The company buys marginal and degraded farmland, plants them with native trees, and harvests the resulting carbon credits.

Let’s save the American chestnut tree. John Rigolizzo, Jr. is a fifth-generation farmer, previously raising fresh vegetables and field corn in southern New Jersey. The family farm now produces ...

before most of the country’s chestnut trees were destroyed by a blight at the turn of the 20th Century. Neiger called the farm Big River Chestnuts. But six years is a long time to wait for an ...

Nut trees make great additions to your yard - and your kitchen - but which are worth growing, and which should you avoid? Let ...

Manager Hans Johsens said the Santa Cruz Mountains provide ideal growing conditions for American-hybrid and Japanese chestnut trees — the coastal fog and rain help sustain the trees, the air ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

A new festival in Castanea Township, Clinton County, looks to celebrate the area’s chestnut history and raise awareness about its recovery efforts.

View time-lapse video of a small-stem blight resistance assay demonstrating the high level of blight resistance in two of our new transgenic American chestnut trees. Step by Step overview of the small ...

The second orchard is dedicated to mixed crops. "One ESF faculty member is doing a mixed orchard with chestnut trees and grapevines," said Powell. "This is done in Spain, and there is a clear economic ...