October is hazelnut season in Oregon. As the fall foliage hits it peak, but before the rains come, the Willamette Valley’s roughly 1,000 hazelnut farmers are busy collecting their crop. More than 60% ...

Oregon farmers will soon be able to plant hazelnut trees with a new genetic source of Eastern Filbert Blight resistance than ...

With the price of hazelnuts going ever higher, it is time to grow your own. There are even new Oregon State University-bred cultivars that are immune to Eastern filbert blight, a disease that has ...

For all devoted fans of Nutella, the threat of a global hazelnut shortage is disturbing news. The soaring popularity of the rich cocoa and hazelnut spread has driven up demand for hazelnuts worldwide, ...

Demand for hazelnuts is on the rise globally. That's due in no small part to the popularity of products like Nutella. But the U.S. has remained a relatively small player in the global hazelnut ...

After years of living in the shadow of well-funded and aggressively marketed pistachios, almonds and walnuts, Oregon hazelnuts are now ready to inspire manufacturers and consumers as the star ...

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 ...