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A blight in the early 1900s nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree, once a staple food source and building material.

Farmers are now planting blight-resistant hybrid chestnut trees in an effort to revive the nut's presence in the U.S.

Efforts to restore the American chestnut include traditional cross-breeding and genetic modification, though challenges remain.

Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared.

Yet, there are signs that chestnuts are reemerging as local and regional farmers are planting acres of the nut-bearing trees, attempting to resow a lost industry .

New Jersey cultivators Luke and Rachel Tarvin of Chesterfield have, in the last six years, taken the plunge to plant about 60 ac

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