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Your place to learn more about the use and markets for non-timber forest products!

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Interest in non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is increasing rapidly. At present there are numerous efforts to increase awareness of these products, their management and market potential. However, there is a shortage of information available and there are few means effective in disseminating the information necessary for the sustainable management and marketing of these resources and products.

The Virginia Tech Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station and the Top of the Ozarks RC&D in Missouri are collaborating to develop and operate the first web site devoted to gathering information on products and markets. We are compiling information in simple formats and provide a national clearing house for NTFPs - accessible to harvesters and growers, marketers, processors, and end-users.

Help us make this a useful tool for forest managers, processors or marketers of NTFPs:

  • Identify important products and management issues from your area;
  • Develop information that can be posted on the web site;
  • Report on markets both in your local area and region; or
  • Locate information sources that can be shared through the web site.

If you would like to contribute any NTFP information to this site, please fill out and submit the on-line form .

Market information, regular updates with new information, and listings on short courses, conferences and relevant publications will also be features of the web site. Eventually, the web site will include direct links with markets, both national and overseas.

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Last Modified: 03/12/04

Send questions or comments regarding this web site to Matt Winn: mattwinn@vt.edu
For further information on Non-Timber Forest Products, contact Tom Hammett: himal@vt.edu, 540-231-2716 or Jim Chamberlain: jachambe@vt.edu, 540-231-3611


This is a cooperative effort by:
The Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and

The Southern Research Station,
USDA Forest Service,
Blacksburg, Virginia.