The International Microgreen Growers Association("IMGGA")
is the collective voice for the
Microgreen Industry.



WHAT DOES THE IMGGA DO?



The International Microgreen Growers Association
is the voice for the Microgreen Industry.



IMGGA was established in 2018 and in 2019 received a USDA grant to define and grow the Microgreens Industry.



Rick Pate, Commissioner, along with Johnny Blackmon and their Team from of the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries, saw the vision of Microgreens as an emerging industry and recognized the need to create an organization to support "micro-farmers" not only in their state but nation wide.


After receiving her application, they recommended Nani - Waiata Koromete receive a 2019 Specialty Crop Block Grant Award from the USDA to start such an organization. The USDA agreed and has charged the IMGGA with the task of creating the organization to: ​


  • Collect data of the number of Microgreen growers in the USA.
  • Collect data for the Economic Activity of the Growers for 2018, 2019, and 2020.
  • Support Microgreen Growers with scientific studies compiled by the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
  • Increase Microgreen Growers by 80% over the next 3 years.
  • Educate the public on Microgreens
  • Provide Consumers with Information of the Health Benefits of Microgreens​​ ​ ​

On October 7, 2019 in a ceremony at the Richard Beard Building on Federal, in Montgomery, Alabama, Commissioner Pate presented Nani Koromete with a USDA -AMS Award for the Purposes of "ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL MICROGREEN GROWERS ASSOCIATION".


READ - Grant Information

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For the Industry Member



The IMGGA will...



  • Promote business opportunities for existing and new microgreen growers to retailers and consumers.
  • Establish recognized industry and health standards from within this association that apply solely to this unique specialty crop.
  • Create a strong, ethical, industry trade group, to give our members the authoritative voice in the Microgreen Growing Industry.
  • Establish the only centralized database on microgreens, accessible to members only, which will provide potential growers with the confidence of scientific information, easily adopted into their marketing plan to safely start their business, which would otherwise, never been possible.
  • Develop this industry with responsible leadership through the best of scientific research.
  • Encourage and recruit growers to fill the demand and provide competitiveness within this specialty crop market.

The IMGGA platform and data collected will help growers sell, advertise, promote, market, generate publicity, attract new customers, and raise customer awareness.



For the Retailers and Consumers



The IMGGA will...



  • Provide education about microgreens.
  • Will assist consumers and retailers looking to connect with microgreen growers


For the USDA and other Government Regulatory Bodies Internationally



The IMGGA will...



  • Enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through increased sales.
  • ​Enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through enhancing or improving the economy as a result of specialty crop development.
  • Produce annual reports on the status of the Microgreens industry.
  • Research from our team done to date, has found no entities collecting data on Microgreen Industry Sales in dollars, so there is no baseline.
  • Determine a baseline of sales in dollars of Microgreens in U.S.
  • Determine the number of farmers in U.S. that identify themselves as commercial Microgreen Growers.
  • Contact as many growers in the nation as possible with the intention to identify any shortfalls of information that the IMGGA, its growers, suppliers and stakeholders need in order to evolve Microgreens specialty crop into thriving food producing industry.


For the Industry



The IMGGA will...



  • When the IMGGA director raised the possibility of setting such an organization up as the IMGGA, growers that she spoke with, became very excited as there are thousands of interested microgreen growers on Facebook Groups but are all fearful of taking the next step. The IMGGA director believes multitudes of new growers will come forward, now that information on this specialty crop will be managed to their benefit.
  • First, a literature review of research studies on microgreens will be archived on the IMGGA's website, reported in scientific literature and news media, and provided to microgreen growers. This work will be conducted by Drs. Kong and Tan and their research team. A cataloged database of international scientific information logged onto the IMGGA’s website that is easily accessible for its microgreen growers, members, stakeholders will be completed.
  • Second, the creation of the IMGGA interactive website populated with a user-friendly database for growers. The operational internet website platform for the IMGGA will populated with registered growers, suppliers and consumers and record progress of microgreen farmers from the beginning of this project. The website will identify grower and supplier numbers at the IMGGA completion of our study in 2020.
  • The IMGGA team, see this project as a win-win for everyone, as the members of the microgreen farming community and especially potential farmers and consumers, will have certainty and confidence to invest and to try out this healthy food, adding a new food growing industry to the U.S., albeit as a specialty crop. Also, the consumers will have the confidence of a recognized organization with its own protocols of health safety standards and a center for learning about the health benefits of such a nutritious crop.


WHAT IMGGA DOES



Our vision is to create a strong, ethical, industry ​trade group, founded by the leaders that operate within the Microgreens Growing Industry.



MISSION





IMGGA’s mission is to promote world-wide alliance among professional microgreen growers and suppliers in order to promote the health benefits that is unique to microgreens, and to work with researchers and government agencies to not only assure the continued safe production of microgreens but advance public knowledge of their significant nutritional advantage.



INTENTION





Our association intends to create a social dialog in regards to the health benefits of microgreens through ​participation in public relations activities, advertising, education, legislation, political activism, and publishing. Our association will focus on collaboration between member companies and offer conferences, networking and charitable events, as well as classes and educational materials.



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