Growing Stevia for Market: Farm, Garden, and Nursery Cultivation of the Sweet Herb, Stevia Rebaudiana

I am a horticultural crops researcher at NC State University and was asked to look at stevia as a potential crop for farmers in my region. I had tinkered with stevia several times over the years and was curious what others had learned about growing it in the United States. It was disappointing to find that there is little published research on growing on stevia, and then I found this book. The author did a research project on stevia when he was in college and it apparently kicked off a lifetime obsession with the plant. Lucky for us! He did an excellent job of preparing a very readable book which combines his research and experience with published research and information he has gleaned from other growers and sources. This book is not written for the home gardener. He has another one for that audience. This is for the reader who wants to make some money growing stevia and needs more detailed information on germination, production, processing, and marketing. I highly recommend this book.

Do you have a passion for stevia? Do you want to expierence how to professionally grow stevia in your home garden or grow it on a farm for market? Or do you just like to absorb yourself in the wonderful delight of this magical sugar leaf? If you, this book is totally for you. At first this book seemed a bit overwhelming. I first tried to cancel my order but it came to me in the mail anyway. When I opened up the package I was so amazed that this great book came to me. I was so excited I took it to the gym with me to read while I was exercising, well I didn't get a chance too. This exciting the book seemed when I opened it and flipped though the pages. I'm a person that really enjoys nature and almost anything that comes from it. If your like me, this book is just for you. Along with his other book, "Growing and Using Stevia" you will learn how to grow it, consume it, sell it or give to friends and family! You'll learn how to begin new plants from already grown branches, start from seeds, prune branches. You'll also learn which part's of the world actually have established stevia farms. Included is information on where to purchase stevia herb. If you do your own research you'll find the cheapest place to purchase dried stevia. This is a great book even if you want to save lots of money when you want to buy green stevia dried and learn to start from seed. You'll read about everything from seed germination to sale. It also informs readers on how to sell their harvest to stores and methods of sales. I believe this book is a must have. If you love stevia and want to save ALOT of money while enjoying the sweet abundance, than go ahead and purchase it. This book really helps anyone enjoy and absorb their lives in what nature can provide for human life.How this book will help you:-This book enforces many ways to save alot of money.-Teach you how to start from seeds professionally.-How to start from branches.-Inform you of the parts of the world that has stevia farms.-Learn how much income ($) can be earned by selling stevia for market.-Learn more about this sweet sugarleaf.-Enjoy what nature has to offer us as human beings.-Accomplish life enrichment through gardening, learning how to shop for stevia.-How to Prune the sugarleaf plant.-How to use a plant growth light for seed germination. In conclusion, this book has really enriched my life. It's informative, precise and direct on each aspect of stevia. This book can definetly enrich your life and provide mental clarity on the topic of stevia. This book can also make you desire to have stevia growing in your own garden just as you would flowers. This book is a great consideration for anyone that would like to give plants as gifts to friends and family, grow sugarleaf in their garden or grow and harvest it on a farm. It also informs the reader of harvest information and what to do once your farm is ready for distribution. Also,

Good read for those looking to start a business in the field of Stevia with a lot of useful numbers and stats!

I like the detail information based on trials conducted over varies continent.This book helps me to plan our stevia growing program in US and China.We can contribute the Chinese growers information if author required

Very informative. It was exactly what we were looking for.

Not useful for me!

Interesting well written. As advertised. Smooth transaction.