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Database research record2021·Israel

White Hill FarmDesert farming, improving nutrition and communication between Israeli Jews and Bedouin in Southern Israel

Norbert Goldfield

Urban Farm DB summary

A chapter on an HATD-funded joint farming initiative between Israeli Jews and Bedouin in southern Israel, covering the geographic setting, the organizations involved, the initiative's activities, preliminary results and possible future directions. It cites prior US research on community-supported agriculture, including a randomized clinical trial reporting that CSA participation produced clinically meaningful improvements in diet quality, and describes White Hill Farm (WHF) as one of only a handful of efforts concretely promoting engagement between Israeli Bedouin and Israeli Jews amid ongoing tension between the two groups.