Sam Lindemann Marking Wild Ginseng With Flags

A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings

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.

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

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…

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