Medicinal Herb Buyers Looking for Experienced Farmers
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10/21/2022 – The article below was written over seven years ago, but we still have herbal manufacturers looking for US grown medicinal herbs! In late June 2021, I had another conversation with a company looking to source most, if not all, of their woodland botanicals from forest farmers. And on November 15, 2022 we are holding a medicinal herb grower/buyer event. Subscribe to our News Updates to stay informed about opportunities and events to help connect growers and buyers. The demand for forest grown herbs is particularly high. Check out our Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition project for information on that segment of the industry. There will be several forest farming medicinal herb workshops in Ohio, Virginia, and North Carolina late this summer and early fall that might be of interest to you.
4/10/2014 – There is an unmet demand for US grown medicinal herbs of all kinds. Traditionally, the majority of these herbs were sourced from overseas, but the new Good Manufacturing Practices and existing and proposed Food Safety rules and guidelines are forcing buyers to source from the US. The problem is, there aren’t enough experienced growers. Since late last summer we have held three workshops in WNC for potential growers to meet with buyers. Some of these are among the biggest medicinal herb buyers in the country. These workshops have been very well attended, but most of the attendees are new farmers. That is very exciting and we are doing all we can to assist them, but some of these buyers need herbs grown right now, on a large scale by experienced farmers.
Some of these herbs are grown in the woods and take several years to reach harvestable stage. Once planted, they don’t require much input. Others are field grown annual or two year crop herbs that could be worked into a rotation with vegetables, corn, tobacco, or grain crops. There are several buyers that have emailed me this week looking for farmers. If you are interested in talking with one of them, please drop me an email at Jeanine_Davis@ncsu.edu.
In my program we have conducted research and educational programming on production of medicinal herbs for many years, so we know quite a bit about growing them. Some of the buyers do, too. That said, these medicinal herbs are still “new crops”, so we can’t provide the detailed production information and problem solving support as we (N.C. Cooperative Extension) can for vegetables, tobacco, and field crops. But prices are going up for these herbs, so it might be an opportunity for some of you.