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Ginseng Harvest Demands Tough Backwoods Trek
UNIONTOWN Pennsylvania AP Ed Danko a 66 year old fur trapper hunts wild ginseng in southwestern Pennsylvania where a pound sells for 125 dollars. Digging 350 plants and trekking 5 to 10 miles over rugged terrain, Danko says it is not a lazy man’s job. Harvests amount to about 50 million dollars nationwide with most roots bound for Hong Kong and other Asian markets. The plant Panax is not endangered but export is regulated by a 1975 treaty. Ginseng demand in Asia outstrips supply, keeping North America as a key source, with Wisconsin producing most cultivated roots. Regulations require replanting to replenish stocks.
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Uniontown
Ed Danko
Pennsylvania
Danko
United States
Wisconsin
Hong Kong
Oriental
U.S
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Asia
Soviet Union
Walter Lewis
Washington University
Missouri
Lewis
North America
Fish and Wildlife Service