Regenerative Agriculture in Brazil
Time and again, SEKEM is asked whether the SEKEM model can be copied and adopted elsewhere in the world. The answer is always: no. SEKEM thrives on liveliness, constant development …
Greening the Desert Update: Solar energy in Use
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDvHncThwFA[/embedyt] A few months after the start of the “Greening the Desert” campaign, the first pivot system can now be run mainly on solar energy: 255 solar panels …
First Harvest and Cultural Activities in the Desert
On its desert farm in Wahat El-Bahareyya, SEKEM wants to reclaim 63 hectares of desert land through sustainable agriculture and supported by a crowdfunding campaign. Here is update number 4! …
It’s Getting Greener and Greener: Update on “Greening the Desert Campaign”
All the efforts that have been put in our project to green 63 hectares of desert land show first results. A few weeks after we started planting the first seeds …
Let’s Seed the Future!
How to use paper to plant Organic herbs? Is it possible to fetch Organic vegetables from our balconies and roofs and add it to our meals for a healthy lifestyle? …
Chamomile Cultivation On the SEKEM Farm
The fields of white flowers have already become a trademark of SEKEM. Matricaria chamomilla, better known as chamomile, can be found in nearly every household – whether as soothing tea …
40 Years of Vitalizing the Desert
“Crazy!” That was how people called Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish, when he first declared his vision of greening the desert and building a sustainable community in Egypt. The SEKEM founder started …
A Sweet Treat For a Special Time
Ramadan is a magical month – the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. The fasting in this month is one of the five pillars of Islam. During Ramadan Muslims are …
Organic Cotton as a Sustainable Alternative
Cotton is one of the oldest crops used in the world and is utilized to make textiles and clothes since more than 8000 years. The oldest tracks of cotton were …
Sesame Opens the Door to Sustainable Agriculture in the Desert
“Open Sesame!” The magical phrase is already known since the 18th century from the fairy tale “One thousand and one Arabian nights”. Here, the saying is used as magic formula …