Article: NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASIAN MEDICINAL HERB SEMINAR TO FOCUS ON MARKETING

ALCALDE, N.M., Sept. 23 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release:

Ensuring there is a link between agricultural producers and buyers is critical for successfully developing a new niche market, such as that for Asian medicinal herbs.

Presently, acupuncture and oriental medicine (AOM) practitioners obtain most of their medicinal herbs from China, but NMSU feasibility studies have shown that a number of these herbs can be grown in New Mexico. New Mexico State University alternative crops researcher Charles Martin has coordinated a three-part series to introduce the potential of this niche market to Southwest growers.

As part of that series, a seminar on Sunday, Oct. 18, ...

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