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US (ME): Nonprofit microgreens farm sprouts in Saco

Haley Cornwall isn’t likely to find microgreens perched atop the meals at his favorite restaurants, but his affection for the delicate greens he helps grow was evident as he hovered over them.

He pointed to a tray of radish microgreens, their tiny green and purple leaves shining under the bright glow of a grow lamp.

“I like the green ones and the purple ones,” he said. “They’re nice together.”

Those microgreens – now sprouting in a warm greenhouse in Saco – will be served at high-end Portland restaurants within a week. They are grown and sold as part of the Teenie Greenies business at Cultivation Works Farm, a program of the nonprofit Creative Work Systems that employs adults with disabilities as they gain financial independence and the skills needed to become working farmers.

With the opening of a new greenhouse in Saco and recent high-profile exposure in the Portland food scene, the leaders of Creative Work Systems are hoping the fledgling social enterprise program will take root in the same way as its longer-running Maine WoodWorks Program, which grosses $1.25 million a year in sales from furniture handcrafted in Saco and sold around the country.

Read more at The Portland Press Herald
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