Our Farm

We are the Dagan Family. Shalom and Chava and our six boys: Isaiah, Keinan, Negev, Boker-el, Sade and Zebulun. We run the farm ourselves, everything from planting to building . We take care of our animals and our trees and our children with the same amount of love. Everything here is organic.  We practice biodynamic farming , which means the entire farm and our life are many organs working together in the same body. We make compost from our animals manure,  which is then spread on our crops to enrich the soil. The weeds and leftover organic material from the house goes to the chickens, goats , horse and compost pile, which then gets turned into manure , mulch and compost and the whole system starts over and feeds itself and us. The bees pollinate the flowers which then become fruit. Everything on the farm has a purpose and plays a part in the whole. There's no need for expensive or toxic additives or pesticides because nature takes care of things when we keep them in balance. The chickens eat the bugs and mix up the dirt by scratching around the plants and trees (which makes their eggs healthy ) , and the plants are strong because we let them to their own devices. The plants are healthy and strong and can fight off disease and insects by themselves.  The more wild and untampered  food is, the healthier it is for us. If our food is healthy and strong, so we will be. This is important to us because it's us who are working the land and we don't want to be toxified. We are also the ones eating the food and we don't want GMO's or pesticides in our food that we grow.

 

Our farm is located in Moshav Dekel 7 km (5 miles) from the Gaza and Egyptian borders. We get our share of terrorism and missiles, but we persevere. We planted lemon and olive orchards that we tend to. Our olives we press into oil in our olive press. Lemons we use and sell. We milk our goats to make cheese, yogurt, kefir, ice cream and butter. We also plant a summer and winter vegetable garden every year  to enjoy the bounty of our own land.  We also have many many fruit trees throughout the property as well as artichokes . We are so grateful for our land in the desert and all it provides for us.  

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