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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]