American chestnut trees were almost wiped out by blight. Grow your own disease-resistant American chestnut hybrid tree.

SOUTHBORO — Saved from development in the 1960s, Chestnut Hill Farm continues to grow since being revived several years ago. The Trustees of Reservations bought 39 acres, which includes the remaining ...

Americans eat more than 7.5 million pounds of chestnuts every year, most of them are imported from Italy, China and Korea. Yet chestnut trees grow just as well in the Midwest. So the boutique crop ...

Gold Shaw Farm tracks the amazing growth of chestnut seedlings on farms. Jay Leno Shares New Details on How Wife Mavis' ...

Americans eat more than 7.5 million pounds of chestnuts every year, most of them imported from Italy, China and Korea, even though the Midwest has perfect climate conditions to grow the nut. An ...

Allan “Buzz” Ferver, a 66-year-old with a fetching grin and an Abe Lincoln-style beard, stood at his kitchen island holding a clear plastic bag. Inside was a pale, nondescript meal, a few shades ...

On September 22, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher — a clergyman and social reformer as well as the brother of Uncle Tom’s Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe — took to the Pittsfield Sun newspaper to write of ...

San Jose resident Neil Catic searches for the best chestnuts out of his harvest from the Skyline Chestnut farms nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (Photo by Sammy Dallal) La Honda’s Skyline ...