Growing food at home is an empowering thing. It’s great to go out to the garden and come back with a basket full of fresh, homegrown, organic produce. It tastes better. It is likely more nutrient-rich ...

Chestnut trees used to be called "the Redwoods of the East," and they made up 35 percent of northeastern American forests. But in 1904, a fungus began to appear, and what's called "chestnut blight" ...

The loss of American chestnut trees, Castanea denatata, ranks as one of the most devastating botanical disasters in U.S. history. Before the introduction of chestnut blight in 1904, there were over 4 ...