COLONIAL HEIGHTS - Trent Jackson, a senior at Colonial Heights High School, put his passion for entrepreneurship to work by spearheading his own business growing and selling microgreens to local businesses. Before the start to his senior year, Jackson began searching the internet looking for ways in which he could locally use his passion for entrepreneurship.
Jackson began growing microgreens - which consist of nutrient-dense broccoli shoots, yellow corn shoots, pea shoots, sunflower shoots, basic salad mix, spicy salad mix, basil micros and cilantro micros - in a self-built 10 by 20 foot greenhouse. He later moved the greens to an open room in his house due to temperature and lighting requirements.