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Not all saleable crops are dependent on access to greenhouses or
sun-drenched, arable land. Shade-loving medicinal herbs can be
successfully cultivated in a forest garden for personal use or as
small-scale cash crops. "Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal
and other Woodland Medicinals" is a complete guide to these
increasingly popular botanicals, aimed at aspiring and experienced
growers alike.
In this fully revised and updated edition, authors Jeanine Davis
and W. Scott Persons show how more than a dozen sought-after native
species can generate a greater profit on a rugged, otherwise idle
woodlot than just about any other legal crop on an equal area of
cleared land. With little capital investment but plenty of sweat
equity, patience, and common sense, small landowners can preserve
and enhance their treed space while simultaneously earning
supplemental income. Learn how to establish, grow, harvest, and
market:
- Popular medicinal roots such as ginseng, goldenseal, and black
cohosh;
- Other commonly used botanicals including bloodroot, false
unicorn, and mayapple
- The nutritious wild food, ramps, and the valuable ornamental
galax.
Packed with budget information, extensive references, and
personal stories of successful growers, this invaluable resource
will excite and inspire everyone from the home gardener to the
full-time farmer.
Jeanine Davis is an associate professor and extension specialist
with North Carolina State University. Her focus is helping farmers
diversify into new crops and organic agriculture.
W. Scott Persons is the author of "American Ginseng: Green Gold"
and an expert in growing and marketing wild-simulated and
woods-cultivated ginseng.
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Organic farming
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Ulrich Sidoine Wuibe Woubassi, Moise Adamou, Elias Nukenine Nchiwan
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