Initiated in 2001, the Prairie Writers Circle brings together writers in Kansas and nationally who produce op-ed commentary for newspapers large and small to encourage wider public awareness of ecological and sustainability issues important to the Land Institute's mission.
A thread that runs through much of the Circle's work is the need for sustainability in agriculture and community. Topic examples: industrial agriculture and the problems it poses, water quality, climate change, energy efficiency, land use, habitat preservation, biotechnology, environmental politics, and the relationship between the environment and human health.
The Circle's essays have appeared in such newspapers as the Los Angeles Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Des Moines Register.
Circle Writers
Land Institute Staff Writers
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Index by subject
Text of articles, most recent first.
Coordinating Committee
- Harris Rayl, Director, Prairie Writers Circle
- Wes Jackson, President, The Land Institute
- Stan Cox, Senior Research Scientist, The Land Institute
- Scott Bontz, Editor, The Land Report
