2019 Prairie Festival
Rena Detrixhe, 2019 Prairie Festival Artist and Research Resident at The Land Institute talks about her installation and process.
James Bowden, Soil Ecology – Technician Takeover
The Land Institute’s Soil Ecology research technician, James Bowden, braves the Kansas weather to walk us through the research focuses of the program. Working cross-functionally with all of our research programs, the Soil Ecology team at TLI looks at how diverse plantings of our perennial crops can harness ecological processes to supplant the need for commercial inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. By using models of naturally occurring plant communities, TLI researchers believe that previously unattainable levels of ecological intensification are possible with perennial polycultures.
Megan Gladbach, Perennial Sorghum – Technician Takeover
At The Land Institute, perennial sorghum research technician, Megan Gladbach, takes us behind the scenes and underneath the glow of LED lights in the perennial sorghum wing of one our greenhouses, where she shares some background and updates on the program. The Land Institute is currently selecting for perennial growth habit and grain productivity in diverse environments in the United States and several African countries, including Uganda, Mali, and Kenya, with the goal of developing commercially viable varieties that could produce repeated, sufficient grain harvests without re-sowing.
“Where We Are Now” | Bill McKibben | Strachan and Vivian Donnelley Lecture on Conservation and Restoration
2019 Prairie Festival
Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, author, and climate change activist speaks at The Land Institute’s 2019 Prairie Festival
Stories and Digressions | Wes Jackson
2019 Prairie Festival
Wes Jackson, PhD, President Emeritus and co-founder speaks at The Land Institute’s 2019 Prairie Festival.
Disruptive Energy Futures | Amory Lovins
2019 Prairie Festival
Amory Lovins, Co-founder, Chief Scientist, and Chairman Emeritus of the Rocky Mountain Institute, speaks at The Land Institute’s 2019 Prairie Festival.
Carbon, Culture, and Change: From the Ground Up | Fred Iutzi
2019 Prairie Festival
President of The Land Institute, Fred Iutzi, gives the closing remarks and speaks on the theme of Prairie Festival 2019.
From Copenhagen To Salina Via Paris | Lennart Olsson
2019 Prairie Festival
Lennart Olsson, PhD, professor of Geography at Lund University, Sweden; author on two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) reports; and a member of The Land Institute’s Board of Directors, speaks at Prairie Festival 2019.
Soil Organic Matter: Humanity’s True Capital | Francesca Cotrufo
2019 Prairie Festival
Francesca Cotrufo, PhD, Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University speaks at The Land Institute’s 2019 Prairie Festival.
Scientific Research Reports 2019
2019 Prairie Festival
Scientists at The Land Institute report on the progress of their programs and research over the last year at Prairie Festival 2019.
Biodiversity: Weaving Connections to Inspire, Learn, and Act | Ana L. Porzecanski
2019 Prairie Festival
Ana L. Porzecanski, PhD, Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History speaks at The Land Institute’s 2019 Prairie Festival.
Climate Change: Impacts and Transformations | Fred Iutzi
2019 Prairie Festival
President of The Land Institute, Fred Iutzi, opens Prairie Festival 2019 in the Big Barn at The Land Institute.