
As the Planet Warms, Unusual Crops Could Become Climate Saviors – If We’re Willing to Eat Them
What role can lesser-known crops that thrive under adversity play in efforts to make our global food supply more resilient to climate change? This article, my first for Ensia, is a result of a reporting trip to Israel, under the Murray Fromson Journalism Fellowship. I had never been to the Middle East, or even felt a particular affinity to it, but I learned so much during the ten days I spent in Israel, and later on my own in Jordan and now I hope I am able to return. I ate p