Media Coverage - Page 10
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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Ancient Grain Going Modern
One of the world’s oldest grains has found new life. Now, a new $10 million grant aims to further boost commercial use of Kernza. Informally known as the Kernza Cap,…
Coalition Including UW-Madison Aims to Adopt First US Perennial Grain Crop
A multi-state coalition of researchers, farmers, educators, industry leaders, policy experts, and climate scientists—including researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison—was recently awarded a competitive 5-year, $10 million grant through USDA…
USDA Funds Project Encouraging Farmers to Grow Perennial Kernza
A multi-state coalition of researchers, farmers, educators, industry leaders, policy experts, and climate scientists was recently awarded a competitive 5-year, $10 million grant through USDA NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research…
The Unsustainability of Industrial Agriculture
This week’s edition of Eco-Radio, with host, Dave Mitchell, will interview Dr. Richard Cruse, Professor in the Agronomy Department at Iowa State University, and Dr. Timothy Crews, Director of Research…
University of Minnesota Leads Project to Boost Yield, Uses of Crop that Could Cut Water Pollution
Minnesota farms may soon have a solution to the increasing pollution problem from row crops that’s been threatening the drinking supply of towns throughout the Upper Midwest. It all depends…
Improving the Environment, Igniting Rural Prosperity
A multi-state coalition of researchers, farmers, educators, industry leaders, policy experts, and climate scientists was recently awarded a competitive 5-year, $10 million grant through USDA NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research…
lntercropping Kernza® with Legumes
You might have heard of Kernza®, a sweet and nutty perennial variety of intermediate wheatgrass being developed by the plant breeders and ecologists at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas….
Exhibit Columbus Launches Online Symposium to Explore the Future of Mid-Sized Cities in the American Heartland
Dezeen has teamed up with Exhibit Columbus to live stream four talks exploring how architecture and design can act as catalysts in the centre of the USA, with topics including indigenous design,…
State Urges Minnesota Farmers to Plant More Vegetative Cover to Fight Nitrate Contamination
Hemp, hazelnuts, oats, turnips, alfalfa, Kernza … there’s a sizable menu of plants to grow for vegetative cover in fields, but much more needs to be done to protect the…
NEW MIDDLES: Exhibit Columbus announces online symposium
Exhibit Columbus has announced a series of conversations and online events which will comprise the 2020 Exhibit Columbus Symposium New Middles event this fall. Exhibit Columbus—which launched in 2016 to…
Kernza®, a perennial cereal, for diversifying systems
Kernza® is the name of a cereal native to the highlands of Iran. It has been studied for three years at the agronomy school in Lyon, ISARA, because of its perennial characteristics. This…
Prairies Intermediate Wheatgrass Three to Four Years Away from Release
Doug Cattani looks at three farm-raised crops of intermediate wheat grass this year and says despite highly variable yields, they “all make sense.” One got all the groceries, one is…