The #LandInstitute has also produced perennial sorghum. Perennial sunflowers & perennial chickpeas are also being developed. There is no commercial support for perennial crops. Chemical companies have nothing to gain.

The #LandInstitute was founded in 1976 in Salina KS by #WesJackson, who set ou to produce a perennial grain. He began with a native annual wheatgrass. His breeding efforts produced the new perennial grain known as #Kernza