Lucas Nebert is sustainable agriculture researcher who specializes in climate adaptation, including dry farming, crop breeding, varietal selection, seed production, and seed quality. He is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Organic Seed and Planting Stock Specialist at the OSU Center for Small Farms and Community Food Systems. He also has managed the OSU Dry Farming Program and is board president of the Corvallis-based Dry Farming Institute nonprofit. He earned a MS in Soil Quality at Wageningen University, and a PhD at U of Oregon Environmental Science, Studies, and Policy Program, specializing in the application of microbial ecology to agroecosystems. His postdoctoral work in OSU was dedicated to research, education, and extension around the practice of dry farming in the Pacific Northwest. He is passionate about the vital importance of agrobiodiversity, seeds, and collaborative breeding, in fostering a more climate resilient farm and food system.