Herbs are used for all sorts of health and body care products along with culinary purposes. An herb farm could supply herbs to pharmaceutical or cosmetic companies as well as directly to the consumer. The world market for herbs is volatile with prices as low as a dollar per pound for some herbs to more than one hundred dollars a pound for others (USDA Department of Agriculture, 2012). Political situations in some third world countries where herb production is typically found can cause shortages and wide price fluctuations (USDA Department of Agriculture, 2012). Increasing commercial harvesting in the United States could decrease our dependence on imports. This could lead to a decrease in the costs of dietary supplements and other natural remedies that are becoming …show more content…
Prices were $150- $300 a pound for woods grown dried ginseng last season (TNA Wild Ginseng CO, 2015). It is usually found wild in moist soil with 75 to 80 percent of available sunlight on a gentle slope forest bed (Persons, 1983). A small scale startup would require ten pounds of ginseng seed at a cost of $800 (TNA Wild Ginseng, 2015). Planting can be done by hand with minimal tools. If fallow land is available utilizing it for a business endeavor is a way to pay for the taxes and startup costs associated with planting ginseng. Granted a payback from the ginseng may not be for six to ten years, but once established little attention will need to be paid to this crop other than replanting a new seasons crop and harvest. Having alternative herbs and non-traditional crops cultivated at the same time will take away the risk from investing in only one crop. In order to farm certified organic herbs obtaining a piece of land that has not been farmed with pesticides for 10 years without homes on it in West Michigan may be the hardest part of my business
In the United States, twenty-one states have no laws on legal marijuana use, even for medicinal marijuana. Another twenty-one have legalized marijuana for medical use only. As for the other eight, those states have legalized the use marijuana for medicinal and recreational. The states that have fully legalized marijuana have seen a boost in the economy due to taxes from marijuana sales. Along with helping the economy, marijuana is proven to provide medical aid for illnesses, such as cancer and Parkinson’s Disease. The legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational use will be a benefit to society.
On of your local grocery stores should carry Hemp Granola. They might even carry other Hemp items. The imported products are extremely popular. Americas inability to produce their own products. Forces local consumers to buy forienge items. Creating a profitable agricultural industry. Will help the local and national economy. It will also create thousands of American jobs. These improvements would decrease our need to import. From other countries and eliminate the need to import Hemp.
Wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is a medicinal herb that's used for its roots. Ginseng has been used for centuries in treating an array of ailments, and medical researchers have found that ginseng can be beneficial to the body in many ways. Wild American ginseng root can provide an anti-inflammatory effect, help to regulate blood glucose, fight cancer cells and support the immune system. The peeled ginseng root is eaten fresh or dried, taken as an extract, consumed in a tincture or taken as a fluid extract.
Herbs have been used throughout the ages not just for their culinary benefits. In the use of magick and healing certain herbs and plants are used for their spirits or characteristics.
I specifically chose this topic because I believe that for us Americans this is the next big frontier. Not only could this plant helps save some people’s lives, but it could also help alleviate the pressure on our national debt. As long as we continue to do research and try to understand the complexity of this issue, then we should be able to grow in our mind frames of how this could be beneficial to a lot of people. There will always be the other side of this issue that it could do more harm than help, but if we continue to monitor and maintain control of these herbal medicines we can begin the steps towards a safer path.
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Today, there are numerous integrative medicine programs in which individuals can choose to enroll. Botanical medicine, (also known as herbal medicine) is a great option to those medical professionals desiring to extend additional, non-invasive, and holistic healthcare treatments. Nurse practitioners, physicians and other healthcare providers who enroll in herbal integrative medicine programs gain education and training in the history of botanical medicine and pharmacy; herbal nutritional counseling, dosing and formulating; pathology in relation to botanical medicine, herbal safety and toxicity, and other related studies.
I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and went ginseng hunting a few times as teenager. It was a rare tree then and you would spend hours walking around the woods just to find a few trees. As the demand grew more and more people are hunting for it and some of them do so with very little care for the future of the plant. We used to look for the stem scars on the top of the rhizome, the wrinkles on the top of the root as you called it, by digging around the trunk a little to see if the tree was mature enough to harvest. Many people now dig them up and then check to see if they are mature enough which kills the young plant. The high demand and price has led to it being even more rare and considered a threatened species.
Since some states have legalized not only medical marijuana, but legalized the use of marijuana recreationally, the legal weed industry has been one of the fastest growing industries the United States has seen (Diehm & Hall, 2013). ArcView group, researchers from a firm based in California, found that there was a seventy four percent increase in the legal marijuana market from 1.5 billion in 2013 to 2.7 billion in 2014 (Ferner, 2014). Researchers collected data from medical and recreational vendors in states were marijuana was made legal. The same study predicted another thirty two percent increase in 2015 (Ferner, 2014). Over 1.5 million people legally bought marijuana from various
The article discussed and written by Sarah Hass, on ‘the ‘History of Hemp’, for the Boulder Weekly, affirms why the fibrous plant ‘hemp’ continues to be regarded as a controlled substance under Schedule I, with the Drug Enforcement Administration. The article also details as hemp is still an illegal commodity and banned for US farmers is on the other hand imported from around the world and generates capital for the United. States, to the tune of $500 million a year states Hass (2016). Why also would this historical fibrous plant, whose crop yield is lucrative, easy and cost-effective to grow, uses minimal water and pesticides, has a short 120-day harvest cycle continue the demonetization in the U.S. since the marijuana Tax Act of 1937 Hass
Are you just starting out in the Craft or a more experienced Practitioner? You either know or will know that herbs are a definite must for any witch. Herbs are fundamental in any witch’s kitchen. A witch can make so many things with just that one little plant, even an everyday herb to an exotic herb. What if you forgot it on your last trip to the store, or you don’t have that herb available and is on a waitlist before it can been sent to you. What are you going to do then? Maybe there is an alternative that can be used for that particular herb.
Today, buying and or selling marijuana for common use has become a major problem. This is mainly because marijuana as we know it has completely lost its purpose. It is no longer needed as a crop for making robe, paper or fiber. It is
In the 1960s there was a large population of people trying to become more Earth oriented and nature friendly, so the herbal culture exploded once again.
This essay is an analysis of Why Herborist’s next target market should focus on USA and how to implement based on the current situation of Herborist.
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