HF 3625 Donald Wyse Professor Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics and Codirector Forever Green Initiative University of Minnesota wysex001umnedu 651 470 9878 Forever Green Agriculture Initiative ID: 1047979
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1. The Forever Green Agriculture InitiativeHF 3625Donald Wyse, Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, and Codirector Forever Green Initiative,University of Minnesotawysex001@umn.edu 651 470 9878
2. Forever Green Agriculture InitiativeNew Food/Feed/Fuel Ingredients New Economic OpportunitiesEcosystem ServicesDevelop Winter Annual and Perennial Crops along with associated cropping systems to Diversify Food/Feed/Energy Agricultural Systems while providing new economic opportunities and protection of natural resources.
3. Slide: Mitch HunterCurrent Seasonal Midwest Landscape Cover
4. Fall Kernza following 1” rainfall1. Less erosion and P loss2. Less nitrate leaching April field prep for summer annual cropsApril winter Camelina1. Less erosion and P loss2. Less nitrate leaching Continuous Living Cover Cropping SystemsFall tilled field following 1” rainfall
5. Forever Green Crops Provide:New, Unique Food, Feed and Energy Products for CommercializationOilsFiberProteinPhytonutrients
6. High Value Food, Feed and Energy IngredientsGreen Marketing: Ecosystem Services, Green House Gas ReductionInnovative Healthy Food ProductsNew Economic Opportunities for Farmers and Rural CommunitiesForever Green Crops and Cropping Systems Provide: New Economic Opportunities
7. Soil healthClean waterNutrient managementPollinator habitatCarbon sequestrationSoil protectionForever Green Crops Also Provide:Environmental Services
8. How do we get these plants on the landscape?Collaboration across disciplines in both public and private sectorsPlant Breeding and GenomicsAgronomicsFood ScienceCommercializationSupply Chain Development
9. PERENNIAL CROPS: Intermediate wheatgrass “Kernza” – grain, forage, biomassPerennial sunflower – edible seeds, oil & proteinNative polyculture grassland mixtures – biomass, forage natural productsPerennial flax – edible oil and proteinKura clover – N-fixing cover cropSilphium – edible oil and proteinAlfalfa – food grade protein and feedPerennial Cereal Rye--food and feed grainWINTER ANNUAL CROPS: Pennycress – edible oil & protein, biofuelCamelina – edible oil & protein, biofuelWinter barley – food, malting barleyHairy vetch – N-fixing cover cropWinter and spring field pea – food grade proteinWinter Hybrid rye—food and feed grainNATIVE WOODY CROPS:Hazelnuts – edible nut with oil/protein Shrub willow – biomassElderberry – antioxidant-rich fruitAgroforestry – woody, herbaceous crop mixtures for feed, food, and fuel
10. Brief summary of outcomes supported in-part by Previous State of Minnesota FundsState funds leveraged 5-fold16 coordinated Forever Green Crop development platformsMN-Clearwater Kernza varietyWinter barley varietyWinter hardy hairy vetch variety6 hazelnut lines for on farm evaluationShort season winter camelina lineDomesticate pennycress, a winter hardy oil seed cropCoordination of FGI with MN communities, seed companies, farmers, grain processors, and commercialization and supply chain network.
11. Projected five-year outcomes from proposed investment: 2 varieties of Kernza for commercialization 2 short season winter Camelina varieties for commercialization 2 varieties of full domesticated pennycress varieties for commercialization 10 Hazelnut lines for commercialization3 lines of winter hardy field pea for commercial evaluation2 varieties of winter hardy barley for commercialization3 varieties of perennial flax varieties for commercializationIncorporate Forever Green Crops into thousands of acres of cropping systems in MinnesotaExpand coordination of FGI with MN communities, seed companies, farmers, grain processors, and commercialization and supply chain network.Educational and workforce development opportunities for many Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Technicians to support Agriculture and Food Industry in Minnesota
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16. Thank you, for your support on behalf of the undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, farmers, processors and end users that have been or will be associated with the Forever Green Initiative.