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Local Chapter Annual Meetings

Just a Reminder that the Connecticut and Massachusetts Annual Meetings are on back-to-back weekends this year, November 12th (CT) and November 19th (MA). Click here to see the Connecticut announcement, and here to see the announcement for the Massachusetts meeting.

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Aton Forest Open House

Saturday sunshine peaked out from behind the clouds for the first time in ages. I had planned on visiting the Aton Forest open house in Norfolk, CT. CT-TACF Director John Anderson is the Aton Forest Executive Director, and he'd kindly invited me to attend (it...

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Autumn 2005 Newsletter

After a tumultuous two weeks of editing, rewriting and scrambling to get approvals, we finalized the newsletter and sent it to print. Much thanks and gratitude go out to Linda Bowen of Computer Marketing Services in New Milford, who walked us through this process of...

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TACF Earns 4 stars from Charity Navigator

Charity Navigator, a non-profit watchdog group in Mahwah, N.J., has rated The American Chestnut Foundation four stars, its highest evaluation of not-for-profit corporations accepting financial contributions from supporters.

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American Chestnut Tree Planted at (Jimmy) Carter Center

September 21, 2005 - Former United States President (and American Chestnut Foundation Honorary Director) Jimmy Carter, and American Chestnut Foundation President Marshal Case participated in the planting of an American chestnut at the Carter Center. The Carter Center...

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Harvest

All over the State of Connecticut, CT-TACF members are getting their bucket trucks, orchard ladders, and thick rubber gloves to harvest the backcross nuts. Reports coming in indicate success with the harvest. The Enfield team wasn't finished with the analysis,...

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🍂 As autumn arrives, chestnut trees at TACF’s Meadowview Research Farms enter dormancy, leaves turning gold and brown before falling. This cozy pause is nature’s renewal, while staff use the time to plan, prepare, and continually refine methods across the field, nursery, and lab. Dormancy sets the stage for a strong spring and a year of progress in chestnut science. 🌳

#fall #chestnuts #americanchestnutfoundation #americanchestnut
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I have two American chestnut trees in my yard in Delaware. The one is leaning bad and needs to be cut down. I would someone to contact me for you guys can get seeds and limbs

Chestnut shortbread, anyone? In the latest issue of Chestnut magazine, staff member Angus shares his recipe for shortbread topped with black walnut spread. Watch the full recipe video on YouTube and see it in print in our members-only magazine!

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These beautiful backcross seedlings from TACF's Meadowview Research Farms are hanging out in our Asheville office looking pretty in the sunlight. ... See MoreSee Less

These beautiful backcross seedlings from TACFs Meadowview Research Farms are hanging out in our Asheville office looking pretty in the sunlight.Image attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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Love the trees

Looking pretty…pretty Chinese. 😞

I sent a membership in and have heard nothing back, did you steal my money?

Chestnut season may be winding down, but the thrill of finding these hidden treasures never gets old. ... See MoreSee Less

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Will Chestnut trees grow in the North?

I have several chestnut trees on my farm and they produce every year. I know the wildlife loves them. 

Wish mine would start producing

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🎃 From all of us at Meadowview Research Farms, have a spook-tacular Halloween! May your night be free of blight and all things weevil (not evil!)—and full of chestnut cheer. 🌰👻 We’re brewing up serious science in our cauldrons to bring the American chestnut back from the dead—no tricks, just treats for the next forest! 🌳🧪 #HappyHalloween #ChestnutRestoration ... See MoreSee Less

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