FROM A CONSTRUCTION BOSS TO A FARMER ENTERPRENEUR Adnan Massa’ad worked as a construction contractor for 20 years, but then he realized that this is
ORGANIC FARMING IS MORE OF A RELIGION When you walk into Haidar’s olive groves you see a field that is as a clean as any
Journalist Melinda Tuhus visited Canaan and the PFTA during the 2011 olive harvest and festival and filed this report in the July/August 2012 edition of
Canaan Palestine olive oil producers from the village of “Jalqamous” AS STEADFAST AS THE MOUNTAIN Aida and Mahmoud are a dynamic sister-brother producer team. They
THE ROLE MODEL We walked on to Odeh Khaseeb while he’s picking olives with his grandson who’s studying to be a criminal investigator in the
June 4, 2010 In 2003, after years of living abroad in the U.S., Dr. Nasser Abufarha returned to his native land of Palestine for research
FATHER OF THE TOWN Mustafa Jarrar is known in his village as Abu El Balad, a term in Arabic that literally translates as father of
The Trees for Life Program, which is implemented by the Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) www.palestinefairtrade.org, provides olive & almond saplings to Palestinian farmers. While
Canaan Palestine olive oil producer from the village of “Al Rami” BORN IN THE RAIN When Abu Fadi was born, his village did not have
