1.0planet forward//www.getitdoneaz.comilana creinin//www.getitdoneaz.com/author/ilanarc/ rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hnx8jqrnr4"><a href="//www.getitdoneaz.com/story/dry-farming-0/">dry farming</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="//www.getitdoneaz.com/story/dry-farming-0/embed/#?secret=hnx8jqrnr4" width="600" height="338" title="“dry farming” — planet forward" data-secret="hnx8jqrnr4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![cdata[ */ /*! this file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.queryselector&&d.addeventlistener&&"undefined"!=typeof url&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveembedmessage||(d.wp.receiveembedmessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-za-z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.queryselectorall('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.queryselectorall('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new regexp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentwindow&&(s.removeattribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseint(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new url(s.getattribute("src")),n=new url(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeelement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addeventlistener("message",d.wp.receiveembedmessage,!1),l.addeventlistener("domcontentloaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.queryselectorall("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getattribute("data-secret"))||(t=math.random().tostring(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setattribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentwindow.postmessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> in my community and home state of california, we use a technique called dry farming to make agriculture more sustainable.  we grow olives and grapes using dry farming because it helps to improve the quality of the fruit.  by not irrigating, we conserve water and produce fruits with richer, more concentrated flavors.  unlike weather patterns...