
Giant gourds tip scale at 40 kilos
Israeli farmers in the Arava Desert plan to add color to your plate with new varieties of pumpkins and peppers.

Israeli farmers in the Arava Desert plan to add color to your plate with new varieties of pumpkins and peppers.

Neot Semadar, an ecological collective community, is more than just a kibbutz with a weird, colorful tower in the middle of nowhere.

50 years after it was last seen, the retama caper, is discovered in the Arava.

Predatory wasps and other beneficial insects are taking over for chemical pesticides on many crops grown in Israel’s fertile desert.

The world craves pretty ornamental fish, and Israeli growers are meeting the demand with revolutionary Arava Desert hatcheries.
OECD sends envoy to tap Israeli expertise in producing water in arid conditions.
On a family vacation in the Arava Desert, we popped in to see the new Art Center of Kibbutz Neot Smadar. When driving toward Eilat,