GINSENG LINKS

www.growginseng.org - Grow Ginseng

www.ruralaction.org/forestry.html - Rural Action Sustainable Forestry - Excellent selection of resource books including the new book, "Growing & Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal & Other Woodland Medicinals by W. Scott Persons (author of "American Ginseng: Green Gold") and Jeanine M. Davis.

www.plantsavers.org - United Plant Savers

www.a-spi.org - ASPI / Appalachian Ginseng Foundation

www.npicenter.com - Natural Products Industry News

www.ahpa.org - American Herbal Products Association

PLANT CONSERVATION LINKS

www.umd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/herb - Native American Ethnobotanical database of plants and their uses

www.attra.org - Appropriate Technology Transfer to Rural Areas

www.centerforplantconservation.org -The Center for Plant Conservation

www.wvherb.org - WV Herb Association

Fact Sheets on Growing American Ginseng in Ohio:

An Introduction: http://www.ohioline.osu.edu/for-fact/0056.html

Site Preparation and Planting Using the Wild-Simulated Approach:
http://www.ohioline.osu.edu/for-fact/0057.html

Selecting a Site: http://www.ohioline.osu.edu/for-fact/0058.html

Update on Export Regulations for Ginseng (85K)

This registration form is a .pdf file. To print the form, you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader . An updated version is available free at www.adobe.com .

 

MARKETING & HERBALISM LINKS

Appalachian Forest Medicinals and other NTFPs: http://www.appalachianforest.org

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
http://www.cites.org or Phone 703-358-2093

The Forest Landowners Guide to Internet Resources for the Northeast and North Central States
http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/flg/

 Ginseng Findings, U.S.F.W.S. and to learn how to age a ginseng root, visit:http://www.fws.gov/international/animals/ginindx.html

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BUYERS AND SELLERS OF BULK BOTANICALS

HERB WORLD
http://www.herbworld.com/cropshop/

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OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST

Google Scholar
This searches only scientific journal articles, theses, books, preprints, and technical reports across any area of research.

http://scholar.google.com

 

Making and Using Compost Tea

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/soilborne.pdf

http://attra.org/attra-pub/compost-tea-notes/html

http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/1854

http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/g00030.asp

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National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
www.attra.org

Native American Ethnobotanical Database of plants and their uses as foods, drugs, fibers, and dyes.http://herb.umd.umich.edu/

Natural Products Industry News
www.npicenter.com

Plant Facts Database
http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu  

Tree Fact Sheets: http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/biglist_frame.htm  

USDA PLANTS National Database http://plants.usda.gov/  

U.S. Nontimber Forest Product Species Database by The Institute for Culture and Ecology
www.ifcae.org/ntfp/