Articles about Chinese Medicinal Herbs
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF CHINESE HERBS
by Jean Giblette
Read the article here Acupuncture Today, Volume 10, Issue 10.
ASIAN MEDICINAL HERB PRODUCTION ON-LINE TUTORIAL
Offered by New Mexico State University
The growing of Chinese medicinal herbs in the United States is an emerging agricultural crop. To help farmers in the Southwest to decide if adding Chinese medicinal herbs is a viable option to their operation, New Mexico State University's College of Agricultural, Consumers and Environmental Science has developed an online tutorial.
Funded by a USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service grant from the Western Center for Risk Management Education, based at Washington State University, the online tutorial allows viewers to attend a live training program on Asian medicinal herb production and marketing, which was recorded earlier in the project.
National experts Jean Giblette of High Falls Gardens in New York and Peggy Schafer of Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm in Petaluma, CA., were invited to share their extensive knowledge of Asian herb growing with growers.
Access the tutorial here, and proceed through the grower survey to receive the password to access the eight-session training. The training is divided into eight modules titled overview, species identification, propagation, cultivation and management, harvesting, invasiveness, processing, and marketing strategies. The homepage of each module includes an overview of the sessions goal, link to the audio/visual presentation, listing of supplemental materials, resource guide, resource links and the presenters contact information.
MEDICINAL HERB CULTIVATION GUIDES (PDFs)
by Peg Schafer
GROWING CHINESE MEDICINALS IN AMERICA:
Reflections of an Herb Grower
by Peg Schafer
For at least 50,000 years, people have moved from place to place, taking medicinal and other useful plants with them, read more
CULTIVATING LOCAL, ORGANIC MEDCINAL HERBS
by Daniel McQuillen
On a sunny day in late August, the Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm is a picture of calm. Here on a 10 acre plot of land in Petaluma, California, rows of lush Dan Shen are just going to seed while green fragrant shrubs scent the wind as it blows towards Sonoma Valley. read more