by Jules Smith | Nov 14, 2018 | eSprout
Thanks to members like you we not only met the $50,000 challenge grant from the Ballyshannon Fund in Charlottesville, VA, we exceeded it! The challenge grant leveraged a total of $136,050 raised from new members, individuals, foundations, and previously lapsed donors...
by Jules Smith | Sep 18, 2018 | eSprout
Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, located in Foxborough, Massachusetts is approximately 45 minutes from the center of Boston, MA and 30 minutes from Providence, RI. Anyone who has been to a football game there knows that Patriot Place, right next...
by Jules Smith | Aug 15, 2018 | eSprout
Come take an aerial tour of the Maryland Chapter’s newest seed orchard near Ellicott City, MD. The chapter recently put together a short video to show its volunteers the results of all their hard work. This seed orchard is located on two acres of farm land provided...
by Jules Smith | Aug 15, 2018 | eSprout
In February 2018 our chapter received an inquiry from Lisa Collins, Environmental Science Teacher at Norfolk County Agricultural High School (NCAHS) asking if her students could work in our orchards as part of her forestry class. We were intrigued and inspired by the...
by Jules Smith | Aug 15, 2018 | eSprout
Whether you’re working on something operational, like planting a backcross orchard, or something new and experimental, like research on small stem assays (SSAs), the key to success is having great volunteers! Case in point: TACF has been experimenting with SSAs as an...
by Jules Smith | Aug 15, 2018 | eSprout
On July 27, a group of chestnut researchers, Georgia and Tennessee Chapter members, and TACF staff convened at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. The purpose was to discuss southern germplasm conservation strategies, vegetative propagation of American chestnuts, and...
