NEW CHESTNUT PEELING METHOD! We've developed a much faster and easier way to peel chestnuts; check out the video demonstration!
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.
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
The Seventeenth Annual Badgersett Field Day will be held on the third Saturday in August as usual (Aug 16). With a lot to see and continued improvements to the format of the day, we're aiming for this to be our best field day yet. At the least it should be drier than last year! The event page is now up, and details will be posted as they are determined.
Our Third Annual 2-day Short Course was a success, and we hope to be making the presentations available on DVD this summer. Thanks to all those who attended!
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! Now taking orders for the 2008 harvest.
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.
