Mint is primarily grown in northwest Indiana. Indiana has over 302 commercial floriculture producers, nearly eight million square feet of greenhouse production area and over 355 acres of outdoor floriculture production area. There has been a large increase in flowering potted plants and bedding plants with the potential for continued growth. Honey Modern agriculture depends on honeybees to pollinate many fruits, vegetables, legumes and oilseed crops. If pollination is neglected, no amount of cultural practice will cause fruit or seed to set.
Honey also is the most natural sweetener in the world.
It is found in barbecue sauces, salad dressings and in beeswax used in lipstick and candles. The increased use of honeybees as a tool in agricultural crop production has greatly augmented the value of the beekeeping industry. The nursery and landscape industries of Indiana and the region are economically healthy and have been growing at a rate of over 10 percent annually for the past three years. The state's landscape horticulture industries provide employment for over 38,000 workers. Products of the landscape horticulture industry include landscape plants such as trees, shrubs, evergreens, herbaceous perennials, annual flowers, bulbs and turf sod, as well as goods such as gardening supplies, mulch and lawn furniture.