nutritional punch. They also have trace elements of Chlorophyll, Iron, Lecithin, Magnesium, Pantothenic Acid, Phosphorus, and Potassium, with Protein: up to 30%. Learn more here...

Purple Cabbage    

Harvest time 10 days

Micro Red Cabbage taste like mature cabbage, but they have a much milder and sweeter taste and are crunchy. Red cabbage microgreens contain far more nutrients than regular cabbage microgreens. This is mainly due to the color pigmentation of red cabbage, which adds a host of benefits.

Red cabbage contains higher levels of vitamin C, carotenoids, and flavonoid antioxidants than green cabbage varieties. Studies show that red cabbage contains 4.5 times the amount of antioxidants than its green counterparts. Learn more here...

 

Red Kale    

Harvest time 10 days

Micro Red Kale is best used fresh as an edible garnish to showcase the green’s earthy, nutty, and subtly sweet flavor. It can be tossed into salads, used as a bed of greens for seafood, or piled over egg-based dishes, grain bowls, and stir-fries. The microgreens can also be used as a topping over tacos, pizza, and pasta, layered into sandwiches and burgers, stuffed into pitas, stirred into curries and soups, or rolled into sushi. In addition to using it whole, the greens can be pureed into sauces, dips, and pesto or blended into smoothies and juices. Micro Red Kale pairs well with radishes, carrots, cucumbers, mushrooms, tomatoes, squash, collard greens, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, cauliflower, cheeses such as parmesan, feta, and mozzarella, cranberries, pistachios, and meats including pork, beef, and poultry. 

Kale microgreens have concentrated levels of vitamins A, B, C, E, and K and calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and phytonutrients, including polyphenols, glucosinolates, flavanol compounds, and carotenoid antioxidants. Learn more here... 

Vulcano Radish Image result for red radish microgreens 

Harvest time 10 days

Micro Vulcano Radish has a dark green to deep violet leaf color, Red Vulcano definitely stands out among the microgreens. Their taste is intensely spicy with a clearly recognizable radish taste. Excellent to add zest and a little spice to salads, sandwiches and in any other situation in which radish is used.

Not only do Micro Vulcano Radish contain vitamins A, B, C, E, and K, they also deliver calcium iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc. But that's not all. Radish sprouts are rich in essential amino acids and chlorophyll which has all sorts of benefits from cancer-fighting properties to digestive aid. Learn more here...

 

Sunflower 

Harvest time 8 days

Micro Sunflower microgreens have a wonderful nutty flavor and a crunchy texture and are fantastic on sandwiches, in soups, smoothies, salads, scrambled eggs, and wraps.

Micro Sunflower sprouts contain a higher amount of protein. They are also rich in Vitamin B, which can reduce stress levels, and zinc, which helps balance the body's hormones. These sprouts are also a rich source of essential amino acids, vitamin A, D, E, and B complex. Learn more here...

 

So now you know why I decided to start growing Microgreens.

They really are Nature's Vitamins! 🌱

I look forward to growing them for you!  

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Interested in more varieties? Shoot us a message with your request and we will see what we can do to add it to our line up.
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