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Roey Yosef in one of his greenhouses, which grow variety of organic crops in Be’er Milka, southern Negev desert in Israel. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] After a drive of over three hours from Tel Aviv ...

DAMMERON VALLEY, Utah — The deserts of southwestern Utah make a good place to grow wine-making grapes. "We're lucky to have a good source of moisture. A good water source, a good aquifer to draw from, ...

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ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — The soldiers guarding Avi Chivivian’s organic vegetable farm in southern Israel must first scour every corner of his fields for militants before they give him the all clear: He ...

The Negev Desert is the last place most people imagine fine wine being made. Its arid landscapes conjure sun-bleached rock, acacia trees clinging to survival and heat so fierce it seems more likely to ...

In an Israeli farming community in the Upper Galilee adjacent to the border with Lebanon, a new Israeli agricultural boarding school is opening this fall, combining education through agriculture and ...