- 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 - Factsheet on this crop, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.
- American Ginseng - Information on the perennial plant, Panax quinquefolium, the root of which is used medicinally, and its cultural requirements.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ganja Garden - Forum for discussing cannabis cultivation.
- Ginseng - Factsheet on this crop, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.
- Grain Amaranth - Information on this crop which was a major food grown by the Aztecs, its description, cultivation, harvesting, storage, utilization, markets and economics.
- Growing the Hallucinogens - Manual for the legal cultivation of a number of plants with hallucinogenetic properties.
- Henna - Factsheet about this crop and its uses.
- 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.
- Lupine - Factsheet on this crop, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.
- Maca - Information on the cultivation of Lepidium meyenii, or Maca.
- 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 Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics: Hibiscus - Covers all aspects of plant cultivation, biological methods of plant protection, harvesting and post-harvest treatment. [PDF]
- Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics: Sesame - Covers all aspects of plant cultivation, biological methods of plant protection, harvesting and post-harvest treatment.
- Plant Cultures: Neem - A useful tree many parts of which have antimicrobial properties. Includes information on its history, spiritual significance, cultivation, production and trade, medicinal, food and other uses.
- Plant Cultures: Opium Poppy - Information on this plant and its history, its growing areas, cultivation, harvesting, extraction of morphine and further processing.
- Quinoa - Factsheet on this crop native to the Andes, its history, uses, varieties and cultivation.
- Ricinus communis: Castor - Information on the castor oil plant, its biology and morphology, ecology, distribution in the former USSR, utilization and economic value.
- 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.
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