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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Prairie Festival
The Land Institute's annual Prairie Festival will be September 22-24. The Prairie Festival offers a unique opportunity to interact with some of the world’s most compelling ...
September 22, 2017 | 5:00 pm
The Land Institute
Kernza® Lead Scientist Receives Inaugural American Food Heroes Award
The Land Institute’s Lead Scientist for Kernza® domestication and intermediate wheatgrass breeding, Lee DeHaan, has been recognized as one of the top ten leaders making food better right now. The publication EatingWell today released its…
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…