The Summer 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine — our 20th Anniversary issue — is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.
Enjoy a wide range of leafy greens, Salad Mixes, microgreens & Cooking Greens. All are grown Hydroponically using zero pesticides or chemicals. Our products can be implemented into any diet and nutrition goals. #SNACKDIFFERENT
Kentucky Greens Co. (on Facebook here) recently was featured at KY Inno (in Louisville Business First) in an article by Stephen P. Schmidt.
Kentucky Greens Co. looks to create fresh food solutions for West Louisville
So it was a rather organic process that led (Mike Jackson) starting what he called a “hobby farm” about six years ago, without any preconceived notion of what would later become his startup, Kentucky Greens Co.
Before long, he started growing and selling varieties of microgreens at farmers markets in 2019 as a side hustle, after testing multiple hydroponic systems the previous year. At the time, the growth of his career in the corporate world was being inhibited by not having a four-year degree, so he began to pivot.
From there, Kentucky Greens has scaled up.
Earlier this year, Kentucky Greens was one of four startups chosen for the cohort of Founder Forward, which took part in conjunction with Amplify Louisville. In addition to receiving around $10,000 in funding, Jackson said he appreciated how the entire experience was “hands on with the advisors.”
“There’s no hand holding with any of these [accelerators],” he added.
Read the full story at LBI, and #SNACKDIFFERENT.
