Badgersett Research Corporation:
Woody Agriculture research and development
With roots going back to 1978, we work 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 neohybrid hazelnuts, chestnuts, and hickory-pecans; and we are involved in all aspects of commercializing these crops, from developing machinery and harvest procedures to consumer products and marketing.
The first definitive how-to for growing hybrid hazels is here! Pre-ordered copies are now shipping for Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts. Check it out!
2015 Woody Ag Short Course; April 10-13. Register now for the early-bird discount!
We've updated the plant catalogs. Place your order now for the 2015 growing season!
Check the Badgersett Growers' Blog for the most recent updates
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.
- Introduction to Woody Agriculture: one-hour talk from 2011 short course.
- 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
- Site preparation, planting and establishment talk from 2014 short course.
- All info: An index to all the information we have online
Check out the new chestnut peeling youtube videos on the Badgersett Growers Blog!
The Badgersett Growers Blog is the best place to look for the latest updates- and of course you can subscribe to this feed to keep better up to date.
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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 usually 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. Our hazel plants sell out quickly, so place your orders far in advance of the next planting season, and allow substitutes for the best options.