Ancient Date Palm That Lived 2000 Years Ago Bears Fruit Again
Date pits from 2000 years ago have born viable fruit in Israel.
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Ancient freekeh fires up new recipes
If you told someone from the Middle East that progressive, health-conscious Americans have fallen in love with freekeh, they might raise their eyebrows in surprise or roll their eyes in utter boredom, since people in this region have enjoyed the benefits of the ancient grain said like “freak eh” for eons.
Israel’s High Court Spares West Bank Agriculture
Israel’s high court has ordered the state to come up with an alternative to a separation fence that would have threatened valuable agricultural land in the West Bank. The fence was planned for an area near Battir that Palestinians have been farming for hundreds of years using traditional techniques, but in a historic provisional ruling, […]