But how long before the water table dries up entirely? Jones, co-owner of Jones Farms Organics, is working to find a solution before the drought drives agriculture out of the valley. She teamed up with Heather Dutton, district manager with the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District, to launch the Rye Resurgence Project (RRP), an initiative that aims to shift farmers’ focus from water-guzzling crops to a far-less-thirsty plant: rye.