(WSLS 10) - The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says the wild ginseng harvest season started September 1 and will run through the end of the year. VDACS is responsible for ...

Ginseng is a prized root in demand for it's wide use in traditional Chinese medicine. Some of the most valuable ginseng grows wild in Appalachia, but supplies are dwindling. The root ginseng is used ...

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 ...

Unlike many other states, Minnesota has never required diggers of wild ginseng to buy a license. "Rooters," as they are sometimes called, enjoy the freedom. Like trophy deer hunters and secretive ...

This provided photo shows a 93-year-old American ginseng root, according to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture. Anson Tebbetts Vermont Agency of Agriculture A 93-year-old ginseng root found in the wild ...

In the rugged hills of Watauga County, there grows a highly sought-after medicinal plant that can fetch more than $1,000 per pound on the black market. It's become a prime target for poachers and a ...

Description: Perennial herb in the ivy family. It has at least three leaves, each divided into five toothed leaflets. White flowers bloom in June and July; red berries appear in late summer and fall.

But once inside, the rumbling hum of machinery, bright clean rooms and head-to-toe white paper gowns make it clear that this is a factory where something precious is created. And in the air, there is ...

Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. promotes healthy Korean food through Korean Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Global market value of Ginseng is estimated to be worth more than US$2.08 billion and ...

It’s early Saturday as I set out to meet Madison Woods, ginseng expert. She has agreed to meet with me, but has one request: I must keep mum about the exact location of her home in the Ozarks, where ...