{"id":27108,"date":"2023-02-08t16:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-08t16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.planetforward.com\/2023\/02\/08\/perennial-grains-are-the-future-of-sustainable-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08t16:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08t16:00:37","slug":"grains-sustainable-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/grains-sustainable-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"perennial grains are the future of sustainable agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3a\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1436026141&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: interstate,lucida grande,lucida sans unicode,lucida sans,garuda,verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cassidy-hough-357614526\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"cassidy hough\">cassidy hough<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cassidy-hough-357614526\/perennial-grains\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"perennial grains\">perennial grains<\/a><\/div>\n<p>what if crops grew back every year like your lawn does each spring?<\/p>\n<p>if you&#8217;re a farmer, a gardener or a scientist, i know your ears just perked up \u2014&nbsp;but this story isn&#8217;t just for you. such an innovation would have an&nbsp;impact&nbsp;on the entire food system, and anyone who eats.<\/p>\n<p>in this episode of the food fix, i will walk listeners through the past, present and future of agriculture all in 14 minutes. i start off&nbsp;explaining the birth of agriculture in the fertile crescent,&nbsp;where humans first began domesticating crops. then i fast forward to the present and explain&nbsp;how our current agricultural way of life is thanks to 10,000 years of breeding. once everyone is caught up, i present the idea of perennial grains.<\/p>\n<p>grains like corn, soy and wheat make up about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/molecular-plant\/fulltext\/s1674-2052(17)30236-8?_returnurl=https%3a%2f%2flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2fretrieve%2fpii%2fs1674205217302368%3fshowall%3dtrue\">50% of every human\u2019s diet<\/a>. we grow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/271943\/total-world-grain-production-since-2008-2009\/\">2.2 billion tons<\/a> of grains each year to meet that need.&nbsp;and at the end of every season, we rip up those &#8220;amber rays of grain&#8221; and release all the precious carbon that was being stored in the roots back into the atmosphere. not to mention, the cycle is hard on farmers and the soil.<\/p>\n<p>but what if we could leave grain crops in the ground for a few years? 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