Lee DeHaan, lead scientist of the Kernza domestication program at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, will speak at Grinnell College on Tuesday, Oct. 10. DeHaan led the development of a new perennial grain crop, Kernza — derived from intermediate wheatgrass — and will report on its current state and potential for the future.

The talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Kernza Perennial Grain: Sustainable by Design.” Sponsored by the College’s Center for Prairie Studies, it will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center, Room 101, 1115 Eighth Ave., Grinnell.

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