There's a different type of season in Indiana that began Sept. 1 and runs through the end of the year. Participants don't have to carry a firearm, muzzleloader or bow and arrow; instead, all that's ...

November marks the tail end of “’sang” season, but relics of the harvest time remain: hand-scrawled signs declaring “Will Buy Ginseng – No License Needed” and reports of recent poaching on both ...

It’s hunting season right now, but not for the type of quarry you might expect.Members of Vermont's Agency of Agriculture are currently searching for ginseng roots, which the department said could be ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Landowners who have an established reforestation plot or woodlands area can learn how to diversify it by attending a Purdue Extension field day on growing ginseng. The Ginseng ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ginseng harvest season in Virginia begins on Sept. 1. For those interested in collecting this valued plant, there’s several regulations to be aware of — because violating them ...

Once the ginseng is sold, an illegal digger seems to be home free. But officers at the federal level are beginning to experiment with a dye that they inject into the root of growing plants. The dye, ...

Laborers harvest ginseng at Hsu Ginseng Farms in Wausau, Wis., on Oct. 12, 2018. In Wisconsin, an unusual alliance is shaping up between an international Taiwanese electronics conglomerate and that ...

Illegal poaching has led to ginseng’s threatened status on the Virginia Endangered Plant and Insect Species Act. Most American ginseng is exported to Asia. Parts of the plant are used for consumption, ...