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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Female entrepreneurs are finding new ways to build a climate-resilient local food supply in Saudi Arabia

Serene Farah, Vice President, Growth and Strategy, Pure Harvest (Credit: Stuart Isett—Fortune)
  • Saudi Arabia must import the overwhelming share of its food, and because of the withering heat, nutritious fruits and vegetables can spoil quickly. Now, companies like Pure Harvest and Uvera seek to source more food locally.

When it comes to the essentials needed to sustain human life on Earth, access to food ranks at the very top, alongside water. Neither are in large supply in the arid climes of Saudi Arabia, home to the world’s largest continuous sand desert. 

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