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This is the list of top 10 legal and most profitable crops for small farms to grow.

Small farms are often diverse enterprises run by small teams of people, so it’s important

what you grow is well suited to your space, market and time input.

Deciding which crops are right for your situation will depend on many different factors​,

besides the obvious ones of such as climate and soil.

Here we made this list of crops by considering its price per kilogram, its growing cycle,

yield per square metre, labour intensivity and annual income per acre.

On number 10, here comes Wasabi.

Real wasabi costs about $50 for a 100 gram stem.

At wholesale prices, wasabi still sells for about $160 per kilogram.

Real fresh wasabi is only at it’s best for about 15 minutes after the plant has been

ground up into a paste.

After that, it starts to lose flavor.

So if you’ve ever had anything labeled wasabi that wasn’t ground up right in front of

you, it likely wasn’t the real thing.

Real wasabi isn’t actually a root, but a swollen stem.

Two ingredients in the plant combine to give it a signature spicy flavor, but the compound

isn’t very stable and breaks down quickly.

The leaves and leaf stems are also edible.

Wasabi is hard to grow since it prefers freshwater streams.

It’s hard to grow in large quantities in a greenhouse because it’s susceptible to

disease.

In fact, it’s considered one of the hardest crops in the world to grow.

It follows that with that reputation comes a high price tag.

On number 9, its flowers.

You may have heard about Dutch tulip mania in 1637 where a single tulip bulb was worth

more than what the average person earned in a year.

While growing flowers today isn’t anywhere near that profitable, it can still be a great

high-value specialty crop for your small farm.

Within the main category of flowers, the options for what you can grow are almost limitless.

You can grow a wide range of bulbs, cut flowers, dried flowers, and more.

Growing flowers outdoors you should be able to gross about $50,000 per acre even when

selling in bulk to wholesalers.

On number 8, here comes bonsai plants.

A bonsai is an ornamental shrub or tree that’s grown in a pot.

It has its roots restricted to artificially prevent it from reaching its normal size.

Bonsai plants can range in price from $20 for younger ones to $5,000+ or more for top

specimens.

Growing bonsai doesn’t require much space since the plants are so compact.

It only takes a few hundred dollars worth of soil and seeds to get started.

You can grow bonsai from regular seeds.

The real value comes from having the skills and knowledge to transform regular seedlings

into beautiful bonsai plants.

Number 7, here comes Bamboo.

Bamboo is one of the fastest growing woody plants in the world.

You might think of bamboo as a tropical plant, but there are actually several cold hardy

varieties capable of surviving winters where the temperature drops below zero.

Bamboo is a versatile landscaping plant that can be sold as stand-alone decorative plants

or used to create hedges or screens.

Homeowners and landscapers are willing to pay as much as $150 for a potted bamboo plant.

By growing in 5 gallon pots in a 40 foot by 30 foot space, you can grow over 600 bamboo

plants at a time!

Goji berries on number 6.

Goji berries are very nutritious, packed full of antioxidants, and may even have anti-aging

and anti-cancer benefits.

That makes them widely considered a superfood.

Most goji berries are grown in China, but the plant is also well adapted to grow in

a North American climate.

Organic dried goji berries sell for $40 or more per kilogram, and fresh berries demand

significantly higher prices, especially when sold at farmer’s markets.

You can grow up to 3000 kilograms of goji berries per acre, which makes it the most

valuable crop you can farm when it comes to berries.

Goji berry plants are deciduous and slightly thorny woody shrubs.

They grow to 3 to 6 feet tall when pruned and cultivated, although in the wild they

can grow to 12 feet tall.

Goji berry plants are best started inside a greenhouse for the first 6 weeks of their

development, but then they can be transplanted outdoors.

They can withstand both cold winters and cold summers.

Here comes lavender on number 5.

Lavender is an extremely versatile crop.

Its flowers can be sold fresh or dried to florists.

The dried flowers can also be made into floral arrangements or wreaths, or sold directly

to crafters or craft supply shops.

Of course it’s also used to make lavender oil.

It’s a common ingredient in aromatherapy products, skin care products like soaps and

lotions, and even used in herbal pillows and sachets.

I’ve also had the pleasure of trying a lavender ice cream before, which had a wonderful floral

flavor to it.

One acre of lavender plants can produce about 12,000 bouquets each year, which will sell

for $10 or more each.

For an example of what’s possible with lavender, check out Purple Haze Lavender Farm.

They gross more than $1 million per year from their various lavender products which are

grown on just eight acres of land.

Ginseng is on number 4.

Ginseng is a crop grown for its slow-growing medicinal root.

There is no conclusive evidence to prove the health benefits of ginseng, but in preliminary

clinical studies it has been shown to have some positive effects on memory, menopause

symptoms, and fatigue.

When it comes to growing plants for profit, ginseng is more of a long-term investment.

It takes six years after planting before you’ll be able to harvest mature ginseng roots.

Over a six year period, ginseng growers can earn as much as $200,000 per acre when roots,

rootlets, and seeds are all taken into consideration.

Growing ginseng on a large scale is an intensive process with high risk and requires use of

polypropylene shade cloth.

But on a small scale it can be grown under forest cover for little to no cost.

In fact, ginseng also grows wild throughout much of the eastern and northern United States.

Buyers much prefer wild grown ginseng compared to crops grown in open fields.

It’s believed that wild ginseng is much more medicinally potent.

On number 3, its saffron.

Many of you thought that saffron will be on the first position of this list.

It come to third position because of low yield per square metre.

Saffron is made out of the stigmas from the crocus plant.

It takes approximately 1,50,000 flowers to produce one kilogram of dried saffron which

costs $4000.

But to grow that many crocus flowers takes half acre of land, so you get some idea of

how lucrative this crop could be to grow.

Saffron grows best in California and other dry regions with mild winters.

Planting them in polytunnels or greenhouses can make them a viable crop in other regions

though.

The hard part of growing saffron is the harvesting process, which is ridiculously labor intensive.

You need to delicately pick the flowers as they bloom, and then pull out the three blossoms

per flower.

The labor cost is the main reason why saffron is typically grown in Iran and other countries

with lower wages instead of in North America, despite the crops’s high selling price.

Microgreens on number 2.

Microgreens gain this position because it only take 2 or 3 weeks from seed to harvest

and can often sell for more than $20 per kilogram.

Using shelving, it’s possible to produce $10,000 worth of microgreens per month in

just an average basement or spare bedroom’s worth of space.

Microgreens are most commonly grown in 10″ x 20″ trays filled with soil, but they can

also be grown hydroponically.

Almost any regular vegetable or herb can be grown as a microgreen, and there are a wide

range of different types of microgreens commonly grown these days.

Taking both their high yield per square foot and high selling price, microgreens are some

of the most profitable vegetables to grow.

Mushrooms is the first.

When you think of small scale farm ideas, mushrooms probably aren’t one of the first

things that come to your mind as the best cash crops you can grow.

But growing mushrooms can be surprisingly profitable.

Especially oyster mushrooms which can be grown in as little as just 5 weeks and sell for

$20 to $30 per kilogram.

Mushrooms are an excellent crop for urban farmers or anyone who doesn’t have much

extra space to work with.

They are most often grown indoors and produce an extremely high return per square foot.

Oyster mushrooms can produce up to 40 kilogram per square foot.

And best of all, they can be grown vertically in large hanging bags to maximize the space

that you’ve got available.

Mushrooms don’t last long after picked and are difficult to ship across the country,

so local growers have an advantage over larger commercial operations.

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