Making Sure That the Plants Identified Are Ginseng By Digging Up a Plant, Tasting, and Examining the Root
Making sure that the plants identified are Ginseng by digging up a plant, tasting, and examining the root.
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Ginseng. It’s all the thing.
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.
