The first Perth venue has jumped aboard the Parma with a Farmer initiative to help eastern states farmers who have been crippled by drought and are struggling to keep their animals alive.

The Woodbridge Hotel will be donating $1 from every parmagiana sold on its special $25 ‘parmy and pint’ night this Wednesday to support Buy a Bale.

Buy a Bale, run by Rural Aid, is supplying emergency hay to New South Wales and Queensland families struggling to keep cattle, sheep and horses alive through one of the worst droughts in living history.

Once productive paddocks are now dust bowls, and what feed can be sourced must be trucked from interstate at a cost of thousands of dollars per month, money farmers don’t have.

Towns are on severe water restrictions, with some farming families only able to shower once per week. Children are cleaning their teeth with a cup of water and filling water bottles at school because the shortage at home is so severe.