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 is garnering coverage. Feel free to peruse this chronological list of articles, or review the articles on a specific topic using the category filters.
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Can Modern Agriculture Be Sustainable?: Perennial polyculture holds promise
Kernza is on the leading edge of a global effort to develop perennial crops as a way to make agriculture sustainable and to support ecological intensification. Plant geneticists, evolutionary biologists,…
General Mills Is Making a Big Bet That ‘Kernza’ Is the Grain of the Future
The health food and environmentally conscious crowd always seem to be touting the latest in hip grains. For a while, “ancient grains” seemed to be the top choice – with…
Is kernza the new quinoa? The maker of Cheerios is investing in the experimental and sustainable grain
A wild cousin of wheat could be the next grain found in popular cereals and snacks, and it just got backing from a prominent member of Big Food. General Mills,…
Wheat Cousin Kernza Might Come To A Field Near You
The organic grain Kernza could soon come to a field near you thanks to a new arrangementamong General Mills, its Cascadian Farm subsidiary and The Land Institute. The sweet- and nutty-tasting grain, a trademarked variety of intermediate…
Climate-friendly perennial grain Kernza gets major new support—from your Cheerios
General Mills announced on Tuesday a commitment to support the commercialization of Kernza, the Land Institute-developed perennial grain. In addition to half a million dollars in research funding for the…
General Mills, Cascadian Farms back development of new wheatgrass
A perennial wheatgrass thought to be better for soil health is getting commercial backing from organic food maker Cascadian Farms and its parent company General Mills. Cascadian Farms, based in…
General Mills invests in ‘planet-friendly’ grain
General Mills, Inc. has approved a $500,000 charitable contribution to support research on Kernza, a perennial grain with deep roots that show promise in providing benefits in soil health, carbon…
Cascadian Farm Invests in Kernza® Perennial Grain with Promising Restorative Benefits for Farms
Cascadian Farm, a pioneer in the organic food movement, and parent company General Mills today announced their work with The Land Institute (TLI) to help commercialize organic Kernza®, a perennial grain (intermediate…
General Mills boosts eco-friendly grain Kernza
A sweet, nutty-tasting new grain called Kernza is getting a big boost from food giant General Mills, which is intrigued by the potentially big environmental benefits of the drought-resistant crop…
The [Hudson Valley] Farm Hub Partners with the Land Institute to Grow Kernza
The Hudson Valley Farm Hub is pleased to announce a partnership with The Land Institute, a Kansas-based non-profit dedicated to researching sustainable agriculture. The Land Institute’s development of Kernza, a distant cousin…
Kernz-huh? Could the perennial promise of Kernza benefit food, beer, and the world?
There’s a new-ish crop that’s been sprouting hopeful conversation in recent years. Kernza is the name given by Kansas-based The Land Institute to a specific germ line of perennial wheatgrass. Like a long-lost,…
Speaker to share how she broke down barriers to achieve her goals
Pheonah Nabukalu, a post-doctoral fellow at The Land Institute, will share her story of overcoming socioeconomic barriers growing up in Uganda to achieve higher education and success in a field…