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A collection of various Wikis throughout the internet, gathered as a last resting spot.

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The Wayback Machine - https://web-wp.archive.org/web/20160411184711/https://landinstitute.org/

The

Plow

has destroyed
more options for
future generations
than the

sword.

Wes Jackson, NY Times Oct. 2013
Agriculture today

consumes

70%

of the world’s

freshwater.

UNESCO, 2014
The Earth

is what
we all
have in

common.

Wendell Berry
If you look around,
you’ll see that essentially
all of nature’s ecosystems
are perennial polycultures. That’s

nature’s
Instruction

book.

Wes Jackson, NY Times Oct. 2013
Growth

for the sake of growth

is the ideology of the

cancer

cell

Edward Abbey, 1977

Issues

Agriculture is eroding much more than soil. It is accelerating climate change and fouling waterways. It is the single human activity most responsible for dismantling the biodiversity that makes life as we know it possible. MORE

Solutions

Have you ever wondered why prairies thrive without any human intervention? No pesticides, no fertilizer, no irrigation, and yet they come back year after year, come drought or flood. The soil remains healthy, full of nutrients and swarming with organisms. MORE

Science

There’s a good reason the world's grain comes from annual plants, grown in monocultures, boosted by chemical and energy inputs that cause widespread damage: there are no good alternatives. Yet. MORE

NEWS FROM THE LAND

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Wanted: Farm manager

Update Apr. 6: This position is no longer available.

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New president search

The Land Institute has launched a national search for it next president. Wes Jackson, co-founder and president for nearly 40 years, announced last week that he will step down as president in June 2016. For more information about the position, see this description.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Raleigh Roots take Root on Six Continents

Wes, who earned his PhD in plant genetics at North Carolina State University, will be the keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Wernsman Seminar at NCSU, 3:30 p.m., Room 2215, Williams Hall, 101 Derieux...

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2016 Prairie Festival

Planning for the 2016 Prairie Festival is well underway. This is shaping up to be very special year, as 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of The Land Institute, and founder Wes...

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