When you turn off Scottsdale Road onto the gravel parking lot of Sphinx Date Co., the hustle and bustle of Old Town fades into the background and time seems to slow down. Palm trees cast leggy shadows ...

The Arava region in Israel is home to a growing area of around 20,000 dunam (5,000 acres) of Medjool dates. Most of the date trees are female, which require pollination using pollen from the male date ...