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2015 International American Ginseng Expo
Event Date: Dec. 4 & 5, 2015
Location: UNCA, Highsmith Union, 2500 University HeightsDescription: The North Carolina Natural Products Association is once again hosting its International American Ginseng Expo on December 4th and 5th. Speakers include growers, wild-harvesters, researchers, herbalists, botanists, regulatory officials on the state and national level, academics, conservationists, and private sector business leaders.
On Friday attendees will have an opportunity to take part in an afternoon intensive session on growing ginseng OR participate in an open roundtable discussion with our speakers and other experts in the ginseng industry. Friday’s event offers unique opportunities for those in the industry to have direct conversations with each other regarding the topic. Following the roundtable intensive, participants will have an opportunity to participate in a hands-on session making ginseng products.
Saturday is a full day of plenary and concurrent sessions on a variety of topics.
See the agenda for both days here.
Sponsors and vendors will be on hand during breaks, while poster sessions will be on display. We welcome any and everyone interested in the ginseng industry to attend!
Register via Eventbrite here.
Confirmed speakers include:
Hyonho Baek, PhD, Bent Creek Institute, Vice President, Business Development; Bob Beyfuss, Ginseng Expert, Retired Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Leader for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County, NY and the statewide American Ginseng Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension; Eric Burkhart, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Faculty Instructor, Ecosystem Science and Management Department and Plant Science Program Director, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center; Chip Carroll, United Plant Savers, Botanical Sanctuary Manager and Ginseng Grower; Jeanine Davis, PhD, Author, NCSU, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Horticultural Science, Mills River Research Station Alternative Crops & Organics Program; Jeannie Dunn, Owner of Red Moon Herbs, NCNPA President; Pat Ford, Botanist, US Fish & Wildlife Service; Ed Fletcher, COO, Strategic Sourcing; Melissa Fryar, Herbalist and Bulk Herb/Herb & Body Manager at French Broad Food Co-Op; Joe Hollis, Herbalist and Founder of Mountain Gardens; Gary Kauffman, Botanist, US Forest Service; Phyllis D. Light, MA, Traditional Appalachian Folk Medicine Herbalist and Founder of Appalachian Center for Natural Health; Joe-Ann McCoy, PhD, Director of the NC Arboretum Germplasm Repository; W. Scott Persons, Author and Owner of Tuckaseegee Valley Ginseng, Grower; Jen Rhode-Ward, PhD, UNCA, Associate Professor Department of Biology; Wallace Souther, Owner of Hoopers Creek Botanicals, Grower; Barry Thorne, Owner of Golden Needle Acupuncture, Herbal & Medical Supply; David Welch, NC Plant Conservation Program Administrator, NCDA; and Marc Williams, MA, Ethnobotanist and Executive Director of Plants & Healers International.
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