June 5th, 2025
Chef and Farmer Jay Valencia will be serving a fresh cut microgreen salad.
Jay Valencia and Desert Micro of Las Cruces, New Mexico, is passionate about bringing you the best organic microgreens and wheatgrass.
We use beyond standard organic practices, absolutely no conventional fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides and are run by chef, farmer and filmmaker Jay Valencia who is trained in permaculture and the soil food web making him a local authority in regenerative agriculture.
Meet Chef and Ecological Farmer Jay Valencia
New Mexico means heritage to Jay and his ancestry here goes back for hundreds of years.
Returning to New Mexico meant becoming a part of a community striving for creative and ecological practices in farming and agriculture. This is the birthplace of Permaculture where we work with nature and not against her. The land and animals come together in synergy and our ecology grows from beneath our feet. Only this way can we have truly nutritious food which is the foundation for a healthy long life.
About Desert Micro of Las Cruces, New Mexico
Our Story
At Desert Micro of Las Cruces, New Mexico,
we are excited every day to grow organic microgreens and provide the best option for getting diversity into your body. A critical ingredient for improving the immune system.
Our Philosophy
This stamp exemplifies our philosophy and the healthy spirit of a journey towards happiness that is continuously fed with great food and friends that lift you up.
Our farming practices translate our produce into a significant source of nutrition for your body.
Adding beauty to your plates as well as texture and flavor is paramount to our philosophy. The joy of fresh and colorful food is a common bond we all share.
Thank you for your positivity and support.
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Our Team
Our Team
So far it's just me growing for the public. Coming from a lifetime of cooking for events both small and large. I dove head first into studies about the soil food web, permaculture and the microbiome. I hope to share what I have learned and help everyone enjoy some good food as well as improve their health and wellness with microgreens.
A Certified New Mexico Farm
Organic Las Cruces
CSA Home Delivery in Las Cruces
Fresh Organic Microgreens
- No Pesticides
- No Herbicides
- No Conventional Fertilizers
- Returnable Containers
A diversity of organic leafy greens on your plate is the key to optimum health, boosting the immune system and fighting aging with plant based anti-inflammatory antioxidants, anthocyanins and polyphenols.
Microgreens are a convenient way to get a diverse selection of fiber (only found in plants) into your body. Fiber being the key ingredient of a healthy microbiome and immune system.
The gut microbiome is a new frontier of scientific knowledge and we now know that fiber from plants feed our community of organisms that reside in our gut creating SCFA's or short chain fatty acids that support our immune system.
There are more nerves connecting the gut to the brain than there are in our entire nervous system. Can you imagine? It's called the Gut Brain Connection. And each individual microbe requires different sources of fiber rich foods. And only plants have the fiber to feed them.
Eating freshly harvested microgreens on a daily basis will supply your body with complete protein, vitamins, micronutrients and polyphenols in addition to a healthy diet. Antioxidants are another critical component of fresh plant foods. They fight against oxidative stress and free radicals that cause aging and chronic inflammation. The root of all diseases.
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ORDERING OUTSIDE OF LAS CRUCES
Albuquerque to Santa Fe and Taos
Want to learn more?
We are always striving to bring the best quality product to your door. It is our favorite way to get fresh cut microgreens on your plate.
Do you live in ABQ or Santa Fe?
New Mexico Harvest can bring our microgreens to Albuquerque and Santa Fe through their website. www.newmexicoharvest.com
Contact Us
Have a microgreen question?
We're proud to serve our customers, and any questions about flavor, texture, recipes or nutrition are always welcome.
We cannot respond to business solicitation.
Contact Your Farmer
Jay Valencia
Hours
Open today | 09:00 am – 05:00 pm |
Begin with a Whole Foods and Plant Based Lifestyle
A New Plant Based Direction
The new Plantification Podcast YouTube channel (@plantificationpodcast) is about sharing experiences, exciting and difficult challenges with health issues and the results of living a plant based lifestyle.
Reinforced with the backstory of eating a SAD (Sad American Diet) that is not only at the root of many national health issues but also abroad in countries now suffering from the same chronic illnesses brought on by this common denominator of highly processed foods and other forms of eating badly.
The Plantification Podcast was created with you in mind. Those looking for a new direction who need support navigating the proper way to gain full nutritional benefits and not succumb to the vast amounts of confusing information plaguing our media.
Learning a new perspective was my goal ten years ago when I found an incredible community of market farmers looking to move our world in a healthy direction. Taking us away from toxic chemicals, destructive practices and unhealthy choices of the last one hundred years.
Plantification - Moving Past The Future
Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Varieties Available for 2022
We grow popular and specialty varieties of microgreens.
Popular
Sunflower, Pea Shoots, Spicy Daikon Radish, Purple and Rose Radish, Tatsoi, Red Acre Cabbage, Mustards, Broccoli, Kale, Salad Mix, Carrot and dill mixes.
Specialty
Amaranth, Leeks, Arugula and Cilantro.
Requests!
Go ahead and contact us if you have a favorite we aren’t growing at the moment.
It takes at least a week to order them and only eight to ten days to grow most varieties.
Some varieties like cilantro and sorrel take longer.