Research at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, over the past couple of decades has advanced the concept of perennial grain crops to the point of commercially available kernza. It’s getting a ...

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne ... consider cereal rye (Secale cereale). This annual winter grain can be used as a temporary lawn, with less risk that it will persist or become weedy in ...

Jackson and a team of scientists, who by day often look like simple farmers, are working to develop perennial grain crops that would grow in mixtures mimicking the natural prairie. Such crops ...

This collaboration will focus on growing the Kernza® perennial grain, a grain developed from intermediate wheatgrass, a relative of annual wheat. The collaboration is a first-of-its-kind ...

A documentary feature film about the life, and life’s work of Salina native Wes Jackson will premiere at the Stiefel Theatre ...

The Land Institute is leading a global research movement working to develop diverse agroecosystems that feature perennial grain crops. Read more coverage and watch other sessions from Top Producer ...

His most recent work was on development of perennial wheat at The Land Institute in Salina, KS. Perennial grain crops yield harvests for multiple years and prevent soil erosion, regenerate soil health ...