2006-09-24 15:27:29 · 6 answers · asked by worldpeace 4 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Phew.. I spent a lot of time researching this one :-P
the US is the world leader in the production of mint oil
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-472.html
" Mint (spearmint and peppermint) has been grown in the US for over 100 years. It is a specialized crop requiring a capital investment of a steam process on the farm to extract oil from the mint plants. There are relatively few growers in the country as far as an overall perspective of other agricultural industries. The US is the world leading producer of mint oil with an average being 10 million pounds; 8 million pounds of peppermint and about 2 million pounds of spearmint.
http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/docs/mtmint.html
2006-09-24 15:42:09 · answer #1 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States is the world's leading producer of peppermint
2006-09-24 15:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Denmark
2006-09-24 15:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by tanya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peppermintavia just south of the Gumdrop Mountains.
2006-09-24 15:29:09 · answer #4 · answered by John Blix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pa says that USA is always number #1
2006-09-24 15:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
central and southern Europe i can say
2006-09-24 15:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by TastyCookies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋