MA/RI-TACF Autumn 2023 Quarterly Meeting – Hybrid

All are welcome to our Autumn 2023 Quarterly meeting. RSVP This meeting will be hybrid;  in-person & on Zoom (link below) LOCATION: The University of Rhode Island, Center for Biotechnology & Life Science, Room 010 and on Zoom. Please send agenda items to...
Shucking party

Shucking party

The Fall Harvest was very successful, thanks to all the volunteers who braved all that rain! And now that we have all those burrs, we need help get the nuts out! Come to our Shucking Party (bring gloves!) and help up open, select, list and track all the nuts coming...
CT Chapter at Cheshire 3rd Annual Sustainability Fair

CT Chapter at Cheshire 3rd Annual Sustainability Fair

Due to the rain, the fair will be held in the Parks and Recreation building at 559 S Main Street. The CT Chapter will be one of the exhibitors at the 3rd Annual Sustainability Fair in Cheshire CT! Come learn about our work to bring back the American Chestnut tree to...
CT 40th Anniversary Celebration

CT 40th Anniversary Celebration

The American Chestnut Foundation is celebrating 40 years of research and restoration! Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in Hamden started to plant chestnuts as early as 1941, and has been an incredible partner for the Foundation, allowing fruitful...
NC: First Annual Chestnut Carnival

NC: First Annual Chestnut Carnival

Lyle Estill is delighted to be hosting the first ever Chestnut Carnival on Sunday, October 15 from 2-7 at The Plant on Lorax Lane in Pittsboro. We envision lay and professional folks with horticultural/forestry interest and expertise and related businesses convening...
NC: Pryor Orchard Harvest

NC: Pryor Orchard Harvest

The Carolinas Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation invites you to join to harvest hyrbid American chestnuts! We will be harvesting these trees at the Pryor Orchard in Edneyville Township, NC.   If you’re interested in joining, please dress for field work...
AL: Muscle Shoals Harvest

AL: Muscle Shoals Harvest

The TVA Orchard in Muscle Shoals AL is ready for harvest. Swing by to help out and take some chestnuts home! The TVA orchard has been a staple of the Alabama chapter for years.   Chapter president, Jason Cowan, will be there starting around 2 o’clock Thursday...
VA- Chestnut Hunt on the AT

VA- Chestnut Hunt on the AT

One of the many sprouts in the area, if we have time, we’ll keep on hiking toward West Virginia where we will see larger and larger trees! Join Cindy on the AT (Bluemont, VA) to look for American Chestnuts. Dogs which do well with other dogs are welcomed. In...