OSU Dry Farming Progam: Support & Partnership Opportunities
Join us to grow a future of water‑resilient agriculture in Oregon. Together, we create practical, community‑driven solutions that strengthen farm viability and build a more resilient food system for future generations.
The Dry Farming Program started in 2013 as a partnership with a small group of innovative farmers, to create demonstrations and case studies.
Today, we have grown into a regional partnership with hundreds of growers, researchers, plant breeders, and likeminded organizations across the Pacific Northwest.
Your support expands our reach and impact:
- Community Networking & Outreach: Dry Farming Collaborative listserv, online community spaces, and gatherings to support peer learning and grower‑to‑grower exchange.
- Research trials, demonstrations, & field days: increasing our shared knowledge, demonstrating dry farming in practice, and highlighting farmer innovations, at OSU research farms and partner farms.
- Plant materials for participatory research: we provide plant material to farmers for variety trials and participatory breeding through the Dry Farming Collaborative.
- Educational resources & technical outreach: Extension publications, videos, case studies, and online tools help growers understand dry farming principles, site suitability, crop selection, and soil management strategies.