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Media Coverage

Over the years, The Land Institute has been recognized in popular media coverage as a thought leader on a wide range of issues including agriculture, sustainability, culture, and more.  More recently our perennial crop breeding and ecological intensification research are garnering coverage, and the newly formed ecosphere studies program is attracting attention.  Feel free to peruse this chronological list of articles, or review the articles on a specific topic using the category filters.

If you’re looking for a list of Land Institute researchers’ articles in scholarly journals, visit our Scientific Publications page.

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Publication: Durango Herald

Author: Reuben Schafir

The Durango Herald, a Colorado-based news outlet, released an article detailing the promise of perennial grains in helping growers to adapt to an arid climate and a low-water future in…

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Publication: Civil Eats

Author: Christina Cooke

Food and agriculture publication Civil Eats released an article documenting the ability of perennial grain crops to promote biodiversity and ecological well-being both on and off farms, which highlights their value…

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Publication: Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)

Author: Alison Davis

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute recently wrote an article detailing the role of The Land Institute in promoting Natural Systems Agriculture through the development of perennial grain crops that…

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Publication: The Naked Scientists Podcast

Author: Chris Smith

Tessa Peters, The Land Institute’s Director of Crop Stewardship, sat down with Chris Smith from BBC Radio 5 Live’s “The Naked Scientist” podcast to discuss the process of perennializing annual…

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Publication: South China Morning Post

Author: Echo Xie

When Liang Yuxin first heard about a new rice variety that could be harvested for years without replanting, he was eager to try it out. If his experiment are successful,…

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Publication: Smithsonian Magazine

Author: Sarah Kuta

Smithsonian Magazine recently covered breakthrough research on perennial rice. These plants that grow back year after year show promise, but they are not a silver bullet. Today’s rice farmers must…

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Publication: Harvest Public Media and the Kansas News Service

Author: Elizabeth Rembert, David Condos and Xcaret Nuñez

Think of this year’s drought as a sort of dress rehearsal to consider the drier, hotter future that scientists predict climate change has in store. Long-lasting droughts could alter the…

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Publication: Bloomberg News

Author: Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

The Land Institute’s work on perennial grains was recently featured in an interview the George Monbiot on the Bloomberg News podcast Zero with Akshat Rathi. “Agriculture is the worst thing…

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Publication: Mittelbadische Presse

German newspaper Mittelbadische Presse interviewed researcher Frank Rasche from the Institute for Tropical Agricultural Sciences at the University of Hohenheim. The professor has been researching Kernza perennial grain for a number…

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Publication: Colorado Sun

Author: Chris Outcalt

A new article from the Colorado Sun reports on a novel research collaboration in the Colorado River Basin with farmers, Colorado State University, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimted, and The Land Institute…

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Publication: NPR

Author: Dan Charles

Perennial rice at NPR A new article from NPR discusses new groundbreaking research success on Perennial Rice. Thousands of farmers in China have started to grow a remarkable new version…

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Publication: La France Agricole

Since 2020, 25 farmers in France, accompanied by a research team, have been experimenting with this crop to study its adaptation to different contexts. Developed in the United States in…

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