White-haired workers sit among piles of American ginseng, sorting the herb's dried roots according to quality, before cutting them into thin slices. In this unlikely place, three young friends had ...

A species with great cultural value, American ginseng has been used globally for its medicinal properties. Indigenous communities used them to treat illnesses, from headaches to tuberculosis. In Asia, ...

That ginseng is grown commercially on farms in Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada. In contrast, wild American ginseng is an understory plant that can live for decades in the forests of the Appalachian ...

Dixon said the pause is "there for a reason" and she agrees with the U.S. Forest Service continuing its pause on permits to harvest American ginseng in the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests ...