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Posted September 23, 2021

Ohio Chapter  Grant Applications due October 30, 2021

Grants are available for up to $1000 for any project or plan furthering the American Chestnut by planting, education, or another manner.  These grants are available to any people or organizations who would be interested in doing a project with chestnuts.  For further information contact one of the board members.  To apply for a grant fill out and submit application form.

Posted September 23, 2021

September 11, 2021  Annual Meeting of the Ohio Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation 

The annual meeting was held virtually via ZOOM.  President Carolyn Keiffer told the membership she is retiring from Miami University at the end of the year and the presidency of the Ohio Chapter.  Thank you Carolyn for all you have done at the National and State level.  We hope you will continue to be an active member and sharing your knowledge.  Stephen Rist is the new president.  Complete list of officers and board members.

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Recently, the Quantitative Research class at Emory & Henry University toured the Price and Duncan farms at Meadowview Research Farms (MRF). The students will use data collected at MRF to conduct various analyses, focusing specifically on open pollination seed data from 2022-2024. This hands-on experience allows the students to work with real-world data and gain a deeper understanding of its applications. The tour highlighted the projects the data originates from, giving them valuable context for their analyses and a clearer understanding of why their results matter. We are thankful for our partnerships with Emory & Henry University and hope to continue growing them!

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Recently, the Quantitative Research class at Emory & Henry University toured the Price and Duncan farms at Meadowview Research Farms (MRF). The students will use data collected at MRF to conduct various analyses, focusing specifically on open pollination seed data from 2022-2024. This hands-on experience allows the students to work with real-world data and gain a deeper understanding of its applications. The tour highlighted the projects the data originates from, giving them valuable context for their analyses and a clearer understanding of why their results matter. We are thankful for our partnerships with Emory & Henry University and hope to continue growing them!#americanchestnut #castaneadentata #americanchestnutfoundation #ChestnutResearch #meadowviewresearchfarms #emoryhenryuniversity

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Plant European chestnuts 🌰

Have you looked at TACF's events calendar lately? If you're looking for some chestnut-related fun, it's a great place to start!

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Have you looked at TACFs events calendar lately? If youre looking for some chestnut-related fun, its a great place to start! https://tacf.org/events/category/tacf/

Last week, the team at Meadowview Research Farms focused on grafting, a project they have been iterating over the past few years by testing different techniques. Grafting involves combining the rootstock of one tree, in this case, the disease-resistant Chinese chestnut, with the budwood of another, the wild American chestnut. This helps produce multiple replicates of the valuable traits and genetics of the American chestnut for future controlled crosses and restoration.

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But.... does it help? Or does the blight still find its way into the tree? It won't come back by graft....

Dolly Parton has long been a champion of the American chestnut and a supporter of TACF’s restoration mission. Her latest involvement was participating in our documentary film Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut. All of us at TACF send our deepest condolences on the loss of Carl Dean. ... See MoreSee Less

Dolly Parton has long been a champion of the American chestnut and a supporter of TACF’s restoration mission. Her latest involvement was participating in our documentary film Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut. All of us at TACF send our deepest condolences on the loss of Carl Dean.Image attachmentImage attachment

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Good hearted woman!

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This Wednesday, the Meadowview Research Farms team partnered with the Asheville-based Development team to pack and ship seeds for distribution to our members! Seed level members receive open-pollinated seed from mother trees that are chosen through our Recurrent Genomic Selection process. This ongoing initiative helps distribute high-quality seeds nationwide, supporting germplasm conservation, and is one of the ways the public can get chestnut seeds from TACF! If you are interested in receiving seeds from TACF, visit our website and become a seed level member today.

#americanchestnut #CastaneaDentata #americanchestnutfoundation #chestnutresearch #meadowviewresearchfarms #SeedDistribution #conservation
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