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Alternative Crops and Plants

Pea Flower
Flowers, foliage, shrubs or trees for your farm or home! Find information about growing and selling houseplants, cutflowers and landscape materials that improve the aesthetic appearance of homes and businesses – both inside and out.
Christmas treeOrganic Christmas Tree Farms
Green Promise.
A short list of farms listed alphabetically by state that use low-spray and integrated pest management (IPM) techniques, or are certified organic or practice organic methods.
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PoinsettiaChristmas Tree and Plant Care
Learn about caring from your special trees and flowers this holiday season.
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Floriculture Crops Briefing Room
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Provides overview of the floriculture and nursery crops industry with links to trade statistics, market outlook and programs of interest to growers.
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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. The publication Specialty Cut Flower Production and Marketing is of special interest for flower farming.
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Fruit and Vegetable Market News: Ornamentals
USDA. Agricultural Marketing Service.
Provides wholesale prices for a variety of ornamental crops on a regional basis by commodity. Data for ornamentals is available in text only format under the Market News Specialty Reports section.
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PLANTfacts Ornamental Master Plant List
Ohio State University. Department of Horticulture and Crop Science.
A collection of plant species information and photographs including common names, scientific name, an audio pronunciation of the scientific name and fact sheets available from Ohio State University about each plant.
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Commodities and Products: Specialty Crops
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center.
Compiled marketing and business information for floriculture and nursery crops and prairie grasses and wildflowers.
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Floriculture Information Center
North Carolina State University.
Search by crop or floriculture topic for information from North Carolina State University and other links of interest.
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Nursery Crop Science
North Carolina State University. Cooperative Extension Service; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
Information about cultural practices, nursery short courses, upcoming events, nursery crop science experts and access to many publications and links.
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Environmental Horticulture Information Center
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Includes floriculture, foliage, turfgrass, tree and shrubs sections.
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Floriculture
University of Massachusetts. Cooperative Extension Service.
Sections on educational programs, grower services, publications and fact sheets, pest management, resources for garden retailers, useful links, events and floriculture industry news.
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Floriculture Information
Purdue University Floriculture Extension.
Provides a directory of commercial floriculture supply companies, guidesheets for consumer floriculture, perennials, bedding plants, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, cut flowers and greenhouse management, links to other floriculture Web sites and information about National poinsettia cultivar trials and flower growers associations.
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Growing for Market
Byczynski, L.; Fairplain Publications.
A monthly magazine for small-scale farmers and market gardeners with information about raising and marketing vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers and other plants with an emphasis on organic methods and cut flower production. Feature articles are supplemented with resource information, commercial advertising and an annual buyers guide to sources and suppliers.
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Last Modified: Dec 11, 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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