Date: September 23, 2022 - September 25, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Details:

The Land Institute will host its 42nd Prairie Festival celebrating New Roots: Growing a movement from the ground down.

The three-day event begins at 4 p.m. Friday, September 23 and ends at 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 25.

It will feature Huascar Medina, poet laureate of Kansas; JohnElla Holmes of the Kansas Black Farmers Association; Linda Black Elk, food sovereignty coordinator at United Tribes Technical College; Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation; an exhibition by land artist Erin Wiersma; and a concert by musicians Paul Winter and Henrique Eisenmann.

Highlights include the Friday night barn dance, Saturday morning Kernza pancake breakfast, and Sunday sunrise walk through the ancient Wauhob Prairie. To see a list of events and register, go to Prairie Festival.

Location: The Land Institute