About Us
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Microgreen Enterprises, Inc.
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Founded in 2018 in Athens, Alabama by Lisa Gels and Nani-Waiata Koromete, our mission is to provide wholesome food to you and your family and to be a vibrant part of the local community. With equal respect for consumers, and the environment, we strive to offer the highest quality with the smallest footprint while growing in the strength of the local food system.
We sell microgreens, herbs, edible flowers and other delights. We pledge to do that in a way that cares for all of our community and makes us healthier together.
We sell microgreens, herbs, edible flowers and other delights. We pledge to do that in a way that cares for all of our community and makes us healthier together.
Lisa Gels
Lisa’s interest in healthy foods has taken her down a few different paths over the years. When it comes to food, her primary focus is on making sure that it is real. She made her first yogurt as a young teen, and whether she’s talking about homemade bread or eggs from her flock of backyard chickens, she freely shares her enthusiasm with others. She has influenced friends and family toward activities like milling their own flour, brewing kombucha, and purchasing water filters. In part through her influence, several of her neighbors also have their own backyard flock of chickens. Microgreens are her newest healthy adventure, and there are few in her circle who haven’t been told about the many nutritional benefits of this table-top crop. As she puts it, “They’re the little green that packs a mighty punch.” Currently she is exploring ways to incorporate microgreens into every meal.
Nani-Waiata Koromete
Nani spent the early years of her life in Southern California with a blended, multi-national heritage (Maori/Inca/Moor/SpanishBasque/German). She was taught and mentored in Farm to Market agricultural production and agribusiness by the legendary James Bailey, who founded the Orange County Agricultural Fairgrounds "Centennial Educational Farm", which Nani participated in the inaugural construction. While living in New Zealand, Nani managed her 3.75 acre Vegetable and Fruit Producing farm, with her husband & youngest son, Brandon; selling produce from their Orchards in the Agriculture B2B marketplace as well as direct farm to table. The farm included a 2000 sqft Greenhouse with Organic Hydroponic System, Citrus & Fruit orchards, Orchid Shade houses and Ornamental Gardens. The property was a favorite on the local area garden tour having 98% of the plants mentioned in the bible. Nani's education in Ethnobotany was complemented with an extensive study of Bible based plants. In 2008, she came back to the west coast of USA and with her husband developed Fresh & Salt Water Aquaponic Growing Systems. Since 2012, Nani has been growing Microgreens, Petite and Full size greens as well as Edible Flowers, Tilapia Fish out of their state of the art Aquaculture & Hydroponic Greenhouse.