PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Posts Chestnut Week Presentations From The Virtual PA Farm Show

The PA/NJ Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation has posted the seven presentations they produced for Chestnut Week at the 2021 virtual PA Farm Show.

The webinars featured an array of experts on growing, restoring, finding, and farming chestnuts in our region.

The webinars include--

-- Bringing Back The American Chestnut presented by Mike Aucott, Ph.D.,  PA/NJ TACF board member and adjunct professor of chemistry, The College of New Jersey   

-- Cooperative Solutions for Chestnut Processing —  a demonstration of processing equipment by Stephen Hoy, Orchard Manager at Penn State University

-- Chestnut Farming—A Growth Opportunity: A Conversation with Amy Miller,  hosted byJim Searing, PA/NJ Chapter Board President

-- The American Chestnut: How Biotechnology Can Be Applied to Conservation  presented by William Powell, Ph.D.,  Director, American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 

-- Silvicultural Aspects of American Chestnut and Implications for Species Restoration, presented by Sara Fern Fitzsimmons, TACF Director of Restoration and Northern Appalachian Regional Science Coordinator

-- Commercial Chestnut Industry in Michigan: A Model for PA? A Conversation with Roger Blackwell, President of New Era Chestnuts in Milford Michigan hosted by Jim Searing, PA/NJ Chapter Board President

-- Finding American Chestnuts, presented by Lake Graboski, TACF Board Member and Volunteer, M.S. Ecology Pennsylvania State University.

Click Here for more on the webinars.

Feb. 19 Chestnut Chat

The Foundation will host another in its series of Chestnut Chat webinars on February 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Historic Importations and Chestnut Cultivars.

Click Here to register and for more information.

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved, visit the PA/NJ Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation website, Follow them on Facebook and Instagram.  Visit the Chapter YouTube Channel.  Click Here to sign up for the Chapter newsletter.  Click Here to become a member.

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[Posted: February 2, 2021]  PA Environment Digest