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Learn MoreThe Land Institute co-founder, Wes Jackson, and Director of Ecosphere Studies, Aubrey Streit-Krug present a workshop at Esalen Institute that taps into the pioneering research of Wes Jackson and The Land Institutes extensive work with Natural Systems Agriculturewhich aims to change the way we farm, moving away from an extractive relationship to the earth toward perennial crops that hold soil and workwithecosystems to engage in lively discussions as we collectively plota more resilient future.
February 28, 2020 | 8:30 pm
Esalen Institute
What brought you to The Land Institute (TLI)? I came to The Land Institute in 2013 for a postdoctoral research position after graduating with my PhD in plant breeding from Louisiana State University (LSU). …
Perennial polyculture cropping systems are a novel agroecological approach used to mirror some of the ecological benefits provided by native perennial ecosystems including increased carbon and nitrogen storage, more stable…
Western European agriculture is largely defined by the high level of productivity of its cereal grain production. Such productivity is largely a result of farm specialization and intensification. This approach…
Abstract Allohexaploid (2n=6x=42) intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), abbreviated IWG, is an outcrossing perennial grass belonging to the tertiary gene pool of wheat. Perenniality would be valuable option for grain production,…