So, Hunter and I went in two weeks ago to work with Spark-Y and the students at MNIC, the internship high school. As mentioned before, they have an aquaponics system and are growing microgreens indoors.
Right now, they are mostly selling their products at the Kingfield Farmers' Market. They have several varieties of microgreens and some vegetables, and have a goal of raising $1000 by the end of the year through their garden sales.
We are focusing on the microgreen side of their business for now. The first day we went to see them, we looked at their growing setups and talked about how they are packaging, pricing and selling things at the market. Hunter made a spreadsheet for them to use, so they can put information about their input costs and selling prices, and find out how much profit they can expect to make based on the amount of product they sell. He gave them some suggestions on pricing too--such as pricing different types of microgreens differently based on their popularity, and cutting prices down at the end of the day to try to sell out of what they have. Hopefully they'll be able to tinker with some of those things and find a system that works for them so they can meet their profit goal!
Next week, we're hoping to bring them over to the Saint Paul campus to see Cornercopia, so we'll post an update after that!
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