Roots & Shoots Beginnings

🌱 Roots & Shoots was founded in January, 2025 by Brianne Oliveira , a chef turned farmer whose journey began with a personal search for health and vitality. After years in professional kitchens, Brianne realized that food isn’t just about flavor and presentation—it’s about nourishment, energy, and healing.  Struggling with her own health challenges, she turned to food as medicine. By choosing fresh, whole, living ingredients, she discovered the power that nutrient-dense foods have to restore balance and wellbeing. That transformation shifted not only her health, but her entire outlook on life and food.  With a renewed passion for growing, she took a step out of the kitchen and into the garden, cultivating microgreens, edible flowers, and specialty herbs that deliver both beauty and wellness. 

Every tray she grows is a reflection of her belief that food should be fresh, energizing, inspiring, and connects us to nature.  Brianne’s chef background gives Roots & Shoots its unique edge. She grows with both health and artistry in mind—thinking about flavor pairings, plate presentation, and nutrient density—because she knows firsthand the power of food to change how we feel and live.  What started as a personal health journey has blossomed into Roots & Shoots Microgreen Farm, a farm dedicated to providing chefs, home cooks, and wellness seekers with vibrant, sustainable ingredients that nourish both body and soul.  

Every step Brianne has taken over the past few years has led her to where she is today. From working in bar kitchens to creating fine dining cuisine, and from tending a small patio garden to becoming a member of the Coral Springs Community Garden, each stage added a new layer of growth and a new opportunity to learn. Along the way, she gained not only knowledge and skills in nature and agriculture, but also a deeper understanding of how plants can heal both body and soul. What began with simple pepper plants expanded into medicinal herbs and, eventually, into microgreens—each step marking an exciting and transformative chapter in her journey. 

Her philosophy is simple: when you grow with care, you cultivate health—not just in the soil, but in people’s lives.

 “I believe flavor and health should live on the same plate. Microgreens and herbs aren’t just garnishes—they’re concentrated bursts of nutrition that can transform how we feel. Growing them is my way of helping people discover that eating well can be both healing and extraordinary.” 

 “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,
‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”   Matthew 17:20