As heat and water scarcity increase, farmers have to adjust their strategies to ensure good production. The bottom line is important, but so is conserving non-renewable resources. Dry farming is one ...

If you live in an arid climate without easy access to water or just want to skip the work of running drip lines, it’s worth exploring if you can dry farm tomatoes. This type of growing involves ...

In the parking lot behind a grocery store in Portland, Ore., last September, several hundred tomato aficionados gathered on a sunny, breezy day for Tomato Fest. While many attendees devoured slices of ...

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 ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Leaves rustled as Mike Cirone reached into a tree and gently picked an apple. The orchard was filled with a profusion of ripe fruit in shades from golden-green to pinkish-red ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. It’s said that great wine is made in the vineyard, and that is especially ...

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 ...