He is on the scientific advisory board of the Land Institute.

In addition to promoting a "natural systems agriculture," The Land Institute is an advocate for rural community.

Ronstadt appointed the Land Institute as recipient of all proceeds from her signature guitar.

Seeds from the best plants in the second cycle were passed to scientists at The Land Institute, where the research has continued.

The Land Institute and other breeding programs are currently exploring the potential for these as a perennial seed crop.

Researchers at the Land Institute estimate annual crops cause the loss of about 40 percent of the total carbon in the soil.

Researchers at The Land Institute have made many tetraploid hybrids like the ones shown here.

Wes Jackson (born 1936) is the founder and current president of The Land Institute.

The Land Institute explored alternatives in appropriate technology, environmental ethics, and education, but a research program in sustainable agriculture eventually became central to its work.

The Land Institute is not itself developing machinery suitable for one-pass harvesting of grain polycultures.