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.
Learn MoreThe Work that Reconnects – Moving from Despair to Empowerment in the Age of Planetary Distress
This retreat to help attendees feel re-grounded in a time of anxiety and isolation builds off the work of pioneering eco-philosopher and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy on a transformative journey that will reorient perspectives on our current crises and give tools to become a bearer of hope for future generations.
April 5, 2019 | 6:30 pm
Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center
Interview with a Plant Scientist: Lee DeHaan, Kernza® Intermediate Wheatgrass
Lee DeHaan grew up on a conventional corn and soybean farm in Minnesota. His father and older brothers heard Wes Jackson speak in the early 80s about perennial grains, and their benefits to agriculture became…
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…