ODP: Business: Agriculture_and_Forestry: Horticulture
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Only sites having to do with the production fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants are listed in this category. - Submit sites with a narrow geographic focus to Regional.
- Submit sites offering online shopping to Shopping.
- Submit sites in languages other than English to the appropriate World category.
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The Horticulture category focuses on businesses engaged in the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, turf grass, and ornamental plants. Generally production involves relatively small acreage and more intensive methods as compared to that of field crops, although this distinction is not always precise. Businesses in this sector may be described as: - Nurseries, including trees, shrubs, exotics, perennials, bedding plants, and bulbs,
- Market Gardeners or Produce Growers,
- Greenhouses,
- Orchards,
- Christmas tree farms,
- Seed companies,
- Turf farms, or
- Floral companies.
Companies offering materials and supplies specifically designed for horticultural producers are also found here, as well as sites related to the import and export of horticultural products. Industries included are those who typically supply wholesalers, retailers, landscapers, other growers, supermarkets, and occasionally home consumers. Sites not listed in this category include:
Sites for industry and advocacy groups and other organizations serving or aimed at the horticultural sector.
This category is for websites about businesses engaged in the growing and production of mushrooms and other edible fungi, as well as industrial and commercial associations and information for these businesses. Websites for businesses engaged in the treatment of the finished products should be listed in one of the linked categories.
This category will list all career and employment sites for the Horticulture area, including job listings and resumes. This category will also list companies that provide services to the companies and individuals that are listed here.
This category lists sites for companies and business entities engaged in import and export of a broad range of horticultural products.
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Businesses listed here are primarily aimed at professional growers. Before submitting to this category, consider the following other options:
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This category lists sites for manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers of products used by the horticulture industry.
Plants and the cultivation of plants grown to produce fatty acids, including fatty acid esters and glycerides for use in cooking and nutrition, soap, cosmetics, and industrial products such as paints and other coatings, linoleum, and plasticizers.
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Growers or farms whose crop production is sold only in a small geographical area surrounding the farm location should not be listed here. These web sites should be listed in the appropriate category of the locality or region where the farm is phsically located.
Please submit sites only for growers of live floral crops. The distributor site may be submitted to this category if the distributor site is owned by the floral farm. |
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Software and programs for horticultural businesses and business processes.
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