Honoring the Past, Starting Anew
By Jonathan Major, Still Moon Farm, LLC
Still Moon Farm LLC, photo courtesy of Jonathan Major
Peggy Schafer received a collection of over 150 species of East Asian medicinal plants from Robert Newman in 2003. Many of these plants in the collection are rare to find in the United States, sometimes around the world, and a few of them are even CITES-listed. Part of the responsibility related to the collection is conservation of these rare botanicals. Most of these plants were wild-collected many years ago and have been managed as closely as possible to wild and regional landraces cultivars. Care has been taken to avoid cross pollination, domestication and selection of specific traits. These plants are most similar to what is found in the wild compared to what might be found on the national or international market.
In 2022, Peg Schafer transitioned the collection from her farm, The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm, to, Still Moon Farm, which is run by Jonathan Major. She dedicated much of her life over the past 2 decades to stewarding this collection. With her many skills, she was able to germinate, propagate and conserve this invaluable germplasm that was given to her by Robert Newman. She spent tireless hours engaging other knowledgeable experts to accurately identify and confirm many of the plants in this collection.
As a student of Chinese medicine, former apprentice of Peg Schafer, and an experienced farmer, Jonathan is honored to continue stewarding this collection of venerated East Asian Medicinal plants.
Please see the full list of seeds and bare root stock below and place an order using this: Order Form
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Major
