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Extension Specialist, Department of Horticultural Science,
North Carolina State University
Jeanine_Davis@ncsu.edu, 828-684-3562
Jeanine has been working with the medicinal herb and natural products industry for over twenty years. Her expertise is in production and marketing.  Photo from CALS, NCSUDr. Joe-Ann McCoy Director, Bent Creek Germplasm Collection, Bent Creek Institute and the North Carolina Arboretum Jmccoy@NCARBORETUM.ORG, 828-665-2492 x. 268
Joe-Ann has extensive experience working with native medicinal herbs, building and maintaining germplasm collections, seed saving, identifying plants, knowing their habitats, and preparing voucher specimens.
 Ms. Sarah Schober
Natural products testing and production coordinator, Natural Products Laboratory, Bionetwork, AB Tech Enka Campus
sschober@abtech.edu, 828-254-1921 x. 5845 Sarah knows the federal Good Manufacturing Practices inside and out, analyzes medicinal herb samples, and helps people develop their products.  Photo from WCUDr. David Cozzo Ethnobotanist and project director for the Revitalization of the Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources. He works out of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian Extension Office david_cozzo@ncsu.edu, 828-554-6856 He is experienced in wild-harvesting and the use and history of the native medicinal herbs.  Ms. Alison Dressler
Research Assistant with the WNC Natural Products Project working with Jeanine Davis' program alison_dressler@ncsu.edu, 828-684-3562 Alison is interviewing growers, buyers, and wild-harvesters of medicinal herbs to build a network to facilitate commerce in the region. She is also helping to update publications on how to grow and market medicinal herbs and taking care of the logistics for putting on educational programs. |
