by TACF | Oct 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Hal Brindley Many Indigenous cultures share a long history with the American chestnut tree. The tree provided an important supply of food and, in turn, many Indigenous Peoples managed landscapes to improve habitat for chestnut trees. Gathering Chestnuts, a...
by Nick Morris | Oct 3, 2023
Who: calling all Tennessee Chapter volunteers of The American Chestnut Foundation What: a fun day processing this year’s harvest of backcross American chestnut seeds Where: The Fortwood Street Greenhouse and Nursery, on the campus of the University of...
by Yvonne Federowicz | Oct 1, 2023
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...
by Florian Carle | Sep 29, 2023
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...
by Florian Carle | Sep 27, 2023
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...
by Florian Carle | Sep 25, 2023
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...
