MicrogreenFarm.co
  • Home
  • SuperFood
    • Microgreens?
    • Uses
  • MicroFarming
    • Growing And Eating
    • Tips & Tricks
    • Wonder Soil
  • Photos
    • Videos
  • MicroFarm Store
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

MicrogreenFarm Blog

Tokyo Bekana or Space Cabbage

2/11/2017

0 Comments

 
PicturePhoto Credit: NASA
Not often seen but spectacular tokyo bekana mustards have been called the japanese version of chinese cabbage. The beautiful lime green micro provides a striking contrast to the deep greens of most of our crops. It has a nice crunch and sweeter flavor that gives you a nice flavor boost in your microgreen arsenal.

Recently chosen as a leafy green for space travel, tokyo bekana is introduced in a ​​recent blog entry from NASA which highlighted the choice and the initiation of grow trials in space. The amazing plant was chosen by NASA since it is like a lettuce or cabbage but fast growing and contains a potent array of nutrients to provide for life in space. 

Here is NASA's take on it, "For the first time, a Chinese cabbage variety named Tokyo Bekana will be grown in space. The cabbage was chosen as a good candidate because it is a quick growing leafy green that is rated highly from a nutritional and taste perspective. "

Our new hydroponic kits will allow you to grow and taste this outstanding microgreen right in your own home, space travel not required!

0 Comments

Red Komatsuna Spinach Mustard

2/5/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Would like to share our recent blog posting on our Urbafresh website regarding a true asian superfood that is not commonly seen here. 

​"Besides being a spectacular looking microgreen, Red Komatsuna or japanese mustard spinach is a great tasting rich nutrient source. Long known in asia, the komatsuna is actually part of the brassica family so contains many of the cancer fighting compounds but also with the beautiful coloring providing even more compounds. The brassica family is prized for its potential cancer fighting effects from the presence of glucosinolates and the added anthocyanin boost from the coloration. Komatsuna itself in its mature form is nutrient dense and rich in beta carotene, calcium and Vitamins A, B2, C, K on top of the cancer fighters.

An interesting insight into its health benefits can be seen by looking at asian use of the komatsuna for health benefits. Here is an excerpt from a "Shizuoka Gourmet" blog entry from 2010 highlighting komatsuna.


"HEALTH FACTS:
-Combined with dried sardine whiting, or with sakura ebi/Cherry blossom shrimps, or with scallops, or with konbu/seaweed, helps preserve human bones, and activate rejuvenation.
-Combined with tomatoes, or with wakame seaweed, or with carrots, or with green chili peppers, povides for extra stamina, and helps prevent cancer.
-Combined with rice vinegar, or with orange, or with lemon, or with strawberries, helps prevent stress, and sore back/articulations, and helps swift recovery.
-Combined with konnyaku/devil’s tongue tuber, or with mushrooms, or with celery, or with bamboo shoots, helps combat obesity and prevent high blood pressure. Helps lower down blood cholesterol."

Our Red Komatsuna Microgreen Kit provides a hydronically grown sampling of this "new" (actually very old) super food.

See our new Kit offering now live on etsy.

0 Comments

    Urbaform

    Urbaform is a technology integrator and developer specializing in food production in the urban environment ...

    ​

    Archives

    October 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed


More great info and ideas at our Urbafresh website
  • Home
  • SuperFood
    • Microgreens?
    • Uses
  • MicroFarming
    • Growing And Eating
    • Tips & Tricks
    • Wonder Soil
  • Photos
    • Videos
  • MicroFarm Store
  • Blog
  • Contact Us