The Rural Voice, 2004-07, Page 21process of childbirth and relief from
pain after birth.
A Canadian company called
Chatham Biotec Ltd. of Riverview,
New Brunswick is behind the hunt
through eastern Canada for the plant.
It has a goal of harvesting 10 million
pounds of biomass this year, up from
one million in 2001.
To meet its goal, Chatham Biotec
Ltd. has contracted other
organizations to help collect the tips
of ground hemlock branches for
processing. One of the companies
involved is Lands and Forests
Consulting of Desboro which
provides a weigh station and signs up
picking contractors, teaching them
what parts of the hemlock to pick.
The picker gets 60 cents a pound
while the landowner gets 10 cents, so
if a landowner has ground hemlock
and wants to pick it himself or
herself, they can make 70 cents a
pound.
Here in western Ontario,
however, this hasn't proven
to be easy money in the early
going, a Lands and Forests
Consulting spokesperson said.
Ground hemlock is a slow growing
plant and so woodlots that have been
pastured in the past don't have a high
density of the valuable plant. As
well, the tender tips of the ground
hemlock are favourite browse for the
region's booming deer population.
Although the shrub is highly toxic to
humans, horses and cattle, it's a
preferred winter food source for deer
and moose (it's been called "moose
candy") and many birds eat the red -
orange berries it produces.
Naturally the idea of hundreds or
thousands of pickers combing the
woodlands of eastern Canada for the
valuable plant causes concern for
forestry experts. Wild yew has been
over -harvested in Asia and western
North America. There is, however,
an added incentive for companies not
to over -harvest ground hemlock: the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
requires that suppliers of all
consumable products such as ground
hemlock must prove they have met
FDA guidelines for sustainability.
Chatham Biotech has developed a
third party auditing system to ensure
compliance with FDA requirements.
The Canadian Forest Service and
the Prince Edward Island Department
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