About Us
Micro Harvest was established in July 2018 with a core objective to set a new gold standard in seedling production. Micro Harvest is a high-health, high-tech vertical nursery, based on the Sunshine Coast in QLD. We propagate seedlings for farmers and genetic owners indoors and provide agronomic support services to growers across Australia.
Our advanced production systems matched with new propagation techniques enable unique benefits to our clients.
Our fully enclosed, climate-controlled environments mean we are not at the mercy of seasonality and weather variability, which currently impacts traditional glasshouse propagation facilities.
We tailor growing conditions by plant species, and our growth cycles are predictable and dependable. Growth parameters are dialed in closely giving us year round production – seasonal access is now a thing of the past. Contact Us.
Samantha Andrews
Samantha Andrews is an Agricultural Scientist and cofounder of Micro Harvest. Her early career saw her working in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland as an Agronomist. She went on to work for Driscoll's Australia as their Greenhouse Manager.
In this role she managed the Nucleus Mother Stock, growing trials for Plant Breeder's Rights, local seedling production, and provided national technical support to third party propagators.
Late 2019 saw her join Perfection Berries Caboolture as their Nursery Manager. She managed their tissue culture laboratory, propagation nursery, and research & development trials.
Samantha is passionate about fusing traditional propagation techniques with Agtech advancements to provide seedlings to growers that are truly pest and pathogen free.
Stephen Andrews
Stephen Andrews is a business strategist and founder of Micro Harvest. Stephen holds a bachelor of commerce (BComm).
During his career in the production nursery industry he has developed a passion to set a new gold standard in seedling production, focusing on reducing input risk to critical supply chains.
He believes there is a fundamental flaw in the way the industry currently produces seedlings for growers – with the constant lament being “you start with a problem, you end with a problem”.
His ethos is to push the envelope in propagation by synergising conventional glasshouse production methods with the latest Agtech advancements.
Protected cropping is a technology based investment, the higher the level of technology used, the greater potential for achieving optimum growing conditions.
This level of control is strongly related to the productivity and health of the seedlings supplied, and ultimately sets the grower up for a good season.