This interactive workshop has participants collect soil from their home or surroundings, then walks them through measurements of simple soil properties (pH, nitrate, texture, and organic matter) and discusses how these properties relate to soil function and drought resilience. The workshop (developed by WyCHEx) has been published to WyoScholar and is available for anyone to use. Materials can be found  here. 

To date, WyCHEx has given variations of this workshop at the:

• Wyoming Food Coalition Conference (November 2025)

• Master Gardeners Workshop (February 2026) 

• Common Outdoor Ground Outdoor School Day (May 2025 and October 2025)

• 4H Showcase Showdown (June 2025)

• Native American Summer Institute (June 2025)

We travel to agricultural meet-ups and events around the state to share drought adaptation and soil health resources with producers, technical service providers, and other agricultural professionals, as well as listen to needs and ideas around drought adaptation to help inform our work. 

To date, we have hosted booths at the:

• Southwest Wyoming Ag Day (January 2026)

• Wyoming Conservation Districts Annual Convention (November 2025)

• Wyoming Food Coalition Conference (November 2025)

• Wyoming State Fair (August 2025)

• Rocky Mountain Farmers Union annual picnic (May 2025)

• Sheridan Research & Extension Center Field Day (July 2025)

• SAREC Lingle Research & Extension Center Field Day (August 2025)

• Riverton Ag Water Symposium (May 2025)

WyCHEx paired with The Land Institute to host an educational booth at the Laramie Farmers Market sharing grains from local research groups or coops working to help farmers adapt to drought. We talked with market-goers about how buying drought-tolerant, alternative grains can create local markets and help Wyoming farms diversify and deal with drought and other climate threats, and shared recipes and grains at bulk prices. We sourced rye from the Rye Resurgence Project, chickpeas and lentils from Timeless Seeds, emmer from the Ancient Grains Project, and Kernza from the Land Institute. We are at the farmers market once a month from June - September.