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Jeanine's Recommended Book List

Agritourism

Cut Flowers

  • Specialty Cut Flowers. Allan M. Armitage. 1993. 372 pages, color photos and line drawings. Hardcover. Varsity Press/Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. http://www.timberpress.com

Herbs in General

  • Growing Great Garlic. Ron L. Engeland. 1991. 228 pages, drawings. Softcover. Chelsea Green, Chelsea, Vermont.
    http://www.chelseagreen.com
  • Herbs for Sale-Growing and Marketing Herbs, Herbal Products, and Herbal Know-How. Lee Sturdivant. 1994. 246 pages. Softcover. A Bootstrap Guide. San Juan Naturals, Friday Harbor, Washington. Available from Amazon or your library.

Marketing

  • The New Farmers Market. Vance Corum. Marcie Rosenzweig and Eric Gibson. 2001. 257 pages, black and white photos. Softcover. New World Publishing, Placerville, California. http://www.nwpub.net
  • Sell What Your Sow! Eric Gibson. 302 pages, line drawings. Softcover. New World Publishing, Placerville, California.
    http://www.nwpub.net

Medicinal Herbs

  • Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and Other Woodland Medicinals. W. Scott Persons and Jeanine M. Davis. 2007. 466 pages, color and black and white photos. Now available as an ebook for the Nook at Barnesandnoble.com, for the Kindle through Amazon.com, for a variety of formats (including desktop computers and smartphones) on http://ebooks2go.com, and through many other ebook retailers.

  • Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs. Richo Cech. 2002. 314 pages, line drawings. Softcover. Horizon Herbs, Williams, Oregon.  Available from Amazon or your library.

  • Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field and Marketplace. Lee Sturdivant and Tim Blakley. 1999. 323 pages. Softcover. A Bootstrap Guide. San Juan Naturals, Friday Harbor, Washington. Available from Amazon or your library.

Mushrooms

  • Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms. Third Edition. Paul Stamets. 2000. 574 pages, color and black and white photos. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California. http://www.fungi.com/index.html

Organics

 
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