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Research is ongoing on cultural practices for alternative and traditional vegetable crops.
For many years now, serious financial problems have forced many farmers into deep debt or even out of the farming business. The search for alternative or nontraditional crops has become a major research emphasis in universities across the country. Since graduating from Kansas State University in 1982, I have been involved professionally in vegetable physiological and cultural research on traditional and nontraditional crops in Minnesota, Texas, and South Carolina. Each position has had different problems to solve, but my task in all cases was to develop a broader database on the feasibility of improved production practices to suit the climate unique to these areas. Developing fertility practices for alternative medicinal plants 2.