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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.

What do we do?

We are an information service. We have a library of over 3000 books, subscribe to over 200 periodicals, monitor 10 internet mailing lists 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 periodic trade journal, The Bu$iness of Herbs, proceedings from our national conferences and other booklets of interest.

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 $20 a month.

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…..$20 a month for continuous advertising is almost unheard of in today’s market…(and no high dues based on revenue). You can use the Crop Shop to search for new growers, or list your own needs…..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 .  

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