[MPWG] MSU Medicinal Newsletter 11-04

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Attached, please find the Herbal Dispatch produced by Mountain State
University's (WV) Medicinal Botanical Program.

It includes information from the Third Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants, which included a Researcher-Producer Forum that was promulgated by
a roundtable discussion sponsored by Rural Action and MPWG in May 2004.

At that roundtable to discuss major barriers to research and communication
for Appalachian- and Ozark-based medicinal plants, we determined that there
was a dirth of opportunities for researchers (both academic and
non-academic) and producers (i.e. landowners, growers) to discuss and
exchange information on medicinal plant production.

MSU responded by organizing the Researcher-Producer forum as part of their
Symposium in September 2004.  Special thanks to Joyce Foster (USDA-ARS),
Shannon Howard (MSU), and Jeanine Davis (NCSU) for creating a seemless and
informative Forum.

In addition to the great array of speakers at the Symposium, I was THRILLED
to meet several MPWG members, whom I had previously known only
electronically.  It was very exciting.  Read on...

-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276
Working for the conservation and sustainable use of our green natural
resources.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>


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Contents:
Third Symposium: A Complete Success! 1
Symposium Remarks 1
MBP's New Director 2
Plant Profile: Wild Yam 2
Contributor's Corner: Ginseng from Seed 3
CAMP Rescue Update 4
Job Opportunity 4
Herbal Medicine Rsch 5
Advertisements 6
Subscriptions, Advertisements 6


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