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This factsheet covers commercial goldenseal production in North Carolina, a highly valued medicinal herb which has been collected from the forests in North America for hundreds of years. The historical range for goldenseal in the United States was very broad, ranging from as far north as Vermont and Wisconsin, south to Alabama and Georgia, and west to Kansas. It can still be found growing in patches in moist, rich, hardwood forests in much of this area.
Forest farming is an emerging agroforestry practice that fits well in the North Carolina landscape. There is a growing number of forest landowners planting and expanding forest farms with native woodland botanicals (e.g., ginseng, goldenseal, and black cohosh), forest food crops (e.g., ramps and elderberry), and decorative/florist plants (e.g., galax). Finding wholesale suppliers of seeds and planting stock for commercial operations, however, is challenging. We created this publication to help forest farmers find the seeds and nursery stock they are seeking. Companies are listed by region: North Carolina, South, Midwest, and Northeast. This resource will be updated regularly.
