How can I crop a photo without losing quality?

I am trying to crop photos and then have them printed to poster size.
The pictures are all 1.2 mb or larger. When I crop them the resulting picture (jpeg) is so small it lacks the resolution for enlarging to poster size.
Is there a way to crop a picture while retaining the quality so it can be enlarged?
Thanks

iPhoto has a dpi limit that it uses for alerting users that the resolution of the photo may not be enough for quality prints. The screenshot below are those limits in iPhoto's preference file:
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However, when ordering prints thru Apple that limit seems to have been raised a bit.
The following are the resolution limits and warning that Apple has put on 4 different sized images I prepared for printing to give you an ideal of what to shoot for. Remember, many have used image smaller than what iPhoto warned at and were happy with them. It's all subjective.
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OT

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