Let’s talk ginseng

If you drive through central Wisconsin in the summer..you will probably see a few acres of rolling farmland here-and-there shaded by a type of black fabric about six feet off the ground. Under that fabric is ginseng. More than 90 percent of the cultivated ginseng grown in the United States is grown in Wisconsin…and almost all of that is grown in Marathon County. It takes at least three years for the root to grow to the desired size…and most of it is exported to Asia. Wisconsin Ginseng is

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