Join Sara Tyler for a presentation on the black walnut tree. Sara is the founder, owner and general manager of Black Squirrel Farms, the first licensed facility processing black walnuts in New York State. and her licensed facility processing black walnuts. They have walnuts for sale, of course, and also a variety of black walnut soaps and black walnut nutshell BBQ smoking chips.

(There will be an in person LLH farm visit on August 10. More info coming soon!)

The black walnut tree is having a tough time finding the love and respect it needs these days. Once revered by New York's Indigenous peoples, it is now generally seen as a nuisance tree or a tree only valued for its lumber potential. Black Squirrel Farms is changing that by developing and showcasing a range of distinctive, healthy and delicious black walnut-based food products which include nuts, oil and even mushrooms! Black walnut trees are a productive, community-owned resource with the potential to positively impact regional food security and food diversity concerns. Come learn why black walnuts are a unique, underappreciated American renewable resource and how you can get involved in changing their story and future.

Sara Tyler is a 20+ year energy professional with technical and leadership experience in both oil and gas and renewable energy who left the energy business in 2018 for a chance to do something completely different. She is now the founder, owner and general manager of Black Squirrel Farms, the first licensed facility processing black walnuts in New York State. She received her BS in Geoscience from Bucknell University (1996) and her MS in Geoscience from The Pennsylvania State University (1999).