Engage with Sustainable Farming

Why it’s important

Your support helps create a world where agriculture restores—rather than depletes—the land, water, and communities we all depend on.

Support truly regenerative agriculture

Help us develop perennial grains that build soil, clean water, and build climate resilience in farming.

Empower farmers and communities

We work alongside farmers, ranchers, and land stewards to co-create resilient solutions rooted in local knowledge.

Protect the environment

Together, we can advance sustainable farming systems that reduce chemical inputs that contaminate soil and waterways and boost biodiversity above and below ground.

Invest in science and innovation

Fund scientific and participatory research and tools that drive breakthroughs in sustainable agriculture.

Educate the next generation

Support emerging scientists and future leaders through hands-on learning opportunities.

Make a global impact

Join us in collaborating across continents to improve food security and environmental resilience.

Champion a trusted organization

With top ratings for transparency and accountability, your gift creates meaningful, lasting change.

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Ways to support the movement

Monthly giving

Join our community of monthly donors providing dedicated support for long-term research.

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Donor advised fund

Use your donor-advised fund to advance perennial grain research and grow a more resilient food system.

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Legacy giving

Leave a gift that grows beyond your lifetime. Planned gifts support our intergenerational long-range vision.

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Other ways to give

Give by check, stock, or qualified charitable distribution—whatever works best for you.

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Advocacy

We welcome all voices to join our collective rallying cry. Learn more about ways to advance perennial agriculture and its benefits to feed people and repair the planet.

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Eat and drink perennial grains

We’re changing the way the world grows food. By eating products made with Kernza perennial grain, you support innovative sustainable farmers and businesses.

Consumers

Our impact

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Nobel & World Food Prize laureates

Named perennial grains among the “moonshot” innovations needed to secure a livable future.

Global researchers

From 45 institutions in over 25 countries attended our first joint meeting with CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center), the birthplace of the Green Revolution, to plant seeds of a different future—one rooted in regeneration, place, and partnership.

Kernza® in Context lessons

For high school teachers to educate students on the the benefits of perennials, the development of new perennial grain crops, and the positive impacts Kernza has on soil, water, and food.

Civic scientists

Participants in the Perennial Atlas Project across in 43 US states collecting data on perennial silflower, Baki™ bean, and flax next to annual sunflower, lentil, and flax.

Experience The Land Institute

Visit the prairie where a global movement began

Come walk the prairie, tour our research plots, and see perennial agriculture in action. Whether you’re attending an event, scheduling a group visit, or passing through Salina, Kansas, we welcome you to experience the place that inspired our vision.

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