{"id":22443,"date":"2024-10-01T22:37:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/?p=22443"},"modified":"2024-10-01T22:52:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:52:39","slug":"microgreens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/microgreens\/","title":{"rendered":"Microgreens?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Our Vice President, Betsy Smith, introduced our speaker for our September meeting, Capital City Master Gardener Association\u2019s Janell Diggs (&#x61;&#x6a;&#x64;&#x69;&#x67;&#x67;&#x73;&#x74;&#x32;&#x33;&#x40;&#x79;&#x61;&#x68;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;), along with intern, Jane Ficquette.  The presentation\u2019s title was \u201cGrowing and Cooking with Microgreens\u201d.  Microgreens are versions of herbs and vegetables in their tiny sprout form. They are 5 times more nutrient dense than full-size plants. Mrs. Diggs provided a hands-on opportunity, supported by her experienced \u201chow to\u201d presentation, which consisted of three main points . . . Supplies, Process, and Cooking. She provided small covered containers filled with the correct soil for sprouting, provided radish seeds and demonstrated how to spread and dampen the seeds with a mister. We took them home, inverted the lid and weighted down the lid with a book. Then when they had sprouted, we took the lid off and in a few days we had microgreens! They can be used on salads, sandwiches, scrambled eggs, used as pizza topping,  etc. They are used at high-end restaurants and used by nutritional researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the request of our members,  Mrs. Diggs also discussed the role of Capital City MGA\u2019s Education Committee. Besides the Vice President\u2019s role of program development (monthly speakers), the Committee commits to approximately 3 annual outreach and educational projects per year. The committee selects topics based on interests surveys and assessments. They decide on short-range and long-range goals and then divide the planning and preparation based on various member\u2019s skills.  Janell discussed start- up efforts to increase our community presence and to provide horticultural-based learning opportunities. The program was very interesting, as well as immensely helpful to us on setting goals and deciding on yearly outreach programs. <br>Article based on minutes taken by Kerry Rush<br>Photos by Audrey Giles and Hugh Nichols<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"http:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/10\/IMG_9335-1920x1188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22447\" width=\"748\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/10\/IMG_9335-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/10\/IMG_9335-960x594.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/10\/IMG_9335-395x244.jpeg 395w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/10\/IMG_9335-1536x950.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/10\/IMG_9335-2048x1267.jpeg 2048w, 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