There has been a growing interest in trying to combine the cold hardiness and disease resistance of the American species with the better qualities of the European species.

Providing a welcoming habitat for birds in winter is as easy as planting cold-hardy trees that will provide much-needed shelter during that chilly weather.

The Upper Midwest Hazelnut Development Initiative is looking to make growing and selling hazelnuts a reality for farms in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Savanna Institute, Regenerative Agriculture ...

The birds and bugs are singing at Dave Bohnhoff’s farm in Plymouth, Wisconsin. His hazelnut orchard is a paradise for chipmunks, blue jays, and insects, as well as a group of visiting farmers here to ...

The University of Minnesota received nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund research for hazelnut growth in the state. The University was one of 19 schools to receive a ...

Trekking around the woods in Northern Wisconsin, I noticed that much of the understory shrubs were hazelnuts. Knowing that there are two native hazelnuts in that region I looked for the fruit on the ...

Eastern filbert blight, a fungal pathogen that kills hazelnut trees, first made its way to the Northwest in the 1960s. Since then, farmers have managed the fungus by pruning infected trees and ...

What do an apple grower looking to add crops, a marketing professional working to introduce consumers to sustainable varieties, and a fourth generation dairy farmer looking to diversify have in common ...