Why an ex-Googler just opened a chestnut farm in rural Pennsylvania

In the 1800s, the United States was full of chestnuts. Then, in 1904, someone accidentally introduced a fungus from Asia that wiped out the entire population of chestnut trees on the East Coast. More than a century later, chestnuts still aren’t a big part of the American diet.  Sam Nana-Sinkam [Photo: Liv Hamilton/courtesy Bloom Farm] Sam Nana-Sinkam wants to change that. He believes chestnuts are a valuable crop that could become a meat, milk, and flour substitute—all without...