The practice dates back thousands of years among Indigenous tribes in the U.S., and it might hold the key to sustainable ...

The Dry Farming Collaborative at Oregon State University will convene on Feb. 8 to discuss dry farming techniques and the results from trials using the method. Dry farming employs techniques like ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dry farming sounds like a contradiction in terms. But it’s actually a growing trend to teach farmers how to do more with less — specifically less water. Lane Selman, an Oregon ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers are evaluating the physiological traits and environmental conditions associated with successful dry-farmed tomato production to better equip West Coast farmers to adapt to a ...

Farmer Mike Cirone prepares to pick dry-farmed apples in his orchard in See Canyon, near San Luis Obispo. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Leaves rustled as Mike Cirone reached into a tree and gently ...

Arya Surowidjojo / OPB In Oregon, farmers, educators and gardeners are exploring the benefits of dry farming. The method relies on water stored in soil during a rainy season to produce crops during a ...

Dry farms are rare in California, but the results people like Chrystal Ortiz of High Water Farm are able to pull off without watering their cannabis plants all summer are pretty amazing. Sure it takes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. That was the response from many well-respected people in the ...

From 9 to 5, Terry Ellis works as an engineer for defense contractor Northrop-Grumman in San Diego. At night, and on weekends, he’s a serious sourdough bread baker—and an aspiring grain farmer. Expand ...

For Tod Mostero, Director of Viticulture and Winemaking at Dominus, the jump from architecture to a dry-farmed vineyard wasn’t as far as you might think. “Architecture is what happens when man meets a ...