Farms: The Risks of Desert Farming | The New York Times
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NYTimes.com - Israel is at the forefront of desert farming, but even the world's most high-tech farms can't control the weather. Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week: http://bit.ly/timesvideonewsletter Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video --------------------------------------------------------------- Want more from The New York Times? Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes Google+: https://plus.google.com/+nytimes/ Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch. On YouTube. NYTimes.com - The Risks of Desert Farming http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewYorkTimes
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Great stuff. Glad to see the NYT get something right, for a change.
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KLAN UP, HITLER..
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you have to plant some endemic trees and shrubs that will survive in the arid conditions that will turn the soil into a sponge for the few times that it rains
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because jews are Capitalist exploiter
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Why do they import Thai workers?
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they have better chances since there are not too many other choices,they have some great minds to work with..
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Yes and no. The Saudi government tried it before with wheat and then abandoned the projects after many years as they had been using ground water and buying the wheat at more than 5 times the market price. It was not viewed as sustainable they implemented it.
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That was very, very interesting. Good prospect for future farming.
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If we're buying tomato's from recycled poo you wonder why they grow semanila poisoning