Green Panda Farms

Recipe: A mighty microgreen appetizer

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Nutrient-dense and flavorful microgreens are sprouting up at grocery stores, farmers markets and CSA boxes on a more frequent basis.  These tiny vegetables are seedlings that are harvested when the first true leaves appear.  Microgreens are considered a superfood – often packing more vitamins than some full-grown plants. Microgreens are not the same as sprouts. … Read more

Urban and small farms are a big part of the fabric of North Carolina’s agriculture industry

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Tenita Solantol, owner and operator of Green Panda Farms, delivers microgreens to the Bulldega Urban Market in Durham.

To celebrate N.C. A&T State University Small Farms Week, March 19-25, we are highlighting urban farmer Tenita Solanto from Raleigh. Staff from the NCDA&CS Small Farm Program works with small, urban and limited-resource farmers like Solanto, helping them access resources and programs that may be beneficial to their operations. Small Farms Week celebrates the economic … Read more