Prairie Festival Returns, Date Announced for 2022
Save the Date! Prairie Festival returns to our home at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, from September 23-25, 2022. New…
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New Roots International
Igniting a movement to advance just and diverse perennial grain agriculture at a global scale.
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Ecological Intensification
Sunlight. Water. Soil. Microbes. Plants. People. The Land Institute brings them all together for sustainable farming.
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Perennial Crops
Natural ecosystems feature perennial plants. So does our approach to regenerative agriculture.
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Case Study 2022
Crop Stewardship: Perennial Grains from Promise to Plates Since our founding 45 years ago, The Land Institute has investigated how…
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Patagonia Provisions + Dogfish Head Launch Kernza® Pils Beer
Patagonia Provisions and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery introduce Kernza® Pils made with Kernza perennial grain. Kernza not only sequesters carbon…
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Prairie Festival 2022
September 23, 2022 | All Day
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New Roots - Growing a movement from the ground down PRAIRIE FESTIVAL EVENTS PAGE Prairie Festival returns to our home at The ...
Scientific Publications
Perennials as Future Grain Crops: Opportunities and Challenges
New research published in parternship by Carlsberg Group Future Crops, The Land Institute, University of Copenhagen, Carlsberg Foundation, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Innovation Fund Denmark, Lund University in…
Changes to architecture of Silphium integrifolium Michx. during domestication reveal new trade-offs for yield
Ongoing domestication of whole leaf rosinweed, Silphium integrifolium Michx., as a perennial oilseed and forage crop aims to increase yields while limiting decreases in other desirable traits (i.e., trade-offs). Two…
Unraveling the genetic components of perenniality: Toward breeding for perennial grains
Although tremendously successful at feeding humanity, row crop agriculture based on annuals contributes to numerous ecosystem dis-services, ranging from soil degradation and aquatic eutrophication to greenhouse gas production. In contrast,…