The American chestnut tree of the past is long gone, but thanks to a group of Virginia farmers, centuries-old chestnut traditions are being re-introduced. Virginia Chestnuts LLC, a group of chestnut ...

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 ...

Since the introduction of chestnut blight to North America in the early 1900s, American chestnuts very rarely reach maturity. They sprout but are killed by the blight once they reach a certain size.

Loudoun County, Va (WUSA9) — The American chestnut was wiped out a century ago. It had dominated America's eastern forests, providing wood, shade and food for animals and humans. People in Appalachia ...