{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping","title":"Figuring Out How to Bring Back a Lost Giant...the American Chestnut","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/db8e1e89\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2073,"description":"In this episode, we dig into some history, a sad story – and hope.\nAll this from a tree that was known as the redwood of the east. A towering tree prized for its wood. A tree pivotal to the forest ecosystem.\nAnd by the 1950s, it was thought to be extinct in Ontario.\nBut it wasn’t extinct. And it’s not extinct now.\nWe head to southwestern Ontario to find out what the Canadian Chestnut Council is doing to bring the American chestnut back to the landscape. \nWhether you’re a forager, interested in food forests, or want to grow nuts, this is a fun chat.\n\nOur chestnut guide is Ron Casier, chair of the Canadian Chestnut Council.\nWe talk about:\nThe American chestnut, and the place it held in the ecosystem\nChestnut blight, and its effect on chestnut populations\nThe “Canadian” American chestnut\nBreeding disease-resistance American chestnut varieties","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_y3e1k24nMlKLGYUZdhBsMgezF6u9k_5w92OUmAhniI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTFk/NDg3ODQxNjE2MGM1/ZWMwNGVhOTgyZTY1/NmZhOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}