New farming methods, such as vertical farms, are helping to grow food in cities and reduce the need for large areas of land.

Roey Yosef, a conservative farmer who adheres to organic farming practices, values quality farming has been farming in a ...

The Negev Foundation will establish the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Campus for Agro Research, Education and Economic Development at Ramat HaNegev, a new agricultural innovation campus at the Ramat ...

For the state of Israel, Oct. 7, 2023, was devastating. It has had a profound impact on every aspect of life, including, more than is realized, agriculture. Israel has become a global leader in ...

When you think of the eastern Negev desert, images of endless sand dunes and sleepy silence probably come to mind—hardly a ...

For thousands of years, humans have done more than survive in the deserts of Arabia―they’ve thrived there. Now archaeobotanists are uncovering the secrets of their success: the crops they learned to ...

When Israel declared independence in 1948, more than 60% of its land was desert, dry, scorching, and seemingly unfit for life. The Negev Desert, stretching from Be’er Sheva to Eilat, was a vast ...

Every couple of years, some enterprising engineer resuscitates the idea of towing an iceberg to the Arabian Peninsula to slake the thirst of the water-poor, energy-rich countries of the Persian Gulf.