An Oregon farmer grew tomatoes, potatoes, squash, garlic and beans for 40 years without irrigation; careful soil preparation kept stored moisture in the root zone
- He started dry farming in California but moved to a 9.6-acre site near Veneta, Oregon, in 2007Someone has rightly said that 'Necessity is the mother of invention'.
- Over decades, weather patterns became less predictable across the Pacific Northwest, and farmers contended with hotter temperatures, drought and shrinking snowmelt that strained water supplies.
- It was then that a different method, developed over four decades of experimentation by one Oregon farmer came to the rescue.
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- He started dry farming in California but moved to a 9.6-acre site near Veneta, Oregon, in 2007Someone has rightly said that 'Necessity is the mother of invention'.
- Over decades, weather patterns became less predictable across the Pacific Northwest, and farmers contended with hotter temperatures, drought and shrinking snowmelt that strained water supplies.
- It was then that a different method, developed over four decades of experimentation by one Oregon farmer came to the rescue.
Sources: Times of India