Field Notes

Can This Breakfast Cereal Help Save The Planet?

Deeply Rooted for Good

In early April 2019, Cascadian Farm, the organic branch of General Mills, released a limited-edition Honey Toasted Kernza cereal. The

Cascadian Farm™ Works to Advance Climate-Beneficial Foods with Limited-Edition, Small-Batch Honey Toasted Kernza® Cereal

Long Root Wit

Patagonia Provisions, the food/beverage line of eco-friendly outdoor wear company Patagonia, was the first major brand to use Kernza^® in

Kernza^® and Climate Change

Large amounts of carbon were released from the soil when forests and prairies were plowed for agriculture. As climate change

5 ingredients disrupting the mainstream food world

Kernza^® a Disrupter for a Good Cause

Kernza^® is listed as one of the “Five Ingredients Disrupting the Mainstream Food World” by the New Hope Network’s Todd

Journey from Prairie Grass to Food

Madeline Ostrander writes in The Nation that Kernza^® is “The Grain that Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie

Breeding for a Perennial Polyculture

BioScience magazine asked if modern agriculture could be sustainable and answered “Perennial polyculture holds promise”. Through conversations with Lee DeHaan

After A Long Day Of Fighting Climate Change, This Grain Is Ready For A Beer

Kernza® a Craft Beer Ingredient

When Patagonia Provisions first released craft beer Long Root Ale, Kernza^® was touted as the sustainable secret ingredient that they

Perennial wheat is an ecologist’s dream. Soon it may be what’s for dinner