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2025 CT-TACF Chestnut Harvest Schedule
Fall is quickly approaching and it's time to go out and collect the burs from the trees we pollinated this year as well as harvesting nuts from some wild American trees. This schedule can change at any time depending on weather, so this page may be updated...
2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun
2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun Below is the current schedule for our spring plantings where we could use volunteer help. Dates and times are tentative and may be rescheduled due to weather or other unforeseeable circumstances. Check our website News...
Nominations Report for 2025
The Nominating Committee will present the following nominations at the upcoming Annual Member Meeting. All nominees have agreed to their nominations. For Officer Positions: For President: Jack Swatt For Vice President: Fred Behringer For Secretary:...
2024 CT-TACF Chestnut Harvest Schedule
2024 Chestnut Harvest Schedule All dates and times are subject to change due to weather or unforeseen circumstances. The schedule will be posted and updated on our website News feed here:https://tacf.org/ct/connecticut-news/. Bring thick gloves or a couple of pair...
Spring 2024 Orchard Maintenance and Planting Schedule
Orchard Plantings - The Final Update Norcross Seed Orchard - Friday, May 31st, 8:00 AM - 5 Lamb Rd Stafford Springs. We will be planting up to 60 potentially Phytophthera resistant backcross nuts. Bring workgloves and plenty of water to stay hydrated. Winchester Seed...
Agenda for the 2024 Annual Meeting
This is the agenda for the upcoming 2024 CT Chapter Annual Meeting, held on Sunday, March 24th, 2024 10:00 am - Annual Meeting Minutes of prior annual meeting Treasurer's Report President's Report Committee Reports: Outreach and Education Committee ...
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Holiday cheer is brewing! 🎄🍺 TACF staff joined Sweetbay Brewing’s Patrick Atkins in Abingdon, VA, as he demonstrated how Meadowview-ground American chestnut seeds are being used to craft a rich brown ale for our Chestnuts Roasting & Christmas Market celebration on December 13. Join us for local flavor, music, and chestnut-inspired holiday fun! #AmericanChestnut #SweetbayBrewing #ChestnutsRoasting #HolidayCheers #MeadowviewResearchFarms #AbingdonVA #ForestRestoration
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Kirk🌰🍺!
Join us tomorrow, November 21, 2025, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (ET), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat webinar.
Our special guest, Dr. Jessica Rutkoski, is a small grains breeder with a talent for explaining the fundamentals of breeding and quantitative genetics. In her talk, she will describe how modern tools such as genomic selection and high-throughput phenotyping can speed up improvement for multiple traits—and how these technologies can be effectively applied to TACF’s American chestnut breeding program. Jessica is a quantitative geneticist and leads the winter wheat breeding program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
To register, visit: tacf.org/event/chestnut-chat-faster-genetic-gain/
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Will be recording be made available later for those of us who cannot attend midday?
Grab your camera and hit the trails—the American Chestnut Photo Contest is back! We’re looking for striking, creative, and unique images of American chestnut trees and hybrids.
The first-place winner will have their photo featured on the cover of a future issue of Chestnut magazine and receive a one-year TACF membership, along with a T-shirt and hat. Open until December 31, 2025
Visit tacf.org/2025-photo-contest/ for more!
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Fall work is in full swing at Meadowview! 🌰 Lucinda and Dan are planting a Castanea seguinii from Dr. Hill Craddock (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) in our Castanetum, home to chestnut relatives from around the world. Nearby, we’re selecting top performers from a 2018 progeny test—thinning the stand to release the best 10% for future breeding success. #AmericanChestnut #RestorationInProgress #ChestnutResearch #ForestRestoration #MeadowviewResearchFarms #Castanetum #ScienceInTheField
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I have two American chestnuts in my yard if anyone wants clones
Slide show is too fast!
Did the gmo ones get approved yet?
North Carolina Friends, Visit The Plant in Pittsboro, NC, for their 3rd annual Chestnut Carnival on November 16, 2025.
There will be chestnut cocktails, chestnut rum cream, shelled chestnuts, roasted chestnuts, chestnut beer, pop-up vendors, live music and more!
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