Field Of Dreams

Trade Associations:

• Herb Growing and Marketing Network, P.O. Box 254, Silver Springs, PA 17575-0245, (717) 393-3295, http://www.herbworld.com, http://www.herbnet.com

• International Herb Association, P.O. Box 317, Mundelein, IL 60060, (847) 949-4372

• American Botanical Council, P.O. Box 201660, Austin, TX 78720, (512) 331-8868, http://www.herbalgram.org

• Texas Herb Growers and Marketers Association, Route 8, Box 567, Brownsville, TX 78520, (956) 399-9510

Books:

• Lists and reviews of herb books can be found on Herb Growing and Marketing Network's Web site and the American Botanical Council's Web site.

• Order the business start-up guide Herb Farm (#1282, $59) from Entrepreneur Media Inc., 2392 Morse Ave., Irvine, CA 92614, (800) 421-2300.

Newsletters:

• The Herbal Connection, published by Herb Growing and Marketing Network

• The Business of Herbs, published by Northwind Publications, 439 Ponderosa Way, Jemez Springs, NM 87025, (505) 829-3448

• HerbalGram, published by the American Botanical Council

• AHA Quarterly, published by the American Herb Association, P.O. Box 1673, Nevada City, CA 95959, (916) 265-9552

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Contact Sources

Bellezza Vista Farms, (610) 857-2162, pabe@chesco.com

Desert Canyon Farm and Learning Center, (719) 275-0651, fax: (719) 275-0815

Riddle Mill Organic Farm, 1098 Riddle Mill Rd., Lake Wylie, SC 29710, (803) 831-2506

This article was originally published in the July 1998 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Field Of Dreams.