AGROFORESTRY IN APPALACHIA - Shady Grove Botanicals - A Case Study By The

A threshold to settle in the region, was a self-taught healer who to the past and to the future, the land on Hicks Ridge doctored in the logging camps of Randolph County connects Ed and Carole to their ancestors, and to around the turn of the nineteenth century. [...] While inhibiting plantation- style agricultural production, the cove and valley topography is perfectly suited to the production of understory medicinals, enhancing drainage, airflow, and the interplay of light and shade needed to grow the remarkably distinctive understory gifts of the In the early stages of a maturing forest, Shady Grove Botanicals engages multiple layers of Central Appalachia’s. [...] For example, stewarding ginseng relationship to natural species that uniquely occur for the medicinal values of the leaves and berries within a region becomes a powerful means of social allows the roots to remain in the ground and to mature. [...] into the joys and benefits of working in and with the Very sustainable.” Maintaining the value of roots that woods. [...] VALUES OUTSIDE THE LANDSCAPE/SITE: VALUES OF THE ACTIVITIES: LABOR AND ECONOMICS AND MARKETING LIVELIHOOD In addition to selling products through their website, One of the most frequently cited benefits of Ed and Carole are educators.