Toward a Perennial Future
2017 Prairie Festival
Land Institute president Fred Iutzi closes out 2017 Prairie Festival looking Toward a Perennial Future.
New customary rights: Greenhorns, Buckaroos, Family Farms and the Future Tense
2017 Prairie Festival
Severine von Tscharner Fleming of Greenhorns and The Agrarian Trust delivers the annual Strachan Donnelley Lecture on Conservation and Restoration: New customary rights: Greenhorns, Buckaroos, Family Farms and the Future Tense.
Kernza® Perennial Grain Commercialization Panel: experiences from the marketplace and the farm plot, and looking ahead.
2017 Prairie Festival
As part of 2017 Prairie Festival, a cross section of experiences and perspectives regarding Kernza® as this new crop begins the entry of perennial grains into the consumer marketplace.
Panel includes:
Lee DeHaan, lead scientist, The Land Institute intermediate wheat grass / Kernza® perennial grain program
Jack Erisman, Goldmine Farm, Pana, Illinois
Brianna Fiene, Market Manager for Plovgh
Rachel Stroer, Chief Operating Officer of The Land Institute
James Farag, Senior Manager for Product, Patagonia Provisions
Cracked Up to Be: Living On and Off the Land
2017 Prairie Festival
Wylie Harris & Ӧzlem Altıok of Seis Flechas Farm and University of North Texas share their perspectives and experiences of going back to the land and back to the city, across a number of boundaries, and what it requires from us to connect the two.
Envisioning the Future of Rural America
2017 Prairie Festival
Brian Donahue, Brandeis University professor, author, farmer, former Land Institute staff, and current board member shapes a regionalized vision for active resettlement of the American countryside at 2017 Prairie Festival.
Ecosphere Studies update
2017 Prairie Festival
A new project of The Land Institute, Ecosphere Studies, update by Aubrey Streit Krug, Bill Vitek, and Wes Jackson as part of the 2017 Prairie Festival.
2017 Scientific Research Reports
2017 Prairie Festival
The 2017 annual Land Institute research updates, including all science staff and research projects of The Land Institute and some partners and visitors from ICRISAT Kenya, St. Louis University and the Missouri Botanical Garden, Kansas University, and University of Georgia.
Framework for the Future – Wes Jackson
2017 Prairie Festival
Wes Jackson’s featured talk at 2017 Prairie Festival: Framework for the Future.
Teaching the Value of Work
2017 Prairie Festival
Cathrine Sneed of The Garden Project at 2017 Prairie Festival: Teaching the Value of Work, by working the land and growing food.
Letters to a Young Farmer panel
2017 Prairie Festival
A panel moderated by Jill Isenbarger, CEO of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture with Letters to a Young Farmer contributing authors Amigo Bob Cantisano and Amy Halloran.
2017 Prairie Festival Artist – Karen McCoy
2017 Prairie Festival
2017 Prairie Festival guest artist Karen McCoy discusses her art project for the festival.
Urban Agriculture and Rural Agrarianism
2017 Prairie Festival
The Land Institute president Fred Iutzi opens the 2017 Prairie Festival, discussing the theme Urban Agriculture and Rural Agrarianism: Toward a Perennial Future.