Kansas agriculture group: Perennial grain will gain momentum
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March 31, 2017
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Kernza soon could be a household name, not just in Kansas but around the world, officials at Salina's The Land Institute predict.
A cousin to wheat, Kernza is a perennial grain developed by The Land Institute to help address problems with soil erosion, greenhouse gas pollution, groundwater depletion, fertilizer runoff and other negative effects of industrialized annual crops. It also uses water more efficiently.
"Our goal isn't that this is a specialty crop. Our goal is that this is a quantity crop that would be growing nationally," said Scott Allegrucci, senior development...
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