MARATHON, Wis. (WSAW) - Did you know that Marathon is recognized as the ginseng capital of the country? That’s right, and the Wisconsin Ginseng celebration took part of the Marathon Fun Days ...

Growing up in the farm community of Marathon, Wisconsin, Craig Thompson and his siblings joined their mother to work as on ...

You can get ginseng as a dietary supplement in the form of tea, dried herbs, powder, or capsules. Ginseng is sometimes also added to other, everyday products, such as toothpastes, soaps ...

And as he looked around the pharmacy, there was ginseng everywhere - including from his home state, Wisconsin. This was the seed of Thompson's latest graphic memoir, Ginseng Roots. The book is a ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) — The Chinese New Year is China’s most important festival, and one Wisconsin crop has a major role in its celebration. The plant root ginseng is a major Wisconsin crop known ...

Ginseng is a root crop that is consumed around the world, especially in Asian cultures. It is used in traditional medicines, as a dietary supplement, and a botanical element. Ginseng is grown in ...

Especially those in central Wisconsin. One of those businesses includes ginseng farmers who are being impacted by retaliatory tariffs from China. 98% of ginseng grown in the United States can be ...

brother and sister worked Wisconsin’s ginseng fields to supplement his father’s jobs as an apprentice plumber and a hardware store clerk. (For weeding and rock-picking, the kids each got $1 ...