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The brother of Elon Musk and Tesla board member is also a restaurateur and longtime ‘real food’ advocate

>> so there are little bits of the dead sea in cars and soda cans and -- >> exactly. >> so you got, what, 20 employees? >> 20 employees work here. >> meanwhile, at the other end of the lake, sam would love to expand the company his dad built. he says hes got a great product. >> its pure, it has 21 different minerals that you dont see in other salts. >> oh, yeah. oh, thats nice. >> i love my salt, man. >> me too. >> and since he took his product to the fancy food show, he says he has plenty of de...

Palestinian named sam hallack. >> this is the only palestinian address on the dead sea. >> thats right. we are the last of the mohicans. >> at the other end of the lake is the massive fertilizer factories of dead sea works. these are part of a $7 billion israeli chemicals empire run by noam goldstein. >> how would you characterize the profitability of an operation this big? >> this is a perfect plant. >> every year his operation pumps 42 billion gallons of water out of the deeper sections of the...

Pond of a giant potassium mind. >> this is the water of the dead sea. the dead sea used to be there. >> would you be willing to take home less of a profit if it meant saving this body of water for an extra century or two? >> i think that government should look for long-term always. >> youd pay more for that concession, if they asked? >> i didnt say that. youre asking me one thing, now asking a different thing. >> back up north, sam just wants everyone taking water from the dead sea to be mindful...

Company, owned by a chicago-born palestinian named sam hallack. >> this is the only palestinian address on the dead sea. >> thats right. we are the last of the mohicans. >> at the other end of the lake is the massive fertilizer factories of dead sea works. these are part of a $7 billion israeli chemicals empire run by noah goldstein. >> how would you characterize the profitability of an operation this big? >> this is a perfect plant. >> every year his operation pumps 42 billion gallons of water ...

What is that? >> those are our neighbors. just saying hello. its a military area. but we like to keep the peace. were here to make a living. >> but, man, there are easier places to make a living. you know that. what was the reaction when you told people you were going to leave chicago to come run a salt company -- >> i think people thought i was crazy. and you know, i think its the best thing i did. >> so this is not an act of defiance, this is an act of -- >> its an act of resilience and contin...

Just saying hello. its a military area. but we like to keep the peace. were here to make a living. >> but, man, there are easier places to make a living. you know that. what was the reaction when you told people you were going to leave chicago to come run a salt company -- >> i think people thought i was crazy. and you know, i think its the best thing i did. >> so this is not an act of defiance, this is an act of -- >> its an act of resilience and continuity. >> sam says he would love to improve...

Come relax in an evaporation pond of a giant potassium mind. >> this is the water of the dead sea. the dead sea used to be there. >> would you be willing to take home less of a profit if it meant saving this body of water for an extra century or two? >> i think that government should look for long-term always. >> youd pay more for that concession, if they asked? >> i didnt say that. youre asking me one thing, now asking a different thing. >> back up north, sam just wants everyone taking water fr...

Pesticide to soda cans and car engines. >> so there are little bits of the dead sea in cars and soda cans and -- >> exactly. >> so you got, what, 20 employees? >> 20 employees work here. >> meanwhile, at the other end of the lake, sam would love to expand the company his dad built. he says hes got a great product. >> its pure, it has 21 different minerals that you dont see in other salts. >> oh, yeah. oh, thats nice. >> i love my salt, man. >> me too. >> and since he took his product to the fanc...