Badgersett Research Corporation:
Woody Agriculture research and development
With roots going back to 1978, Badgersett Research Corporation works on bringing "Woody Agriculture" into the mainstream world of full scale staple food production. Besides selling the nuts we grow, we breed and sell seedlings of hybrid hazelnuts and hybrid chestnuts, and we are involved in all aspects of commercializing these crops, from developing machinery and harvest procedures to consumer products and marketing.
The first hazel and chestnut tubelings for 2010 will be ready for shipping or pick-up shortly (as of May 28). Please keep in mind that our first shipments will be for orders made over a year ago; your plants may still not be ready until later.
Also, we are now sold out of plants for the 2010 season; we are starting to take orders for 2011 delivery. For details on shipping status and why we're sold out, check the Badgersett Growers Blog.
Information about Woody Agriculture and our hybrid hazelnuts & chestnuts
Start here if you're new to Badgersett for information about who we are and what we do.
- What is Woody Agriculture? An introduction to the concept of Woody Ag and its economic and environmental benefits.
- Hazels and hazelnuts: The history of our Hybrid Hazels, instructions for growers, ordering information
- Chestnuts: What are chestnuts?, our Hybrid Chestnuts, storing and preparing fresh chestnuts
- Planting instructions: Planting and caring for Badgersett hazel and chestnut tubelings
- All info: An index to all the information we have online
We are sold out of plants for 2009 delivery and are experiencing particularly long delays in handling orders and information requests. See the special announcement on our news page.
The Eighteenth Annual Badgersett Field Day was held on August 15; the third saturday in August as usual. There was a lot to see as always, and a new advanced tour this year on mature hazel field management. Details are on the field day event page.
A new method of chestnut peeling has been developed... a video of it can be found here! Definitely take a look at this if you are planning on using our chestnuts in your family's favorite holiday dishes!
Visit the Woody Ag weblog for current news about what is happening on our farm. This includes event announcements and reminders for growers with plants and nuts in the field. The Stories page on the blog also has some detailed tips for people who are already familiar with Badgersett and for those of you who have your own chestnut or hazelnut crops.
Visit the "New On Badgersett.com" page to find the details of recent updates to our web site.
We sell several varieties of our own delicious, homegrown, pesticide- and herbicide-free nuts. Harvest is in late summer and early fall, and nuts sell out very soon thereafter. If you want to spend your holidays roasting chestnuts over an open fire while munching on fresh hazelnut cookies, place your orders early, as we always sell out!
You've read the info and given it some thought (and perhaps sampled some of our nuts), and you'd like put in your own plants. Like our nuts, plants sell out quickly, so place your orders far in advance of the next planting season for the best options.
