Israeli agriculture covers everything from biblical-era olives and wheat to high-tech tomatoes and exotic mango. Each crop has its season, its growing region, its irrigation needs. This lesson covers the major crops and seasonal calendar, plus the vocabulary of industrial hemp.
Cultural note, Israel\'s "Tu BiShvat" (the New Year of Trees, January-February) is the traditional planting season, KKL plants thousands of trees on this day. The harvest calendar is biblical-based: barley harvest at Passover (March-April), wheat at Shavuot (May-June), grapes at Sukkot (Sept-Oct), olives in late autumn. Knowing this calendar makes you fluent in the agricultural rhythms of the country.