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Ten local middle school students are exploring farming, gardening and food processing during a weeklong camp aimed at giving them hands-on learning and agricultural lessons at locations throughout Fayette County.

Sara Fern Fitzsimmons, TACF Director of Restoration and Northern Appalachian Regional Science Coordinator The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once found throughout the forests of the Appalachian Mountains and was a primary component of Pennsylvania’s forests. In the 1800s, plant importation brought with it a devastating fungal disease that all but eliminated the American chestnut from its original range. Researchers at Penn State have been on the forefront to restore this species, ex...

Sara Fern Fitzsimmons, TACF Director of Restoration and Northern Appalachian Regional Science Coordinator The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once found throughout the forests of the Appalachian Mountains and was a primary component of Pennsylvania’s forests. In the 1800s, plant importation brought with it a devastating fungal disease that all but eliminated the American chestnut from its original range. Researchers at Penn State have been on the forefront to restore this species, ex...