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Ginseng
Made in the shade curative?
Wooden lath and woven black
polypropylene cover more than a
thousand hectares of southwestern
Ontario farmland. These structures
provide necessary shade for cul-
tivation of one of Canada's
aboriginal crops, and a valuable
export commodity - ginseng.
Because of its legendary, curative
powers purporting to reduce the
effects of stress, increase perfor-
mance during fatigue and many
other benefits, ginseng is highly
valued, particularly in the Orient.
As interest in the West moves
increasingly toward herbal
medicines, the use of ginseng is
also expanding.
by John T.A. Proctor
Ginseng has been grown under
wooden lath screens in southern
Ontario since 1980. The screens
provide a shady environment
similar to the understory of the
hardwood forest, where native
Ontario ginseng once grew.
Clarence Hellyer began cultivating
ginseng at Nanticoke and the family
dominated the industry until the
1960s. Today, there are an es-
timated 200 growers in Ontario,
farming about 1600 hectares. The
farm gate value of ginseng in
A four-year-old ginseng plant
showing the seed head, leaves
and the highly -prized root
system.
southern Ontario now exceeds 550
million.
Ginseng research and extension
The University of Guelph has a
long history of assisting ginseng
growers, beginning with an exten-
sion bulletin (LXV) first published
in 1891.
In the late 1980s, an extension
horticulturalist for ginseng was
appointed by OMAFRA and
research was initiated at the
Agriculture Canada Delhi Research
Station, in cooperation with the
Ginseng Growers' Association of
Canada.
In 1994, high priority long-term
research was given to the following
areas of ginseng production:
i. disease control, including studie.i
on and registration of new pes-
ticides;
ii. post-harvest handling procedures
which enhance root quality.
Work at Delhi has shown that
refrigeration at 5oC for up to four
weeks before drying at 380C can
improve the visual quality of gin-
seng. Roots become progressively
darker and more withered in ap-
pearance over the 40 days of
refrigerated storage. This effect is
•see Ginseng, page 29
Stevia plant has been around for years
•from page 25
revive a very vital and diverse
native crop of Canada.
Stevia - the Sweetener
As with hemp, the stevia plant has
been around for many years and
could prove to be a valuable alter-
native crop.
A Canadian -based company,
Royal -Sweet Intemational Tech-
nologies (RSIT), plans to process a
low -calorie sweetener extract from
the leaves of Ontario -grown stevia
plants with assistance from the
federal -provincial Tobacco Diver-
sification program, according to
OMAFRA.
Stevia was used by Paraguayans
centuries ago to sweeten hot drinks.
Six farmers in the Delhi region will
each grow one hectare of the sweet
herb this year and work with resear-
chers from Agriculture and
Agri -Food Canada and RSIT to
perfect various product
ion techniques.
Royal -Sweet has a patent for
extracting the sweetener from stevia
leaves and plans to eventually
construct a stevia processing plant
in southem Ontario.
"The key (to the facility being
built) is when they can demonstrate
that growing stevia is a profitable
venture," said Baxter.
"I've tasted it. It wouldn't be bad
on your cereal in the morning," said
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The Alberta Research Council and
a subsidiary of the NutraSweet
Company have been assisting RSIT
in the development of the tech-
nology and the sweetener,
"Royal -Sweet."
"The venture has great potential,"
said Haldimand-Norfolk MP Bob
Speller. "It offers Canadian farmers
and agri-food entrepreneurs the
chance to tap into a lucrative global
market for this natural,
high-intensity sweetener."
Stevia extract sweetener products
are licensed for sale in several
countries including Japan, where
annual sales are in excess of $160
million, according to OMAFRA.
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