Mississippi Earthtones Festival - The Land Institute

Alton Main Street, the Sierra Club Illinois’ Three Rivers Project, and the Jacoby Arts Center are hosting the 19th annual Mississippi Earthtones Festival on Saturday, September 20th, at the Alton Amphitheater in Alton, Illinois. This day-long festival will offer food, music, art, and more with an eco-conscious focus. To match the event’s vision and theme of river conservation, The Old Bakery Beer Company will also be offering a special-edition West Coast-style IPA brewed with water quality-enhancing Kernza® perennial grain, which will be available for purchase at the event.

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Wed, Sep 9, 2026 - Mon, Jan 4, 2027

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Growing Deep Roots: Perennial-inspired art at Kemper Art Museum

Artist Carolina Caycedo is showcasing her perennial-inspired art at WashU’s Kemper Art Museum between September 9, 2026, and January 4, 2027. Caycedo’s Plant Portraits (2021-ongoing) “highlight systems of reciprocity and collaboration between human and nonhuman entities, specifically the power of people and plants to care for and nurture one another.” Her work, which features Kernza®, […]

Wed, Sep 9, 2026 3:30 pm CST - 5:10 pm CST

Ames, Iowa, USA

Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods (Iowa State University Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium)

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 […]

Tue, Sep 15, 2026 5:00 pm CST - 8:00 pm CST

Salina, Kansas, USA

Community Days at The Land Institute: House of Water

Join us for Community Days at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas! This event series focuses on experiential learning, community building, land stewardship, and creative placemaking. Community Days are designed for those interested in the intersections of agriculture, ecology, and art. The goal is to offer ways to build a more sustainable future through hands-on […]

Wed, Sep 16, 2026 5:00 pm CST - 8:00 pm CST

Salina, Kansas, USA

Community Days at The Land Institute: sculptural art & live music

Join us for Community Days at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas! This event series focuses on experiential learning, community building, land stewardship, and creative placemaking. Community Days are great for those interested in the intersections of agriculture, ecology, and art. This event series offers ways to build a more sustainable future through hands-on engagement […]

Wed, Sep 23, 2026 6:30 pm CST - 7:30 pm CST

Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods (Newton Public Library)

Join Living Roots co-editors Aubrey Streit Krug, Liz Carlisle, and book contributor Jesse Nathan for an evening of perennial treats, a prairie poetry reading, and a conversation discussing the new book. Facilitated by Bethel College professor Rachel Epp Buller, this conversation will cover the promise of perennial foods for sustaining communities and protecting the health […]

Fri, Sep 25, 2026 - Sun, Sep 27, 2026

Salina, Kansas, USA

Prairie Festival 2026

Join us for Prairie Festival 2026 in celebration of The Land Institute’s 50th anniversary in Salina, Kansas, along the banks of the Smoky Hills River! Engage with a weekend of speakers, perennial grain foods, artists, musicians, hands-on demonstrations, and more from Friday, September 25, through Sunday, September 27. At this year’s Prairie Festival: 50 years […]

Perennial sorghum scientist Stan Cox displays a sorghum plant during a Prairie Festival field tour of Land Institute research plots. Beside him, research assistant Pheonah Nabukalu explains their work.

Fri, Oct 16, 2026 9:00 am CST - 11:00 am CST

Salina, Kansas, USA

Guided tour: October

Join us for one of our monthly guided tours, where we host the public at our main campus for food, conversation, hands-on demonstrations, and an exploration of our facilities! Use the form below to sign up for the October 16th event. If you are unable to attend one of our guided tours but would like […]

Aubrey Streit Krug, director of ecospheric studies, tells a tour group about Kernza, a perennial cereal grain under development at The Land Institute.

Fri, Oct 16, 2026 3:00 pm EST - 4:30 pm EST

Buffalo, New York, USA

6th Annual Food As Medicine Symposium

Aubrey Streit Krug, Director of The Land Institute’s Perennial Cultures Lab, will speak on a panel at day 2 of the 6th Annual Food as Medicine Symposium at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in New York on October 16, 2026. This symposium looks at the latest insights and best practices in the “Food as Medicine […]

Working from a pit dug to expose plant roots, Tim Crews

Wed, Oct 21, 2026 - Fri, Oct 23, 2026

International Conference on Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Tim Crews, Chief Scientist and International Initiative Director at The Land Institute, will be a keynote speaker at the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute’s (MDPI) 2026 International Conference on Agricultural Sciences (ICAS). With its focus on Agroecology and Sustainable Systems, Tim will speak on The Land Institute’s perennial grain research at Session 3, Fertility Management […]