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Wisconsin scientist among growing movement to cultivate perennial grain, Kernza

Nicole Tautges in a Kernza field in rural Walworth county. She sees the perennial grain as an important element of environmentally sustainable agriculture.

WUWM NPR Radio’s Environmental Reporting group talks to scientist Nicole Tautges, who is immersed in growing one particular perennial in rural Walworth County, 40 miles southwest of Milwaukee.