Other products
When
one walks in the markets around the world one is surely to encounter fruits,
vegetables and many other items that one has never seen before. Some of these
could be marketed and sold in other places of the world with a significant profit
for the producers
This
page provides links to all kinds of products, processing information and
potential buyers around the world. Furthermore these sites may provide new
ideas or give insights in to products one has never foreseen to be marketable.
Fruits
and Vegetables
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/
Introduction to the Listing of Useful Plants of the World
The aim of growing a new crop is to make money. Unfortunately, successful commercialisation of new crops is a high risk adventure. This Listing is intended as an aid for those new crop entrepreneurs choosing new crops for research and development in Australia. The Listing includes over 4200 plant species amongst which there may may be potential new crops. In most cases, these species are not currently commercial anywhere in Australia. Each species included has been associated somewhere in the world at some time in history with at least one useful product.
More
than 1000 varieties of advocado are found around the world. Contains a
variety of information on avocados including type of fruit, growing conditions,
as well as an "ANSWERS to QUESTIONS" section for the backyard grower.
Founded in 1968,
California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) is the largest amateur fruit-growing
organization in the world, with members in 48 states and U.S. territories, and
30 countries. The worldwide membership of CRFG includes many nationally
recognized botanical gardens, rare fruit enthusiasts, commercial fruit growers,
and internationally recognized horticultural researchers. The organization has
a general interest in all aspects of fruit growing with a primary focus on
semitropical fruits and uncommon fruits and vegetables
A free market intelligence and technical information service for agribusiness professionals. AgribusinessOnline is brought to you as a free service by Fintrac Inc. as part of its mandate to disseminate market intelligence and new technologies to farmers and other agribusinesses worldwide..
Markteting organisation that assists small scale farmers in crop diversification and establishment of market linkages.
http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu
The
California digital orchard with information and links on all kinds of fruits
and nuts grown around the world.
The Tampa Bay
Rare Fruit Council is a not-for-profit service and education oriented
organization and provides info on fruits, where to get seeds and growing
advice.
www.edenproject.com/3464_54.htm
Information
on a wide range of tropical vegetables and tubers
Spices and Herbs
A
very good site giving latest wholesale prices on a large range of tropical
spices and herbs
www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/
This
site provides information on 113 different spices, provides a dictionary on
spice terminology in different languages (Dutch, English, French, Latin,
Russian, Italian and others) translated from their original-local names. Very
useful.
Another
spice encyclopedia site with different links to spice histories and other sites
Syrups and Honeys
The
National Honey Board, with information on US and international prices. Gives info
on import regulations and much more.
Find
out about the different honey varieties as well as honey suppliers and
potential buyers.
www.umaine.edu/umext/maplesyrupproduction
The most
important contributor to syrup quality is cleanliness. Microorganisms, bacteria
and yeast are enemies of high quality syrup, affecting both color and flavor.
This site is for maple syrup but very useful for other syrups and honeys.
Mushrooms
The
International Society for Mushroom Science (ISMS) seeks to further the
cultivation of edible (including medicinal) macrofungi. It is non-political and
non-profit making. The objectives of ISMS are the dissemination of information
on new developments and the science of mushrooms and to stimulate exchange of
new ideas between growers and scientists around the world
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/mushroom.html
Production of
mushrooms is completely different from growing green plants. A person
considering mushroom production should become thoroughly familiar with the life
cycles of fungi. Try this site for more info.
Bamboo and Wood
You
know it is a useful product, but not that you can do this much. Australian
bamboo site with loads of info and other links.
The
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) is an international
organization created by 26 Member States of
the United Nations. Through a growing Network of participating organizations and
individuals from all continents, INBAR develops and assists in the transfer of
appropriate technologies and solutions to benefit the peoples of the world and
their environment.
www.isei.or.jp/Bamboo_Museum/Bamboo_Museum.html
Few peoples have
had such a close and long-standing relationship with bamboo as the Japanese. Bamboo
has remained inextricably linked with the lives of the Japanese. But why
bamboo? Try this out and find out why.
A
wood company that gives wholesale prices on different tropical wood types