Kernza® perennial grain is changing the game of agriculture, perennially.
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Kernza® is a robust perennial grain that is pleasing palates and enriching fields around the world. Farmers, chefs, researchers and food businesses are using it to shift the agricultural paradigm from an annual model to a perennial future, from an extractive imperative to a regenerative reality.
Kernza® grain’s extensive root system reaches over 10 feet underground, and is a net sink for atmospheric carbon. Research is showing that perennial grains like Kernza® are one of the most robust and effective solutions known to sequester carbon on our productive lands.
Breeders at The Land Institute and partner organizations have doubled the seed yield of Kernza® grain in a decade. Beyond grain production, perennial crops yield an ecological benefit that promises to sustain soil and human caloric needs for millennia.
Kernza® grain’s sweet, nutty flavor works deliciously as an ingredient in bread, cereals, snacks. It can be used as a whole grain, as flour, and can be malted or mixed directly into beer and whiskey. We’ve even tasted delicious ice cream made with Kernza® grain!
Everything there is to know about Kernza® perennial grain.
Whether you are a Kernza® grower or interested in becoming one, you will find what you need to participate in the perennial revolution here.
Learn how Kernza® grain gets from the farm to the plate including processing, cleaning, storage, transportation, milling and more.
For everyone turning Kernza® into tasty products for eaters and drinkers via consumer packaged goods or restaurant menus.
Are you a curious eater interested in joining the perennial revolution? Find a tasty Kernza® product near you.
A global research collective is improving seed and investigating the ecological and social impacts of Kernza® grain.
Kernza® grain is a new crop in development: learn how it is funded, and how you can join the journey.
Kernza® is not a household word yet, but it will be.
Kernza® grain is a vibrant proof of concept for perennial agriculture informed by natural systems. Today, an expanding global network of collaborators builds knowledge and capabilities to transform agriculture by developing perennial grain varieties and diverse cropping systems.
The benefits of Kernza have incredible promise to redirect the course of climate change and significantly improve planet health.
If we don’t get sustainability right in agriculture first, it won’t happen anywhere...
Our goal is not for it to be a small-scale niche thing. We have landscape-scale problems.
We recognized the incredible attributes this crop could bring to agriculture. It’s delicious, it’s nutritious, and it acts as a sponge to carbon.
