The resurrection of the American chestnut

The resurrection of the American chestnut

Contrary to popular belief, when European settlers landed in North America, the continent wasn't a primeval wilderness. It was a cultivated garden, the handiwork of Native American civilizations that were decimated by disease before white colonization began in earnest.One method of indigenous cultivation is agroforestry, or forest gardens: planting fruit and nut trees that yield a harvest of food and other products year after year. One of these …