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This report is a must for the beginning herb farmer. Also has a primer on herb crop contracts: what to watch for when entering into a contract to grow herbs for a buyer. Includes sections on farm farms, crop selection, crop yields, and a sample seven...

If you buy one hops book, this is the one to get. It covers the equipment and techniques needed, the diseases, pests and weeds you may encounter and how to control them, and the many options for using and marketing your crop.

Throughout are inspiring profiles of many of America´s best known herbalists including Michael Tierra, Michael Moore, Matthew Wood, David Winston and Aviva Romm. They cover everything from training to growing and harvesting herbs, making medicines, and...

Transcripts from the second annual Richters commercial herb growing conference held in October, 1997. Topics include medicinal herb product development, value-added food & bodycare products, shiitake and medicinal mushrooms, Chinese medicinal herbs, potted...

Colour photos throughout. You'll be surprised to learn that Eve did not give Adam an apple in the Garden of Eden - it was another fruit, and you'll have to read the book to find out which! Each plant is discussed in separate chapters, starting with the...

Here are 50 teas to alleviate cold and flu, constipation, arthritis, anxiety, and high cholesterol, to boost the immune system and memory, to improve skin, kidney, liver, heart health, and more.

Here are 80 herbs that add aesthetic interest to the garden. Every herb mentioned is pictured in colour. Includes a handy check list of plants organized by flowering time to help create a colourful display all season long.

The author, who has been eating roses since he was a teenager, gives 44 creative fun recipes, plus advice on which rose varieties are edible and which are not. But it is more than just something to stick in a vase; the scented flowers can be used in jams,...

There are many fun, fast and low cost recipes from a stress releasing holy basil tea to an aromatic men's love liqueur! The colour coded sections help you easily navigate through the world of herbs and treat more than 125 conditions from pulled muscles...

Well this book has the answer, and so much more. This book put out by the International Herb Association is an incredible compendium of all the things you could possibly want to know about growing and using cilantro and coriander, Herb of the Year for...

A superb guide to setting up and operating a successful organic mushroom business, whether it is a small urban farm, an off-the-grid farm, or a more conventional commercial operation.

This book includes the plant's history, botany, pharmacology, usage and safety -- with over twenty stevia recipes and extensive home-growing information. Stevia's importance in a world of growing problems of too much sugar in our diets is underscored...

Beauty starts with the skin and this book shows you how homemade all-natural aromatherapy creams and lotions can help bring back your youthful radiant self. In simple steps you can create personalized body creams, moisturizers, lip balms and more that...

Step-by-step instructions are illustrated with photographs to make each project simple and fun. Beginning with herbs like basil and chervil, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell takes the reader beyond traditional idea of container gardening in 30 projects that...

Try Butter Bean Dip (England), Manga Peanut Dip (India), Persian Cucumber Dip (Iran), or Jim's Green Goddess Dip made with mayonaisse, sour cream, tarragon, chives and anchovies Try one of Jim Long's 112 party dip recipes featuring fresh or dried herbs...

Easy-to-use recipes for baking, main dishes, drinks, and super background facts. Stevia does not raise the blood sugar levels. We are excited to find a cookbook for stevia, the no-calorie sweeter-than-sugar plant from Paraguay.

For doctors, the gold standard of proof is a well designed clinical trial. Includes history, regulation, standardization, efficiency, and product safety. Intended for health practitioners but manufacturers of herbal products, commercial herb growers,...

High quality organic herbs are very much in demand in a North American market that has become crowded with inferior imported product. Increasingly consumers and professionals are demanding top quality and are going direct to growers who have established...

Lesley Tierra brings herbs to life through history, uses, taxonomy, and folklore. Interspersed throughout are recipes, crafts, songs, and stories in an alphabetical journey through 16 common medicinal and culinary herbs.

Fermentation and plant use as medicine, as psychotropics, as teachers, as companions on life´s path are an inescapable part of what it means to be human. Ancient beers from 10,000 to 30,000 years ago were quite different from what we know as beer today.

Very easy-to-use reference organized by drug, combinations, and herbs, with details on adverse interactions, side effects, supportive interactions, and reduced drug absorption. More than 18,000 drug-herb-vitamin interactions are covered.

An essential read for anyone growing woodland herbs commercially. It covers everything from propagation, growing under artificial shade, woods-simulated cultivation, disease control, harvesting, marketing, profitability and future crop outlook.

A definitive guide to the practice of herbal medicine that is aimed at students, professionals and home herb users. If you want to develop a sound understanding of the principles and practice of modern herbalism this is an excellent guide.

She describes the organic fertilizers, mulches, natural pest controls, and age-old gardening strategies that tip the balance of nature in favour of what she calls the "ecological garden." This is the updated and revised version.

Has juicing recipes for herpes simplex, heartburn, gout, varicose veins, and much more. Winner of the 2000 International Cookbook Award. Here is the scoop on methods and machines, what herbs, vegetables and fruits to use and their healing properties.

As the world's population increases and ages, the prospects for this crop will remain steady for many years to come. There is much valuable information here that is unavailable in other sources, such as up-to-date price and market facts, latest cropping...

Forty-five easy-to-follow recipes, illustrated with vintage pictures and illuminated by the author's years of experience making and selling herbal products.