Utah officials learn how Israel does more with less water
A group of Utah Mormon Republican lawmakers walk into a Jewish socialist kibbutz in the middle of the desert. It’s not a joke.
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A group of Utah Mormon Republican lawmakers walk into a Jewish socialist kibbutz in the middle of the desert. It’s not a joke.
Utah water officials and state lawmakers traveled to the Negev Desert to learn about agriculture in some of the planet’s harshest conditions. Read about their trip.
Israel is using different techniques to grow crops in one of the world's driest climates. Can Utah learn from their example?
Across Israel, academic and research institutions are conducting experiments on types of crops that can use less water and still yield a good crop for people to eat.
Genes contain all the instructions an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce. But identifying a gene and learning what it does are two different things. Scientists don’t know what kinds of instructions many genes contain— their functions are unknown.