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Five microgreens entrepreneurs who started in 100 sq ft and now earn lakhs monthlyFarming

Five microgreens entrepreneurs who started in 100 sq ft and now earn lakhs monthly

The initial investment and space requirement for microgreens farming are significantly lower than traditional agriculture, making it accessible to urban farmers. Here are five entrepreneurs who started in small spaces and went on to earn big

By Rama Devi Menon & Aruna Raghuram
May 26, 2025 00:04 IST 3 Min read
Anil Jaiswal, founder Kalpnil Saffron, at his lab in Indore, Madhya PradeshFarming
Ex-HR head grows saffron in 320 sq ft in Indore; clocks Rs8 lakh from first crop
By Riya Singh
Apr 07, 2025 00:48 IST 4 Min read
Mogolla Janardhan Goud grows wheatgrass in a greenhouseFarming
Hyderabad's urban farmer grows wheatgrass over 500 sq ft; clocks Rs2 lakh monthly turnover
By Rashmi Pratap
Mar 28, 2025 00:14 IST 4 Min read
Vidydharan Narayan has set up a low-cost greenhouse unit to cultivate organic microgreensFarming
Chennai’s urban farmer sets up low-cost microgreens unit; earns Rs 1 lakh monthly from 300 sq ft
By US Anu
Mar 21, 2025 00:03 IST 4 Min read
Bijay Kumar Bir quit his job for beekeeping in Angul, OdishaFarming
From Rs17,000 salary to Rs17 lakh annual turnover, how beekeeping changed the fortunes of this Odisha man
By Niroj Ranjan Misra
Feb 26, 2025 00:17 IST 4 Min read
Mohit Nijhawan at his microgreens unit in ChandigarhFarming
This man quit his high-paying MNC job to grow microgreens; clocks Rs12 lakh monthly turnover from a 500 sq ft room
By Rashmi Pratap
Feb 24, 2025 00:02 IST 4 Min read
Ajay Gopinath at his 64 sq ft microgreens farming unit in KochiFarming
Banker quits job to grow microgreens; earns Rs5 lakh monthly from just a 64 sq ft room
By Rama Devi Menon
Dec 02, 2024 00:03 IST 6 Min read
Aditi Mali at her indoor microgreens farmFarming
How this teacher-cum-urban farmer built a successful microgreens business in Gujarat
By Aruna Raghuram
Mar 18, 2024 00:19 IST 7 Min read
Lawyer-turned-urban farmer Keya Salota at her Farm2Fam farm in PuneFarming
Lawyer quits job to grow raspberry and blueberry in Pune; gets bumper harvest
By Rashmi Pratap
Feb 21, 2024 00:36 IST 5 Min read