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The Herb Growing & Marketing Network is the largest trade association for the herb industry with
around 2000 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, our industry wide annual resource guide, our quarterly 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.
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 18 years of experience in the herb industry and over 20 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 $95 ($110 outside
North America) 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 in our trade journal. 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, the
acknowledged most complete resource guide for the herb industry with over 440 pages of herbal
businesses (and products of interest to herb businesses). You’re also listed in the online version
(reserved for members only) that gives you more exposure with links to your home page and/or email
address. 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. All this….and things like liability insurance, reasonable
credit card merchant status, alternative health care coverage, lower phone rates -- for only $95 ($110
outside North America) a year dues.
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/yr ($110 outside North America) 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…..take advantage of our volume discounts for alternative
health care coverage for your employees 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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