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Save the date!<br><br>
<b>7th Annual Catskill Mountain Ginseng/Medicinal Herb Festival to be
held Sunday, October 12, 2008 at The Historic Catskill Point, 1 Main
Street, Catskill, Greene County NY<br>
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The 7th Annual Catskill Mountain
Ginseng/Medicinal Herb Festival will be held October 12th 2008 at the
Historic Catskill Point in the village of Catskill in Greene County NY
from 10 AM until 5 PM, rain or shine. Admission is $5.00 at the gate.
This year’s festival will feature 6 educational lectures/workshops
beginning at 10:30 AM on topics related to growing ginseng as well as the
cultivation, use and marketing of other medicinal herbs. <br>
Our keynote speaker will be Edward Fletcher,
Chief of the Botanical Division of Strategic Sourcing Inc. a firm that
specializes in the supply of cultivated and sustainably harvested
Medicinal Botanicals. <br>
There will be ginseng and other herb
vendors offering fresh and dried ginseng, ginseng seed and rootlets to
plant, herbal demonstrations, free ginseng tea, local honey products,
gourmet mushrooms and musical entertainment. The Catskill Point is
located right on the beautiful Hudson River just about 100 miles north of
NY City and 30 miles south of Albany NY. It is easily reached via the NYS
Thruway Exit 21, Catskill.<br>
The Catskill Mountain Ginseng/Medicinal herb
Festival is sponsored by the Heart of Catskill Association/ Catskill
Chamber of Commerce, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County and
Greene County Tourism. For more information on the educational programs
call Bob Beyfuss at (518) 622-9820 or email at
<a href="mailto:rlb14@cornell.edu">rlb14@cornell.edu</a>. For information
on vendors (there are still vendor openings) nearby lodging or directions
contact Linda Overbaugh at (518) 943-0989 or email
<a href="mailto:catskillchamber@mhcable.net">
catskillchamber@mhcable.net</a>. <br><br>
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