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Gilad Fine

In the desert community of Bnei Netzarim near the Egyptian border, organic farmer Gilad Fine shows off his greenhouse featuring lettuce grown hydroponically on raised platforms.

How to keep farming when God says to stop

Belief

According to Jewish law, farmers are supposed to leave their fields fallow every seventh year — which happens to be right now. But among farmers who pay attention to the decree, called “shmita,” there are all sorts of technicalities that allow them to keep on growing.