Land Institute is a non-profit private institution, located in
Salina,
Saline County, KS. Total enrollment is approximately 10. The program lasts for less than one year.
Researches Natural Systems Agriculture, a mimic of nature's ecosystems. Programs in education and rural community studies apply ecological principles to human communities toward greater sustainability.
Mission Statement:
When people, land, and community are as one,all three members prosper; when they relate not as members but as competing interests, all three are exploited. By consulting Nature as the source and measure of that membership, The Land Institute seeks to develop an agriculture that will save soil from being lost or poisoned while promoting a community life at once prosperous and enduring.