Why Isn’t There More Organic Alcohol?
While consumer appetites for organic food, clothing and other products have grown exponentially since 2005, less than 1% of commercial spirits, beer and wine is certified organic, according to Nielsen…
Kernza farmers see a market for earth-friendly grain
Don Wyse has long been an evangelist for perennial crops. The University of Minnesota professor, who leads the U of M Forever Green Initiative, now thinks the potential of those…
Perennial Promise Growers Cooperative is promoting their ecosystem and earth-benefitting crops
News report from Pioneer PBS in southeastern Minnesota on the newly formed Perennial Promise Growers Cooperative that has an eye towards marketing perennial crops — Kernza®, a perennial grain, to…
KU Scientists Receive $3 Million as Part of Project to Restore Native and Agricultural Ecosystems
LAWRENCE — Five University of Kansas researchers are part of a multi-institutional team awarded a five-year, $12.5 million National Science Foundation grant focused on the restoration of native prairie and…
From Soil to Society: A Systems Approach to Change
To build a different system—one that values healthy soils, biodiversity, clean water, and human capital overexploitation and profit at all costs—we must invest in the knowledge that supports it. Soil…
Scientists look to wheatgrass to save dryland farming and capture carbon
WYOMING – Intermediate wheatgrass is an imported grain that has been grown in the U.S. Great Plains and Intermountain West since the 1930s; but could it be used in marginal…
Introducing crops that benefit the land in the Upper Midwest
New podcast from KRCR’s Good Food with host Evan Kleinman interview author Beth Dooley about perennial crops, including Kernza. “To me, sustainability suggests that things stay the same, but these…
Introducing crops that benefit the land in the Upper Midwest
In her latest book “The Perennial Kitchen,” Beth Dooley advocates for crops that are nutritious and can regenerate the landscape. Plus, get a recipe for cookies made with Kernza flour,…
A Conversation on the Rural Midwest and the Sustainable Development Goals
People across the U.S. are using the Sustainable Development Goals as a road map to build back better by turning these global ambitions into local action. In the Midwest, that…
Perennial Promise: Intermediate wheatgrass returns fields to grass-like prairies
MADISON, Minn. – “There was only the enormous, empty prairie, with grasses blowing in waves of light and shadow across it, and the great blue sky above it…” From Little…
Kernza’s Perennial Promise
BROWNS VALLEY, Minn. (DTN) — With 47 years of research and farm field days behind him at the University of Minnesota, Professor Don Wyse said a field day earlier this…
Long Kernza Journey Continues
No one appreciates nature’s timelines better than Lee DeHaan, director of crop improvement and the lead scientist for the Kernza domestication program at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. Kernza…