Urban Farm Kirkcaldy | Fresh Microgreens Fife

PeachyKeen Urban Farm grows fresh organic microgreens in the heart of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Grown hydroponically in a repurposed town centre building and powered by renewable energy, our microgreens are cut fresh and sold direct to the local community. This is our urban farm in Kirkcaldy, and it is a working example of what an empty high street building can become.

Fresh microgreens, grown in the middle of town

Our urban farm sits inside a building on Kirk Wynd that started life in the 1890s as a stable. Today it grows food. Using hydroponic and vertical growing methods, we produce fresh organic microgreens all year round, independent of the Scottish weather outside.

Microgreens are young vegetables and herbs, harvested just after their first leaves appear, when the flavour is at its most intense and the nutrients are packed in tight. Because we grow them here in Fife and sell them direct, they travel from tray to table in a matter of hours rather than days.

Our microgreens range

We currently grow seven varieties of organic microgreens at our Kirkcaldy urban farm:

Sunflower: nutty, crunchy and satisfying, the one that converts people who think they do not like greens.
Pea shoots: sweet and tender, tasting like the first day of summer.
Radish: a proper peppery kick that wakes up any dish.
Kale: all the goodness kale is known for, in a milder, friendlier form.
Broccoli calabrese: mild and fresh, and a favourite with the health conscious.
Rocket: a bright, peppery bite, far livelier than the bagged supermarket version.
Coriander: fresh, citrusy and fragrant, made for curries and salsas.

Our range grows and rotates as we scale, so there is always something fresh in season.

How we grow microgreens on renewable energy

PeachyKeen began as a renewable energy company, best known for turning human movement into electricity. Our urban farm applies that same knowledge to growing food. The Kirkcaldy building runs off grid, powered by 23 solar panels, a small wind turbine, human powered devices and a water turbine. Rainwater is harvested and filtered for irrigation.

Inside, the microgreens grow without soil on trays under LED light, fed by a gentle recirculating flow of water and nutrients. Because the power comes from the sun, the wind and the rain, the running cost drops to almost nothing.

“Once the system is in place, your energy is basically free. That changes the maths completely. You can grow fresh food in the middle of town, at almost no running cost, in a building that was doing nothing before. If it works here, in a 130 year old stable in Kirkcaldy, there is no reason it cannot work on any high street in the country.” Andrew Bowie, founder of PeachyKeen

Part of the PeachyKeen 5P Project

Our Kirkcaldy urban farm is a live demonstration of the 5P Project, PeachyKeen’s framework for bringing empty town centre buildings back into use. The five pillars are People, Place, Planet, Prosperity and PeachyKeen. The farm proves that a disused building can generate its own power, grow fresh food and serve its community, all at once. What works in one old stable in Fife can work on high streets across the country.

How to Become a PeachKeens Microgreens Customer

We are opening a limited number of microgreens boxes to founding customers as we build our growing capacity. Founding customers get first access to every batch and first pick as we add new varieties.

Boxes come round on a fortnightly or monthly rotation, filled with the freshest picks of the cycle. Collection is from the farm at 51 Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy, on Friday afternoons, so your microgreens go from tray to your hands about as fresh as food can be. Boxes are priced at £3.95 each, or three for £10 as our founding release offer.

Join the founding customer list, and we will be in touch when your first box is ready to collect. You can also come and taste our microgreens in person whenever we are at a local Fife event.

Find the PeachKeen Urban Farm in Kirkcaldy

PeachyKeen Urban Farm is based at 51 Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1 1EH, just up from Kirkcaldy High Street. We are a short walk from the bus station and Kirkcaldy railway station, and easily reached from Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth and Glasgow.