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Do you want to grow, market or learn more about herbs? Discover new varieties, cultivation techniques, sources of market information and herb lore.
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Growing Herbs: Selected Information Sources
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Lists and describes organizations, Web sites and publications about growing herbs, both commercially and in the garden. Provides a guide to seed and plant sources and an automatic search for herbs books in the NAL catalog.
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Organic Gardening: A Guide to Resources. 1989-September 2003
USDA. NAL. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.
Intended for organic gardeners and small-scale organic farmers. Discusses gardening techniques, plant varieties, geographic locations and philosophies. Addresses landscaping, soil fertility, edible plants, ornamental plants, pest control and various aspects of an "organic lifestyle." Updates Organic Gardening, a guide to resources published before 1989.
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Horticultural Crops
National Center for Appropriate Technology. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
Production and marketing information for herbs, edible flowers and specialty cut flowers is available under the Herbs and Flowers section.
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Directory of Herbs
Penn State University. College of Agricultural Sciences.
Basic cultivation and culinary information for herbs searchable by name, use, plant type and plant family.
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Horticulture Information Leaflets: Commercial Specialty Crops
North Carolina State University. Cooperative Extension Service; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
A set of publications covering production information about and sources of basil, caraway, chives, ginseng, goldenseal, lemon balm, luffa, ramps and shiitake.
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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 Herbs and Flowers.
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Henriette's Herbal Homepage
Kress, H.
Gives information on growing, harvesting, gardening with and using herbs. Also provides photographs, discussion forums, full text of classic herbal works and extensive links.
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Fruit and Vegetable Market News: Herbs
USDA. Agricultural Marketing Service.
Provides wholesale prices for a variety of culinary herbs on a regional basis by commodity. Data is available in text format only for herbs in the Wholesale (Terminal) Market Price Reports by location.
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Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
A large collection of materials compiled by school director, Michael Moore, including instructional materials, plant images and many historic documents available in full-text online such as Fenner's Complete Formulary and Handbook (1888), The Dispensatory of the USA, 20th Edition (1918) and those on topics such as eclectic medicine, materia medica, pharmaceuticals, herb production, Thomsonian medicine, ethnobotany and traditional plant uses.
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Herbalgram
American Botanical Council.
Provides science-based research on medicinal properties and uses of herbs. Some information will be of interest to herb growers.
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Last Modified: Jun 4, 2008  
Alternative Crops and Plants
    Specialty, Heirloom and Ethnic Fruits and Vegetables
    Alternative Grains and Field Crops
    Medicinal and Culinary Herbs
    Industrial, Energy, and Non-food Crops
    Agroforestry
    Native Plants and Ecofriendly Landscaping
    Ornamental and Nursery Crops
    Seeds and Plant Breeding
    Post-harvest Handling and Processing
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