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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Enacting the Ecosphere Story
We often speak of the biosphere, that sacred, global-scale circle of living systems blanketing the earth. Yet this biosphere is dependent upon and interrelated with an ...
June 21, 2018 | 8:00 am
Western State Colorado University
The Land Institute Launches Search for New Position – Director of Administration
The Land Institute, a nonprofit leader in sustainable agriculture, seeks to expand its leadership team with a new Director of Administration. The Director will oversee The Land Institute’s practices related to budget, finance, personnel, facilities,…
Scientific Publications
Managing for Multifunctionality in Perennial Grain Crops
Abstract: Plant breeders are increasing yields and improving agronomic traits in several perennial grain crops, the first of which is now being incorporated into commercial food products. Integration strategies and management…
Perennial Grain Legume Domestication Phase I: Criteria for Candidate Species Selection
Abstract: Annual cereal and legume grain production is dependent on inorganic nitrogen (N) and other fertilizers inputs to resupply nutrients lost as harvested grain, via soil erosion/runoff, and by other natural…
Effect of Puccinia silphii on Yield Components and Leaf Physiology in Silphium integrifolium: Lessons for the Domestication of a Perennial Oilseed Crop
Abstract: New crops with greater capacity for delivering ecosystem services are needed to increase agricultural sustainability. However, even in these crops, seed yield is usually the main criteria for grain domestication….