Join co-editors of the new book Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, Aubrey Streit Krug and Liz Carlisle, for their presentation at the Iowa State University Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium on September 9, 2026. Attendees can engage with the book’s co-editors, along with Iowa State University professor Lisa Schulte Moore, on the book’s themes and the benefits of perennial crops for ecosystems and communities.

Living Roots incorporates perspectives from experts across numerous backgrounds and lived experiences to examine the promise of perennial foods such as perennial grains, indigenous food forests, fruit trees, nuts, berries, and more for sustaining communities and protecting the health of our shared planet.

This presentation will take place in room 0013 of Curtiss Hall (513 Farm House Ln, Ames, IA 50011) on Iowa State University’s campus.