Iowa grower sees benefits of conservation management

Interviews

Iowa grower sees benefits of conservation management

Iowa-based Kernza grower Lee Tesdell met with Brownfield Ag News to discuss conservation strategies, including planting Kernza, that have helped him improve the soil structure, water quality, and row crop systems in his operation.

February 26, 2026

Stories

Consumer insights from Kernza research: “How much would you pay for this bread?”

Cornell University offered an inside look at how they pursued new Kernza research on consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Kernza perennial grain bread....

March 5, 2024

Interviews

Oral History of Wes Jackson

In this March 2024 interview for the Kansas Oral History Project, conducted by Rex Buchanan, Wes Jackson delves into the life, philosophy, and revolutionary science...

November 10, 2025

Video

Cascadian Farm 1% Kernza® Initiative cereals

Learn about Cascadian Farm’s 1% Kernza® Initiative and hear from Kernza farmer Kurt Kimber and Forever Green’s Colin Cureton on the impact of this work...

November 10, 2025

Video

Leading an Agricultural Revolution with Rachel Stroer

The Land Institute’s President, Rachel Stroer, appeared on Fili Creative’s “Ask a Kansan” podcast to discuss how our Kansas-based organization’s work with perennial grains is...

May 2, 2025

Video

Kernza® Earth Week

Wichita’s KSN News traveled to Salina for Earth Week 2025 to speak with The Land Institute’s Tessa Peters on Kernza® commercialization. KSN also stopped by...

May 1, 2025

Video

Wheat in Kansas

The episode “Wheat in Kansas” from PBS’s America the Bountiful series includes The Land Institute’s work with Kernza, collecting perspectives from Lee DeHaan, Lead Scientist...

Video

The Land Institute on Civic Science TV

Dr. Aubrey Streit Krug, Director of the Perennial Cultures Lab, speaks on the Perennial Atlas civic science project at The Land Institute and discusses the...

Audio

Agroecology: From Annual to Perennial Crop Farming

Tim Crews, The Land Institute’s Chief Scientist and International Initiative Director, appeared on the Care More Be Better podcast to discuss the future of food...

Interviews

Real Ag: An Interview With Rachel Stroer

The Land Institute’s President Rachel Stroer sat down with Smoky Hills PBS at The Land Institute’s Salina, Kansas headquarters for their “Real Ag” series, discussing...

September 24, 2024

Interviews

Living Roots and Perennial Cultures in Agriculture with The Land Institute

Aubrey Streit Krug, Director of the Perennial Cultures Lab, spoke with the host of the Common Ground: A Prairie Podcast about the cultural dimensions of agriculture...

Video

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute testing new type of grain to promote Wisconsin farmers and businesses

Nicole Tautges, agroecologist at the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, spoke with Spectrum News 1 to highlight how Kernza can help growers produce a grain crop...

Interviews

Perennial grain crop Kernza gaining traction in Colorado: 9NEWS

Channel 9NEWS out of Denver, CO spoke with Tessa Peters, Director of Crop Stewardship at The Land Institute, Todd Olander, Kernza Grower of Root Shoot...

Iowa grower sees benefits of conservation management

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