Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods Talk
Apr 28, 2026 5:30 - 7:00 pm
University YMCA 1001 S Wright St Champaign IL
- Sponsor
- University YMCA
- Speaker
- Aubrey Streit Krug and Liz Carlisle
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Living Roots is a vibrant collection of essays, poems, and art that makes the case for shifting our food system from annual monoculture crops to diverse perennial food landscapes. While just four crops—corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans—currently provide 75% of human calories, this new anthology reveals the untapped potential of perennial food plants that live for years, building deep root systems that sequester carbon, prevent erosion, and weather extreme drought. (The Land Institute)
Editors Aubrey Streit Krug and Liz Carlisle will read excerpts and answer questions.
The Illini Union Bookstore will be on site with copies of the book available for sale.