At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...

But thanks in part to trees planted in areas where the two fungi don’t grow well, the American chestnut isn’t extinct. And efforts to revive it in its native range have continued, despite the long ...

Gold Shaw Farm highlights the remarkable development of chestnut trees and their long-term value to a diverse farm ecosystem.

Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are signs that chestnuts are reemerging as local and regional farmers are ...

But how many of us have actually eaten them? The stewards behind two Bay Area chestnut orchards are on a mission to help more people learn about — and enjoy — these round, prickly-packaged treats.

For more than a century, the American chestnut, once a dominant tree across eastern North American forests, has been ...

To facilitate a harvest that could prove a key step in the decades-long effort to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut, Go Native Tree Farm employees used a 55-foot lift to gather the neon ...

NELSON COUNTY -- A much-mourned American legend still grows in the woodlands of the southern mountains. Quietly, on Appalachian hillsides millions of its progeny peek through the leaf litter. A few of ...

There’s an old holiday tradition in the U.S. that's become increasingly harder to celebrate: fire-roasted chestnuts. Thanks to an endemic fungus, about 4 billion American chestnut trees were killed ...

JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. — One southern Indiana family truly has one of the largest trees in the nation. Richard and Kris Schepman’s family farm, located outside of Crothersville, is home to a swamp ...