Campers and design students work together planting native plants at Camp Tommy. Photo by Jack Hyland, The Fresh Air Fund. Working on the land with intention teaches us the value...

Listen to the Interview with David Newman and Spencer Crawford on "Planting Resilience in Farmscapes Where Birds and People Thrive," on the Beakuency Podcast with Mayuko Fukino. The talk discusses...

One of our favorite ways to enjoy chestnuts beyond roasting is in chestnut bread — a loaf that’s moist, fragrant, and built around simple, reliable ingredients harvested from the land....

Arthur's Chestnuts have been a staple food for millennia, valued for their taste, nutrition, and versatility. Nutritionally distinct from other nut species, chestnuts offer a whole-food, low-fat nutritional profile. Chestnuts...

As the seasons begin to shift, we invite you to join us for our final Open Nursery Weekend of the year Friday through Sunday, September 12–14, 10am–4pm. It’s a chance...

Lawns occupy more land in the United States than corn. They hog water and fertilizer, and are doused with herbicides. They provide little, if any, ecological benefit, carbon sequestration, or...

Kelly of Arthur's Point welcomes the New Leaf team to Arthur's Point Farm for a tour of the yard. One morning in the Hudson Valley, a tree falls. Its canopy,...

With federal climate programs facing unprecedented rollbacks, we must focus our attention on state and local programs to continue making progress toward carbon neutrality and a more ecologically balanced world....

Investing in forest conservation, stewardship, and reforestation is key to fighting climate change and reversing ecological loss. The benefits of these investments more than justify the costs (read our blog...

Forests slow climate change, build natural resilience, and create a more abundant world. Forests cover almost one-third of the Earth’s land and they absorb about one-fifth of the greenhouse gasses we...

The infamous chestnut blight of the early 20th century not only wiped out the majestic American chestnut tree, but also the cultural and economic values it bestowed on countless generations....

The historic loss of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) tree is well-documented, here and elsewhere. A quick summary of what happened: at the start of the 20th century, a fungus...