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 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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Kernza’s Perennial Promise
BROWNS VALLEY, Minn. (DTN) — With 47 years of research and farm field days behind him at the University of Minnesota, Professor Don Wyse said a field day earlier this…
Long Kernza Journey Continues
No one appreciates nature’s timelines better than Lee DeHaan, director of crop improvement and the lead scientist for the Kernza domestication program at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. Kernza…
New Minnesota co-op wants to profit from getting Kernza wheat in marketplace
Anne Schwagerl, her husband and his parents farm rye, oats and barley on 780 acres near Browns Valley in western Minnesota. This year they’ll harvest a new crop for the…
Jacksonia
Wes Jackson recalls the Topeka farm where he was born, in 1936, as “an agricultural paradise, with an abundance of plants for food, for flower gardens, for beauty.” In that…
Kernza Growers Host Field Day July 8 in Madison, Minn.
Farmers and others interested in learning the latest research about Kernza are invited to a field day at Carmen Fernholz’s A-Frame Farm in Madison, Minn. Fernholz will be joined by…
RUDN: Deep-Rooted Plants Help Slow Down Climate Change, Says A Soil Scientist From RUDN University
A soil scientist from RUDN University found out that plants with deep root systems promote the storage of organic carbon in the soil. This, in turn, can help reduce the…
Reviewing Wes Jackson’s Latest Book: Hogs Are Up
When I’m in environmental circles outside of Kansas, I sometimes meet people who know only one environmentalist from here: Wes Jackson. Wes is the founder of the Land Institute outside…
Homage to the Prairie is the 2021 Smoky Hill River Festival Print
Salina Arts & Humanities today revealed the 2021 Smoky Hill River Festival print. Smoky Hill Prairie Haunts, created by Kansas City interdisciplinary artist Rena Detrixhe, had its beginnings in 2020…
Wyoming Farmers Testing New Type of Wheatgrass
As eastern Wyoming farmers nosed their tractors into fields this spring, some pulled drills planting a new variety of intermediate wheatgrass. The hope is that the crop can negate Wyoming’s…
Lake Pepin Tour Provides Close Look at Sediment Project Areas
When Colin Cureton asked members of the Upper Lake Pepin Boat Tour, sponsored by the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance on June 12 what the No. 1 agricultural export from Minnesota…
How Patagonia Is Reshaping Sustainable Food Through Their Provisions Line
A few years ago, Birgit Cameron visited The Land Institute in Kansas to talk with founder Wes Jackson about a special grain called Kernza that the agricultural nonprofit was breeding. A cousin…
How Scientists Are Creating The Crops Of The Future
In Kansas, a small team of scientists is working on what they hope will be the grain of the future. To the untrained eye, the long-stemmed, seed-topped wheatgrass looks quite…