Alternative Agronomic Crops - Article discussing farm diversification starting with an inventory of available resources, the crop selection, product research, markets and marketing. [PDF]
Alternative Crops and Plants - Information from the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center on the production of floral, forest, fruit, grain, herb, industrial, nursery, nut, vegetable or other specialty plants, seeds and products.
Amaranth - Provides an overview of this crop, a production guide, information on growing amaranth and pest management advice.
Amaranth Production - Amaranth grain can be popped, flaked, or ground into a high-protein flour. Information on the crop and on the Amaranth Institute which promotes and supports amaranth production, science, and marketing. [PDF]
American Ginseng - Information on the perennial plant, Panax quinquefolium, the root of which is used medicinally, and its cultural requirements.
Balsam Pear (Momordica charantia) - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the cultivation of this crop and its potential. [PDF]
Boronia megastigma - Information on growing this plant, endemic to Western Australia, which is used as a cut flower and for extraction of essential oils. [PDF]
Buckwheat - Provides an overview of this crop, a production guide, information on growing buckwheat and pest management advice.
Buckwheat - An overview of this crop, its description, cultivation, harvesting, storage, utilization, markets and economics. [PDF]
Buckwheat - Information on this crop, its history, uses, growth habits, environmental requirements, cultural practices and the economics of production.
Development of a Safflower Petal Collector - Carthamus tinctorius is widely cultivated in India for its oil, and this article outlines the results of using specially designed machines to gather the petals for use as herbal tea. [PDF]
Echinacea: The Purple Coneflowers - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the cultivation of this crop and its potential in herbal medicine. [PDF]
Ginseng - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the cultivation of this plant and its potential. [PDF]
Grain Amaranth - Information on this crop which was a major food grown by the Aztecs, its description, cultivation, harvesting, storage, utilization, markets and economics. [PDF]
Growing the Hallucinogens - Manual for the legal cultivation of a number of plants with hallucinogenetic properties.
Henna Farming in India - Information on where and how henna is grown, processed and exported in India.
Henna Farming in Pakistan - Information on the climatic requirements of this crop and suitable areas of the country, planting and cultivation, harvesting, drying and processing the leaves.
Hop - Information on this crop, its history, uses, growth habits, environmental requirements and cultural practices.
Hops Information - Information, including FAQs and research, on growing hops in eastern United States.
Humulus lupulus: Hop - Information on this crop, its biology and morphology, distribution in the former USSR, ecology, utilization and economic value.
Jojoba - Information on Simmodsia chinensis, which may have potential as an oil-producing crop, its uses, cultivation and the economics of production.
Linseed - Information on this crop, its uses as seed and fibre, its cultivation and the processing of the fibre.
Linseed, Castor and Safflower - Describes the geographic origin and economic importance of these oil-yielding crops, their botany, production, the necessary climate and soil, their cultivation, pests and diseases, yields and varieties.
Maca - Information on the cultivation of Lepidium meyenii, or Maca.
Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) - Information on this crop, used to make a stimulating drink, its characteristics, soil requirements, management, harvesting and processing. [PDF]
Muna-Muna (Satureja parvifolia) - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on this shrub, used to make a beverage, its characteristics, environmental requirements, management, harvesting and processing. [PDF]
New Crops from Brazil - Information on a number of food plants from Brazil that might have potential to be grown commercially in the US.
Organic Hop Production - This publication looks at cultural requirements for organic hops, varieties and recent research, with a list of further resources. [PDF]
Ricinus communis: Castor - Information on the castor oil plant, its biology and morphology, ecology, distribution in the former USSR, utilization and economic value.
Rose: Rosa damascena “Trigintipetala” - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the production of fragrances from this crop. [PDF]
Safflower - Information on Carthamus tinctorius, which may have potential as an oil-producing crop, its uses, cultivation and the economics of production.
Seeds of Trade: Opium Poppy - Information on this plant, its origins, early uses, transfer and spread, agriculture, modern context and the drugs obtained from the latex.
Sesamum - Describes the geographic origin and economic importance of this oil-yielding crop, its botany, production, the necessary climate and soil, its cultivation, pests and diseases and varieties.
Valerian: Valeriana officinalis - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on this medicinal plant, its uses, environment, agronomy, production, harvesting, drying and markets. [PDF]
