Case studies from other farms can be helpful when deciding which water-resilient strategies you want to explore. The 2024 Western Water Resilience Case Studies show how growers in specific contexts have applied the tools introduced throughout the toolkit, listed from north to south as they are pinned on the map. They’re illustrations, not blueprints. You may not see your climate, your scale, or your crop selections reflected in what’s currently available.

Map of Western Water Resilience Case Study Participants

• Outback Farm (link to PDF download) — — Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington
• The University of Washington (UW) Farm (link to PDF download) — — Seattle, Washington
• Kasama Farm (link to PDF download) — — Headwaters Incubator Farm, Gresham, Oregon
• Tel-tvm’ (Siletz Tribal Farm; link to PDF download) — — The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Health Clinic – Food Sovereignty Program, Logsden, Oregon
• Oregon State University’s Dry Farming Program (link to PDF download) — — Corvallis, Oregon
• Raptor Creek Farm (link to PDF download) — — Josephine County Food Bank, Grants Pass, Oregon

Each farm is unique. The challenges, limitations, and opportunities you’re working with are shaped by conditions that no single case study can fully represent. If your context isn’t reflected in what’s there yet, your experience is what our community needs! We’re developing a way for growers to document and share their stories in a format that benefits others working in similar conditions. We’d love to hear from you. Please email us at info@dryfarming.org

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