FFAR funds the future of sustainable perennial crops

In the face of accelerating climate change, farmers and scientists are looking for sustainable crops. One option is focusing on perennial crops that regrow every year without being replanted. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) awarded a grant to Forever Green in CFANS to accelerate the development of intermediate wheatgrass Kernza. This research, led by wheat breeding and genetics professor James Anderson, PhD, from the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, is working to develop techniques that speed breed high-yield and disease-resistant varieties of Kernza.