About Us: Flavor, Health, and Sustainability

Welcome to Radical Shoots, Nashville's urban farm and functional food hub. Since our humble beginnings growing microgreens in a 100-square-foot room at The Forge, a nonprofit makerspace, we’ve grown into a thriving distributed network of operations with a retail store greenhouse at the Nashville Farmers' Market.

We are passionate about functional foods and delivering the freshest microgreens—tender, young herbs and vegetables with incredible flavor, texture, and nutraceutical benefits. Each week, we hand-sow non-GMO seeds and cultivate them in short cycles of 1 to 4 weeks. This process ensures maximum freshness, flavor, and a plethora of rare, natural compounds to support your health goals, like sulforaphane found in our 10-day old broccoli microgreens.

Our microgreens are grown pesticide-free in Nashville and are available living or freshly cut to preserve their nutritional potency. We also offer a weekly selection of fresh lions mane and oyster mushrooms, as well as baked goods and hummus infused with microgreens. If fresh, isn't your jam, we offer supplements like gummies, tinctures, coffee and freeze-dried powder. 

Mission-driven

At Radical Shoots, innovation and entrepreneurship in functional food and farming drive everything we do. We are leveraging herbal tradition and peer-reviewed research to offer nutraceuticals to help humans reach their health goals alongside circular supply chains. Founder James Valencia started Radical Shoots to promote urban farming and hyper-local, traceable food in the heart of Music City

“We are committed to our crafts and the communities of farmers, chefs and entrepreneurs that work towards resilient, local food-sheds, ultimately, human well-being.”

Visit Us

Experience the freshness for yourself! Stop by the Radical Shoots greenhouse at the Nashville Farmers Market every Saturday and Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm to shop our boutique farm and taste a rainbow of microgreens grown with care. Whether you’re a home cook, a chef, or just curious, our team is here to support the flavor and vitality of food in your dishes.

Let’s grow together, Nashville!