Sam’s First Ginseng Experience at the Farm
Sam’s first Ginseng experience on the farm.
Sam’s first Ginseng experience on the farm.
Bob Beyfuss digs another root from the ginseng bowl area.
September 1 is the beginning of ginseng season on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. Towards the end of the summer the plant has produced seeds which fall of the stem, and some, two years latter become new ginseng plants. Wild American Ginseng is a threatened species, and is protected by the United Nations CITES treaty. Because of…
Making sure that the plants identified are Ginseng by digging up a plant, tasting, and examining the root.
The last Male Northern White Rhino died yesterday. Like rhinos, wild American Ginseng is protected by CITES (convention on international trade in endangered species). Male White Rhinos are now extinct. Is Ginseng next? Wild American Ginseng is the last truly wild root on the planet. It is considered an indicator species for the health of…
Sam Lindemann marking Wild Ginseng with flags.
Bob Beyfuss holding a fully wild root dug from ginseng bowl area above Coal Creek.