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

• Saudi Arabia must import the overwhelming share of its food, and due to the withering heat, nutritious fruit 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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