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While March has come in like a lion for some of us, it also marks the kick off to the growing season with one of the first harbingers of spring. Some may think about blooming forsythia, or the emergence of snowdrops and crocuses as clear signs of warmer weather to come. But those...
TACF’s 2018 seed distribution has come to a close. On Thursday, March 1, staff from the National office in Asheville joined the gang at Meadowview Research Farms in Virginia to […]
Mark Stoakes, GA Chapter board member, marshaled the Georgia Chapter forces on February 20 to plant about 16 American chestnut and six Ozark and Allegheny chinkapin seedlings along the Confluence […]
When it comes to biodiversity, humans have been about as good for life on Earth as a giant asteroid slamming into it. Many leading scientists contend that we are in […]
Over the years, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) has grown from a small and somewhat relaxed organization, into a relatively large and more professional one. While we appreciate having a […]
The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) was invited to participate in McCullough Fellows program at the University of North Carolina-Asheville (UNCA). The McCullough Fellowship Program offers intensive mentoring to undergraduate students […]
Abraham Lincoln, the rail splitter, who spent his early years growing up in Kentucky, is also well known in the Carolinas. His mother, Nancy Hanks married Tom Lincoln of North […]
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is generating and annotating a reference genome for the American chestnut tree in a project with The American Chestnut Foundation that aims to restore the once dominant […]
This program was a great success and has already sold out. Look for this opportunity again in February 2019. Beginning this February, The American Chestnut Foundation will once again be selling […]
Prior to joining TACF, David worked at the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNC-Asheville) in various roles in the office of University Advancement. During that time, David oversaw and managed […]
TACF is a Living Wage Employer certified through nonprofit Just Economics. In 2018, the living wage rate in Western North Carolina is $13.00/hr or $11.50/hr with employer provided health insurance. […]
At the turn of the 20th century, the Eastern United States was covered in billions of chestnut trees. In some places, such as the Appalachian Mountains and Maryland’s Eastern Shore, […]