The classic American sprout. Mild nutty flavor and a wonderful crispy texture.
An awesome combination of grains makes this mix a nutritional extravaganza and a sweet taste treat. Very easy and quick to grow.
A seriously beautiful pastel bean mix. Our original bean combo - this was originally called Jupiter's Awesome Mix - after our (first) beloved dog, who is responsible for our move "back to the land". Our 2nd most popular bean blend of all-time!
Famous for it's antioxidant content. Broccoli sprouts can contain something like 50 times the sulfurophane found in mature broccoli, by weight, so you get as much antioxidant in 1 ounce of Broccoli Sprouts as you would if you ate 3 pounds of fully grown Broccoli (These here Sproutpeople are making no health claims - we wouldn't dare - we're just quoting published research). Broccoli is a very tasty sprout - it is the fresh vegetable our 8 year old son likes best.
Our current lot of Broccoli produces the biggest Broccoli sprouts we've ever seen, and produces the finest broccoli sprouts we've ever tasted. We always look for easy and productive seed and hope to offer certified organic seed someday, but for now this is the best there is.
Variety: Green Sprouting Calabrese
* Not Organic
Almost identical to Alfalfa in flavor - nutty and mild, but with a lighter green leaf. We prefer Clover to Alfalfa as it sheds it's hulls more readily and stores longer in the frig. when sprouted. We use Clover as the base for most of our gourmet Leafy mixes.
By far our most popular Leafy Sprout blend ever. French Garden is as gourmet as sprouts get. A delectible blend of mildly sweet, tangy, bitter and peppery. It is totally perfect!
Another gourmet blend, Italian is 2nd only to French Garden in popularity. A great way to enjoy Garlic Sprouts (which cost so darn much solo) along with other tasty sprouts.
Grass for cats, salad for cats (and kittens), whatever you call it it is real! Cats need vegetable matter in their diet, just like people, and Kat Grass supplies that along with great nutrition. We even include a little Flax which is good for their coats. Many of you know that your cats need this, because they eat your house plants - that is the surest sign that your cat will love this treat. Kat Grass is grown on soil or similar medium. All you do to serve your cat is to place the container of living grass near their food dish or in some other place they'll find it.
This mix is beyond outrageous! It is a very quick mix to grow, though the resulting sprouts are not so much sprouts as "soaks" - that is, they plump up with water but produce very little (or no) root (sprout). This mix has a shorter shelf life than most sprouts - once grown it is best consumed within 48 hours, but believe us - it won't last even that long once you taste it. The shelf life issue is one of flavor not of decomposition. As a rule the Pumpkins will get a bit bitter after a few days and the Sunflowers might get a bit brownish, but we've kept it for almost 2 weeks in storage tests and found it still quite tasty. Decide for yourself - like we say - it isn't likely to go uneaten so its sort of a moot point =:-)
The most common sprout on Earth, Mungs are grown and used extensively in cooking in the Far East. Perhaps the most exciting sprout to grow as it offers unique challenges. Mungs are probably the best cooking sprout there is - especially if you like Chinese food. We have some great recipes for these.
A combination of every Pea we have in stock. Varies slightly depending on supply, but usually contains 5 peas. Kids like this one. When the sprouts are let grow for 4 or 5 days they will form long roots and shoots with the Pea in between. Appearently there is some fun in pulling them apart while hoding the pea in your teeth which only children truly appreciate. Maybe its a Midwestern kid thing =:->
If there was only one item you could get from us, Peasant Mix should be your choice. Well, it would be ours. Lentils offer everything: Lentils store forever, they are excellent nutritionally, they are easy to sprout, they taste great sprouted for 2 days or for 6 days (and all in between), they are great raw and cooked and the sprouts last for a month or more in the frig.
Our personal favorite among the Alfalfa/Clover sprouts and also the oldest of these mixes. It is the perfect acompaniment to a bagel. Oddly, I used to hate sprouts (I mean Hate!) at age 19, when I (Gil) moved to San Francisco, California (from Chicago), they put sprouts on everything - including bagels. It really infuriated me. But now, I eat Russian Mix topped bagels at an alarming rate - have for years - sometimes without anything else - just a toasted bagel with Russian Mix. Moral: Never say never. =:->
13 (or more) seeds mixed up to make our most popular sprout at the Dane County Farmer's Market - we sell over 100 pounds every weekend throughout the Summer to our loyal and delighted customers. The inclusion of Peanuts is the main reason that more folks are addicted to this than to any other of our sprouts. The most popular use of this mix (and many other bean sprouts) is as a snack - the majority of our customers say they eat SF Mix like popcorn or mixed nuts - straight, but we have some great recipe ideas too.
Greens grown from Sunflowers are surprisingly delicious. If you you don't feel you know us well enough to believe it, just look under your bird feeder in summertime for a sorta thick stemmed plant about 4-6" tall, with 2 leaves on top. Pick it off above the soil and eat it ..... See? Great aren't they? Sunnys need to be planted on soil or similiar medium (with 20-30% Earthworm Castings to achieve their potential in flavor and vigor.
The classic power drink's source plant. Easy to grow and rejuvinating when ingested. If everyone drank this stuff the average life expectancy would jump 10 years, this is greeeaat stuff! Wheat Grass Juice is has a very intense flavor. We've been drinking it since the 1970s and have found that we enjoy it more now than ever - since we got a GreenLife Juicer we mix our grass juice with carrot and apple juice - it is delicious!
You need a special juicer to extract the nectar from this grass - it is well worth the effort! Look down this page or on our Juicer page for more info. We also have various sized growing trays to grow your crop listed on our Sprouting Device page.
A great way to get into bean sprouting, this kit has 1/2 pound each of our 6 most popular sprouting beans and our very own Hemp Bag sprouter.
FYI: Beans yield about twice their weight in seeds, so this bunch o' Beans will produce about 6 pounds of sprouts.
A simple package for the bird lover. A wise bird person tells us that all of the mixes are all fine for all birds.
For Broccoli Lovers!
Our favorite sprouting device: The Easy Sprout Sprouter, and 1 pound of many people's favorite seed: Broccoli.*
The pound of Broccoli will produce up to ten 8 ounce crops of broccoli sprouts. We've grown thousands of pounds of sprouts from the broccoli we currently offer - it is the best we've ever had and though it is not organic, it is the best sprouting broccoli anywhere!
Broccoli is of course famous for it's antioxidant content. Broccoli sprouts contain something like 50 times the sulfurophane found in mature broccoli (ie - one 8 ounce crop has as much as 25 pounds of broccoli), but, due to a patent held by the Dr. who headed the research team under the company name Brassica Protection Partners, we can not and do not make any claims as to the benifits of Broccoli Sprouts or Greens or the seeds we sell =;-) but they are wonderfully tender and tasty - especially if you like broccoli.
Variety: Green Sprouting Calabrese
* Not Organic
A great way to get into sprouting Alfalfa/Clover type sprouts.
This kit is made up of:
Our favorite and most popular sprouter - the Easy Sprout and 1/4 pound each of our 9 World Famous =;-) Alfalfa/Clover type sprouting seeds:
Alfalfa, Clover, French Garden, Italian Blend, Moo Mix, Nick's Hot Sprout Salad, Oriental Greens, Russian Mix and Spicy Mix.
Yield note: This kit will produce about 15 pounds of sprouts (8 ounces at a time) over time. Alfalfa and Clover yield between 6 and 8 times as much weight in sprouts as in seed. Cool eh?! This also means that the sprouts you produce are costing you less than 70¢ per 5 ounces (the typical weight sprouts are sold in, in stores) even with the cost of the sprouter! The Easy Sprout will last you forever so this is not only a great introduction to sprouting Leafy Sprouts it is also an introduction to the cost savings related to growing your own. Besides that, these are going to be the freshest sprouts you ever had - AND they're Certified Organic!
Sprouts are CooL!
The perfect choice for anyone who wants to give sprouting a try or turn a friend on to sprouting.
Contains one 20 Pack Sprouting Seed Sampler, 1 Easy Sprout Sprouter and 1 Hemp Bag.
For serious Sproutheads only!
Our most popular (for good reason) varieties + a bunch of great Sprouting Devices.
1 pound each (for a total of 10#): French Garden, Italian Blend, Russian Mix, Amber Waves Grain Mix, Beanie's Awesome Mix, Hot Squared, Madison Market, Mung Bean, Peasant Mix and San Francisco Mix.
Sprouting Devices:2 Easy Sprout Sprouters, 1 Hemp Bag, 1 Tube Sprouter (with 3 screen lid set), and 1 8 x 10 inch Sprout Master Tray Sprouter.
Our favorite and, by far most popular home sprouting device, the Easy Sprout concept came to it's inventor (Gene Monson) in a dream in 1979. It is designed in such a way that air circulation (a key aspect of sprout growing) is maximized while moisture is contained (another key). Drainage is excellent, it allows sprouts to green readily and it is absolutely durable (you'd need to take a knife to it to damage it) and easy to clean to boot. This is a great choice for everyone, but is especially necessary if you are one to occasionally forget a rinse, and down right mandatory if you live in a hot/humid climate where temperatures are high along with humidity. The Easy Sprout is very forgiving and has the highest success rate of any device we've ever used. It's near perfect design was improved upon in Fall 2000 so now air circulation is improved (We hadn't thought that even possible!) and you can take it travelling too!
Buy a few so that you can stagger your crops.
The greatest Bean and Grain Sprouter, storage device, ever. Rinse right through the bag, shake it out and hang it up to drain - it's so simple it's cool! Measures 6x8 inches and has a 2 lb. sprout capacity so you can soak up to 1 lb. of Beans or Grains for big 2 lb. crops!
Our long time supplier no longer makes these so - We are now making these ourselves! Sproutpeople brand Hemp bags! I suppose it was just a matter of time before we got into the sprouting device business =;-) Fact is - we make them better! These Hemp Bags now sprout everything - even small seeds like Alfalfa/Clover and Broccoli. When sprouting small seeds you need to pay more attention to moisture (rinse more often) as bags just don't maintain moisture/humidity as evenly as other sprouters. Just rinse more often. The work load evens out well because draining a bag is nothing - you just hang it up and let it drip - no banging, bouncing or spinning necessary.
The Hemp Bag is perfect for travel sprouting - even backpacking/camping, and it has a hidden talent: It is as a soilless Greens Device: Lay it on a plate, thoroughly moisten it and sprinkle small seeds (Alfalfa, Arugula, Clover, Broccoli, Cress, Mustard, Radish .....) on it - keep the bag moist and in a 5 - 7 days you have a crop of Micro-Greens!
5x6 inch - 3 Trays/8x10 inch - 1 Tray
Sprout Master is the best Tray Sprouter we have ever seen. It is extremely durable (though not dishwasher safe) and has excellent drainage. This is THE device for growing vertical sprouts (Alfalfa/Clover which have green leaves up and roots down). It is a bit expensive but it is the best tray there is, so I suppose it is worth it.
This 5 x 6 inch version is 3 stackable levels, each level with a divider so you can grow 2 crops. As with other configurations it comes with top and bottom covers as well.
for Wide Mouth Mason Jars (Set of 3)
A set of 3 colorful plastic lids for wide mouth Mason Jars, with different mesh sizes. If growing small seeds, start with the fine screen and move up to the wider mesh as the sprouts grow to allow for better drainage, improved air circulation and to provide room for hulls to escape the sprouter. The rule of thumb is to use the largest mesh you can - as long as your sprouts stay in the jar you can't go wrong =;-D
This is the offspring of the juicer we have in our kitchen.
It does a great job of extracting juice from just about everything you can imagine:
Grass, Carrots, Apples, Watermelon, Beets, Celery, Ginger, Pineapple, Pears, Cilantro, Greens...And just about Everything Else except oranges, grapefruit and onions!
Visit our GreenLife Page for the Complete Story on this Awesome Machine.
Manual - Chrome Plated Cast Iron or Stainless Steel
The basic grass juicer. This is a Miracle brand chrome plated model. Clamp to your counter and feed your cut grass in as you crank the handle. Perfect for folks producing an ounce or three at a time but a lot of work if you're trying to produce any large quantity. Very durable and easy to clean.
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Back in 2001 we were still using the phone. One day I was talking to a long-time customer while pushing my (then 4 year old) daughter on the swing in our backyard (this is what a mom n' pop business is like on the internet). It dawned on me that my priorities were severely messed up, so I stopped using the phone. I love to talk and I love to help, but my family would never see me if I picked up the phone again, and that's just wrong don't you think?!
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