Specialty vegetables and mushrooms can be a source of wonderful variety for the eye and taste buds in any farm or garden. Find information about growing and marketing unique vegetable and mushroom crops.
Mushrooms
Mushroom Growers' Newsletter The newsletter Home page recommends books, hosts a mushroom events calendar, provides basic and species-specific growing information and offers newsletter back issues and a suppliers directory.
American Mushroom Institute American Mushroom Institute. Find growing and marketing practices information, the Institute’s Mushroom News journal, an events calendar and many more resources.
Mushroom Growers' Information Site Penn State University. Department of Plant Pathology. Technical assistance for mushroom growers including pest and disease information, spawn science and industry developments.
Mushroom Council Research and Information Website Mushroom Council. A Congressionally mandated group of industry producers and importers that make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture to promote, research and inform on mushroom issues
Crop Production Oregon State University. Oregon Small Farms. Several sources of research and educational information about vegetables, fruits, nuts and other crops compiled by topics including Vegetables.
Vegetables and Melons Outlook USDA. Economic Research Service. Provides the most current data, such as production, consumption, shipments, prices received and trade, for U.S. vegetable and melon crops. Special articles include the Fruit and Vegetable Backgrounder.
Specialty Vegetables in Texas Descriptions and cultural information for a variety of ethnic and other specialty crops focusing on Asian varieties.
Commodities and Products: Vegetables Agricultural Marketing Resource Center. Compiled marketing and business information for a variety of vegetable crops.
Horticultural Crops National Center for Appropriate Technology. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. Production and marketing information is available under the Vegetables section and the Other Horticultural Topics section for mushrooms.