The Local Food Report

Jumpstarting a Chestnut Industry in New England


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In 2018, Jono Neiger planted seven acres of blight resistant Chinese Chestnuts in Western Massachusetts. “I picked them because they’re a smallish tree crop, they come into production fairly quick—really they’ll start to produce in year four, five, six and then increase from there, and then the per acre number can be quite high from 2,000 to 5,000 pounds an acre, producing this high quality staple crop nut that is basically akin to wheat,” he said.
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