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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Anyone raising Goldenseal??
- From: "GlobalCirclenet" <webmaster AT globalcircle.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] RE: Anyone raising Goldenseal??
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 13:40:06 -0700
Amen. See Herbal medicine boom threatens plants in New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994538
paul tradingpost AT gilanet.com
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau
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On 3/3/2004 at 3:26 PM OakCamp2 AT aol.com wrote:
>Just a note to you all about goldenseal. It has been over harvested in
>the
>US and is now considered (among herbalists) an endangered plant. There
>are
>alternatives to use for goldenseal until the plant population can re
>establish
>itself and this is what most professional herbalist are using. Growing
>and
>using your own is a great idea. Harvesting any wild populations is
>frowned upon
>at this time. There are several farms in the US and Canada that are
>actively
>growing goldenseal: HerbPharm and Frontier are a couple that come to
>mind.
>Please, please do not harvest any goldenseal from established populations.
>It is very disruptive to the ecosystem in which they grow and it takes
>years
>for the area to recover.
>HTH,
>Barb Birkinbine, Member
>Oak Camp Herb Farm, LLC
>Lodi WI
>
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Anyone raising Goldenseal??,
OakCamp2, 03/03/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] RE: Anyone raising Goldenseal??, GlobalCirclenet, 03/03/2004
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