Watch WNC Forestry Success Stories video series or read the WNC Forestry Success Stories: Change for the Better eBook from the WNC Forest Products Marketing Project.

Research

• Medicinal Herb Research and Yield Estimates – NC State University
• Analysis of the Economic Viability of Cultivating Selected Botanicals in North Carolina – 2003 Report
• Collection to Commerce: Western North Carolina Non-Timber Forest Products and Their Markets – 2003 Report

Production Information

• Agroforestry Training Manual:Completed revised for 2013, Dr. Davis helped update the forest farming chapter in this manual from the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry.
• eXtension Forest Farming
• Dryers for Commercial Growers: A Construction Guide
• Ginseng: A Production Guide for North Carolina – AG 323
• Care and Planting of Ginseng Roots and Plants – HIL 127
• Commercial Goldenseal Cultivation
• Cultivating Native Woodland Botanicals – J. M. Davis
• Medicinal Plants with a Potential Niche Market for Propagators – J.M. Davis and R.E. Bir
• Production of Medicinal Herbs – J. M. Davis
• Cultivation of Ramps – HIL 133
• Shiitake and Other Mushrooms
• Medicinal Herbs for Commerce
• Forest Farming in North America
• Medicinal Herb Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GAPs) for NC growers
• Videos on GAPs for Medicinal Herbs from Spring 2015 Workshop

Rules and Regulations

• Good Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplements – FDA
• Ginseng Regulations in North Carolina – NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Business Information, Plant and Seed Sources

• NC Herb Businesses – NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Plant Propagation Permit Application to Legally Grow Goldenseal in North Carolina – PDF, NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Sources of Goldenseal Seeds, Plants or Roots – HIL 123
• Seed and Plant Sources for Medicinal Herbs and Botanicals – HIL 129

Organizations

• North Carolina Consortium on Natural Medicines — Information for health providers, consumers, and growers. The Consortium is composed of a highly qualified group of experts led by faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University.
• NC Herb Association
• International Herb Association

Additional Resources

• Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases – USDA Agricultural Research Service
• Klamath Beetle – Clemson University
• Forest Farming articles on medicinal herbs, mushrooms, etc.-USDA – USDA
• HerbNet – Links to many herb web sites
• ATTRA-excellent resource for all kinds of alternative agricultural enterprises
• Non-Timber Forest Products and Markets – Virginia Tech Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, and Top of the Ozarks RC&D in Missouri.
• Non-Timber Forest Products, United States – Institute for Culture and Ecology
• Producing and Marketing Wild Simulated Ginseng in Forest and Agroforestry Systems – Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Ginseng Production in the Pacific Northwest – Washington State University
• Washington State University Vancouver Research and Extension Unit – Information on agronomic crops, baby corn, bamboo, edamame, fruit, ginseng, portable hoophouse, and more
• Purdue University – A great source of information on new crops
• Alternative Nature – Herb production links

Herbs for Health

This is beyond the scope of our work and outside our expertise; however, we are getting so many inquiries that we are providing this information as a service to our website visitors.

• Peoples Pharmacy
• Alternative Nature Online