Perennial Crops
Natural ecosystems feature perennial plants. So does our approach to regenerative agriculture.
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Ecological Intensification
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“An Agroecological Worldview in Action” Workshop
The Land Institute will hold a free workshop Nov. 1-3 in Austin. The workshop will focus on understanding how to apply a perennial, polyculture philosophy for just food system transformation and will provide participants an opportunity to learn with community partners in an emerging urban food hub, especially around issues of diversity and equity.
November 1, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Huston-Tillotson University
Interview With an Ecologist: Tim Crews, Director of Research and Lead Soil Ecologist
What got you into this field of work? I became interested in agriculture and horticulture in high school. I subscribed to the book of the month club from Rodale Press back in the ‘70s and…
Scientific Publications
Benefits of Native Mycorrhizal Amendments to Perennial Agroecosystems Increases with Field Inoculation Density
Perennial polyculture cropping systems are a novel agroecological approach used to mirror some of the ecological benefits provided by native perennial ecosystems including increased carbon and nitrogen storage, more stable…
Integrating multipurpose perennial grains crops in Western European farming systems
Western European agriculture is largely defined by the high level of productivity of its cereal grain production. Such productivity is largely a result of farm specialization and intensification. This approach…
Genome mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling domestication traits of intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium)
Abstract Allohexaploid (2n = 6x = 42) intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), abbreviated IWG, is an outcrossing perennial grass belonging to the tertiary gene pool of wheat. Perenniality would be valuable option for grain production,…