global nutrition

We Promote Crop
Diversification for
Healthy Living & Food Security.

50+ years

We evaluate, adapt & improve ethnic crops for US Ecosystems.

About Us

“Ethnic Crop Specialists” (ECS) is a non-profit consulting outfit set up to promote crop diversification for healthy living and Food Security in New Jersey and the United States of America. It targets the integration of healthful and nutritious ethnic crops into the community food basket to respond to the growing human diversity in the country. The major ethnic crops being currently promoted are Exotic Peppers, Okra, Roselle, Tigernut, and Tropical Spinach. Other crops include African and Indian Eggplants, Bitterleaf, Egusi Melon, Ewedu (Corchorus), Fluted Pumpkin (Ugwu), Moringa, Sokoyokoto (Celosia), “Yam Leaf” (Sweet potato leaf), African White Yam and Purple Yam (Indian Water Yam). ECS promotes these crops by sharing up-to-date knowledge and skills on production, post-harvest handling, utilization, and marketing. It shares ethnic crop seeds and organizes short online and face-to-face training workshops on ethnic crops in the United States.

Ethnic
Crop Seeds

Tigernut
Propagules

✓ Nutritious/ Healthful crops
✓ Crops for Diverse Cultures

Tigernut
Propagules

Ethnic Crop Types and Products

Photos show the major ethnic crops we currently promote, their
morphological features in the field and the commercialized products.

Our Consultants

Thomas J. Orton, PHD

Dr. Orton is currently an Emeritus Professor and Part-Time Lecturer for the Department of Plant Biology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University. He attended Michigan State University where he earned a B.S. in Biology with Honors in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Botany and Genetics in 1979.

Albert Ayeni, Ph.D

A graduate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (B.Sc. Crop Science), and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (MS., Ph.D.), has 45 years of research, teaching, and extension experience in weed science, agronomy, and horticulture, under tropical and temperate conditions; and administrative experience in international agriculture.

Gbenga Omotayo

Gbenga is an internationally-known event marketing expert, startup coach, dynamic entrepreneur passionate about helping visionaries succeed in the life, career, and business they desire, fulfilling God-given potential.

He is the author of the best-selling book, “How to Start Your Own Business While Employed,” and a Rising Star Award Recipient for Trade and Business.

Training

Ethnic Crop Training Modules

There are four Ethnic Crop Training modules, namely: Grow Enough Series, Ethnic Crop Production, Postharvest Handling, Utilization and Marketing.

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We are here to promote food security & healthy living through the integration of diverse ethnic crops in to the food basket of our communities.

PHONE

(856) 279-8641

Email

aayeni192@gmail.com

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