Agenda for Natural Products/Medicinal Herb Training
November 3, 2011
AB-Tech Enka Campus
This is a participatory training session, i.e., we aren’t going to just lecture at you all day. So, please come prepared to participate and jot down the questions and concerns you have in dealing with your clients or students about the medicinal herb and natural products industry. The people listed behind each topic on the agenda will give a short presentation and then lead a discussion about the topic. How the discussion goes will influence what additional information we will provide for you on the webpage we’re building from this training session and what projects we try to get funded in the future.
9:00 Welcome and quick introductions-Jeanine Davis will moderate
9:30 Status of the natural products industry and opportunities for our region-Jeanine Davis
10:00 The wild-harvest industry: what it is, issues, and regulations-David Cozzo
10:25 Growing for this industry-Jeanine Davis
10:50 Plant identification, making voucher specimens, and seed saving-Joe-Ann McCoy
11:20 GMPs, testing services, and where to get more information –Sarah Schober
11:50 Economics of production and who buys this stuff?-Jeanine Davis
12:00 Lunch with speakers from the industry:
Kara Errickson of CoCoChi and Randy Beavers of OrganiPharm, Mosaics Restaurant will cater.
1:00 Sources of funding and grants for clients-Jeanine Davis
1:20 Walk over to the other building for tours
1:35 Natural products processing facility-Mary Lou Surgi
2:00 Walk up to the Natural products laboratory
2:10 Lab visit-Sarah Schober
2:25 Walk down to Golden Needle
2:35 Golden Needle-Lisa
3:10 Return to classroom
3:30 Break out and work on group exercise scenarios (3 groups)
4:00 Presentations from group exercise (10 minutes each)
4:30 Discussion
5:00 Leave
This training is funded by a grant project entitled "The WNC Natural Products Project" funded by the GoldenLeaf Foundation and administered through AdvantageWest. Partners on the project include NC State, Western Carolina University, Bent Creek Institute, the Biobusiness Network at AB -Tech, Blue Ridge Food Ventures, and AdvantageWest.