Customer Story
Same room.
Same room.
No more soil.
By All Means Microgreens · Gaylord, Michigan
34 lbs
Best week, fully hydroponic, 2026
14.5 lbs
Weekly average before, soil and coco trays
2x
Yield per channel versus per tray
<1 lb
Waste per harvest
The Operation
A two-person team in northern Michigan, selling out every week.
By All Means Microgreens sells to restaurants, weekly subscribers and direct customers across northern Michigan. Laura Sides and Rebecka Millsap run it day to day.
Their lineup is wide on purpose: sunflower, pea shoots, baby tatsoi, mustard greens, leaf lettuce, arugula, butterhead, dill, cilantro, leeks, chervil, parsley, basil and amaranth. Top varieties sell for $8 to $9 an ounce, value lines for $4. Subscriptions are tiered by box size.
AutoKit system at By All Means Microgreens · Gaylord, Michigan
The Challenge
More demand. A production model that couldn't keep up.
They started in 2023 in soil and coco, harvesting about 14.5 lbs a week from up to 57 trays. Every extra pound meant more space, more media and more labor. For two people that was the ceiling.
They wanted soil gone and a growing medium that behaved the same every cycle.
Soil & coco trays before
57
trays
Varieties in production now
22
varieties
Weekly waste across all varieties
<1
lb per harvest
The Result
Soil gone. Output doubled.
Their first AutoKit went in during August 2024 and harvested its first channels that September. They ran it beside their coco trays while they learned it, and added a second AutoKit a year later. In 2025, still running coco alongside the channels, they grew over 900 lbs.
In January 2026 they dropped coco entirely. Within weeks they reached 34 lbs a week from the same room, more than double what the trays produced. Each channel yields close to a pound per harvest, about twice what a tray gave them.
They grow 22 varieties, and waste for all of 2025 came to about 20 ounces. Their tender leaf mix sells out every week.
“
Urban Greens has become a huge part of our success as microgreen growers.
Laura Sides · By All Means Microgreens · Gaylord, Michigan
In the Grow Room
See the operation in action.
By All Means Microgreens · Gaylord, Michigan
Harvest day at By All Means Microgreens
About the System
AutoKit, built for exactly this kind of operation.
System
AutoKit
Starting At
$2,985 USD
Channels
20 standard / 40 max
Reservoir
60 gal recirculating
Energy
About 12 kWh / day
Grow Space
75 sq ft per unit
Lead Time
3 weeks build-to-order
Warranty
1 year, consumables excluded
Shipping
International available
Water Use
Up to about 20 gal / week
Waste
<1 lb per harvest cycle
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