Wichita’s NPR covered the Earth Day Kernza® event held by partners at Sustain-A-Grain and WSU Tech’s NICHE culinary program, which highlighted the culinary possibilities of perennial grains. Chefs from seven different restaurants in the Wichita area cooked tasty, innovative, and Kernza-focused dishes ranging from Detroit-style pizza to Japanese milk bread, Celtic pilaf, ice cream, and more, all to be enjoyed … Continue reading Kernza® Culinary Exploration at Earth Day Event in Wichita, KS

Kernza®CAP’s Year 5 Annual Report highlights key developments from the national Kernza perennial grain research community. Impact areas include market and supply chain developments, breeding progress, agronomics, on-farm insights, and more. These activities support the network’s goal to activate transformational change in agriculture to improve the environment and rural prosperity through sustainable food production. Read … Continue reading Kernza®CAP Releases Year 5 Annual Report

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) contributed $500,000 to eight projects across the state to improve the Kernza supply chain and support markets for continuous living cover (CLC*) and perennial crops. This investment will support farmers, processors, and food businesses in bringing perennial cropping systems to a viable commercial scale and in expanding agricultural systems … Continue reading Minnesota Department of Agriculture Invests in Kernza® Supply Chain

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota, along with collaborators at Planet FWD, published a paper on the carbon footprint of Kernza® perennial grain grown in organic versus nonorganic crop production systems at experimental sites across Minnesota. This Life Cycle Assessment considered grain yield, land-use needs, dual-use potential for grazing and grain, and … Continue reading New Life Cycle Assessment of Kernza® Carbon Footprint

General Mills recently announced that it will be advancing the US market for Kernza® perennial grain through their 1% Kernza Initiative, which will quadruple the use of Kernza in four of its top-selling flake cereals. This initiative will serve as a major driver for the emerging Kernza market, incorporating the perennial grain into familiar and … Continue reading New Cascadian Farms 1% Kernza® Initiative Supports Perennial Grain Market

Bend, Oregon-based brewery Deschutes Brewery and Patagonia Provisions have released a new non-alcoholic IPA made with Kernza®. The duo previously worked on a Kernza® lager and a non-alcoholic Kernza® Golden, making the NA IPA the third nationally available perennial grain beer from this collaboration.   Craft breweries have consistently been at the forefront of advancing … Continue reading Non-Alcoholic Kernza® IPA from Deschutes Brewery and Patagonia Provisions Available Nationally

The E328O perennial grain crop conservation rotation is available to new Kernza producers through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s EQIP and CSP programs. The enhancement provides a scenario/practice payment to the producer for the time needed to plan and implement changes to crop rotations that effectively add a perennial grain to their cropping system. The … Continue reading NRCS Programs Available Now for Perennial Grains – E328O: Perennial Grain Crop Conservation Rotation

An article from the publication AgUpdate highlighted the recent KernzaCon event in Fargo, North Dakota, that brought together participants working on Kernza® perennial grain research and commercialization efforts across the United States. The event, which took place in early June of 2025, gathered Kernza researchers from a number of different disciplines and collaborating institutions to … Continue reading KernzaCon Showcases National Perennial Grain Community

Kernza®CAP News is a newsletter that provides updates, stories, and events associated with the Kernza®CAP grant. You can read the July 2025 issue here. You can subscribe to Kernza®CAP News here to get future issues delivered straight to your inbox.   Read the July 2025 Newsletter

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