Wisconsin is known for many different agricultural commodities.Wisconsin-grown American ginseng is considered the “Gold Standard” by Chinese consumers everywhere. Ginseng, a key ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, can help promote a healthy immune system. As Alice in Dairyland, Julia Nunes has been able to learn more about ginseng and the roots of the industry in Wisconsin. Chinese and Korean customers will often pay between $500 and $800 per pound for dried, whole-root wild ginseng-more than ten times the price of cultivated roots.Wisconsin: A ginseng powerhouse. While many farms in Asia (and a few in Wisconsin) now grow cultivated versions of ginseng, American wild ginseng is worth far more than these. These conditions give Wisconsin ginseng its unique and desirable bittersweet flavor.

The Ginseng & Herb Cooperative (GHC) is a cooperative dedicated to the sales of high quality, pure W Ginseng & Herb Co-Op | Marathon WIWisconsin is known worldwide as the best place to grow North American ginseng (known by the latin name Panax quinquefolius) due to its perfect temperate climate and rich, sandy soil. Ginseng & Herb Co-Op, Marathon, Wisconsin. was started from wild or cultivated seeds planted in …The Ginseng & Herb Cooperative (GHC) is a cooperative. Wild ginseng is American ginseng ( Panax quinquefolius) that: is naturally occurring and is not grown or nurtured in any way, or. They are one of 160 ginseng growers in the state. In the heart of Marathon County, the Heil family has been farming for four generations. According to the Ginseng Board of Wisconsin, the state’s growers account for 95% of the total cultivated ginseng production in the U.S. Ginseng has been grown in Wisconsin for more than 100 years.

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