Your Support Matters
The funding landscape has changed. Individual investment has never mattered more. When you give to DFI, you’re building the foundation that makes this work sustainable.
At the Dry Farming Institute (DFI), our work is shaped by growers’ lived experiences, informed by research partnerships, and grounded in a deep respect for the agricultural knowledge that has sustained agricultural communities in water-limited environments for generations.
As climate pressures intensify, those lessons are increasingly relevant and inform how we build new tools and engage with the community to address the challenges ahead. Today, dry farming offers one potential pathway toward thriving with less water.
Your investment helps growers build resilience, preserve natural resources, and continue feeding our communities.
WAYS TO GIVE
Make a One-Time Gift
Any Amount
Give when and how you can. Every contribution strengthens our ability to support farmers and grow this vital work. Every dollar directly fuels farmer education, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and the research that makes our work sustainable.
Become a Monthly Sustainer
$10–$100 per month.
Sustaining gifts give us the stability to plan, grow our programs, and show up for growers consistently
Join the Groundswell Giving Group
$5,000–$50,000/yr · 3–5 yrs
Your philanthropic support at this level can help sustain and transform our work. Groundswell members give us the runway to scale, deepen our reach across the Pacific Northwest, and provide expanded support and programming in our bioregion
Interested in joining? Reach out to Gabrielle to start the conversation about funding opportunities.
Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, Executive Director, Dry Farming Institute
gabrielle@dryfarming.org | 360-631-8489
Together, we can help growers thrive and build a food system that’s ready for whatever comes next.