diff --git a/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb b/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb
index 293e48711..54ebf468f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/crops_controller.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class CropsController < ApplicationController
       @crop.creator = current_member
     else
       @crop.requester = current_member
-      @crop.approved = false
+      @crop.approval_status = "pending"
     end
 
     respond_to do |format|
@@ -159,6 +159,6 @@ class CropsController < ApplicationController
   private
 
   def crop_params
-    params.require(:crop).permit(:en_wikipedia_url, :name, :parent_id, :creator_id, :scientific_names_attributes => [:scientific_name])
+    params.require(:crop).permit(:en_wikipedia_url, :name, :parent_id, :creator_id, :approval_status, :scientific_names_attributes => [:scientific_name])
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/crop.rb b/app/models/crop.rb
index 87d1639d5..95999812f 100644
--- a/app/models/crop.rb
+++ b/app/models/crop.rb
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ class Crop < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_destroy {|crop| crop.posts.clear}
 
   default_scope { order("lower(name) asc") }
-  scope :recent, -> { where(:approved => true).reorder("created_at desc") }
-  scope :toplevel, -> { where(approved => true, :parent_id => nil) }
-  scope :popular, -> { where(:approved => true).reorder("plantings_count desc, lower(name) asc") }
-  scope :randomized, -> { where(:approved => true).reorder('random()') } # ok on sqlite and psql, but not on mysql
-  scope :pending_approval, -> { where(:approved => false) }
+  scope :recent, -> { where(:approval_status => "approved").reorder("created_at desc") }
+  scope :toplevel, -> { where(approval_status => "approved", :parent_id => nil) }
+  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") }
 
   validates :en_wikipedia_url,
     :format => {
diff --git a/app/views/crops/_form.html.haml b/app/views/crops/_form.html.haml
index 0c8fc8c45..17473f13d 100644
--- a/app/views/crops/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/crops/_form.html.haml
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
           %label.checkbox
             = sn.check_box :_destroy
             = sn.label :_destroy, "Delete"
+
+  .form-group
+    = f.label :approval_status, 'Approval Status', :class=> 'control-label col-md-2'
+    .col-md-8
+      = f.select(:approval_status, ['rejected', 'pending', 'approved'], {}, {:class => 'form-control'})
+
   .form-group
     .form-actions.col-md-offset-2.col-md-8
       = f.submit 'Save', :class => 'btn btn-primary'
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150130224814_add_requester_and_approved_to_crops.rb b/db/migrate/20150130224814_add_requester_and_approved_to_crops.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e9295f7f9..000000000
--- a/db/migrate/20150130224814_add_requester_and_approved_to_crops.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-class AddRequesterAndApprovedToCrops < ActiveRecord::Migration
-  def change
-    add_column :crops, :requester_id, :integer
-    add_column :crops, :approved, :boolean, default: true
-    add_index :crops, :requester_id
-  end
-end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150130224814_add_requester_to_crops.rb b/db/migrate/20150130224814_add_requester_to_crops.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f284a6f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150130224814_add_requester_to_crops.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddRequesterToCrops < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :crops, :requester_id, :integer
+    add_index :crops, :requester_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150201053200_add_approval_status_to_crops.rb b/db/migrate/20150201053200_add_approval_status_to_crops.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07b1e0879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150201053200_add_approval_status_to_crops.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddApprovalStatusToCrops < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :crops, :approval_status, :string, default: "approved"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 73e87cf3f..951353dc9 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150130224814) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150201053200) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150130224814) do
   end
 
   create_table "crops", force: true do |t|
-    t.string   "name",                            null: false
+    t.string   "name",                                  null: false
     t.string   "en_wikipedia_url"
-    t.datetime "created_at",                      null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at",                      null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at",                            null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",                            null: false
     t.string   "slug"
     t.integer  "parent_id"
     t.integer  "plantings_count",  default: 0
     t.integer  "creator_id"
     t.integer  "requester_id"
-    t.boolean  "approved",         default: true
+    t.string   "approval_status",  default: "approved"
   end
 
   add_index "crops", ["name"], name: "index_crops_on_name", using: :btree