Choose Carefully When Buying Fresh Asparagus. Look For Bright Green Stalks With Tightly Closed, Compact Tips. Stalks Should Be Straight, Firm And About 6 To 11 Inches In Length. Try To Avoid Asparagus With White Butts Because The White Portion Is Unusable. One Pound Of Fresh Asparagus Will Make 4 Servings.
The Ontario Ginseng Growers Association is a nonprofit organization of producers of Panax quinquefolius who grow, harvest and sell the root. The Association supports research into new varieties of ginseng, new production methods and harvesting advances. It also develops strategic marketing directions for the industry as a whole, while working with government partners and others to develop a larger market for North American ginseng.