From the author's introduction: "American Ginseng! It's one of the world's most valued plants. Each fall, thousands of mountain folk struggle up and down and across the wooded slopes of the eastern United States searching for this forest weed. They call it green gold.
"I've found, however, that there's more gold to be made by growing ginseng than by hunting it wild. It's almost a secret that each year over 500 tons, worth nearly 40 million dollars, are cultivated in the United States. In five or six years (and with little capital investment) you can raise $30,000 worth of ginseng on only half an acre!
"Anyone who can raise flowers or vegetables can learn to farm this prized botanical. No sophisticated techniques are required ¾ only a goodly portion of patience and a willingness to bend your back and get your hands dirty. I grow ginseng successfully, though I've had only a few years' previous experience in vegetable gardening.
"American ginseng has great potential as a small-scale cash crop. Young people can grow it as a second income or to increase their self-sufficiency, older folks as a source both of extra retirement income and of satisfying, moderately strenuous outdoor activity. The small farmer can net a greater profit cultivating ginseng on a rugged, otherwise idle, woodlot than he can net raising just about any other legal crop on an equal area of cleared land. An individual also can cultivate a small bed of this fascinating and subtle herb just for his (or her) own consumption."
American Ginseng: Green Gold has everything you need to get started raising this high-value cash crop today.