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University of Minnesota – Forever Green Initiative tools for 2020 Kernza® harvest

The University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative has been helping coordinate harvest protocols for MN growers in four cluster areas

Kernza® at work

Cooking with Kernza® – A Citizen Science Opportunity

If you missed your chance to purchase Kernza® flour at Prairie Festival, Perennial Pantry is excited to announce the first

Event, Product Highlight, Recipe Roundup

Carbon and water relations in perennial Kernza®

Perennial crops, like Kernza® varieties of intermediate wheatgrass, have been proposed as a more sustainable alternative to annual crops, because

Ecosystems Services, Research Roundup

Watch the 2020 Kernza® Meeting

Because the Kernza® community was unable to gather in person this year due to COVID-19, the annual Kernza® Meeting has

Event, Research Roundup

Forever Green, Fried Chicken and Flexibility

Hosting field days to showcase the latest crop research has long been an outreach and education tool for researchers and

Recipe Roundup

Start-up company Perennial Pantry launches crowdfunding campaign inviting home cooks and bakers to test KernzaⓇ perennial grain and flour in their kitchens

KernzaⓇ perennial grain can currently be found on restaurant menus and in consumer products such as beer, crackers and pasta.

Product Highlight

Guest Post: Carmen Fernholz – A Farmer’s Perspective on Growing Kernza®

Growing Kernza® is a new venture for farmers in many ways. New crop, new rotation, and perhaps a new way

Network Profile

A First for Kernza® Processing

Another commercial first for our perennial crops: a grain processing company has assembled a production line specifically for food-grade cleaning

Network Profile

Perennial Progress at University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota (UMN) Forever Green Initiative (FGI) achieved a milestone in 2019 with the release of the first

Research Roundup

Kernza® Perennial Grain Yields are Increasing

Five cycles of selecting and breeding the best intermediate wheatgrass plants at The Land Institute increased yield of Kernza® perennial

Research Roundup

Kernza® May Mitigate Climate Change

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, we need to try to balance the amount of carbon we cumulatively

Kernza® at work

How to suck 2 gigatons of carbon from the atmosphere

Fast Company article on how enhanced root crops like Kernza could mitigate carbon. “If plant breeders develop new crops with

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