Daniel Chapin, left, and his father, Ron Chapin, examine a hazelnut tree grown in a container at their farm near Salem, Ore. The containerized system gives the Chapins a head start in replacing older ...

Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Press Oregon State University plant breeder Shawn Mehlenbacher looks at jars of different hazelnut cultivars at his laboratory near Corvallis, Ore. Mehlenbacher has developed ...

Spring is just around the corner and gardeners can hardly wait to get their hands in the soil. Got questions before you get started? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool ...

Cultivating truffles in Sonoma County? It has been an intriguing idea since Henry Trione first explored it with his friend J. Ralph Stone in the 1970s. But growing truffles in Sonoma County didn’t ...

Many hazelnut growers across the country are seeing good production in recent years. However, for villagers in Gomdar and ...

In that decade, Ferraro Rocher’s factory has quadrupled in size and it now processes 24,000 tons of those goodies’ primary ingredient, after chocolate: hazelnuts. But the company has to buy over 90 ...

The creamy, buttery, crunchy, sweet hazelnut inspires our earthborn senses. Charred shells found in ancient middens from Scotland to the Pacific Northwest, dated at 9,000 years old, share a story of ...

While walking through some woods in Clarke County this week, I noticed a faint, citruslike fragrance in the chilly air. I quickly spied the source, a witch-hazel tree in full bloom. The small tree ...

The hazelnut business is in a bind. Demand is rising, supply is tight, and a deadly fungal disease is constraining production. But one man may have found a solution. Demand for hazelnuts is on the ...

Nutella, that sinfully indulgent chocolate-hazelnut spread, turns 50 this year, and it's come a long way, baby. There's even a "Nutella bar" in midtown Manhattan, right off Fifth Avenue, tucked inside ...