Sam Lindemann Marking Wild Ginseng With Flags

Maidenhead Ferns grow in similar environments to ginseng, and they have the coolest black stems.

This month National Geographic has a feature on ginseng emphasizing violence and crime. While theft is an important challenge, the plant faces many other challenges as well.  I have written a “top twenty” list explaining 20 of my favorite ginseng factoids. Please read my story on medium here.

Sam’s First Ginseng Experience at the Farm

Bob Beyfuss holding a fully wild root dug from ginseng bowl area above Coal Creek.

Wild American Ginseng Published in the Spring 2019 Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation by George Lindemann Toward the end of April 2018, the Chinese Government imposed a tariff  on imported wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). This little known wild root has somehow gotten into the middle of a brewing American/ Chinese trade war. I am…