Scaling and planning microgreen production with Garrett Corwin of Piedmont Microgreens and Microgreen Manager in North Carolina

About this episode

Garrett Corwin discusses scaling his microgreen business and the challenges of crop planning.

Garrett Corwin started Piedmont Microgreens out of his garage in Durham, North Carolina, and after six years he’s scaled the business to 350-400 trays a week. In addition to the farmers market, Piedmont sells to more than 50 restaurants, grocery stores and wholesalers, including FreshPoint and Sysco with just a two-person team. As the business expanded, Garrett realized the limitations of spreadsheets for crop planning, so he enlisted the help of his brother Spencer to help build a better way to keep track of their crops and customers.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Mefferd, Katie Kulla, April Parms Jones

Guest: Garrett Corwin

Topics covered

• microgreens
• business scaling
• crop planning
• entrepreneurship
• local food systems

Keywords

• microgreen production
• business growth
• crop management
• local restaurants
• food distribution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Piedmont Microgreens, FreshPoint, Sysco

Places: Durham, North Carolina

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