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The Herb Growing & Marketing Network is the largest trade association for the herb industry with around 1000 members in business since 1990.

I'm Maureen Rogers, and I've spent most of my adult life with a passion for herbs and a passion for small businesses.  It's difficult being an herbalist now.  The FDA and many other groups make it very difficult for small herb businesses to create and market products.  All under the name of consumer safety.  We do our best to help you navigate the waters and protect yourself at the same time. 

What do we do?

We are an information service. We have a library of over 3000 books, subscribe to over 200 periodicals, monitor blogs of all types and search the Web looking for resources and research on the herb industry that we can pass on to our members

We publish the Herbal Green Pages Online, our industry wide annual resource guide, our monthly trade journal, The Bu$iness of Herbs, our weekly Marketing 101 for Herb Folks with a tip each week to help your business, proceedings from our national conferences and other booklets of interest.

 

What you get.....
A premier listing in the Herbal Green Pages Online  (see the difference)....weekly marketing tips....monthly Bu$iness of Herbs....rotating banner ad in several places on both herbworld.com and herbnet.com....(rotates with other members) is just getting started....opportunities to answer queries for products as they appear....and opportunities for being on our Speaker page and authors' pages, discounts on hosting and more.  And we try to answer any questions (about being an herb business) you have.

 

Who can we help?

Three distinct groups benefit from our services.   Join us now!!!!

First, the person thinking about getting into some kind of herb business whether it’s growing herbs commercially, running an herb shop, manufacturing herbal products or starting up a healing practice. Starting up a business takes a lot of research…. You need to know what laws apply to you, the potential market, what crops are viable, where you can sell your products. The kinds of questions that often leave you wondering where to even start your phone calls. We cut through all that by having that kind of information for you: regulations, recommendations, even possible contacts for customers. We’ll give you a recommended reading list and answer specific questions or put you in touch with those that can. With over 25 years of experience in the herb industry and close to 30 years experience as a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant, there's the kind of help that can get you off to a good start….or stop you before you waste any more money. Think of your dues as the cheapest business advice you’ll ever find saving you more than that in phone calls.

Second, if you’re a small to medium sized business you’re often stumped as to how to expand your sales. You need to keep track of the latest trends, research and legislation to avoid making costly mistakes. And we subscribe to all those costly publications so you don’t have to. You need that occasional boost to keep your creative juices flowing. Or you need to find products that the competition doesn’t have yet. We can help with all this and more. If you’re selling to the trade there are free classified ads on our website.  If you’re selling to the general public those ads are also posted on our web site getting you worldwide exposure. You’re listed in our Herbal Green Pages Online, the acknowledged most complete resource guide for the herb industry with over 3000 listings of herbal businesses (and products of interest to herb businesses). You’re listed in the online version that gives you more exposure with links to your home page and/or email address and an enhanced listing. We can give you names of brokers that may be interested in purchasing your products and you can list your crops (if you’re a grower) on our Crop Shop….an internet bulleting board that the world can read but only members can list on.  We also have a weekly online publication, The Bu$iness of Herbs, to keep you up to date on what's going on in the industry as well as articles to help you with your business. All this….and an opportunity to network with members through our listserve and promote your products for only $95.

Third, if you’re one of the major players in the industry what we can do for you is give you even more exposure for a very minimal cost…..$95 for continuous advertising is almost unheard of in today’s market…(and no high dues based on revenue). You can use the Herbal Green Pages to search for new growers, or list your own needs on the Herbal Exchange…..be linked to our site with your own web site and increase your traffic….run classified ads…..and more. Every week we get requests for large quantities of bulk herbs and if you’re a member we’ll refer them to you. We’re like a broker without the fees. And we can help you with your own product searches.

I hope we’ve tempted you to join. Check out all our member benefits and then decide if we can be an asset. We look forward to hearing from you .  

Join us now!!!!

The Herb Growing & Marketing Network
Maureen Rogers, Director
PO Box 245, Silver Spring, PA 17575-0245
717-393-3295; FAX: 717-393-9261
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