Harvey is in the LA Times today
 

I don't have a link to the online article and actually I'm not even sure if there is one, but there is a huge article on Chestnuts in the LA Times Food section today that includes an interview with Harvey.

Ok Harvey, now I know where to buy your product right here at my local farmers market!

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Way to go Harvey!

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Congratumalations!

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Congrats Harvey!!!:woohoonaner:

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It is online!

The return of the American chestnut - Los Angeles Times

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Congrats Harvey..Job well done.

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Hooray!!

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Looks like Harvey added new pics to the photo gallery on chestnuts.us - check them out:
Correia Chestnut Farm - American Grown Fresh Chestnuts From Our Family Farm to You; large hand-harvested Colossal chestnuts, recipes, instructions for roasting chestnuts, chestnut roasters, chestnut knives

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Great Job Harvey!:woohoonaner:

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Watch out for the deluge of sale. Congrats!

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Thanks Mitchel and everyone. And Benny, I already had the flood of orders with 9 calls by 8am this morning plus the online orders. I had to quickly update my pages and my voice mail greeting to ask everyone to go directly to my web site to order as I could not keep up. This was especially critical as I was already near selling out and didn't want to over-sell. Nothing like a grumpy chestnut addict. lol Anyway, early this afternoon I did sell out. Despite the economy being in the tank, the pace of my sales were 40% ahead of last year. :)

Mitchel, those chestnut sold at your farmer's market in Santa Monica and mentioned in the article appear to be grown by someone near Fresno who I'm not familiar with. I know most chestnut growers in the country (I'm a past president of a national grower's association), but wonder if they're renting an orchard that used to be operated by an elderly couple in Visalia.

You've got a class act with Russ Parsons being a food reporter for the LA Times. Honestly, he's the most knowledgeable reporter I've spoken to when it comes to farming, crops, etc. He was listed in the Who's Who of food reporters earlier this year and was a pleasure to visit with when he came during chestnut harvest last month.

The only correction I'd possibly note is the production figure is the minimum I expect from my top-worked orchard here at my home place in 3-4 years. I'm also growing chestnuts at another location about an hour southeast of me.

I believe there are many opportunities for people such as this. Many people produce things that are already heavily produced here or where they are looking to export their product. We import the vast majority of chestnuts consumed in the U.S. People often as me with a puzzled look "is the chestnut market very large???". I always answer the same: "the chestnut market is small but competition in the U.S. is much smaller." Transportation costs will become increasingly important over the years ahead and we have a big advantage with some domestic products. The USPS Flat Rate boxes have also been a tremendous help to our business (the introduction of the Large Flat Rate box greatly increased the number of 20 pound orders I received this year).

Thanks again for the congratulations, etc.! :D

Harvey
tired, not retired

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Way to go Harvey - congratulations!!

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Great job Harvey, Congratulations :bananas_b

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Let me offer my congrats, also. This is a wonderful story/thread.

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Very cool. Congratulations!

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wow, very well done!
congrats:2223:

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Hey, it's that time of year again. Since this thread had so much interest last year, I thought I'd share a video of my home orchard (I harvest an earlier variety at a rented orchard located an hour away).



I've got photos at Correia Chestnut Farm - American Grown Fresh Chestnuts From Our Family Farm to You; large hand-harvested Colossal chestnuts, recipes, instructions for roasting chestnuts, chestnut roasters, chestnut knives and will be adding more there as soon as I come up for air! :ha:

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How cool is that, guess I will have to add tasting a chestnut to my list if things to do, never had one. I had my first taste of a fresh fig last year and I am almost 62!!!!!!!! Nice article Harvey and beautiful orchard too, thanks so much for sharing.:waving:

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I think once people get a taste of the St Helens you may have to do some more grafting. The peeling part is a bit tough but well worth the reward that awaits inside! When my friend came over last night I decided to roast some Marroni for her instead of sharing the real treasures! ;)

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Hey, Mitchel, I have a hard enough time trying to satisfy demand for the Marroni (I frequnetly get offered premiums to waive my maximum order limit of 20 pounds) and don't think I'll grow St. Helens commercially. Too many people as it is already insist on getting just big nuts. Taste experts like Mitchel are an exception! :D