English Walnut Grafting Presentation/ Demo
The MNGA is proud to host walnut researcher and Turkish grad student, Burak Akyuz, on June 17th in Clarksville, MI. He’ll be sharing his knowledge and expertise with anyone interested […]
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2015 Spring Meeting Recap
The 2015 spring meeting was a huge success— we had a lot of first timers and new members show up which is always an excitement for the organization. This was […]
The Chestnut Road: Dennis Fulbright VIDEO
The following video segments are from Dennis Fulbright’s presentation at the 2015 spring meeting— Dennis Fulbright: The Chestnut Story part I Dennis Fulbright: The Chestnut Story part II Dennis Fulbright: […]
MNGA Walnut Huller
For many years now MNGA members have been exploring the realms of black walnut processing; anyone whose grown or collected black walnuts before knows this to be the major challenge—first […]
National Nut Day + Dennis Fulbright Talks Hypovirulence
HAPPY NATIONAL NUT DAY! In honor of National Nut Day I was motivated to post some new content, or rather old content that I failed to post earlier this summer! […]
First Annual Nut Evaluation Day
Michigan Nut Growers Association is reviving the Nut Evaluation Day. Our first in many years was held on January 11, 2014. The goal is to evaluate the different nuts, select […]
Mike Dority Talks Thousand Cankers Disease on NPR
MNGA president, Mike Dority, was recently interviewed on NPR talking about Thousand Cankers Disease. He discusses the spread of the disease and the looming threat for Michigan’s large population of […]
Pawpaws Meet Whole Foods!
This past weekend the CGI(Chestnut Growers Inc.) distributed fresh pawpaws to all six MI Whole Foods locations. The fruit was received with great enthusiasm and all six stores sold out […]
Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD)
States are instituting quarantines to deter migration of this disease. See: Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska.
Chestnut Gall Wasp Alert!
We are instituting this alert to warn people not to bring in chestnut scion wood, seedling trees or grafted trees from any state south of Michigan and east of the […]
Michigan Nut and Fruit Growers Association (MNFGA) 