Wild American Ginseng

George Lindemann Showing Wild Ginseng Locations to Dr. Gao and Research Team

Large Four-Prong with Green Berries

Sam Lindemann marking Wild Ginseng with flags.

Sam Lindemann researches in the field.

Making sure that the plants identified are Ginseng by digging up a plant, tasting, and examining the root.

A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings

Sam Inspects New Spring Growth from Transplanting

Sam’s First Ginseng Experience at the Farm

Ever since the kids and I found ginseng, we’ve been fascinated by it. Finding it, studying it, seeing shapes in the physical roots, and drinking it in tea. But we’re also worried about ginseng. For one thing, it gets stolen and too frequently the thieves don’t respect the “take” failing to plant the berries into…

Wild American Ginseng Published in the Spring 2019 Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation by George Lindemann Toward the end of April 2018, the Chinese Government imposed a tariff  on imported wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). This little known wild root has somehow gotten into the middle of a brewing American/ Chinese trade war. I am…