Boy inspects Wild American Ginseng

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Sam inspects new spring growth from transplanting.

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Wild American Ginseng and the Chinese Doctor

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Dr. Iris Gao has moved from mainland China to Middle State Tennessee University in order to study Wild American ginseng. It just so happens that we have a lot of the root at Coal Creek farm in Eastern Tennessee. Dr. Gao visited recently with her colleague Dr. Elliot Altman (aka the hemp doctor) and Andrea Bishop, who…