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The podcast Garden Futurist spoke with Tim Crews, Chief Scientist and Director of the International Program at The Land Institute, on humans’ relationship with agriculture and the planet, the role of perennials in building healthy soil ecosystems, and a discussion on how ecological perennial gardening ideas could scale up to our global agricultural landscapes.

Dr. Brandon Schlautman of The Land Institute and Peter Miller of Sustain-A-Grain spoke on the Future of Agriculture podcast about “the potential for perennial grains, what it takes to commercialize a brand-new crop, and ways to build the supply chain in a way that buyers remain happy, farmers remain profitable, and supply and demand can grow together at a sustainable pace.”

Aubrey Streit Krug, Director of the Perennial Cultures Lab at The Land Institute, delivers a crash course in understanding the perennial grain ecosystem, its history, the research behind how to develop new crops, and the labor needs to sustain production. Aubrey also discusses the education required to introduce new crops for human consumption, equity considerations on access to crops, and why the ability to grow grains year-round is key to sustaining global food stability.

Brand Schlautman, Lead Scientist of the Perennial Legumes Program at The Land Institute, sat down with Andy Stumpf on the IRONCLAD “Change Agents” Podcast to discuss perennial grain developments in the context of the US farming system.

*Correction: The Land Institute is based in Salina, Kansas (The podcast mentions that The Land Institute is a Kentucky-based organization).

An overview of the new Perennial Atlas project from The Land Institute’s Civic Science program.

Dr. Lee DeHaan, Lead Scientist of the Kernza Domestication Program at The Land Institute, joined WORT 89.9FM in Madison, WI to discuss the timeline and process behind perennial grain breeding. In this radio feature, he joins host Douglas Haynes to provide an overview on Kernza, agricultural sustainability, and perennial polyculture. Also joining the program is Erica Schoenberger, a graduate student in Agroecology at UW-Madison, who studies nutrient management for Kernza as part of a research lab led by research collaborator Dr. Valentin Picasso.

An introduction to perennial wheat, the factors affecting its perenniality, and its role in the community learning process for the 2023 Civic Science season.

An introduction to silphium, its characteristics, and its role in the 2023 Civic Science season.

The Podcast Sustainable Asia featured The Land Institute’s Tim Crews and research collaborators from Yunnan University, Cornell University, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Arkansas Rice Growers Association, and the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in their recent episode that details the benefits of perennial rice and the importance of this collaborative milestone between “food superpower” nations, the United States and China.

The Kansas Black Farmers Association (KBFA) recently hosted Amy June Breesman, Land Relations Specialist at The Land Institute, on their podcast to share her story and unique insight on programs and initiatives to add value to farmers and discuss perennial grain agriculture, opportunities for collaboration, and more.

Civic Science collaborator Ellie Irons documents progress and shares insights from her experience working with the perennial oilseed Silphium integrifolium to illustrate how storytelling, photography, and data collection all connect to the broader social and ecological context of this prairie plant and its habitat, particularly in its journey to disrupt dominant lawn monocultures in the US.

Jacob Jungers, Kernza perennial grain research collaborator and Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota, recently spoke on a webinar with the North Central Region Water Network about Kernza’s ability to greatly reduce nitrate leaching that stems from row crop production in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains regions of the US. In this webinar, Jacob also draws attention to the policy and market support measures that have developed in tandem with Kernza research.