[MPWG] Wisconsin ginseng

[Jean Giblette]

This article was on the front page of Wednesday's WSJ (3-8-06).  Truly one-dimensional and so typical of the corporate media.  The reporter seemed to assume that industrial agriculture is the only thing going on and didn't bother to look further, didn't mention that ginseng is grown in other parts of the U.S. besides Wisconsin.  A grower was quoted as saying that kids are easier to raise than ginseng.  Let's hope he didn't spray them with fungicide, too.

You're not missing much without the full text of the article.

Jean Giblette, Director
HIGH FALLS GARDENS
Box 125 Philmont NY 12565 USA
518-672-7365
hfg at capital.net



----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov 
  To: mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 3:29 PM
  Subject: [MPWG] Wisconsin ginseng



  I'm sorry I don't have the full story or a link to the document (a subscription is required), but I wanted to pass along this information from the Wall Street Journal... 

  Wisconsin's ginseng farmers are struggling amid aggressive competition from China and Canada, mislabeling and product mixing. Wisconsin now produces only 500,000 pounds of ginseng a year, compared with Canada's five million and China's estimated three million. The number of Wisconsin ginseng farmers has declined to 200 from 1,600 in the early 1990s, reported The Wall Street Journal. 


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