Large Crowd Shows Interest in Eco-Friendly Perennial Grain Crop – KernzaTM

By Alan Kraus, Conservation Program Manager, Cannon River Watershed Partnership (CRWP)

A standing room only crowd of about 150 interested farmers, city residents, beer consumers, and possible investors gathered at Imminent Brewing on Tuesday December 11th to hear University of Minnesota Agronomy Professor Dr. Jake Jungers’ present “The Power of Perennials & Kernza’s Path to Commercialization.” Tuesday’s event, organized by Cannon River Watershed Partnership (CRWP) and hosted by Imminent Brewing in Northfield, was the December edition of Conversations On the Wonders of Science (C.O.W.S.) – a monthly community lecture café coordinated by Carleton College.  

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