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Ginseng is considered one of the world's most valuable plants. Its benefits to human health have been known to Asian and North American Aboriginals peoples for thousands of years.
In China, the plant is called the "King of All Herbs" and is described as the best medicine in Shen Nung's Pharmacopoeia.
There are several ginseng species - the two main types being Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) and North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.).
Asian ginseng is native to northern China and South Korea.
North American ginseng was discovered in 1716 by Father Joseph-Francois Lafitau, near today's Montreal in Canada, where he was working as a missionary among Iroquois Indians.
He had been inspired by earlier findings of another French Jesuit priest, Father Piere Jartoux, who observed the unique health benefits and use of ginseng by the Chinese.
With the help of the local Aboriginal, Father Lafitau's discovery led to a boom in the export of North American ginseng to China.
Due to its high export value, North American ginseng is often referred to as 'Green Gold'.
Ginseng cultivation in North America began in the mid to late 1800's as wild ginseng approached extinction following the rapid growth of the export trade.
Today, the vast majority of commercial ginseng is cultivated rather than harvested from the wild.
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Both North American and Asian wild ginseng have been harvested to near extinction over the past 200 years. Only the cultivation of ginseng has enabled the huge consumer demand to be met. Ginseng growers have learned to simulate the conditions in natural hardwood forests that this finicky, fragile herb demands. More than 100 years of experimentation and experience in the traditional growing areas of southern Ontario, Canada and Wisconsin, USA have resulted in ginseng production systems that are widely used today. Chai-Na-Ta used this knowledge as a springboard to develop the sophisticated crop management production system that it currently employs.
There are many entry barriers for ginseng growers. Production systems are both labour and capital intensive. The plant is strongly adapted to the deep shade of the forest floor and requires artificial shade to survive the bright summer sun. Shade structures are costly and require considerable labour to erect and maintain. Seed is costly and difficult to obtain. Gardens are typically weeded by hand and most of the seed and root harvesting is done manually.
In addition, there are normal farm costs such as land, water, machinery and labour. However the biggest barrier to large scale ginseng farming is potential plant disease.
In the wet, shady, humid summers in the eastern hardwood forests of North America, plant diseases such as root rot and leaf blight flourish. These are a threat to many crops, but in the cool shade of a ginseng garden, their impact can be extreme. Disease has hampered the efforts of many growers in Wisconsin, New York and the Carolinas. Chai-Na-Ta has taken a long, hard look at the problems affecting production and developed an integrated crop management system to allow for safe and efficient cultivation of quality ginseng.
In the early 1980s, Chai-Na-Ta recognized the need to control moisture in the gardens in order to reliably produce a quality crop. To do this, the Company began cultivating ginseng in the 'interior dry belt' area of British Columbia, Canada. This area is unique in presenting near-desert conditions in the shadow of the towering Coast Mountains. The mountains provide abundant supplies of pure, clear water for irrigation and the dry climate allows Chai-Na-Ta to precisely control the water status in the gardens. We can maintain conditions that allow excellent plant growth but are unfavourable to the spread of plant diseases.
Chai-Na-Ta Farms is an industry leader in developing environmentally sound techniques in fertility, soil enhancement, weed control, harvesting and processing. Our research allows us to produce cost-effective, high quality ginseng crops without the use of insecticides or herbicides in any of our gardens. Careful development of our systems has also led to our position as one of the lowest cost producers in the industry.
Our farming strength is the combination of expertise in plant science, agricultural management, engineering and finance. With this broad mix of skills, we have become the industry leader in the production of low-cost, high quality crops-using environmentally sound techniques.
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