Sprout & Soil
Sprout & Soil is a farming and cooking expansion for Minecraft that adds new crops, ingredients and recipes, and it runs on both client and server.
What it does
Sprout & Soil adds a wide set of new crops and plants to the farming loop, among them tomatoes, berries, peppers, melons and exotic fruits. Players grow them from seeds, including a tomato plant with its own seeds, and harvest them as ingredients. The harvested crops feed new recipes, so each crop has a use in cooking as well as in the field.
The mod ties farming to a new set of crafting and cooking mechanics, which gives food a larger role in survival. Its feature list also covers farm animals with new livestock mechanics and seasonal crops that come with dynamic farming events. Development is ongoing, and the author lists more content as planned for later releases.
Sprout & Soil is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across the 1.16.5 – 26.2 range, with files for 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.5, 1.21.8 and 26.2. The server and every player need the mod installed. The code is open source under the Apache License 2.0.
Key features
New crops and plants
Tomatoes, berries, peppers, melons and other exotic fruits can be grown, and the tomato plant produces its own seeds.
Expanded cooking
Harvested crops are used in new recipes that produce flavorful meals, linking the farm to the kitchen.
Farm animals and seasons
New livestock mechanics and seasonal crops with dynamic farming events add change to the farming routine.
High-quality textures
Crops and plants are drawn with detailed textures, so the new plants stand out in the world.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival food supply
Players in survival worlds can plant a range of crops and cook them into meals, giving the food supply more variety.
Server farming progression
Server owners can add the mod to give players a longer farming and cooking progression.
Who it’s for: Players who want more crops and recipes in survival, and server owners who run farming and cooking progression on Fabric, Forge or NeoForge.
How it compares
Overweight Farming is a client and server mod with All rights reserved, published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.18 – 1.21.1. Cooking for Blockheads is also client and server and not open source, for 1.18 – 26.3. Harvest with ease is server-side only under a custom license, for 1.18.2 – 26.2, so players can join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprout & Soil | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-14 |
| Overweight Farming | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-17 |
| Cooking for Blockheads | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| Harvest with ease | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does Sprout & Soil need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Sprout & Soil support?
Can Sprout & Soil be used on an older version?
In the catalog
Sprout & Soil is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Sprout & Soil is a farming-focused Minecraft mod that adds a large variety of new crops, plants, and ingredients. Players can grow tomatoes, berries, and other crops, then craft exciting new food recipes. The mod enhances farming, cooking, and exploration, giving survival worlds more variety, creativity, and a sense…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sprout-and-soil
- Owner
- NightBeam Studio
- Published
- 2025-11-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15