{"id":5924,"date":"2022-07-22T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T15:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=5924"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:48:06","slug":"umes-extension-herbalist-helps-farmers-explore-chinese-herbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/connections\/july-2022\/umes-extension-herbalist-helps-farmers-explore-chinese-herbs\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES Extension herbalist helps farmers explore medicinal herbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On a small scale, UMES Extension Specialty Herbs Consultant Henriette den Ouden<\/strong> is helping area farmers grow and explore markets for medicinal herbs.  The hope, of course, is that the specialty herbs market proves an emerging one benefiting growers and consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Farmers with previous relationships with UMES Extension<\/a> are growing skullcap, holy basil or the Chinese herb, red sage, in a single 250\u2019 row \u201cas a beginning,\u201d said den Ouden. One is growing ashwaganda, an Indian herb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe provided them the plugs and are working with them to troubleshoot and find out what practices work best for growing on the Eastern Shore and find markets for the dried product,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Den Ouden currently has a local herbalist lined up to buy product, but said at this time, it will \u201cmost likely be sold to herbalist in the D.C. area as dried herbs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact den Ouden at hdenouden@umes.edu<\/a> for more information on medicinal herbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, gcstephens@umes.edu<\/a>, 410-621-3850.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Todd Dudek, agricultural communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, tdudek@umes.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n