Gayle Licari wrote in a message to All:
 GL> This pass month an article appeared in our local paper concerning
 GL> growers of Ginseng using pesticides in Wisconsin or Michigan.  Is 
 GL> this a widespread practice????
Yes.  I talked to a woman who lives in the area where most of
the ginseng is grown in Wisconsin.  She observed that a vast
majority of the Wisconsin growers used chemical pesticides in
seeking to maximize their production.
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