Meetings

Meetings/Events

February 6, 2001 Organizational Meeting UT-Knoxville
March 6, 2001 - Organizational Meeting - Dr. J. Hill Craddock, speaker
April 3, 2001 - Organizational Meeting - Dr. Paul Sisco, speaker
May 10, 2001 - Meeting at Dollywood with Marshal Case, TACF Exec. Direc.
June 9, 2001 - Identification and Pollination Training, Bendabout Farm, McDonald, TN
March 23, 2002 Annual Chapter Meeting in Oak Ridge
June 8, 2002 Workshop at Greg Weaver's Farm in Leiper's Fork
January 25, 2003 Planning Workshop at Wesley Center in Cookeville, TN
Feb. 9, 2003 Nut Grafting Workshop at Wesley Center in Cookeville, TN
May 31, 2003 - Chapter Mtg. and Pollination Training, Bendabout Farm, McDonald, TN
Feb. 21-22, 2004 - Chapter Mtg. at Volunteer St. Comm. College, Gallatin, TN
June 12, 2004 - Chapter Mtg. and Pollination Training, Bendabout Farm, McDonald, TN
Aug. 21, 2004 - Hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Jan. 29, 2005- Chapter Meeting at Tenn. Tech. in Cookeville, TN
May 21, 2005- Chapter Meeting at Interstate Packaging, White Bluff, TN
Summer, 2005-Chapter members take a hike to Savage Falls.
Jan. 28, 2006-Chapter Meeting at Bridgestone-Firestone, McMinnville, TN
Feb. 5, 2006-TACF Southeastern Regional Meeting, McDonald, TN
Sam McInturff discovers and releases new chestnut mother trees in East Tennessee.
May 20, 2006-Chapter meeting at Cumberland Mountain State Park, Crossville, TN
Nov. 4, 2006-Chapter members see chestnuts and chinkapins at Fall Creek Falls
State Park. For a map of Fall Creek Falls click here.
Jan. 27, 2007-Chapter Meeting at Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville, TN
Photos of the March 24, 2007 chestnut symposium at Maryville College sponsored by the Appalachian Studies Association
Power Point presentation showing Sam and Elberta planting their
second chestnut orchard in Greenback, Tennessee (Photos and commentary by Hill Craddock, March 2007)
Chestnut exhibit at the Science Expo held at Volunteer State Community College, April 2007
Aug. 11, 2007-Chapter Meeting at the Greenback Community Club near Maryville, TN.
Sept. 29, 2007 Field Trip to Frozen Head Mountain.