2018 Scientist Research Updates
2018 Prairie Festival
Members of The Land Institute’s science team talk about their recent research findings.
2018 Ecosphere Studies Update
2018 Prairie Festival
Director of Ecosphere Studies Dr. Aubrey Streit gives an update on the past year.
Land, Rights and Justice: Why the Government is Losing the Trust of Rural America | Loka Ashwood
2018 Prairie Festival
Professor and Rural Sociologist Loka Ashwood presents “Land, Rights, and Justice: Why the Government is Losing the Trust of Rural America.”
Economic Transformations for an Ecological Civilization | Fred Iutzi
2018 Prairie Festival
Land Institute president Fred Iutzi closes out Prairie Festival 2018 with a talk on this year’s theme, “Economic Transformations for an Ecological Civilization.”
The Insurgent Power of the Commons in the War Against the Imagination | David Bollier
2018 Prairie Festival
David Bollier, Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and co-founder of the Commons Strategies Group, an international advocacy project, speaks on “The Insurgent Power of the Commons in the War Against the Imagination.”
2018 Prairie Festival Art Exhibit | Claire Pentecost
2018 Prairie Festival
This year’s featured artist Claire Pentecost speaks on her exhibit.
Prairie Roots and Human Roots Intertwined | Fred Iutzi & Terry Evans
2018 Prairie Festival
Land Institute president Fred Iutzi and longtime Friend of The Land and Emeritus Board Member Terry Evans lead off Prairie Festival 2018 with “Prairie Roots and Human Roots Intertwined.”
Toward a Perennial Future | Fred Iutzi
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 | Severine von Tscharner Fleming
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
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 | Wylie Harris & Ӧzlem Altıok
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 | Brian Donahue
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.