Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. This image used to help in the plant's identification was drawn nearly 200 ...

Jessica B. Turner is a doctoral candidate at West Virginia University. She studies ginseng conservation, specifically in regards to surface mining. Jessica is a Phipps Conservatory Botany in Action ...

(CBS News) Millions of Americans take ginseng for its perceived health benefits. The harvest for wild American ginseng begins this month. It's also high-season for poaching. That's leading to a ...

China's tariffs on U.S. goods target 128 U.S. products, including almonds, wine and ginseng, which is facing a 15 percent tariff. The root, used in herbal remedies and teas, is very popular in Asia.

Denny Colwell fires up a weed whacker and makes quick work of his prized American ginseng patch, a fall ritual that helps hide the slow-growing, long-lived perennials from poachers keen on digging ...

Across Appalachia, September marks the start of ginseng season, when thousands of people roam the hills searching for hard-to-reach patches of this highly prized plant. Many people know ginseng as an ...

It’s early Saturday as I set out to meet Madison Woods, ginseng expert. She has agreed to meet with me, but has one request: I must keep mum about the exact location of her home in the Ozarks, where ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Harvesting season for the medicinal Virginia plant, wild American ginseng, has begun, and with the season comes specific rules and regulations surrounding the collection of the ...

Driving through central Wisconsin, it’s impossible to miss the shade structures that go on for acres through this somewhat remote part of America’s heartland. After miles and miles of livestock and ...

Kathryn M. Flinn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Inspired by the extensive herb grounds of the Chelsea Physic Garden in London, herbalist Deni Bown has cataloged 150 essential herbs for modern living. Herbal(Pavilion Books Ltd., 2001) is an ...

With increasing trade tensions between China and the U.S., top executives at the Wall Street Journal D.Live conference talk about how that will affect business. Over the past 44 years, Paul Hsu beat ...