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With the loss
of jobs in mining, logging, and traditional farming, Idahoans have
increasingly turned to producing high value, specialty crops and
livestock on small sites. University of Idaho researchers and educators
have introduced and evaluated specialty crops for reforestation
and ornamental landscapes that have contributed to a phenomenal
rise in sales by the state's nursery industry, from $3.6 million
in 1974 to $51.1 million in 1994.
Since 1988 they
have also tested more than 200 berry varieties and now lead the
nation in research toward domesticated western huckleberries, whose
wild relatives comprise a multi-million dollar crop in the Pacific
Northwest.
For more information contact: Danny L. Barney
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