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 ...

Virginia Mae Chestnut Entered into eternal rest on Saturday 9/24/22 in El Sobrante, CA. Public Viewing will be held on Monday 10/10/22 at Fouche’s Hudson Funeral Home, 3665 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, ...

LOVINGSTON, Va. (WDBJ) - David and Kim Bryant are the owners of Virginia Chestnuts in Nelson County. They planted more than 1,500 trees in their orchard by hand. It has truly been a labor of love, and ...

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.