Local nut growers will roast chestnuts every Sunday between Thanksgiving and Christmas in a popup farmstand with fresh chestnuts for sale and tree crop treats from Forestopia.
Forestopia, based in Greenfield Mass. and Brattleboro Vt., works to expand opportunities for tree crops and tree products, all sustainably sourced from well-managed, regenerative agroforestry systems or ecologically sound harvesting of non-timber forest products.
They aim to grow long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with small-holder grower groups and harvester communities around the world, they say, to promote sustainable agroforestry and conservation practices, and bring to healthy and delicious tree products to their region.
Big River Chestnuts grows chestnut trees along the water.
Juniper garlands ring the posts at Big River Chestnuts in Sunderland.
Big River Chestnuts opened a farm stand in Sunderland for the holidays with fresh and roasted chestnuts and more.
Chestnuts sit in and out of their husks, beside the spiky outer shell.
Goats come up to eat old nuts at Big River Chestnuts in Sunderland.
Big River Chestnuts opened a farm stand in Sunderland for the holidays with fresh and roasted chestnuts and more.
Goats come up to eat old nuts at Big River Chestnuts in Sunderland.
Big River Chestnuts opened a farm stand in Sunderland for the holidays with fresh and roasted chestnuts and more.
