Emily Cataneo is a journalist and fiction writer whose work has been published in Slate, NPR, the Boston Globe, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. This story originally featured on Undark.

It’s an endangered herb, routinely yanked from Pennsylvania’s forest floors due to a soaring demand in Asia, but the impact of ginseng production on the plant’s wild populations has been something of ...

There is good and bad news about ginseng collection and production in Pennsylvania, and likely much of Appalachia, according to a new study conducted by Penn State researchers. On the positive side, ...

As Appalachian ginseng turns from rural tradition to global commodity, the Forest Service is trying to keep foragers at bay. By Katie Myers/Grist Published Oct 6, 2024 12:00 PM EDT This story was ...

Advocates say growing niche market food, herbs and botanicals lowers the entry cost to farming and can also make smaller farms more profitable. Many think of a tree's role in agriculture as limited to ...

A transition from wild collection of herbs to forest farming needs to occur in Appalachia to make the opaque, unstable and unjust supply chain for forest medicinal plants such as ginseng sustainable, ...

Native, perennial forest botanicals, like American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) and goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis), are deeply rooted in Appalachia’s history and intricately woven into the fabric ...

I recently visited the Mayapple Farms, operated by Jan and Rick Felumlee and their children, Elijah and Emma. It's a small certified organic farm in Cass Township. One aspect of their operation is ...

Agroforestry can be described as a combination of agriculture and forestry. It is designed to maximize yield from the land, especially in areas with limited space. Forest farming, one of the six ...

Forested land isn't usually good for farming unless it's clear-cut and plowed. Mini farms under the tree tops can grow crops like ginseng and mushrooms. It may be viable way to be a small time farmer.

Trees' role in agriculture tend to be viewed as limited to the lumber industry or highly organized orchards to grow fruits, but some farmers are looking to the forest floor to get more people into ...

There is good and bad news about ginseng collection and production in Pennsylvania, and likely much of Appalachia, according to a new study. There is good and bad news about ginseng collection and ...