[MPWG] Lecture: True Tales from the Ginseng Trade: US Botanic Garden (DC) - Sept. 26 at noon

Tue Aug 12 07:45:56 CDT 2014

Please join the USBG at an interesting (and free) lecture on ginseng by
noted Author, David Taylor.

*True Tales from the Ginseng Trade: A Plant’s Journey from Appalachia to
China *Friday, September 26 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

*David A. Taylor, Author, Ginseng, the Divine Root*

Popular interest in American ginseng (*Panax quinquefolius*) has grown with
stories of plant poachers and traders featured on more than one reality TV
series this year. The series feature a few mountaineers stealing ginseng
from their neighbors, and others poaching on government forest land. Some
of the dynamics they get right; they also include some misconceptions about
plant protection and the prices that ginseng can fetch. This talk will
share true tales and set the record straight.

Date: Friday, September 26
Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration required
<http://reservations.usbg.gov/info.aspx?ActivityID=926> - Online at:
http://reservations.usbg.gov/SelectDate.aspx

 More about the book here: http://davidataylor.org/ginseng-the-divine-root-2
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/mpwg_lists.plantconservation.org/attachments/20140812/ff44ddb3/attachment.html>