What is Cash crop?
[[File:Pepper091.jpg|thumb|[[Black pepper|Pepper]] is a common cash crop]] A '''cash crop''' is a [[crop]] that is grown to be sold on the [[market]]. This is different from a [[Subsistence agriculture|subsistence crop]] which is grown for the personal use of the farmer, or as food for the farmer's animals. There are several different categories of cash crops, for different purposes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://99businessideas.com/20-highly-profitable-cash-crop-plants-to-grow/|title=20+ Highly Profitable Cash Crop Plants To Grow|date=2015-10-26|newspaper=99Businessideas|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en-US}}</ref> == Foods == Food crops are grown to be eaten by humans or animals. Since modern [[Farming|agriculture]](farming) methods allow farmers to grow much more food than they need to feed themselves and their families, the extra is sold to others. Some food crops include: [[File:Apples on tree 2011 G1.jpg|thumb|[[Apple|Apples]], a food crop.]] * [[Wheat]], [[barley]], and other [[Grain|grains]] * [[Apple|Apples]], [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]], and other [[Fruit|fruits]] * [[Potato|Potatoes]], [[cabbage]], and other [[Vegetable|vegetables]] * [[Edible mushroom|Mushrooms]] === Spices and Herbs === [[Spice|Spices]] and [[Herb|herbs]] are ingredients added to food in order to make it taste less bland. Spices and herbs do not make up much of a meal but are very flavorful. Since spices and herbs are used in small amounts but can be grown in much larger quantities, the surplus grown is sold as a cash crop. Some spices/herbs include:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2014/04/07/spicing-things-10-common-kitchen-spices-use/|title=Spicing things up: 10 common kitchen spices and how to use them {{!}} The Daily Californian|date=2014-04-07|newspaper=The Daily Californian|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106192714/http://www.dailycal.org/2014/04/07/spicing-things-10-common-kitchen-spices-use|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Cinnamomum veru