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 ...
Aug. 1—Three farmsteads on about 200 acres of land in Lower Heidelberg Township owned by the Army Corps of Engineers serve as a way of preserving the historic agrarian lifestyle disrupted by the ...
As growing seasons become hotter and drier across the region, farmers are increasingly challenged to grow and sustain their crops. Now Oregon State University is close to launching a dry farming map ...
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 ...
Art and artisan winemaking have been part of the human saga for millennia. Today, the two enterprises are linked like never before, sharing a unique relationship focused on celebrating taste and ...
The practice dates back thousands of years among Indigenous tribes in the U.S., and it might hold the key to sustainable ...
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 ...
After a long dry spell in April and May, farmers are welcoming recent rains — but some are still contending with the effects of dry weather on their crops. The recent rains and thunderstorms have ...
There’s been a lot of chatter in recent years about natural wines, those crafted from grapes grown organically or biodynamically on small farms, with minimal intervention and few, if any, additives.
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 ...
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 ...