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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Ginseng hunting season is getting started, but the U.S. Forest Service said it would be paused in two national forests this year to preserve the wild ginseng population. In a release ...

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 ...

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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.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Tenn — Deep in the woods of Appalachia, the trees grow tall and plants dig their roots deep into the soil. Communities thrive from the work of all their members. Traditions are passed ...

The root ginseng is used to treat all kinds of ailments in traditional Chinese medicine. And some of the most valuable ginseng grows wild in Appalachia. Supplies are dwindling. So as Julia DeWitt from ...

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, ...