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Article: Dr. Jeanine Davis: artful horticulturist and herbal activist.(life's leaders)(Interview)
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- New Life Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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During Dr. Jeanine Davis's creative college years, she developed quite a green thumb and began growing houseplants and trying out different propagation techniques of her own artistry. As a result, her course of study soon changed from art to agriculture, her interest in organic agriculture and medicinal herbs grew, and she obtained a position as an associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, working with commercial vegetables in WNC and herbs across the state. During her first summer on the job in 1988, she met big names in herbs, including Mark Blumenthal and Lyle Craker, ...