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Intermediate wheatgrass as a dual use crop for grain and grazing
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Raised in Chicago, Illinois, USA, amidst agrarian expats, Tara Conway called diverse places and disciplines home. She first encountered The Land Institute’s work through conversations with an NYC artist (and part-time garlic farmer). She promptly applied to graduate school to learn more, eventually rooted herself in agroecology with a PhD at the University of Minnesota. Tara spent eight years on perennial grain agriculture, from genetic mapping of sorghum to social network analysis in Kernza. At The Land Institute, Tara now works to understand how perennial grains and humans can reciprocally shape one another to achieve a mutually sustaining world. Using a political ecology lens and participatory research approaches, she advances ethical infrastructures to ground perennial agriculture systems in day-to-day practices.
My most perennial trait: Playfulness—like a branch flapping hello in the wind or an absurdly tiny acorn, I strive to maintain an openness and curiosity that invites genuine collaboration.
