Spring growth of Forever Green crops winter pea, perennial flax,hairy vetch, Camelina already in bloom, providing soil protection, reduced leaching, and pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators

Bees gathering nectar and pollen on May 7 from pennycress being domesticated by the U of Mn Forever Green Imitative

Forever Green crops 5-24-22 Silflower, pennycress with Dr. Marks, pennycress Camelina

Forever Green crops 5/25/22 Perennial flax, winter pea, winter barley

Planted soybean, Forever Green crops 5/24/22 fall seeded Kernza, 3 yr old Kernza, winter barley

Forever Green crops 5/24/22 perennial cereal rye, winter hardy hairy vetch, sweet flowering pennycress

Pennycress a new U of Mn Forever Green oilseed crops was harvested today and the crop looks great. Now we will plant soybean in a double crop system-2 crops in one year

On Sunday Oct. 30 I visited the Forever Green Research plots on the U of Mn St. Paul Campus. Compare soil cover of pennycress, Camelina and Winter pea to a field with no plant cover going in the winter and is susceptible to water and wind erosion and leaching of nitrate-N and P

Fall growth of Forever Green crops on Oct 30 on the U’s St. Paul Campus. The perennial flax is still blooming (nectar-pollen), the Kernza, perennial oat, winter barley, and perennial cereal rye are providing soil protection from wind and water erosion, and leaching of N and P

On train from Poland to Ukraine. One for the history books. 10/10 Joe Biden President Donald J. Trump The White House photo credit Evan Vucci

Pennycress a winter annual oilseed crop under development by the U of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative is providing soil protection on Feb. 17 2023 as the snow melts

Just reviewed the Forever Green Initiative winter annual and perennial crops on the U of Mn St. Paul Campus. All survived the Winter of 2023. Winter peas, Camelina, pennycress, perennial flax

Just reviewed the Forever Green Initiative winter annual and perennial crops on the U of Mn St. Paul Campus, all crops survived the winter of 2023. Kernza, perennial rye, winter barley, perennial wheat

We need Forever Green more living cover on the Midwestern Rural Landscape cnn.com/2023/05/01/us/…

Please join us at the Forever Green Initiative booth at the Mn State Fair

Another great day at the Forever Green Initiative booth at the Mn State Fair. Please stop by for a visit-