As Appalachian ginseng turns from rural tradition to global commodity, the Forest Service is trying to keep foragers at bay. By Katie Myers/Grist Published Oct 6, 2024 12:00 PM EDT This story was ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ginseng plant with berries in fall, Whitesville, W.Va. Lyntha Scott Eller/Library of Congress, CC BY-ND Across Appalachia, ...
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The ban on ginseng harvesting in the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests ...
In the late 1800s, rural Appalachians and indigenous people built a multimillion dollar industry out of folk botany, shared forest stewardship and business cunning. Across the region, independent ...
Mary Catherine Brooks, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Sep. 9—Wild ginseng has been an ingredient in Appalachian culture, as well as medicinal folklore, for generations. Ginseng season runs ...
Even though George Albright has been digging "sang" in his native West Virginia with a homemade "sanging hoe" since he was 12 years old, he doesn't use ginseng himself. Ken Sherman Tom Carte's harvest ...
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