Prairie dropseed, or Sporobolus heterolepis, is a beautiful and showy grass native to the prairies of Ohio. Its fountain of delicate leaves can add a certain lyrical quality to a garden as they sway ...

TOPEKA | Around here, corn and soybeans are still king. But conservationists know there is also value in seed produced by native grasses and wildflowers. Prairie seed is in demand for a variety of ...

The public is invited to help Ouabache Land Conservancy harvest seeds from three species of grasses and about 40 species of ...

DECATUR — Over two dozen acres stood in front of Alysia Callison as she imagined how different the area will look in several years. Callison, the manager of Rock Springs Nature Center, spent the windy ...

WICHITA, Kan. _ Wes Jackson spent the past 39 years warning us that grain farmers are destroying the planet.tmpplchld With an intellect even critics say is formidable, he spent half his life trying to ...

Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute, walks on institute ground near Salina in 2004. In decades of genetic work, writing and environmental advocacy, he tried to find a better way to farm, with ...

Monarchs flitted between vivid purple blazing stars and goldenrod within arm's reach of late-summer seed collectors who studiously wandered the prairie Aug. 18 at Crow-Hassan Park Reserve near Hanover ...

Seeding in the fall may seem like a foreign concept to some, but in our area it actually is a great way to capture the winter moisture we hope we get this year. Planting after Oct. 15 for dryland ...