The Land Institute leads a global movement to transform agriculture by developing perennial crops and farming systems that work with nature. Modern agriculture depends on annual grain crops that require yearly tillage, driving soil erosion, water pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Founded in 1976, The Land Institute has helped advance perennial grain agriculture from a concept into a growing global field of research. Today, our scientists and partners develop perennial grains, legumes, and oilseeds through plant breeding, ecology, and global collaboration. We also advance commercialization and social science to understand the ecological, cultural, and economic conditions needed for perennial agriculture to succeed. Together with research partners around the world, The Land Institute works for a future in which humanity and nature flourish together as a collaborative system. Where diverse, perennial crops cover our farmlands and build healthy soil, water, and communities.