Natural Systems Agriculture
We believe there’s a solution to the challenges of agriculture. We call it Natural Systems Agriculture, and it’s what we do.
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Perennial Crops
Natural ecosystems feature perennial plants. So does our approach to regenerative agriculture.
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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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Dr. Wes Jackson to be included in Slow Food Nation’s weekend long event
Land Institute President Emeritus, Wes Jackson, will be part of numerous discussions and workshops during the Slow Food Nation, Denver, Colorado event. Slow Food Nations is ...
July 14, 2017 | All Day
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McKnight Foundation Partners with The Land Institute on Perennial Grain Communications
The Land Institute is profoundly excited to contribute to a strong, flexible network of perennial grain partners that includes food companies, farmers, retailers, researchers, and now the McKnight Foundation. Intermediate wheatgrass developed by The Land…
Scientific Publications
Accelerating Silphium Domestication: An Opportunity to Develop New Crop Ideotypes and Breeding Strategies Informed by Multiple Disciplines
Abstract Silphium perfoliatum L. (cup plant, silphie) and S. integrifolium Michx. (rosinweed, silflower) are in the same subfamily and tribe as sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Silphium perfoliatumhas been grown in…
What Agriculture Can Learn from Native Ecosystems in Building Soil Organic Matter: A Review
Over the last century, researchers and practitioners with diverse backgrounds have articulated the importance of improving soil organic matter (SOM) contents in agricultural soils. More recently, climate change scientists interested…
Development of the first consensus genetic map of intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) using genotyping-by-sequencing
Key message: Development of the first consensus genetic map of intermediate wheatgrass gives insight into the genome and tools for molecular breeding. Abstract: Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) has been identified…