It’s drc’s Events Week! We’re featuring fun & informative events coming up in early 2024.
OSU Oregon Small Farms Conference
February 17th, 2024
This event will take place at the LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU Campus in Corvallis, OR.
This conference, aimed at farmers, food policy advocates, and farmers market managers, will include multiple educational sessions. Learn more here!
Learn about OSU Department of Food Science and Technology's smoke analysis lab here, including pricing schedule and how to send in samples.
OSU’s Small Farms program just published the Winter 2023 Oregon Small Farm News digital magazine. Topics include news about the OR drought and heat resilience grant programs, how the other guys are sourcing commercial irrigation water, and how to join the Farmer-to-Farmer Willamette Valley Agritourism Network.
Browse here!
Check out the YouTube page of the Dry Farming Collaborative, part of the OSU Small Farms Program.
Plenty to watch, including discussions with farmers and variety trial research results.
Start your Monday off with some fresh off the press news! Check out these recently published articles discussing the dry farming and grape growing in Oregon.
Oregon State researchers make breakthrough in understanding the chemistry of wildfire smoke in wine by Sean Nealon of Oregon State University
Explore cutting edge research into smoke tainted grapes by Oregon State University and Washington State University.
Farmers, gardeners collaborate on dry farming in Oregon by Elizabeth Castillo of Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB); interview by Geoff Norcross of OPB’s Think Out Loud
OPB explores work being done by the Dry Farming Collaborative through an interview with the founder and board president of the Dry Farming Institute, Amy Garrett. The Dry Farming Institute is an Oregon organization focused on promoting dry farming through marketing assistance, seed stewardship, and collaborations with growers and researchers.
