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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Ecosphere Studies
Changing the way we think about the world and our place in it, through educational and cultural projects.
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Perennial Practice: An Ecosphere Studies Workshop
Perennial Practice: An Ecosphere Studies Workshop led by The Land Institute’s Director of Ecosphere Studies, Aubrey Streit Krug, is designed for everyone interested in food, teaching and learning, and community building. Join us for a weekend of renewal in the beauty of the Smoky Hill River watershed.
April 26, 2019 | 8:30 am
The Land Institute
Interview with a Plant Scientist: Brandon Schlautman, Perennial Legumes
What brought you here to The Land Institute (TLI)? I’ve always been interested in agriculture, but I first thought about becoming a plant breeder early in my undergrad career when I realized that I had…
Scientific Publications
Is the Future of Agriculture Perennial? Imperatives and Opportunities to Reinvent Agriculture by Shifting from Annual Monocultures to Perennial Polycultures
Non-technical summary. Modern agriculture is associated with numerous environmental predicaments, such as land degradation, water pollution, and greenhouse gas emission. Socio-economically, it is characterized by a treadmill of technological change,…
Two contrasting laboratory methods improve Silphium integrifolium Michx. germination rate to agronomically acceptable levels
Abstract Organic dormancy, the inability to germinate under favorable conditions, is a common problem in many crop species and their wild relatives, leading to more variable emergence, plant density, and…
Transforming human life on our home planet, perennially
The development of agriculture is one of the key fault lines in human history, the starting point for the human project of dominating the planet. As the catastrophic consequences of…