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.
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Perennial Crops Boost Biodiversity Both On and Off Farms. Researchers Explain How.
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…
Perennial Grains Could be the Future of Regenerative Agriculture
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…
Cross-breeding to boost crop yields
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…
Small farms in China are warming to new perennial rice crop
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,…
Perennial Rice Could Raise Yields and Cut Costs
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…
Hotter, drier future could change how we eat, how we breathe and where we get our water
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…
Zero: The Food System Needs a Rethink
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…
For agriculture in climate change this wheatgrass lasts longer
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…
Farmers in Colorado Must Use Less Water – Can Kernza Help?
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…
Climate-friendly perennial rice transforming farming
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…
National network in France tests Kernza perennial grain
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…
Wheat alternatives that can secure the global food supply
The war in Ukraine has highlighted our dependence, not only on Russian fossil fuels, but the massive wheat harvests that flow from the region. Russia and Ukraine are the world’s first…