Merging coverage of two increasingly popular and quickly growing food trends, Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops provides an overview of the basic principles of organic agriculture and highlights its multifunctionality with special emphasis on the conservation of rare crops and their uses. Considering more than 30 disregarded and neglected crops suitable for growth in temperate climates, each chapter covers the botany, climate conditions, cultivars, production and yield, growth and ecology, organic cultivation, harvesting, handling and storage, and utilization where the information is available and applicable to the crop under discussion. Other topics include organic production systems, the nutritional and health benefits of products, food processing, and suggestions for some homemade foods.
The authors have a wide range of experience in the growing and processing of alternative crops, the management of the processing projects, and the marketing of organic products. They have worked in close cooperation with many small scale processing activities on farms and in the food industry. Drawing on their combined experience, they provide a summary of the major problems and the knowledge base for utilization of alternative crops in new products. The broad range of coverage and interdisciplinary approach make this book a comprehensive reference and useful tool not only for the production of alternative crops but also for the development of new niche market products.
INTRODUCTION. What is Organic Agriculture? Organic Food. Multifunctionality of Organic Agriculture. Organic Crop Production. Contribution of Organic Agriculture to the Conservation of Alternative Crops and their Utilization Development. References. CEREALS. Spelt. Einkorn. Emmer. Kamut. Triticale. Intermediate Wheatgrass. References. PSEUDOCEREALS (WITHOUT MILLETS). Buckwheat. Quinoa. Grain Amaranths. Wild Rice. References. MILLETS. Proso Millet. Foxtail, Foxtail Millet. Pearl Millet. Finger Millet. White Fonio. Barnyard Millet. Little Millet. References. ALTERNATIVE OIL PLANTS. Oil (Seed) Pumpkins. Camelina. Safflower. White Mustard. (Garden) Poppy. References. ALTERNATIVE FIBER, ROOT, AND TUBER CROPS. Industrial and Edible-Seed Hemp. Flax. Jerusalem Artichoke. Sweet Potato. References. LEGUMES. Chickpea. Groundnut. Soybean: Small Attention to the Important Crop. Vigna: A Few Words about a Widely Spread Genus. References. SOME TRADITIONAL AND NEW KINDS OF FOOD FROM SOME ALTERNATIVE CROPS. Homemade Food from Buckwheat. Homemade Food from Amaranths. Homemade Food from Millet. References. Index.
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