>> you go past the strip job, it will grow on the edges of that. >> this ex-coal miner has brought me out to the cumberland mountains to find another way locals are using the earth to make money. ginseng. i'm going to try not to ask him why his nickname is toe. i bet that's a gross story. that's what do you, you grow ginseng? >> i hunt ginseng. i don't grow it. >> who plant it back there originally? >> it just grows. god. >> it's from here? >> yeah. >> okay, god. >> i guess i associate ginseng with asia and china? >> the southeastern part of kentucky and these mountains we're supposed to have the best ginseng. sells for the highest prices. >> the best ginseng in the world comes out of eastern kentucky. >> supposed to. supposed to be the most potent. i brought some. >> this always looks illegal. >> yeah, it does look that. we can take it out of the bag. you want to take it out of the bag? >> yeah. if you grew this on your property -- >> you'd have to guard it because people will steal it.