Treeswithmeaning.com has won USDA approval to market authentic olive trees from Israel in the United States. Brothers, Jerome and Bruno Schneider organized a small, elite family of handpicked Israeli growers near the Jordan River and elsewhere, navigated a web of international permits, and built a stateside infrastructure to shelter and nourish the hardy, fast-growing young trees as they arrive in the U.S.

The symbol-rich olive tree is as tough as it is beautiful. It thrives even in desert areas, grows rapidly and produces fruit even in harsh conditions. The olive tree is an ideal candidate for outdoor life in the states …read more

In a piece of news I came across just a couple of minutes ago, I learned about Israel going for more solar projects. Now, of course, that is surely good news. The Earth is going to need all the help that it can get from us.
Anyhow, according to the report, Israel’s Social-Economic Cabinet has already given the go signal with a solar project that has been laid out by Binyamin Ben Eliezer, the country’s National Infrastucture Minister. According to this plan, they are going to develop the regions of Negev and Arava (both in the southern part of the country) …read more