Re: The Land Institute

**C* U* <c*@sbcglobal.net>**

About 20 years ago the Atlantic did a cover story on Wes Jackson and  
the Land Institute. I once heard him speak in Chicago and both he and  
his message were captivating. At the time he was working with a trio  
of prairie plants--a grass, a legume and....forget... to try to  
develop agriculture based on perennials instead of annuals. Sounds as  
though he's moved on from that. A real visionary.
Carolyn Ulrich

On Apr 10, 2008, at 12:03 AM, Doreen Howard wrote:

> This issue of Newsweek is devoted to green issues.  One of the  
> articles covered the Land Institute in Salina, KS and their efforts  
> to hybridize common food crops such as corn, wheat, millet and  
> sunflowers to make them perennials.  That way much less energy  
> would be consumed planting and replanting, the soil would stay  
> untouched and develop a food web. plus fertilizer and soil run-off  
> into the water supply would diminish greatly.
>
> Perennial vegetables, perennial fruit, perennial anything edible  
> sounds very logical to me.  In fact, Eric Toensmeir's award-winning  
> book, Perennial Vegetables, opened my eyes to what is possible with  
> edibles.
>
> Has anyone worked with or interviewed anyone at the Land  
> Institute?  Are there other groups doing this kind of breeding work?
> Doreen Howard
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