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2024 Perennial Impact Report Now Available
The Land Institute’s 2024 Perennial Impact Report is now available. This year’s annual report highlights key developments and milestones in…
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“Prairie Prophecy” Documentary About Wes Jackson Premieres April 26, 2025
GET TICKETS! Perennial Films announced the premiere of their feature documentary Prairie Prophecy about the life and life’s work of…
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The Land Institute Signs Nobel and World Food Prize Laureate Letter: A Call for Urgent Action Amid Uncertainty
The Land Institute is proud to join more than 150 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates in signing the Laureate…
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April 21, 2025 | All Day
Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts
BUY TICKETS NOW! We invite you to attend the World Premiere of Prairie Prophecy, the feature documentary about the life and life’s work of ...
Scientific Publications
Fire Frequency Driven Increases in Burn Heterogeneity Promote Microbial Beta Diversity: A Test of the Pyrodiversity-Biodiversity Hypothesis
Researchers conducted a study at the Perennial Agriculture Project (PAP) Field Station (a joint venture between The Land Institute and The Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation) in Lawrence, Kansas to observe how…
Intercropping Alters Phytochemicals Associated With Insect Herbivory
Ebony Murrell, Lead Scientist in Crop Protection Ecology, collaborated with former Land Institute researchers Chase Stratton and Jarrod Fyie and USDA-ARS researcher William Morrison on a study assessing the impact…
A study of the vernalisation requirements of mountain rye (Secale strictum syn. S. montanum) may help explain low grain yields of perennial cereals compared to wheat
Australian research partners are examining the potential of mountain rye as a suitable perennial grain crop candidate for Australian grazing and cropping systems, and their recent research on vernalization (a…