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From The March 2001 Issue of Nutrition Science News
Herb Harvest
The American Herbal Products Association's second annual survey of North American wild and cultivated herb harvests shows considerable increases from 1997 to 1998, followed by a reduction in 1999. Goldenseal, considered a threatened species in the wild, saw a significant shift from wildcrafted to cultivated.
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Total Harvest in Pounds |
Herb |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
Black cohosh root |
227,000 |
761,000 |
148,000 |
Cascara sagrada bark |
116,000 |
352,000 |
269,000 |
Echinacea angustifolia root |
55,000 |
331,000 |
269,000 |
Echinacea purpurea herb |
1,088,000 |
2,606,000 |
1,592,000 |
Osha |
2,500 |
13,000 |
13,000 |
Wild ginseng |
39,000 |
23,000 |
24,000 |
Cultivated ginseng |
66,000 |
82,000 |
97,000 |
Wild Goldenseal root |
— |
259,000 |
91,000 |
Cultivated goldenseal root |
— |
6,700 |
47,000 |
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