All photographs courtesy of Bryony Livingstone

Our chairman, Lord Stone of Blackheath, launched an initiative last year to help Palestinian farmers access the UK fresh food market. This initiative, ‘Moon Valley’, has already achieved notable success. West Bank farmers’ produce (initially fresh herbs, but to be expanded to peppers, tomatoes and more) is now available at Sainsburys, M&S and the Co-op.

Lord Stone asked us to spend some time with the Moon Valley farmers to investigate opportunities for helping them with resource management (particularly water and power) and sustainability. We made this trip towards the end of August, and the following is a very condensed summary of our findings.

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