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Many agricultural crops are used to create non-food products: oils, resins, fibers, clothing, energy, cosmetics and plastics to list a few. Look here for more information about these crops.Purdue University. Center for New Crops and Plant Products.
Provides several sources of information about industrial and non-food crops such as the New Crops Symposium series articles available through the Table of Contents for each volume, the CropEXPERT listings, and the New Crop LINKS directory.
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center.
Compiled marketing and business information for fiber crops including cotton, kenaf and industrial hemp.
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
This page lists the current research projects at the USDA Agricultural Research Service on topics such as energy and non-food crops under the headings Cotton, Cottonseed, Cuphea, Flax, Guayule, Kenaf, Lesquerella, Long fiber cotton, Oilseed and oil crops, and Rubber, gum, and resin plants.
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Background, trade, marketing and policy information for U.S. oil crops such as soybeans, cottonseed, canola, rapeseed, sunflowerseed and peanuts.
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
The NCAUR "invents new industrial and food products from agricultural commodities, develops new technologies to improve environmental quality, and provides technical support to Federal regulatory and action agencies."
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Provides technical assistance for identification, development and promotion of new industrial uses for agricultural raw materials.
National Center for Appropriate Technology. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
Production and marketing information, including organic techniques for industrial crops including Alternative Agronomic Crops, Organic Cotton Production and Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Activities, publications and services offered worldwide for non-wood forest products.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
An overview of edible, non-food and essential oil crops produced worldwide.
Sustainable Cotton Project, Inc.
Programs, information and events to promote certified organic and sustainably grown cotton for farmers, manufacturers and consumers to improve environmental and human health while maintaining profitability.