The Land Institute Names New President
Rachel Stroer has been named the third president of The Land Institute, the first woman to lead the organization in…
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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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Philanthropic Funding Ignites Promising Carbon Sequestration Modeling and Perennial Grain Development to Mitigate Climate Change
Additional Ventures donates $1,800,000 to The Land Institute to aid in quantifying the carbon sequestration capabilities and accelerate the development…
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Case Study 2021
Into the Weeds Why is The Land Institute Focused on Grain Crops? Grain crops are the staple foods of humanity,…
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Genomic Prediction Enables Rapid Selection of High-Performing Genets in an Intermediate Wheatgrass Breeding Program
Abstract In an era of constrained and depleted natural resources, perennial grains could provide sustainable food production along with beneficial ecosystem services like reduced erosion and increased atmospheric carbon capture….
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…