Project Overview
FNE97-167
			        
        Project Type: Farmer
                Funds awarded in 1997: $6,000.00                
				            Projected End Date: 12/31/1997            
			            Matching Non-Federal Funds: $7,400.00            
			
        Region: Northeast
		        State: Maine
		            Project Leader:
			                
				
Commodities
- Additional Plants: ginseng
Practices
- Education and Training: general education and training
Proposal summary:
R. Stephen Drane, together with the newly formed Maine Ginseng Growers Association, will develop and disseminate education materials about ginseng production and marketing. The aim is to provide long-term farm income through a non-timber forest product.
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