Tag: sustainable food

Artichokes and Oranges: December’s Seasonal Produce

It's officially winter in the Middle East. We'd hoped it would be raining now, but climate change is often...

January’s seasonal produce celebrates nettles and sage

Rainy, muddy winter brings out the best of January produce in the Middle East.

Almond Milk And The Destruction of Bees

Almond milk was so promising an alternative to cruelty-free cow milk, or hormone mimicking soy milk, but with the take on bees, maybe it's time to kick the creamy liquid habit?

Flying Spark food-tech asks, “Do you want flies with that?”

A start-up business focused on finding new ways of using insect protein in food products is a finalist in this...

Always wanted to help heal Palestine? Help Mashjar Juthour

Mashjar Juthour is a living museum of what little wild fauna and flora still exist in Area C, a portion of Palestinian territory...

Original Unverpackt: zero plastic, zero packaging at new Berlin supermarket

We're accustomed to seeing food in bulk at souqs throughout the Middle East, but shoppers always leave with a legion of...

Making freekeh with the Druze

I stood in a golden wheat field some five miles north of Acre in Israel. Paul Nirens of the Galileat...

The hazards of single serving coffee pods

Espresso machine single serving coffee pods - those fairly newfangled units of specialty grinds - let you be your...

Dubai is Growing Food in Salt Marshes

Scientists in Dubai are growing a new kind of food crop in salt marshes along the Persian Gulf coast. A...

Middle East Shipping Lands Prince Charles in Hot Water

Britain’s Prince Charles lectures long on climate change and the local food movement, but a recent discovery about one...

Grow Spirulina Superfood at Home With A DIY Kit

Give a microscopic vegetable the right conditions of sunshine and water, and you can home-farm what some say is...

Seeking The Ecological Market At Machane Yehuda in Jerusalem

Miriam sees Israel's most famous open-air market through new eyes. When I lived in Jerusalem, the Machane Yehuda shuk (market)...