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A Visit to the Gaia Herb Farm

2/1/2019 - (Reviewed 8/28/2024) Gaia Herb Farm is a well known company in western North Carolina. They have a large farm and processing facility in Brevard in Transylvania Company. They also have…

Dirt forest trail bordered by white wildflowers and tall tree trunks

More Opportunities to Learn About Growing Medicinal Herbs and Forest Farming

10/25/2022 - This is an old post of a recap of a wonderful workshop. The Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition is still going strong and we are offering many workshop opportunities throughout…

NC Medicinal Herb Growers Groups

There are THREE NC Extension-led Medicinal Herb Grower Groups. These groups are focused on commercial herb production (i.e., growing herbs for sale) and are led by extension agents. Read below about…

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Our 2015 Field Research Projects with 2022 Updates!

8/17/2022 - I wrote this post in 2015. Interesting to see what we were doing then and what has continued and not. I made those updated notations below in BLUE.6/12/2015 Developing an East Coast…

What Was Happening With Medicinal Herbs in WNC in 2015 and now!

8/15/2022 - Update. Almost seven years have passed since Margaret wrote this article. She is now a research associate and is responsible for all the medicinal herb efforts in our program. Be sure to…

How to Grow 'Green Gold' (Ginseng) and Pictures From a Fun Medicinal Herb Workshop

10/25/2022 - The information below is still VERY relevant eight years later!11/6/2014 - Last month I wrote a little blog piece for the publisher New Society on How to Grow Ginseng. Several of you…

Medicinal Herb Buyers Looking for Experienced Farmers

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…

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Medicinal Herb Buyers and Growers Connect! What a Great Conference in 2013

8/28/2022 - Update. The post below describes one of our earlier medicinal herb grower and buyer events. In 2021 we held another one virtually, because of the COVID-19 situation. Look for future…

UPS Medicinal Plant Conservation Award for Jeanine Davis

8/24/2022 - This article was posted in September 2013. We keep it here as a reminder of an honor we received as a program that we are very proud of. Our woodland botanicals demonstration gardens and…

Link to Article on Our Forest Farming Project

Black cohosh root 8/5/2022 - Our forest farming projects continue over nine years later. Be sure to look for updates, too. There are events happening in NC and throughout the Appalachians; lots more…