Who buys American Ginseng?
A– Approximately 94% of all ginseng goes to Hong Kong each year. It’s then distributed to the Chinese in the Pacific rim. The worst, with high residue of fungicide, is sold in American health food stores. 1. I am trying to get Americans to use American organic ginseng. 2. I have a program where small farmers are helped in raising “wild simulate” organic ginseng, so that American ginseng will be on almost all the farms in our area, plus in places we travel for herbal conferences and herb festivals. 3. We travel to small farms for private land site evaluations for ginseng or goldenseal plantings. We do charge a fee for this service. 4. We believe in deep ecology and agricultural sustainability, and we believe we are one of the good guys, helping to shed light on a very complicated issue.
