Ozarks Notebook: Growing the Elderberry Industry through Research and Outreach

Photo caption: Elderberries, a small, dark berry, is native to the Ozarks. It’s long been touted as a folk medicine remedy for cold and flu. Photo credit: Kaitlyn McConnell. Article by Kaitlyn McConnell. Daily Yonder – October 3, 2024.

The elderberry’s small size stands in contrast to its potential effects on the Ozarks – and beyond. In 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture granted a more than $5 million Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) grant to Ozarks-based researchers to better study and understand the dark-hued berry, which has purported health and cosmetic benefits. […]

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