Media Coverage - Page 5
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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The Atlantic interviews Wes Jackson
The Atlantic published “A Conversation with Wes Jackson,” in their popular feature “Nine and a Half Questions.” Ranging from what innovation he considers to have the most significant impact on…
Wired Magazine: Inside the Mad Science of 7 Renegade Researchers
Wired Magazine interviewed Wes Jackson for its March 2011 issue — an article titled “Inside the Mad Science of 7 Renegade Researchers.” Full Article
Kathleen Merrigan mentions TLI in her blog post
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan discusses the potential of perennial grains, mentioning Wes Jackson and The Land Institute, among other researchers and Institutions. There is also a photograph of her…
KCPT features Land Institute on “The Local Show”
The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas is looking to revolutionize the agriculture industry by developing perennial crops with the same or greater yield than current systems. Here is a look…
Grass Roots: A Great Plains Native Finds His Way Home
Long-time Land Institute Managing Director Ken Warren describes the work done by Land Institute scientists and why it is of world-wide importance. Full Article
Wes Jackson interview in The Sun Magazine
An excellent interview with Wes Jackson by Fred Bahnson in The Sun Magazine, October 2010. Partial Article Full version available from The Sun in print.
Jerry Glover honored as a National Geographic Emerging Explorer
National Geographic magazine named Jerry Glover one of 14 visionary, young trailblazers from around the world who include an electrical engineer, a musician, a bioarchaeologist, a mobile technology innovator and…
Khrushchev in Iowa Speech – Aug. 2009
The Next 50 Years: US-Russia Cooperation on Perennializing the Major Crops with the Ecosystem as the Conceptual Tool Khrushchev in Iowa, Coon Rapids, IA, Saturday, August 29, 2009 September 23, 1959….
3 Wise Men, Planting Ideas Where It Counts
In mid-July, Wes Jackson, Fred Kirschenmann and Wendell Berry travelled to Washington, D.C. to propose a 50-year Farm Bill to members of the Department of Agriculture and Congress. The concept…
50-Year Farm Bill
Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry, and Fred Kirschenmann traveled to Washington DC in mid-July 2009 to promote a 50-Year Farm Bill. View PDF
Rolling Stone’s “100 Agents of Change”
Wes Jackson was included in Rolling Stone’s article “100 Agents of Change.” To read the full article in the April 2, 2009 issue, you must be a subscribing member of…
Op-Ed: 50-Year Farm Bill
We need a farm bill that addresses the problem of soil loss and degradation, toxic pollution, fossil-fuel dependency and the destruction of rural communities. Full Article