Tim Crews

Tim Crews keeps half his heart in the American Southwest and the other half in his home on the Central Great Plains prairie in Salina, Kansas, USA. With a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University, and an Ecology postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, he eventually became a long-time Professor of Environmental Studies and Agroecology at Prescott College in Arizona. Inspired by Wes Jackson’s book, New Roots for Agriculture, Tim is passionate about integrating the ecological functions of natural systems, such as grasslands and forests, into agriculture through ecological intensification. At The Land Institute, Tim serves as the Chief Scientist and Director of the International Initiative, facilitating research collaborations and networks across six continents in over 30 countries to realize perennial grain agriculture.

My most perennial trait: Intensification – I bring together the right elements to catalyze systems and beneficial outcomes, whether they be researcher networks or diverse perennial grain agroecosystems.

Tim Crews’ research