Dr. Jeanine Davis is an associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Horticultural Science with NC State University.  She is located at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, right next to the Asheville airport.  For over 20 years, her program has been focused on helping farmers improve the sustainability of their farms by growing new crops, transitioning to organic agriculture, and adopting more sustainable production practices.  Medicinal herbs are a specialty of hers and she shared her knowledge on the topic with coauthor, Scott Persons, in the book “Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and Other Woodland Medicinals”.  

Her current research and extension efforts are focused on woodland botanicals, hops, truffles, and heirloom tomatoes.  She is also establishing a new organic research program for western NC headquartered at the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville.  Jeanine is a founding board member of the Organic Growers School and the NC Natural Products Association and serves as an advisor to the NC Herb Association and NC Tomato Growers Association.  Jeanine is passionate about what she does and shares her information at numerous conferences and workshops in North Carolina and beyond. 

She also maintains several websites (ncherb.org, ncorganic.org, and ncspecialtycrops.org), and keeps folks current on her activities and areas of interest through Blogger (ncalternativecropsandorganics.blogspot.com), Facebook (facebook.com/people/Jeanine-Davis/1442912228, and Twitter (twitter.com/JeanineNCSU).