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Alternative Crops

About Alternative Crops
General Alternative Crop Links

Select crops that may be suitable for small scale farming by limited-resource farmers and small landowners. You will be provided with Web links to cultural requirements and marketing strategies for the crops and states you choose.

1. Choose Crop Type:

Choose as many crop types as you like or leave blank for all types.

Biomass Fiber Forage Fruit	Grain Herb Nut Oil	Ornamental Seed Production Timber Vegetable	Other Root Ecological Turf

2. Filter by Geography:

Choose as many geographic areas as you like or leave blank to search all areas.
U.S. States
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho	Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri	Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania	Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
U.S. Territories and Protectorates
American Samoa Fed. States of Micronesia Guam	Marshall Islands Northern Mariana Islands Palau	Puerto Rico U.S. Minor Outlying Islands Virgin Islands
Canada
Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick	Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador Newfoundland Northwest Territories	Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island	Québec Saskatchewan Yukon
Denmark
Greenland
France
St. Pierre and Miquelon

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