Microgreens
Agritecture
July 2025
Excerpt:
Plate Linguistics started as a small microgreens venture born from a pivot after an agtech startup didn’t take off—and what followed is one of the most honest and insightful CEA stories we’ve heard. In this interview, Bryant, the founder shares what it really takes to run a lean urban farm: the wins, the struggles, and the tech they built to survive when funding was scarce and efficiency was everything. From walk-in germinators to predictive harvest software, this is a no-fluff look at what works (and what doesn’t) when you’re growing in the real world.
One of the earliest wins was the development of software to manage harvests more efficiently. We grew to order, and in the beginning, we over-planted as a safety net—wasting time, materials, and money. It wasn’t scalable or sustainable. So we developed an in-house predictive algorithm that used real-time data—planting dates, germination times, harvest days, and yield history—to determine exactly what to plant, how much, and when, based on our sales. Unique QR codes for each planting group and QR tags for each germination zone were essential to this system.
Complete story here.