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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> 30 top selling medicinal plant species in the United States, in  
> order of
> importance related to annual sales:
>
> Echinacea
> St. John’s Wort
> Ginkgo biloba
> Garlic

Keith, if I were considering producing and selling herbs I would also  
check sales volume comparing medicinal versus culinary herbs. Most  
interesting that garlic is both, but too much competition there. Then  
consider growing challenges. Marketing is always the toughest part.  
Unless you sell direct you have to give a big discount to someone who  
may or may not sell all you produce.

Herbalist author and photographer friend, Steven Foster, has been very  
high on echinacea for as long as I have known him.

http://www.stevenfoster.com/education/monograph/echinacea.html

Go for value-added. Maybe something seasonal, in pretty little pots.