diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dd6853a02..8b8d9a6b0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ language: ruby
 cache: bundler
 env:
   matrix:
-    - GROWSTUFF_SITE_NAME="Growstuff (travis)" RAILS_SECRET_TOKEN='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
+    - GROWSTUFF_SITE_NAME="Growstuff (travis)" RAILS_SECRET_TOKEN='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' GROWSTUFF_ELASTICSEARCH='true'
+    - GROWSTUFF_SITE_NAME="Growstuff (travis)" RAILS_SECRET_TOKEN='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' GROWSTUFF_ELASTICSEARCH='false'
   global:
     secure: "Z5TpM2jEX4UCvNePnk/LwltQX48U2u9BRc+Iypr1x9QW2o228QJhPIOH39a8RMUrepGnkQIq9q3ZRUn98RfrJz1yThtlNFL3NmzdQ57gKgjGwfpa0e4Dwj/ZJqV2D84tDGjvdVYLP7zzaYZxQcwk/cgNpzKf/jq97HLNP7CYuf4="
 bundler_args: "--without development production staging"
diff --git a/app/models/crop.rb b/app/models/crop.rb
index 96bf2120d..4d898c73c 100644
--- a/app/models/crop.rb
+++ b/app/models/crop.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :popular, -> { where(:approval_status => "approved").reorder("plantings_count desc, lower(name) asc") }
   scope :randomized, -> { where(:approval_status => "approved").reorder('random()') } # ok on sqlite and psql, but not on mysql
   scope :pending_approval, -> { where(:approval_status => "pending") }
+  scope :approved, -> { where(:approval_status => "approved") }
   scope :rejected, -> { where(:approval_status => "rejected") }
 
   ## Wikipedia urls are only necessary when approving a crop
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
     mappings dynamic: 'false' do
       indexes :id, type: 'long'
       indexes :name, type: 'string', analyzer: 'gs_edgeNGram_analyzer'
+      indexes :approval_status, type: 'string'
       indexes :scientific_names do
         indexes :scientific_name,
           type: 'string',
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def as_indexed_json(options={})
     self.as_json(
-      only: [:id, :name],
+      only: [:id, :name, :approval_status],
       include: {
         scientific_names: { only: :scientific_name },
         alternate_names: { only: :name }
@@ -311,6 +313,9 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
               fields: ["name", "scientific_names.scientific_name", "alternate_names.name"]
             }
           },
+          filter: {
+            term: {approval_status: "approved"}
+          },
           size: 50
         }
       )
@@ -321,15 +326,16 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
       # collection, so it matches what we get from elasticsearch and we can
       # manipulate it in the same ways (eg. deleting elements without deleting
       # the whole record from the db)
-      matches = where("name ILIKE ?", "%#{query}%").to_a
+      matches = Crop.approved.where("name ILIKE ?", "%#{query}%").to_a
 
       # we want to make sure that exact matches come first, even if not
       # using elasticsearch (eg. in development)
-      exact_match = Crop.find_by_name(query)
+      exact_match = Crop.approved.find_by_name(query)
       if exact_match
         matches.delete(exact_match)
         matches.unshift(exact_match)
       end
+
       return matches
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/crop_spec.rb b/spec/models/crop_spec.rb
index 9cda818e8..d58c46ee3 100644
--- a/spec/models/crop_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/crop_spec.rb
@@ -342,6 +342,16 @@ describe Crop do
     it "searches case insensitively" do
       Crop.search('mUsH').should include @mushroom
     end
+    it "doesn't find 'rejected' crop" do
+      @rejected_crop = FactoryGirl.create(:rejected_crop, :name => 'tomato')
+      sync_elasticsearch([@rejected_crop])
+      Crop.search('tomato').should_not include @rejected_crop
+    end
+    it "doesn't find 'pending' crop" do
+      @crop_request = FactoryGirl.create(:crop_request, :name => 'tomato')
+      sync_elasticsearch([@crop_request])
+      Crop.search('tomato').should_not include @crop_request
+    end
   end
 
   context "csv loading" do