Category: Media

Twin Cities Public Television’s news show Almanac recently featured the Minnesota Kernza perennial grain story, including Jacob Jungers, Don Wyse, Carmen Fernholz, Bang Brewing, and Alexandria High School FFA.  

In a new article, the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper covers perennial crops, including Kernza® perennial grain. “Falling rain easily washes nutrients out of fallow fields and into nearby waterways. Phosphorus that flows with eroding farm soils feeds algae in Minnesota’s lakes; nitrogen seeps down into groundwater, fouling rural water wells… Nitrogen also travels farther down … Continue reading Year-round crops could reduce farm pollution in the Mississippi River

  “Having new crops like Kernza, and improving upon them, is what needs to happen to succeed in the future with changing climate.” New article from the Star Tribune on adapting to extreme weather from the farmer’s perspective.

Agweek covers how Alexandria High School in Minnesota is planting test plots to help its ag students learn more about Kernza, which has been getting some buzz in recent years for its multiple uses as a forage, a grain that can be used in the kitchen, and a plant beneficial to water quality and the environment. … Continue reading High school breaks ground with Kernza test plot in Minnesota

“Our crop was pretty much the only green field around that wasn’t irrigated,” he recalled. “It (Kernza) is very efficient, very hardy … we were quite pleased with how it was growing.” Canada’s National Observer covers the emerging success of Kernza® perennial grain in the Canadian breadbasket.

Hot Farm, Part 3. Grain of the Future is a new podcast from the Food & Environment Reporting Network, that travels across the Midwest, talking to farmers about what they are doing, or could be doing, to combat climate change. Episode 3 is all about Kernza® perennial grain and the community working to make it a reality. This … Continue reading Hot Farm: New Podcast Asks if Kernza is the Grain of the Future

Local Cold Spring, Minnesota FFA at ROCORI high school planted 16 acres of Kernza® perennial grain and conducted cooking experiments, all with support from FFA Alumni, supporters and volunteer farmers advisors. Read more at online newspaper The Land.

A new article out from Farmer’s Progress reports on Kernza® perennial grain production in the U.S. and the Perennial Promise Grower’s Cooperative, and how new gains for the crop give indications that this perennial wheatgrass is earning a place in farmers’ fields.

Food Dive recently covered the launch Kernza Pils by Patagonia Provisions, the food and drink arm of the outdoor equipment company, and Dogfish Head, the Delaware-based craft brewery. The German-style pilsner beer is made with Kernza, the grain crop cousin of wheat that draws down carbon in the atmosphere and sequesters it in the ground. Kernza was … Continue reading Cheers to sustainable farming, say Patagonia Provisions and Dogfish Head