diff --git a/app/models/crop.rb b/app/models/crop.rb
index 0571feecd..89471f90f 100644
--- a/app/models/crop.rb
+++ b/app/models/crop.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ 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 +93,7 @@ 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 +312,9 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
               fields: ["name", "scientific_names.scientific_name", "alternate_names.name"]
             }
           },
+          filter: {
+            term: {approval_status: "approved"}
+          },
           size: 50
         }
       )
diff --git a/spec/models/crop_spec.rb b/spec/models/crop_spec.rb
index 9cda818e8..02f3149ae 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
+      @mushroom.approval_status = "rejected"
+      sync_elasticsearch([@mushroom])
+      Crop.search('mushroom').should_not include @mushroom
+    end
+    it "doesn't find 'pending' crop" do
+      @mushroom.approval_status = "pending"
+      sync_elasticsearch([@mushroom])
+      Crop.search('mushroom').should_not include @mushroom
+    end
   end
 
   context "csv loading" do