<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id="compText">Hello All,<br><br>I recently discovered a most interesting on-the-ground project in Georgia and surrounds involving the conservation of goldenseal. The following article may be found in the Northwest Georgia edition of Natural Awakenings magazine:<br><br>http://atlanta.naturalawakeningsmag.com/<br><br><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Win32)"><style type="text/css">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><b>Georgia
Growers Cultivate Endangered Medicinal Plant</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The Goldenseal plant is revered as
“God’s gift to mankind” due to the host of</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">health benefits it provides. No other
herb has generated as much controversy</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">over the years as Hydrastis canadensis,
a.k.a. yellow root. The popularity of this</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">beneficial plant led to over collection
from the wild and a subsequent designation</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">as an endangered species in 1997.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Understandably, consumers and natural
health care providers began to seek</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">alternatives to Hydrastis in order to
reduce pressure on wild populations. However,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">no other plant exists with the exact
synergistic blend of nutrients as Hydrastis; indeed,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">many compounds are unique to the
species. Attempts to substitute other plants</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">invariably result in disappointment.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">After more than ten years of research
and organic plantation establishment by</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">a group of small family operated farms
in North Georgia, Goldenseal is once again</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">available to consumers without concern
of native population depletion. OrganiPharm,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">a 100% grower-owned company producing
premium quality herbal products manufactures</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">the plant in their Hydrastis Complete™
family of U.S. Department of Agriculture</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">(USDA) National Organic Program
certified liquid dietary supplements.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">OrganiPharm’s leadership in the
development of sustainable, science based</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">production and processing systems for
medicinal plants has been recognized by both</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">the USDA and National Institutes of
Health/National Center for Complementary and</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Alternative Medicine through a series
of Small Business Innovation Research awards</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">for their work with Hydrastis. These
awards have allowed the company to establish</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">relationships with multiple
universities and research institutions across the country</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">resulting in products which combine
sustainable production with reliable potency</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">and uncompromising purity.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">For more information, visit
www.organipharm.com or call 706-259-7647</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This article may be found at:
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Natural Awakenings Atlanta</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">P.O. Box 219</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Roopville, GA 30170</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Phone: 404-474-2423</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Fax: 678-967-4807</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Website:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Atlanta.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Email: Atlanta@NaturalAwakeningsMag.com</p>
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Robin Alton Suggs
MoonBranch Botanicals
5294 Yellow Creek Road
Robbinsville, North Carolina 28771
USA
Telephone: 828.479.2788
moonbranch@earthlink.net
www.moonbranch.com
Member:
American Herbalist Guild
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project; Farm Partner
Co-op America
Green Products Alliance
National Network of Forest Practitioners
North Carolina Consortium on Natural Medicines
North Carolina Goodness Grows/NCDA&CS
North Carolina Natural Products Association
Southwestern North Carolina RC&D Council
United Plant Savers
"What people do not understand, they do not value; what they do not value, they will not protect, and what they do not protect, they will lose...."
~Charles Jordan</pre>