Why Choose Dry-Farmed Tomatoes?

One simple answer is dry-farmed tomatoes taste incredible! But, there’s more motivation to embrace dry farming than just the quality of food it produces. The practice may provide a meaningful strategy to address climate resiliency. 

Defined by either one irrigation, or no irrigation whatsoever, dry farming is an approach to crop cultivation that relies on moisture stored in the soil from the rainy season to nurture plants. This growing method requires a whole system approach to cultivation, including soil and variety selection as well as practices, such as mulching, to preserve moisture retention.

A practice long utilized by indigienous people residing in arid climates to cultivate crops, dry farming is now being championed by an array of foodies, farmers, climatologists and research institutes, including our very own Oregon State University. 

But do the tomatoes taste better? Many eaters agree that dry-farmed tomatoes taste richer than irrigated tomatoes. The growing practice does yield smaller fruit, but what they lack in size they also lack in excess water, which leads to more concentrated flavor. 

Currently sourced from our grower partners in California, OGC is excited to offer tasty dry-farmed tomatoes! Bring some in and wow shoppers with these tomatoes' incredible flavor and impress them with our growers’ water-conserving growing practices!