For chestnut growers in the northern part of the Midwest states there are several scientists working with local growers to help them develop a chestnut industry in the United States of America. Dr. Fulbright from the Michigan State University's Department of Plant Pathology has been and continues to be instrumental. Dr. Fullbright aided the Michigan growers in obtaining a grant for the purchase of a chestnut shelling processor from Italy. Dr. Fulbright has written an excellent article "Growing Chestnuts for Commercial Markets in Michigan and other Midwest States: A Poineer Industry".

In the northeastern states Dr. Anagnostakis of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, CT. has been providing assistance to the efforts to reestablish the American chestnut in the eastern US forests. She also has collected soil and leaf sample results from commercial growers across the entire USA. Her efforts also include lists of known chestnut varieties and their basic characteristics of growth habit, nut size and quality.

The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry has continuing efforts in research of commercial chestnut production and marketing. For a good business perspective of the chestnut industry in the United States the "Chestnut Market Analysis Producers' Perspective" is a must read. Potential chestnut growers should read "Growing Chinese Chestnuts in Missouri". This guide was written by Dr. Ken Hunt, Dr. Michael, Dr. William Reid, and Dr. Michele Warmund.