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Re: Production figures for herbs

Hello,
Richard Alan Miller of Northwest Botanicals, Grants Pass, Oregon is one of
the leading consultants in this field (and perhaps the foremost authority).
He can be reached at DrRAM@aol.com.  His book, "The Potential of Herbs as a
Cash Crop" is available from Acres U.S.A. He also writes a monthly column on
herbs and specialty crops in Acres U.S.A.
Regards,
Fred Walters
acresusa@aol.com
(504) 889-2100
fax (504) 889-2777
P.O. Box 8800
Metairie, LA 70011
"To be economical, agriculture has to be ecological"

>  In a message dated 95-09-15 11:36:51 EDT, you write:
>To:	
>  Hello sannetters,
>  I am searching for sources of information on herb production in the 
>  US.  I am interested in production yield data for medicinal and 
>  aromatic plants.  I have been through some of the regular sources, 
>  but they have not been too productive for plants such as Echinacea, 
>  Astragalus, Schizandra, Angelica and a host of others.  Can someone 
>  suggest some alternative sources of information?  Thank you for 
>  your help.
>  
>  Paul Bubrick
>  (909)928-6586
>  Paul_Bubrick@NPI-LV.CCMAIL.COMPUSERVE.COM

Article 756 (5 more) in bionet.plants:
From: richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (C. Richter)
Subject: Re: Medicinal plants to grow???
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:21:21 GMT

>I have a friend that is moving to Costa Rica.  He has grown ornamental
>plants for many years but would like to try and grow plants that could
>be used for medicinal purposes.  He would like to know where to get help.
>His questions include: what types of plants should he grow now and which
>ones are in demand?
>He has the ability to grow many different species but he wuld like any
>information on the culture of digitalis and others.

Unfortunately, there is no one source for detailed cultural information for 
medicinal crops, but we may be able to provide some.  As a start, we 
recommend two books which deal with commercial cultivation and marketing.  
They certainly not exhaustive or even very up-to-date, but they do help to 
get the prospective grower oriented on relevant production and marketing 
issues.  The books are: 

     _Culinary & Medicinal Herbs_ put out by the British Ministry of 
      Agriculture, softcover, 70 pp.  Available from us at $16 (Canadian 
      funds, plus postage and handling) 
and 
     _The Potential of Herbs as a Cash Crop_ by Richard Miller, softcover, 
      230 pp.  $24 from us. 

After your friend has studied these, we can provide more detailed information 
from our extensive data file.  

Conrad Richter 
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Conrad Richter                     richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
Richters Herbs                     71550.3411@compuserve.com
Goodwood, ON L0C 1AO Canada        Tel 416-640-6677 / Fax 416-640-6641