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Perennial Grains are Getting Bigger

February 15, 2011 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan

President Obama stressed the importance of innovation in his State of the Union address – and reminded us, “We do big things.” Wes Jackson, who lent USDA the banner pictured here, founded The Land Institute around the “big idea” of using nature as a model for agriculture, including perennial grain...

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